This move is surely one of the best I've ever seen, and I often put on the DVD just to have something on in the background, and then I watch the unforgettable moments for a while, and then go back listening whilst surfing the web or posting... If you can appreciate the slow and methodical way the plot moves along, I'm sure you'll agree how great this piece of movie history really is. Certainly is the best damn western movie I ever saw, though I agree I haven't watched a very large percentage of the total. Most of them must be completely forgettable however, that I am sure of! 
This movie is so amazing, so epic in scope. It has everything, sharp storyline despite its simplicity, incredible sets and environments, a classic set of protagonists and antagonists, awesome dialog - though sparse as it is - and a mesmerizing music score.
This isn't a western though... Not really. It's more like a faery tale, or a legend. The place it is acted out isn't texas either. It's actually purgatory. None of the people seen on screen are alive, they're all dead, atoning for their misdeeds until they have redeemed themselves. As we see with the drunkard of a union captain who dies at the end by the way, he finished paying off his sins by setting Tuco and Blondie on the task of blowing up that bridge, and was rewarded for it.
Well, actually, speaking of Blondie. I'm not totally sure he is a sinner after all. He seems more like he's on his way passing through hell, rather than living it. He did have that unfortunate experience in the desert, but sure enough, that horse-carriage came along and saved his hide. He might be a puppet, stringed along by someone else, but I don't think so. More like he's got protection, someone higher looking out for him, though he's probably unaware of it himself.
Everybody just toils away around him, living life such as it is after death in that dry, dusty landscape, and then dying all over again. Again and again...
This movie is so amazing, so epic in scope. It has everything, sharp storyline despite its simplicity, incredible sets and environments, a classic set of protagonists and antagonists, awesome dialog - though sparse as it is - and a mesmerizing music score.
This isn't a western though... Not really. It's more like a faery tale, or a legend. The place it is acted out isn't texas either. It's actually purgatory. None of the people seen on screen are alive, they're all dead, atoning for their misdeeds until they have redeemed themselves. As we see with the drunkard of a union captain who dies at the end by the way, he finished paying off his sins by setting Tuco and Blondie on the task of blowing up that bridge, and was rewarded for it.
Well, actually, speaking of Blondie. I'm not totally sure he is a sinner after all. He seems more like he's on his way passing through hell, rather than living it. He did have that unfortunate experience in the desert, but sure enough, that horse-carriage came along and saved his hide. He might be a puppet, stringed along by someone else, but I don't think so. More like he's got protection, someone higher looking out for him, though he's probably unaware of it himself.
Everybody just toils away around him, living life such as it is after death in that dry, dusty landscape, and then dying all over again. Again and again...
