That line was ad libbed by Eli Wallach. In an interview Eli was puzzled why people laughed when he said that line. He said it's just fact, when you have to shoot, shoot don't talked.
This might be my favorite movie of all time.. It has everything I need in a movie. Brilliant actors, memorable lines, interesting plot, captivating cinematography with the dirty aesthetics and the close ups, the eyes that say more than words. And the soundtrack... it's just extraordinary. Dont think they'll make a movie like this one ever again.
This is, by far, my favorite movie of all times. I've seen it hundreds of times and still entertains me as the first time. Never gets old or boring. Amazing in every way.
Love the spaghetti western genre so much...its shame nobody makes these movies anymore. There was a lot of improv in the movie..best example is the scene where Tuco put together a gun from different pieces by Wallach...
Eli Wallach (spl?) "Tuco" played several large characters through the years. He was the head of the Mexican bandits terrorizing the village in "The Magnificent Seven", "Cotton" in the film "The Two Jakes" (Sequel to China Town), Don in "God Father III", "Tough Guys" and "How the West Was Won". He played the part so well some people thought he was Latino. He was a Polish guy from NYC. His humor and facial reactions and comic timing make him a fun character. Good reaction
Top reaction guys! Don’t stop your Sergio Leone journey just yet. His subsequent trilogy is arguably even better and, for me, features possibly the greatest western ever. You should deffo watch “Once Upon a Time in the West” next.
This has probably been mentioned but the reason Angel Eyes is at the prison camp is he was told Carson’s units were either killed or taken to the a notorious camp. He is there hoping a prisoner named Bill Carson shows up.
Others have suggested _Once Upon a Time in the West_ . It's a movie in which Leone really uses many of the same techniques here with the intense close-ups and dramatic music. It was made after this trilogy and had a bigger budget and thus has big-name actors. It's a high quality movie though not as famous with the younger generation as this movie is.
This movie is what made me a Clint Eastwood fan for life when I first saw it in the theater as a kid. Yes, Eli Wallach was in Godfather III, you're right. He was a legendary actor who was the villain in another GREAT western called "The Magnificent Seven" starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and others. You guys MUST watch it as well as "Once Upon a Time in The West" another so called "Spaghetti Western" directed by Sergio Leone starring Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson. Great job. guys!!!
In The Good... the music IS a character. It's powerful, compelling, and very very forward rather than in the background. It DRIVES the scene, especially 'Ecstasy of Gold'. Morricone was a musical phenomena.
Lee Van Cleef began his career in 1952 in High Noon as one of Frank Miller's henchman. His career was one primarily of one of villians, puncuated by the rare good guy part. After Sergio Leone rescued his failing career (Van Cleef's words) he went on to take mostly good guy roles. To his dying day, Van Cleef gave Leone credit giving him and his family the life that they had, unlike Eastwood, who refused to work with leone ever again as he felt he kept having to share "his" movies with actors who upstaged him. Leone said that Eastwood only expressed two emotions on screen: hat on and hat off.
hope you guys react to Once Upon a Time in the West as well, another Sergio western, my favorite of his, no clint eastwood, but you get charles bronson and henry fonda
Like I know the dollars trilogy or the man with no name trilogy is considered to be separate anthology stories about the old west but honestly, there’s an argument to be made that there all connected and Clint is the same character through out all 3 movies…but the catch is The Good bad and ugly is a an actual prequel to the first two instead of the last one Examples being he gets his poncho here but already has it in the previous films, at the end of the few dollars more he states when he gets enough (a lot) of bounty money he’s gonna “retire”…and yes while other actors from each film do clearly play different characters it’s a fun theory I like to think about 😅
The best one line of history of cinema, describing the whole human history is : You know in this world there two kinds of people, my friend: those with loaded guns, and those who dig.
Many people come to this movie expecting a western, but then it turns into a war movie to their surprise. There's definitely statements about the US Civil War, and wars in general, in this movie.
Yeh, that entire bridge scene changed the movie slightly with the drunk Union Cpt. that's just seen too much death, ending with Clint's line "I've never seen so many men wasted so badly".
I’ve always thought that Clint finding the poncho in this movie, and how it seems to be the same poncho he wears in the other films, is indication that he is the same character in all 3
It is. The people saying he's not the same man don't know what they're talking about. The details in the films make it crystal clear he's the same man.
@@RamblersInc No, that's more of an American attitude. That's not how filmmakers in foreign countries think. They use the same actors over and over again in the same series. For example, in Britain's Hammer Dracula series, an actor named Michael Ripper appeared in "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave", "Taste the Blood of Dracula", and "Scars of Dracula" as three separate characters. That doesn't mean that Christopher Lee's Dracula is three different Draculas. It's all the same series. Conversely, all three of those films have protagonists named "Paul," who ARE three different characters (because writer John Elder was lazy with names). Well, okay. So In "For a Few Dollars More," il Straniero/The Stranger--what they called Clint's character in Italy--is known as "Manco." In Italian, 'manco" means "mangled" and it refers to his right hand being crushed by Chico at the end of "A Fistful of Dollars." In "For a Few," Manco wears a gauntlet over his right hand to hide the scarring. And if you pay attention, you'll find that the character does everything in the movie left-handed... except shoot. Pay even extra attention and you'll see Manco is wearing his poncho backwards... to hide the bullet holes shot in it by Ramon Rojo. In the screenplay of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," even though the dialogue only refers to the character as "Il Biondo/Blondie," the descriptive passages of the script refer to Eastwood's character as "Joe," the nickname given him in "A Fistful of Dollars." On top of THAT, the hero of "Once Upon a Time in the West" was originally going to be the final appearance of Il Straniero/Joe/Manco/Blondie/The Man With No Name. It was finally going to reveal who he was and why he was doing what he was doing. However, because of a huge fight Clint and Leone had during shooting of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," Eastwood refused to work with Leone ever again. Leone had to deliver a western to Paramount Pictures, so instead of scrapping the project since he'd lost his lead actor, he went back to Italy with his writers and turned the Man With No Name into the brand-new Harmonica character who would be played by Charles Bronson in the final film. He's meant to be the same guy in all three movies.
"to hide the bullet holes shot in it by Ramon Rojo". 🤯🤯🤯 oh that's brilliant. Oh maaaan. I wish they didn't. We would have had some amazing movies if they carried on working together.
I can see the continuity with AFOD and FAFDM. Rail lines in New Mexico were not established until the 1880s and Colonel Mortimer's tie has a later 1800s look. The Civil War campaign in New Mexico took place in 1862. That would make for a good 20 year time lapse between GBU and FAFDM. Manco does not look any older than Blondie. In addition Blondie would have blown through 100 k. I have given quite a bit of thought over the past 50 years of the likelihood that Blondie = Manco. Not very likely IMO. @ConstantineFurman
FYI: this movie was set in the American Civil War during the 1862 New Mexico Campaign. At that time $200,000 was the equivalent of $6.2 million in 2024. For that amount of money, I wouldn't have trusted Tuco or Angel Eyes either. 😂🤣
"If he was the same character, he'd be rich." According to Luciano Vincenzoni, co-writer of "For a Few Dollars More" and GBU, the Man With No Name is poor again at the beginning of "A Fistful of Dollars" because he gave the $100,000 in gold to Father Ramirez's mission for saving his life. The name of the actor who plays Tuco is pronounced "Eli Wall-eck." He was Jewish actor from New York. And yes, he was Don Altobello in "The Godfather, Part III."
Situated in New Mexico territory during the Civil War. One of the greatest Westerns. You boys are catching up, I saw this in the theater when it came out in 1966 ;-))
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is next, and voted together Good Bad Ugly as the greatest western ever made! Is different from the Dollar Trilogy; is mitologic, eternal. The end of the old West (and their heroes) and the beginning of the capitalism and the modern era, rappresenting by the train! For the first time HENRY FONDA is an evil figure (his acting masterpiece) and Charles Bronson is the misterious figure who search revenge... The music is amazing, one of the Morricone s best; the plot, the acting, the direction. And of course the very famous beginning of the film (influenced Spielberg and many others directors) where the music is the rumours of the things all around the station. Greatest Western ever, for Martin Scorsese also.
There is so much from this and Leone’s other spaghetti westerns that is foundational to action movies these days. For example the scene where Tuco builds his gun was referenced in John Wick 3
Truth be told, I thought the same as you. That the "Man With no Name" was three different people all possessed by the same Specter. However, it's been pointed out to me that he's actually the same protagonist with three separate nicknames. This makes sense due to the timeline and these clues. (1) "Blondie" finds the poncho during the Civil War and it's in fine condition. It's said he gives his $100,000 to Father Ramirez as gratitude for saving his life. (2) "Joe" gives all the money he gains to Marisol and her family. Once again, being a philanthropist. During this time his hand is injured when a bandit steps on it. (3) "Manco" and War vet Mortimer working as bounty hunters. His injured hand now in a leather sleeve. Notice the poncho is backwards (to hide the bullet holes previously made by Ramone). Also, notice that others name him (The Undertaker in "Fistful", The Sheriff in Tucumcari and Tuco) (Edit) Great reactions and yes, I also laughed at Tuco's antics.
The interesting things in this movie is the shades of grey of caracters. The good is the one who killed the most people. The bad who is "robotic" just want to reach his goal, is the one who killed the least. It's one of my favorite western with Once upon a time in the west
The bridge was built by the Spanish army for the movie but the officer in charge of the explosives didn't realise they were going to do a rehearsal before filming and blew up the bridge when the cameras weren't rolling meaning they had to rebuild the bridge all over and refilm the scene
About the theory that this is the prequel, I've seen an analysis which shows that every date seen in this movie is earlier than dates shown in the other two. In the three movies, Clint Eastwood is apparently not the same guy, but it's almost like they're teasing us by giving this film some prequel clues.
Definitely this one is the best of the three because of the richness of the character development and storyline. You should also do the Dirty Harry series.
Clint once told of going to Italy for these movies after ending his TV gig on Rawhide. The budget was so low he had only one costume so had to take it back each evening and wash it out to wear the next day.
Now that you think about it, budget didn't need to be that high for props or other stuff. It's a lot of very very good dialogue and acting....and music.
It's just a fantastic film. I can't think of a scene in it that you would cut out. This is Quentin Tarantino's fave movie. You can see the influence it had on him.
Tuco is definitely the star in this. The interaction between him and Blondie is as good as that between the two bounty hunters in FAFDM. In both films they also have a certain respect for each other, but part of that is also to try and outsmart. The plot has twists as before though chance plays a heavy role. And for me El Indio has more of a background for the villain, The Bad here has a role in the plot but we don't know much more. A lot of money was spent on that explosion, which they had to do twice. Both are definitely great films but too few appreciate FAFDM.
The bridge scene is one of the least appreciated in the movie, but was probably the most expensive in the production. The crews built the bridge and all filming was done except the blasting. Leone let some important person have the honor of getting to set it off but a miscommunication had him give the order early, before Leone had the cameras running. The whole thing was toast, and Leone was furious. The Spanish army rebuilt it the next day and it was ready to be blasted again, the one used in the movie.
Someone has uploaded on to this site a video of the final showdown... except with Morricone's _Trio_ music removed and replaced by natural diegetic sounds. Instead of the epic climax witnessed in the film it is just 3 blokes shuffling around and awkwardly looking at each other for 5 minutes.
imo, shyma needs to put the movie on the monitor to his right. it doesn't look natural when the movie is in the center and he's looking off screen (which is the movie monitor). just try it once.
The timeline is in reverse. It starts with Good Bad Ugly, then For a Few Dollars More, then A Fistful of Dollars. There is an underlying story between the three and I recommend checking out some videos on it
@@RamblersInc there was one guy who theorized that Blondie is actually an angel who wanders the mortal plane under the guise of a bounty hunter in order to help those in need. It’s actually a really good theory and he makes a strong argument for it, though I don’t know if I believe it. Glad you enjoyed the movie 👍🏻
you have to remember blondie after finding out the name of the cemetery could have waited days even weeks . he could have hunted and killed both tuco and angel eyes . then go dig up the money . he didnt. thats why he is the good
@@RamblersIncOh yeah , something I always remembered is blondie was the only one who knew the name on the grave. From the beginning of knowing the name he could have most likely found the cemetery on his own . The name is most important. That's why when you ask someone if they have seen this movie and they say yes, you say what's the name on the dam grave then ?
Watch other reactors, but always come back to you guys. Just fun to see you experience something new. Edit: While we generally think of these as Clint Eastwood focused, it has been pointed out that A Fistful of Dollars was Clint centric, A Few Dollars is more centered on Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach stole the show in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Lee van Cleef had enjoyed a long career with minor roles in many westerns. Including some great ones - _High Noon_ and also _The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance_ . However, by the mid 60s his career was just about over. He was broke and wondering what 9-5 jobs he might be qualified for. Then a tubby little Italian shows up at his door with a briefcase full of cash inviting him to come to Europe and make films....
Clint Eastwood's character Blondie was more of an Anti Hero. Not necessarily evil but not necessarily honorable either. Another great Eastwood movie which is my second favorite after this one is The Outlaw Josey Wales. A fantastic epic almost as good as this one. Brilliant!
The trilogy is not a unified story. Instead think of the trilogy as an anthology, three stories that attempt to paint an interpretation of the Old West.
I love this movie. If Clint Eastwood had only done this film and the "Dirty Harry" movies, that would have been enough to make him legendary. And Eli Wallach is hilarious. This was a great choice. Could we interest you in Dirty Harry?
@@RamblersInc The man was a genius. Got to say, another Western 'The Outlaw Josey Wales', directed by Eastwood, is well worth watching. He's spitting mad! For cop movie genre, you must see the brilliant 'Dirty Harry', plus the next 2 sequels to that 'Magnum Force' and 'The Enforcer' are good, but watch 'Dirty Harry' and any other cop film will not come close! Peace to you both.
It can be proven, using math, that for purely self-interested, rational people, it's better to split the money equally 3 ways than it is to get in a three-way showdown for all of it, assuming its a "fair" showdown (so not like the one at the end of this movie). If you assume that all people shoot simultaneously, all hit their intended targets, all have only one bullet, nobody ever misses, misfires, decides not to shoot, shoots themself by accident, etc, and that each bullet is always fatal, then there are only 8 unique permutations of how the showdown will end. In two of them, everybody dies (Blondie shoots Angel-Eyes, Angel Eyes shoots Tuco, Tuco shoots Blondie, or the reverse, where Blondie shoots Tuco, Tuco shoots Angel-Eyes, and Angel Eyes shoots Blondie). In the remaining 6 possibilities, there are two where Blondie wins "fair and square", two where Angel Eyes Wins, and two where Tuco wins. This means that in the overall odds calculation, each person has a 2/8 chance to walk away with all of the money and 6/8 chance to get killed. Repeatedly played many times, the average amount of money each person would get is therefore 25% of the total per showdown, whereas if they split the money equally, they each get 33.3% of the total. Of course, to do the showdown repeatedly would mean using some kind of stun gun instead of a real gun, and you still can't trust Tuco and Angel Eyes not to come back later and kill you for your share anyway.
Great job guys. Now, you need to react to the original Bladerunner and you will have reacted to my 3 favorite movies of all time. Godfather is the other one.
I prefer this one of the trilogy. Tuco is my favorite. If you want a good adventure 3 hours long with beautiful soundtrack please react to RRR in hindi or telugu.
If you want to regard these as three distinct films with different characters thats fine. If you want to see these as stories from the life of one man across a decade or so that is also fine. However, attempting to construct a grand coherent narrative linking everything together and creating a complete saga is doomed to failure. Although Leone may have gone to some lengths researching things like the few civil war battles that took place to the west of the Mississippi, he is still making it all up as he goes along based primarily on what sounds cool. Even within each film there are plenty of things that don't add up. Eg in _For a Few Dollars More_ Douglas Mortimer is a former Confederate Officer, at the beginning he is reading a newspaper with a date of 1870something, but the safe they steal is full of CSA paper dollars which in the 1870s would be worth about as much as (picking an example not entirely at random) bags of steel washers. Don't attempt to dissect everything. Just enjoy the ride.
Guys, this is your best ever reaction outside Band of Brothers…really enjoyed your breakdown & commentary. I’ve seen this probably twenty times or so. Some years back, probably in my 30s, I really thought about the characters…& think the relationship between Tuco & his brother is one of the saddest in these three films. I replayed it a few times & Eli Wallach just brings one of the best moments in a western. I really appreciate you sharing this trilogy with us. Have another western suggestion, a film equivalent to this in terms of character development, script, cinematography & score. Speaking of the soundtrack….Ennio Morricone, the Maestro, just takes it to the next level on this one. Which brings me to my suggestion: “Once Upon a Time in the West”. Arguably the best Western of all time, with one of the absolute best villains. Hope y’all consider it, you will certainly not be disappointed. Cheers from across the Pond!
True. It's why I have a small bit of sympathy for Tuco for how he turned out. Either become a bandit or a priest. We'll definitely get to Once Upon a Time in the West at some point.
Angel Eyes was not in the Unionist Army......when he sussed the prison camp where Tucu & Blondie would possibly end up he infiltrated his way in to lie in wait!
Not according to the script. He was supposed to be a member of the Union Army and this Bill Carson thing was a side hustle he was involved with when on leave. There is a scene that was shot but didn't make it into the movie where Setenza (Angel Eyes' name in the Italian version) explains to the Man With No Name what's going on when they take a break from riding to have a snack and rest the horses.
This is the greatest western ever.
A lot of people came for Eastwood to this movie and are falling in love with Tuco :)
Not surprised 😂
"If you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
Fantastic advice for life.
Every other movie bad guy does it the other way.
That line was ad libbed by Eli Wallach. In an interview Eli was puzzled why people laughed when he said that line. He said it's just fact, when you have to shoot, shoot don't talked.
Epic line😂
This might be my favorite movie of all time.. It has everything I need in a movie. Brilliant actors, memorable lines, interesting plot, captivating cinematography with the dirty aesthetics and the close ups, the eyes that say more than words. And the soundtrack... it's just extraordinary. Dont think they'll make a movie like this one ever again.
Eli Wallach, who plays Tuco, is a great American character actor. He was also great in The Magnificent Seven, a wonderful movie, and in the Godfather.
He was brilliant in this.
@@RamblersInc He was around 50 years old when they filmed this
And in Baby doll as well. Amazing tremendous actor, my favorite!
This is, by far, my favorite movie of all times. I've seen it hundreds of times and still entertains me as the first time. Never gets old or boring. Amazing in every way.
The music part at the graveyard is called "Extasy of gold".
Morricone forever.
Tuco is played by Eli Wallach -- one of the great character actors of the 1960s and 70s.
Love the spaghetti western genre so much...its shame nobody makes these movies anymore. There was a lot of improv in the movie..best example is the scene where Tuco put together a gun from different pieces by Wallach...
One of the best trilogies out there,
Eli Wallach (spl?) "Tuco" played several large characters through the years. He was the head of the Mexican bandits terrorizing the village in "The Magnificent Seven", "Cotton" in the film "The Two Jakes" (Sequel to China Town), Don in "God Father III", "Tough Guys" and "How the West Was Won". He played the part so well some people thought he was Latino. He was a Polish guy from NYC. His humor and facial reactions and comic timing make him a fun character. Good reaction
Tuco is one of my favorite characters of all time😊
Same 🙌
Everybody loves Tuco. He's such a fun, conniving, little weasel.
I could've watched an entire movie about "The adventures of Tuco !" 😂
Epic film. Epic storyline. Epic soundtrack. Masterpiece.
Once upon time in the west staring charles bronson & henry fonda
Would really like to see y'all do this one. Another epic film. The score is incredible again.
its my favorite
Top reaction guys! Don’t stop your Sergio Leone journey just yet. His subsequent trilogy is arguably even better and, for me, features possibly the greatest western ever. You should deffo watch “Once Upon a Time in the West” next.
Yes, that's the usual sequence and the movie is excellent.
This has probably been mentioned but the reason Angel Eyes is at the prison camp is he was told Carson’s units were either killed or taken to the a notorious camp. He is there hoping a prisoner named Bill Carson shows up.
Interesting. I never put that together.
smart guy....bad.....but smart.
Il film è stato girato in Spagna, i produttori erano tedeschi, regia e musica italiana, attori americani. Masterpiece
When I think of movies that invented the hero with the bad-ass lines, I think of this one.
So many one liners. And a lot of them from Tuco 😂
Others have suggested _Once Upon a Time in the West_ . It's a movie in which Leone really uses many of the same techniques here with the intense close-ups and dramatic music. It was made after this trilogy and had a bigger budget and thus has big-name actors. It's a high quality movie though not as famous with the younger generation as this movie is.
Now your ready for...........................The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live)
Just watched it........5 times in a row 🤯 It was perfect.
Did you watch it off camera?
This movie is what made me a Clint Eastwood fan for life when I first saw it in the theater as a kid. Yes, Eli Wallach was in Godfather III, you're right. He was a legendary actor who was the villain in another GREAT western called "The Magnificent Seven" starring Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn and others. You guys MUST watch it as well as "Once Upon a Time in The West" another so called "Spaghetti Western" directed by Sergio Leone starring Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson. Great job. guys!!!
In The Good... the music IS a character. It's powerful, compelling, and very very forward rather than in the background. It DRIVES the scene, especially 'Ecstasy of Gold'. Morricone was a musical phenomena.
Great way of looking at it. And you're right. The music takes this movie to another level.
Lee Van Cleef began his career in 1952 in High Noon as one of Frank Miller's henchman. His career was one primarily of one of villians, puncuated by the rare good guy part. After Sergio Leone rescued his failing career (Van Cleef's words) he went on to take mostly good guy roles. To his dying day, Van Cleef gave Leone credit giving him and his family the life that they had, unlike Eastwood, who refused to work with leone ever again as he felt he kept having to share "his" movies with actors who upstaged him. Leone said that Eastwood only expressed two emotions on screen: hat on and hat off.
hope you guys react to Once Upon a Time in the West as well, another Sergio western, my favorite of his, no clint eastwood, but you get charles bronson and henry fonda
Like I know the dollars trilogy or the man with no name trilogy is considered to be separate anthology stories about the old west but honestly, there’s an argument to be made that there all connected and Clint is the same character through out all 3 movies…but the catch is The Good bad and ugly is a an actual prequel to the first two instead of the last one
Examples being he gets his poncho here but already has it in the previous films, at the end of the few dollars more he states when he gets enough (a lot) of bounty money he’s gonna “retire”…and yes while other actors from each film do clearly play different characters it’s a fun theory I like to think about 😅
I agree. That poncho was definitely a dead giveaway .
"Once upon Time in ouest" with Henry Fonda & Charles Bronson is the best western by Sergio Leone
The best one line of history of cinema, describing the whole human history is :
You know in this world there two kinds of people, my friend: those with loaded guns, and those who dig.
I read the paperbacks. Clint's name was No Name or Mr. Sudden Death. 2 were written by 1 guy and the last 1 was written by another writer .
There were books before the movies or someone made an adaptation of the movies?
Y'all should check out The Good, the Bad, the Weird. It's a Korean action comedy film inspired by this movie, and it's genuinely great too.
I just saw the trailer and...it...looks...CRAZY ! Definitely added to the watchlist 👍
Many people come to this movie expecting a western, but then it turns into a war movie to their surprise. There's definitely statements about the US Civil War, and wars in general, in this movie.
Yeh, that entire bridge scene changed the movie slightly with the drunk Union Cpt. that's just seen too much death, ending with Clint's line "I've never seen so many men wasted so badly".
I’ve always thought that Clint finding the poncho in this movie, and how it seems to be the same poncho he wears in the other films, is indication that he is the same character in all 3
It is. The people saying he's not the same man don't know what they're talking about. The details in the films make it crystal clear he's the same man.
The only thing that doesn't make it so is the other actors playing different characters.
@@RamblersInc No, that's more of an American attitude. That's not how filmmakers in foreign countries think. They use the same actors over and over again in the same series. For example, in Britain's Hammer Dracula series, an actor named Michael Ripper appeared in "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave", "Taste the Blood of Dracula", and "Scars of Dracula" as three separate characters. That doesn't mean that Christopher Lee's Dracula is three different Draculas. It's all the same series. Conversely, all three of those films have protagonists named "Paul," who ARE three different characters (because writer John Elder was lazy with names).
Well, okay. So In "For a Few Dollars More," il Straniero/The Stranger--what they called Clint's character in Italy--is known as "Manco." In Italian, 'manco" means "mangled" and it refers to his right hand being crushed by Chico at the end of "A Fistful of Dollars." In "For a Few," Manco wears a gauntlet over his right hand to hide the scarring. And if you pay attention, you'll find that the character does everything in the movie left-handed... except shoot. Pay even extra attention and you'll see Manco is wearing his poncho backwards... to hide the bullet holes shot in it by Ramon Rojo. In the screenplay of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," even though the dialogue only refers to the character as "Il Biondo/Blondie," the descriptive passages of the script refer to Eastwood's character as "Joe," the nickname given him in "A Fistful of Dollars."
On top of THAT, the hero of "Once Upon a Time in the West" was originally going to be the final appearance of Il Straniero/Joe/Manco/Blondie/The Man With No Name. It was finally going to reveal who he was and why he was doing what he was doing. However, because of a huge fight Clint and Leone had during shooting of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," Eastwood refused to work with Leone ever again. Leone had to deliver a western to Paramount Pictures, so instead of scrapping the project since he'd lost his lead actor, he went back to Italy with his writers and turned the Man With No Name into the brand-new Harmonica character who would be played by Charles Bronson in the final film.
He's meant to be the same guy in all three movies.
"to hide the bullet holes shot in it by Ramon Rojo". 🤯🤯🤯 oh that's brilliant.
Oh maaaan. I wish they didn't. We would have had some amazing movies if they carried on working together.
I can see the continuity with AFOD and FAFDM. Rail lines in New Mexico were not established until the 1880s and Colonel Mortimer's tie has a later 1800s look. The Civil War campaign in New Mexico took place in 1862. That would make for a good 20 year time lapse between GBU and FAFDM. Manco does not look any older than Blondie. In addition Blondie would have blown through 100 k. I have given quite a bit of thought over the past 50 years of the likelihood that Blondie = Manco. Not very likely IMO. @ConstantineFurman
FYI: this movie was set in the American Civil War during the 1862 New Mexico Campaign. At that time $200,000 was the equivalent of $6.2 million in 2024. For that amount of money, I wouldn't have trusted Tuco or Angel Eyes either. 😂🤣
😂good point. Me either.
"If he was the same character, he'd be rich."
According to Luciano Vincenzoni, co-writer of "For a Few Dollars More" and GBU, the Man With No Name is poor again at the beginning of "A Fistful of Dollars" because he gave the $100,000 in gold to Father Ramirez's mission for saving his life.
The name of the actor who plays Tuco is pronounced "Eli Wall-eck." He was Jewish actor from New York. And yes, he was Don Altobello in "The Godfather, Part III."
And that's why he's "the good"
Thanks for clearing it up. I knew I pronounced that wrong 😂.
Enjoyed your journey through this trilogy. Really hope you top it off with Once upon a time in the west, Leone's masterpiece of this genre.
Blonde refers to his fair skin
Ooooohhhhh. We thought it was his hair lol
I always thought of good, bad and ugly not as each one of the characters.. but what is inside each of them.. enjoyed the reaction
Ooooh that's a good take on the title.
Situated in New Mexico territory during the Civil War. One of the greatest Westerns. You boys are catching up, I saw this in the theater when it came out in 1966 ;-))
Unless you were in Italy in 1966, no, you didn't. :) It didn't come out in America until December of '67.
@@ConstantineFurman Close enough ;-)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is next, and voted together Good Bad Ugly as the greatest western ever made! Is different from the Dollar Trilogy; is mitologic, eternal.
The end of the old West (and their heroes) and the beginning of the capitalism and the modern era, rappresenting by the train!
For the first time HENRY FONDA is an evil figure (his acting masterpiece) and Charles Bronson is the misterious figure who search revenge...
The music is amazing, one of the Morricone s best; the plot, the acting, the direction.
And of course the very famous beginning of the film (influenced Spielberg and many others directors) where the music is the rumours of the things all around the station.
Greatest Western ever, for Martin Scorsese also.
Candidate for best western ever. Tuco sort of steals the show, but Blondie (Clint Eastwood) becomes the biggest movie star on the planet.
There is so much from this and Leone’s other spaghetti westerns that is foundational to action movies these days. For example the scene where Tuco builds his gun was referenced in John Wick 3
Damn. Another one we haven't seen 😂
Truth be told, I thought the same as you. That the "Man With no Name" was three different people all possessed by the same Specter. However, it's been pointed out to me that he's actually the same protagonist with three separate nicknames. This makes sense due to the timeline and these clues.
(1) "Blondie" finds the poncho during the Civil War and it's in fine condition. It's said he gives his $100,000 to Father Ramirez as gratitude for saving his life.
(2) "Joe" gives all the money he gains to Marisol and her family. Once again, being a philanthropist. During this time his hand is injured when a bandit steps on it.
(3) "Manco" and War vet Mortimer working as bounty hunters. His injured hand now in a leather sleeve. Notice the poncho is backwards (to hide the bullet holes previously made by Ramone).
Also, notice that others name him (The Undertaker in "Fistful", The Sheriff in Tucumcari and Tuco)
(Edit) Great reactions and yes, I also laughed at Tuco's antics.
Oh that's brilliant. And it all makes sense it terms of continuity.
The interesting things in this movie is the shades of grey of caracters.
The good is the one who killed the most people. The bad who is "robotic" just want to reach his goal, is the one who killed the least.
It's one of my favorite western with Once upon a time in the west
Definitely one of our favourites.
A couple good westerns are "They call me Trinity" and "Trinity is still my name."
Epic movie
The bridge was built by the Spanish army for the movie but the officer in charge of the explosives didn't realise they were going to do a rehearsal before filming and blew up the bridge when the cameras weren't rolling meaning they had to rebuild the bridge all over and refilm the scene
Another great underrated Western is 'My Name is Nobody'. Not nearly enough people react to it.
We've not seen that either.
Wow. It's good really good ratings as well.
so true, because of the all seeing god the algorithm, everyone react to the same fucking movie all at same time...
Angel Eyes may be The Bad, but he kills fewer people than the other two & always keeps his word.
That's true😂
About the theory that this is the prequel, I've seen an analysis which shows that every date seen in this movie is earlier than dates shown in the other two. In the three movies, Clint Eastwood is apparently not the same guy, but it's almost like they're teasing us by giving this film some prequel clues.
Cheers. Excellent watch through without an overload of commentary.
Phew. I was worried we talked too much 😂.
Definitely this one is the best of the three because of the richness of the character development and storyline. You should also do the Dirty Harry series.
Tuco is the most interesting character, for sure.
Clint once told of going to Italy for these movies after ending his TV gig on Rawhide. The budget was so low he had only one costume so had to take it back each evening and wash it out to wear the next day.
Now that you think about it, budget didn't need to be that high for props or other stuff. It's a lot of very very good dialogue and acting....and music.
You gentleman might like the video on how they made the music for this movie. You will never look at another Westerns the same again.
I could happily watch a series just on the music for the entire trilogy. Amazing soundtrack
It's just a fantastic film. I can't think of a scene in it that you would cut out.
This is Quentin Tarantino's fave movie. You can see the influence it had on him.
Oh wow. I had no idea it was his favourite. I can see why though.
Tuco is definitely the star in this. The interaction between him and Blondie is as good as that between the two bounty hunters in FAFDM. In both films they also have a certain respect for each other, but part of that is also to try and outsmart.
The plot has twists as before though chance plays a heavy role. And for me El Indio has more of a background for the villain, The Bad here has a role in the plot but we don't know much more. A lot of money was spent on that explosion, which they had to do twice.
Both are definitely great films but too few appreciate FAFDM.
Eastwood resented that Tuco was the better character of the movie.
I would have loved another movie starring Tuco.
well, you have "High Plains Drifter" and "Pale Rider" to also look forward to
Wow. I didn't know Clint Eastwood did THAT many Westerns.
The bridge scene is one of the least appreciated in the movie, but was probably the most expensive in the production. The crews built the bridge and all filming was done except the blasting. Leone let some important person have the honor of getting to set it off but a miscommunication had him give the order early, before Leone had the cameras running. The whole thing was toast, and Leone was furious. The Spanish army rebuilt it the next day and it was ready to be blasted again, the one used in the movie.
Not surprised, especially if they had to redo it. That explosion looked HUGE as well.
Once upon a time in the west is just as epic dont skip it
Someone has uploaded on to this site a video of the final showdown... except with Morricone's _Trio_ music removed and replaced by natural diegetic sounds. Instead of the epic climax witnessed in the film it is just 3 blokes shuffling around and awkwardly looking at each other for 5 minutes.
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imo, shyma needs to put the movie on the monitor to his right. it doesn't look natural when the movie is in the center and he's looking off screen (which is the movie monitor). just try it once.
Good point. We might need to shift things around in the setup so he can do that. Thanks for the advice 👍.
Once upon a Time in the West is an excellent Movie
The timeline is in reverse. It starts with Good Bad Ugly, then For a Few Dollars More, then A Fistful of Dollars. There is an underlying story between the three and I recommend checking out some videos on it
As soon as he picked up the poncho in GBU, we figured it out.
@@RamblersInc there was one guy who theorized that Blondie is actually an angel who wanders the mortal plane under the guise of a bounty hunter in order to help those in need. It’s actually a really good theory and he makes a strong argument for it, though I don’t know if I believe it. Glad you enjoyed the movie 👍🏻
Hmm 🤔. Not a bad theory.
he could have taken that rock or really anything and smashed the guys hand through the cuffs instead of waiting for a train . thats crazy
Tuco is crazy anyway 😂
Oh yeah. All three made the movie but Tuco made it great!
you have to remember blondie after finding out the name of the cemetery could have waited days even weeks . he could have hunted and killed both tuco and angel eyes . then go dig up the money . he didnt. thats why he is the good
Very true
@@RamblersIncOh yeah , something I always remembered is blondie was the only one who knew the name on the grave. From the beginning of knowing the name he could have most likely found the cemetery on his own . The name is most important. That's why when you ask someone if they have seen this movie and they say yes, you say what's the name on the dam grave then ?
Watch other reactors, but always come back to you guys. Just fun to see you experience something new. Edit: While we generally think of these as Clint Eastwood focused, it has been pointed out that A Fistful of Dollars was Clint centric, A Few Dollars is more centered on Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach stole the show in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
And that pissed Eastwood off to no end.
It makes sense as those were my favourite characters in all 3.
Lee van Cleef had enjoyed a long career with minor roles in many westerns. Including some great ones - _High Noon_ and also _The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance_ .
However, by the mid 60s his career was just about over. He was broke and wondering what 9-5 jobs he might be qualified for. Then a tubby little Italian shows up at his door with a briefcase full of cash inviting him to come to Europe and make films....
Wow. Boosted to stardom right at the moment of giving up. It must have felt like winning the lottery.
Clint Eastwood's character Blondie was more of an Anti Hero. Not necessarily evil but not necessarily honorable either.
Another great Eastwood movie which is my second favorite after this one is The Outlaw Josey Wales. A fantastic epic almost as good as this one. Brilliant!
Perfect word to describe him.
The trilogy is not a unified story. Instead think of the trilogy as an anthology, three stories that attempt to paint an interpretation of the Old West.
I like that way better. Especially with the same actors being used.
The voices for each actor are right own
Yuco stills the movie.
After this, you'll have to do Kelly's Heroes (1970), another Clint Eastwood, and also Donald Sutherland who died at the weekend.
Added to the list 👍
RIP Donald Sutherland 💔 What an amazing career he had
I love this movie. If Clint Eastwood had only done this film and the "Dirty Harry" movies, that would have been enough to make him legendary. And Eli Wallach is hilarious. This was a great choice. Could we interest you in Dirty Harry?
Added to the watchlist 👍 Always seen people parodying (mainly Jim Carrey) Dirty Harry. Maybe we'll eventually understand who he was copying.
Great review of the best movie ever made. The only sorry thing is that it has to end!
...until someone decides to revive the Sergio Leone type of westerns again 🤞
@@RamblersInc The man was a genius. Got to say, another Western 'The Outlaw Josey Wales', directed by Eastwood, is well worth watching. He's spitting mad! For cop movie genre, you must see the brilliant 'Dirty Harry', plus the next 2 sequels to that 'Magnum Force' and 'The Enforcer' are good, but watch 'Dirty Harry' and any other cop film will not come close! Peace to you both.
It can be proven, using math, that for purely self-interested, rational people, it's better to split the money equally 3 ways than it is to get in a three-way showdown for all of it, assuming its a "fair" showdown (so not like the one at the end of this movie). If you assume that all people shoot simultaneously, all hit their intended targets, all have only one bullet, nobody ever misses, misfires, decides not to shoot, shoots themself by accident, etc, and that each bullet is always fatal, then there are only 8 unique permutations of how the showdown will end. In two of them, everybody dies (Blondie shoots Angel-Eyes, Angel Eyes shoots Tuco, Tuco shoots Blondie, or the reverse, where Blondie shoots Tuco, Tuco shoots Angel-Eyes, and Angel Eyes shoots Blondie). In the remaining 6 possibilities, there are two where Blondie wins "fair and square", two where Angel Eyes Wins, and two where Tuco wins. This means that in the overall odds calculation, each person has a 2/8 chance to walk away with all of the money and 6/8 chance to get killed. Repeatedly played many times, the average amount of money each person would get is therefore 25% of the total per showdown, whereas if they split the money equally, they each get 33.3% of the total. Of course, to do the showdown repeatedly would mean using some kind of stun gun instead of a real gun, and you still can't trust Tuco and Angel Eyes not to come back later and kill you for your share anyway.
Makes sense....in an ideal world
He has chicken in one hand and a gun in the other... welcome to America.
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Now watch the next : "Once upon time in the West" (1968) ! Please !
excellent movie
You guys have to watch this song performed by the ""Danish National Sympathy orchestra "" thats your NEXT REACTION, you will be amazed really..
The opera singer 🤯🤯🤯
You Guys gotta do 'Escape from New York' next
Added to the watchlist 👍Is that the one with the guy with an eye patch?
The name is Pliskin, you can call me Snake .
That's Kurt Russell John Carpenter is the director.
No he's not a Sargent he's impersonating one so he's in a position at Batterville (the union prison camp) so he can hopefully find bill carson
Ahhh ok. Thanks for clearing that up.
Great job guys. Now, you need to react to the original Bladerunner and you will have reacted to my 3 favorite movies of all time. Godfather is the other one.
Added to the watchlist 👍....thats the Harrison Ford one right?
@@RamblersInc Yep.
@@RamblersIncoh, one of the greatest sci-fi films ever! I’ll be waiting for that one!
My fav is OUTITW .
Pretty sure the "the good" is meant to describe his skills, not his ethics. 😊
If that's the case....what are "ugly skills" ? 🤔 His cussing throughout the movie maybe 😂
If you watch the Fallout series these movies are the source for the character of the Ghoul
We really want to get to that at some point 🤞
I prefer this one of the trilogy. Tuco is my favorite. If you want a good adventure 3 hours long with beautiful soundtrack please react to RRR in hindi or telugu.
RRR looks like an insane epic. Added to the watchlist 👍
If you want to regard these as three distinct films with different characters thats fine. If you want to see these as stories from the life of one man across a decade or so that is also fine.
However, attempting to construct a grand coherent narrative linking everything together and creating a complete saga is doomed to failure. Although Leone may have gone to some lengths researching things like the few civil war battles that took place to the west of the Mississippi, he is still making it all up as he goes along based primarily on what sounds cool.
Even within each film there are plenty of things that don't add up. Eg in _For a Few Dollars More_ Douglas Mortimer is a former Confederate Officer, at the beginning he is reading a newspaper with a date of 1870something, but the safe they steal is full of CSA paper dollars which in the 1870s would be worth about as much as (picking an example not entirely at random) bags of steel washers.
Don't attempt to dissect everything. Just enjoy the ride.
"Don't attempt to dissect everything. Just enjoy the ride" - Well said. And what a ride it was.
Once upon a time in the west , please.
NO. YHINK THINK. angle eyes is impersonating a Sargent in hopes of f8nding carson
Guys, this is your best ever reaction outside Band of Brothers…really enjoyed your breakdown & commentary. I’ve seen this probably twenty times or so. Some years back, probably in my 30s, I really thought about the characters…& think the relationship between Tuco & his brother is one of the saddest in these three films. I replayed it a few times & Eli Wallach just brings one of the best moments in a western. I really appreciate you sharing this trilogy with us. Have another western suggestion, a film equivalent to this in terms of character development, script, cinematography & score. Speaking of the soundtrack….Ennio Morricone, the Maestro, just takes it to the next level on this one. Which brings me to my suggestion: “Once Upon a Time in the West”. Arguably the best Western of all time, with one of the absolute best villains. Hope y’all consider it, you will certainly not be disappointed. Cheers from across the Pond!
True. It's why I have a small bit of sympathy for Tuco for how he turned out. Either become a bandit or a priest.
We'll definitely get to Once Upon a Time in the West at some point.
Angel Eyes was not in the Unionist Army......when he sussed the prison camp where Tucu & Blondie would possibly end up he infiltrated his way in to lie in wait!
Not according to the script. He was supposed to be a member of the Union Army and this Bill Carson thing was a side hustle he was involved with when on leave. There is a scene that was shot but didn't make it into the movie where Setenza (Angel Eyes' name in the Italian version) explains to the Man With No Name what's going on when they take a break from riding to have a snack and rest the horses.
@@ConstantineFurman his name is Sentenza (Judgment) because that's what he does. Death judjments.