The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Full Reaction
Added 2022-06-22 07:35:14 +0000 UTCHere is the reaction to THTBTU, our last live pillowcase pull winner! Ok I had to watch this in two parts, I had taken a new allergy med right before and I was feeling all dizzy and weird 😵💫. Ok Clint Eastwood has a very soothing, sexy, batman voice and it was fun to see him young and hunky. I thought this story was fun but sometimes I felt everyone was moving in slow motion! Ok let's go WOMP womp Womp.....
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Which version is this?
JPDotCom23
2025-03-11 03:56:03 +0000 UTCWesterns w/a relatively young Clint Eastwood that are faster pace and that you may find more entertaining are below. My favorite: THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976) [Rotten Tomatoes = 91%] Runner-ups: High Plains Drifter (1973) [RT = 94%] Pale Rider (1985) [RT = 93%] Honorable Mention: Hang 'Em High (1968) [RT = 92%]. By the way, you reacted to several good westerns in 1993.
Clay F
2024-02-20 19:28:39 +0000 UTCA lot of great westerns, from Wayne to Scott, Ford to Leone, American and Italian. To me, this one stands alone on the summit. The long version. I appreciate she is honest about the length of the film but if they shortened it it would not be the same. It is a masterpiece.
thansen
2023-10-25 23:52:13 +0000 UTCSo I was rewatching this reaction again I heard Cassie mention that Angel Eyes looks like a cartoon fox. I thought in my head "Maybe a Ocelot?" I had a good chuckle. 👍
Prophet2272
2022-11-30 04:25:21 +0000 UTCI wonder if she is aware Tuco was played by the same actor who played Arthur in the Holiday. Eli Wallach.
Larry Darrell
2022-08-14 02:36:45 +0000 UTC+1 for Open Range
David Collins
2022-08-04 16:26:15 +0000 UTC+1 for Josey Wales and Open Range.
Vryce
2022-07-05 16:09:37 +0000 UTCWhere is it labelled? The Good, the Bad and the Ugly run time is indicated if you click on the Find your own copy link so at least that is something to look at in the future, but there is nothing else like extended or DC in the title. I will have to look at the run time in the future. The Patriot had the same issue, because there are heaps of extended cuts online and Cassie viewed the Theatrical which I struggled to get.
John Cranberry
2022-07-03 00:56:23 +0000 UTCHi Aarswft. Which ever copy it is, they will be clearly labelled ie: "film name" Directors Cut or "film name" Extended Cut. If it is a theatrical release cut, it will just be the name of the film.
Jedi Psy
2022-07-02 09:08:27 +0000 UTCCassie, don't give up on Westerns. As others have said, "Tombstone" is a must, and I would highly recommend "Open Range" and "The Outlaw Josey Wales" Cheers!
Joe
2022-06-28 15:26:14 +0000 UTCHow would she know?
aarswft
2022-06-25 11:16:49 +0000 UTCFrustrated that you watched the extended version and I was wondering why it was not syncing. You should point out the run time or version as many old movies have been remastered and some have extended versions.
John Cranberry
2022-06-24 10:56:15 +0000 UTCFor young Clint, my money is on Kelly's Heroes (1970). She enjoys a good heist, and is into the war genre too, so I have high hopes for this one. For a middle aged Clint Escape From Alcatraz (1979) would be my top choice for her. From his recent movies as old Clint it's a tough choice. After the success of Rocky/Creed the Million Dollar Baby (2004) would probably be a great reaction. But given I'm not that into boxing, my pick would rather be Gran Torino (2008).
Gábor Árki
2022-06-24 09:27:36 +0000 UTCTombstone with the Val Kilmer portrayal of Doc Holliday is probably my favorite western. This, and The Outlaw Josie Wales are in my top 5. Unforgiven also but you already watched that.
Matthew Dunham
2022-06-24 08:36:42 +0000 UTCLee Van Cleef, one of the greatest movie villains of all time. 😃❤️😃❤️😃❤️
Matthew Dunham
2022-06-24 08:31:54 +0000 UTCWhy call spaghetti westerns... look at the names in the credits.........
Mike McLaughlin
2022-06-24 08:05:15 +0000 UTCI saw this coming a mile away. There a so many Clint Eastwood movies Cassie would enjoy. Dirty Harry, Escape From Alcatraz, The Bridges of Maddison County, among many others. The Spaghetti westerns aren't going to be for her.
Shawn Kildal
2022-06-24 06:41:28 +0000 UTCWell, having finished the full reaction yesterday evening this kind of turned out what I expected. I think Cassie was caught very much off guard by this movie and its unique style. I knew there was little for her to really enjoy: mostly bad and cruel people killing each other for treasure in midst of a war. My hope was in Clint Eastwood and it seems he did succeed. 😜 Also, I feel by the third hour Cassie actually started to warm up to the movie and even starting to actually enjoy it a bit. As for the movie itself this was something I did not like as a teen at all. I think back then my very favorite westerns were The Magnificent Seven (1960), some West German Winnetou movies and the two "Trinity" movies which in a way are comedic takes on the spaghetti western genre while being spaghetti westerns themselves. I only started to like and appreciate this movie as an adult and became probably favorite is this genre. As for the extended cut, I can finally say that I still very much prefer the International theatrical. The added scenes which contain speech really take you out of the movie due to the very noticeable differences in the voices. Even if I put aside that they were 40 years older, the quality of the dubbing is noticeably worse. Also, I fully agree that these scenes don't really add anything important neither to the story nor to the characters. I don't really understand why the studio has pretty much abolished the theatrical version.
Gábor Árki
2022-06-23 07:10:07 +0000 UTCOkay. Just got done watching your reaction to TGTBTU. I think I’m gonna have to agree with you Cassie. You would not fare well in the Old West. First off, your lips would be so chapped! 😜 Just teasing! Nice reaction! You were definitely not a fan of the pacing though. At the final standoff, they dragged it out so long that I don’t think you really cared who got shot as long as someone would draw their gun! 😂 Don’t give up on Westerns quite yet though. There are ones out there with better pacing. Looking forward to the the coming week!
Robert da Spruce
2022-06-23 04:46:32 +0000 UTCThat took me back. I haven't seen that movie in a long time. Yes, it is a long drawn out movie. You just have to sit back and enjoy the ride. Don't be impatient.. Everyone is in a hurry. You need to sit back and enjoy life once in awhile. I enjoyed the ride with you, Cassie.
Rick Williams
2022-06-23 03:17:24 +0000 UTCTombstone lost to Maverick in the second round, and I think it was "bugged" out of the losers bracket (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly was third AND fourth if I remember right).
Mike Lemon
2022-06-23 02:37:37 +0000 UTCOther people have reported comment going missing. Nobody knows why.
Mike Lemon
2022-06-23 02:31:14 +0000 UTCAs much as I would love to see a Kurosawa film on here, I'm not 100% sure Cassie would enjoy them. Still, a Kurosawa poll may not be a bad idea?
ArsTropica
2022-06-23 01:21:41 +0000 UTCFun Trivia Fact: Eastwood hated cheroots and Wallace was a tee-totaller. It's always the straight ones you need to watch out for.
ArsTropica
2022-06-23 01:18:19 +0000 UTCThere are two ways to watch the Dollars Trilogy you can watch them in release order or chronological order. Release Order 1. A Fistful of Dollars 2. For a Few Dollars More 3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Chronological Order 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 2. A Fistful of Dollars 3. For a Few Dollars More Either way is fine in my personal opinion. Since you started with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, you're taking the chronological route and should view Fistful of Dollars as a sequel to The Good the Bad and the Ugly. If...you decide to continue on with the trilogy, that is. If I had to give an order to my favourites of the trilogy it would more or less be the chronological order. Substituting place in the trilogy for ranking in terms of liking it. The fact that A Fistful of Dollars places second is due to it being a ripoff of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's Samurai film Yojimbo. Which I like better.
Phillip Ribbink
2022-06-23 00:52:11 +0000 UTCWhy was my comment deleted? Should I bother?
Carol_White
2022-06-23 00:39:03 +0000 UTCAlso Cassie stated in the intro that she believed that this movie lost to Maverick in the Western bracket finals, but what I really think happened was that this film came in third behind Maverick and Unforgiven, which is why she hadn't seen it already. (It could be that Maverick beat TGTB&TU and sent it to the Losers bracket where it lost to Unforgiven, which made it come in third, but my memory is hazy to the intricacies of that battle.) So I find it kind of funny that everyone is now saying she'll like Tombstone better. And she will. 😁
MikeLL
2022-06-22 23:49:18 +0000 UTCTrue. If anything, it'll have the opposite problem.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-06-22 23:44:30 +0000 UTCYeah, she'll probably like TOMBSTONE more than this (not that that makes it a better movie mind you, but it is more contemporary in its pace and sensibilities), but I don't know if she'll necessarily enjoy it more than MAVERICK. She really dug that one and whatever else one can say about it, it is a lot of fun.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-06-22 23:43:36 +0000 UTC"Nothing like a nice piece of hickory." PALE RIDER was a seminal film in my development as a cinephile because it was not only one of the first westerns I ever saw but one of the first R-rated films. I remember catching it on HBO in a hotel room on vacation with my family as a kid (my dad let me watch it) and thinking it was a real "grown-up" movie, by which I mean a film that was not so much adult in its content (language, violence, sex) as in its sensibilities, its themes, its pace and its tone. It felt more "mature" than all the other movies I'd watched: darker, deeper, more sophisticated. I didn't quite understand it all (and I certainly didn't know how much it owed to SHANE) but I was spellbound and found upon a recent revisit that I recalled a lot of it quite vividly despite not having seen it in maybe 30 years. I like PALE RIDER quite a bit and can see why it was the highest grossing western of the 1980's. OUTLAW JOSEY WALES is another one I think she would enjoy.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-06-22 23:27:05 +0000 UTCYou have to admit this is very much Sergio Leones style. He takes his time with almost everything. I reccommend you watch the directors cut of once upon a time in America by Sergio leone as well. Yes you might have to watch it in two parts because it’s 4hr and 20 minutes long but it makes total sense as it goes from Robert De Niro’s childhood all the way to his twighlight years and it feels like a tv show of development for him and his friends.
Night King01
2022-06-22 23:10:18 +0000 UTCI noticed that Ebert updated his own review. (Easy to find them on imdb) In his 1968 review he said it was probably 30 minutes too long.
Dennis Shogren
2022-06-22 22:41:58 +0000 UTCVery much enjoyed watching along with you Cassie as I haven't seen this for some time. Loved your reaction to the music score. PALE RIDER is another Clint Eastwood western you might enjoy. One of my personal favourites is RED SUN, a good introduction to screen legend Charles Bronson.
Darren Hill
2022-06-22 22:34:50 +0000 UTCScorsese showed everyone how to make movies.
Carol_White
2022-06-22 22:34:24 +0000 UTCAll three main actors in this film are great. Lee Van Cleef as the chillingly bad Angel Eyes, Eli Wallach as Tuco's "Ugly" (basically the "Pauly" of the film) and, of course, the good (at least good relative to the others). You may be cool, but you will never be "Clint Eastwood in his prime chomping on a cigar" cool. You can see why he became the biggest movie star IN THE WORLD. So glad you finally got to see it. Hope you keep up with the western genre. :-)
Stick Figure Studios
2022-06-22 20:49:19 +0000 UTCIn the 1960s, westerns (which, along with musicals, were a staple of Hollywood in the '30s, '40s and '50s) started to die. There were still a fair amount on television with shows like BONANZA and GUNSMOKE, but on the big screen box office numbers were dwindling. Enter the Italians: filmmakers who loved the genre started doing their own take on it, telling stories with more violence, more cynicism and more style. These "spaghetti" (i.e. Italian) westerns briefly re-invigorated the genre and were huge hits when they played here in the US (you'll see some of this played out when you watch ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD). Of all the directors to helm these films, Sergio Leone is probably the king. His dollars "trilogy" (FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE and THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY) is widely considered the epitome of the spaghetti western. While many would hail Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST as his best film, for me, TGTBATU is Leone's masterpiece and my second favorite western of all time after UNFORGIVEN (my third being HIGH NOON with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, which I think you would love incidentally). Leone's grand operatic storytelling is on full display here. His epic scope, his love of faces (you commented on how there were no many "unkind faces" and this was by design; like Spielberg, the Coen brothers and Federico Fellini, Leone had a real eye for distinctive, memorable faces to put onscreen) and his full-blooded emotion. Everything in this film is extreme. From the extreme close-ups to the extreme wide shots. His texture and atmosphere: the blood, the dirt, the iconic music by his frequent collaborator Ennio Morricone (who also scored THE UNTOUCHABLES and IN THE LINE OF FIRE) and his long, drawn-out sequences. You are right that the film really takes it's time telling its story. Lengthy, almost interminable, shots of characters moving at a snail's pace to accomplish their goal... punctuated by sudden bursts of violence (he was a major influence on Tarantino). The first time you watch it, it's easy to lose patience with as you just want them to "get on with it" and get to where the story is ultimately headed. That was my experience the first time I watched it too. It wasn't until my second viewing (once I knew what was going to happen) and all subsequent ones that I was able to relax and just enjoy the journey more. "Slow" is definitely an apt descriptor for the film. Another is "hypnotic." The more I watch this film the more I revel in the leisurely pace, the mood and of course the actual filmmaking. The camerawork and editing are superb. The last twenty minutes, in particular, is some of the best cinema I've ever seen. The climactic three-way duel is terrific because it's basically just three guys standing around looking each other, but in the hands of Leone and Morricone it becomes a battle between gods, a contest of intimidation that builds and builds and builds for several minutes until BANG! and it's over. Just like that.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-06-22 20:45:11 +0000 UTCI read that John Wayne was a critic of Clint Eastwood’s Western style movies because John Wayne said Clint did not portray how the West really was.
N M
2022-06-22 20:34:21 +0000 UTCSeconding "Once Upon a Time in the West"... Henry Fonda in a role unusual for him and a young Charles Bronson. Epic music as well...
Michael Labs
2022-06-22 20:25:55 +0000 UTCI agree with this assessment. Certainly my favourite. The scene where Fonda’s outlaws reveal themselves at the homestead in their long duster coats should be way more iconic than it is.
Wes Stewart
2022-06-22 20:20:32 +0000 UTCI haven’t seen anyone mention the greatest spaghetti western ever made, so I guess I’ll have to do it… Cassie, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is the greatest spaghetti western ever made. You should watch it sometime. ‘K thanks, everybody. No questions at this time. Oh, except, Cassie, temper your expectations for the inevitable TOMBSTONE watch. It’s good. These guys are going a little haywire on the hype. TOMBSTONE is good. Good.
Jason Chirevas
2022-06-22 20:14:29 +0000 UTCMy #3 favorite western. Cassie will love it.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-06-22 19:44:49 +0000 UTCI second THE GREAT ESCAPE... and you are right about the attention spans of most viewers nowadays. Sometimes the fun of the movie is in the journey not in the destination, in languishing in whatever World it creates and enjoying the leisurely pace and atmosphere. This might have been faster and more interesting to younger viewers with an hour cut out, but it would not have been nearly the masterpiece that it is.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-06-22 19:32:33 +0000 UTCHa Ha, a lot of people apologizing for the length of this classic Western, which is a perfect film, by the way. I blame MTV. It rewired everyone's brains back in the day, and then everything became fast edit, fast edit, fast edit. I can hardly look at a movie trailer these days, a series of 35 1 and 2 second clips that go by too fast, lol. What I don't like is this annoying "restored" version with the scenes added back in, which they did 15 or 18 years ago or whatever. Whenever Tuco sounds really raspy in the movie that is because they got the then 85 year old Eli Wallach to provide new voiceovers because the old voiceovers didn't survive with the original film clips. 75 year old Eastwood doesn't sound so bad, and they got a voice imitator for the deceased Lee Van Cleef. Really miss him. Other wise I really enjoyed revisiting this special film from my childhood, but I don't blame anyone for not finding it the special film that I do. I have seen some films for the first time with Cassie, Braveheart, for example. If I had seen it in theaters back in the day and become excited on Oscar night for all the awards it won, I'm sure I would regard it with fond memories, but I didn't and I don't. And if Cassie had been with 9 and 10 year old me in the late sixties thrilling to these Man With No Name movies on the big screen she would have the same special feelings for these movies like I do, but she wasn't and she doesn't, ha ha. At least we have officially entered the mid 1960's for the first time on this Patreon channel with this film. Now we need an American film from the '60's. Cueing The Great Escape, please!
MikeLL
2022-06-22 18:48:11 +0000 UTCOh Cassie, you're the only golden haired angel around these here parts !
John Drake
2022-06-22 18:30:49 +0000 UTCYes, so basically this is a foreign movie, Italian produced with an Italian crew shooting in Spain with a mix of European and American actors.
MikeLL
2022-06-22 18:28:14 +0000 UTCYou won't have that SLOW MOTION problem with Tombstone. TRUST!
Philip Alan
2022-06-22 18:19:48 +0000 UTCI guess they didnt hire an editor , OMG so many unnecessary extended scenes . a 3 hour movie that could have been much better at around 2 hours 10 minutes without missing anything
zynjams
2022-06-22 18:09:44 +0000 UTCYeah, I doubt she would like it when Clint Eastwood drags a woman into a barn and rapes her just to teach her a lesson.
Johnny
2022-06-22 17:46:22 +0000 UTCA great Eastwood pick would definitely be Kelly’s Heroes as Gabor mentioned. One to avoid? Probably High Plains Drifter. Can’t see Cassie warming to that movie.
Wes Stewart
2022-06-22 17:41:07 +0000 UTCBased on her reaction to this, I can almost guarantee she'll hate that film.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-06-22 17:39:15 +0000 UTCGreat choices. A lot of the westerns recommended are much later films that are not typical of the earlier Westerns. I'd add The Magnificent Seven (1960) and Stagecoach (1939), at least.
Steve Colletti
2022-06-22 16:55:14 +0000 UTCok please watch 2 mules for sister sarah another classic Clint Eastwood western
zynjams
2022-06-22 16:02:55 +0000 UTCOkay now tombstone. I think you will like tombstone definitely more than Maverick and you will like tombstone way way way more than this movie.
Michael Lynch
2022-06-22 15:54:03 +0000 UTCIf we could get the allergy medicine mixed with a return of the fly, I think we'd achieve some kind of reaction nirvana...
Future Boy
2022-06-22 15:24:58 +0000 UTCThe Wild Bunch
Dooly
2022-06-22 15:22:32 +0000 UTCEveryone is right.
Future Boy
2022-06-22 15:21:01 +0000 UTCClassic western. 5 page script drawn out to 3 hours of film watching dirty white dudes sweat in tight closeup shots while repeating the music 'hook' for the movie. Not saying that isn't great for a rainy Sunday, but I don't think Editing was invented till the 80's and directors where on doing coke and had no time for this pacing.
Christopher Smith
2022-06-22 15:03:57 +0000 UTCThe Searchers by John Ford with John Wayne The Outlaw Josey Wales with and directed by Clint Eastwood Tombstone and The Man who Shot Liberty Valance would be icing on the Western Cake.
Bill Maurer
2022-06-22 14:54:20 +0000 UTCHonestly I enjoyed your allergy medicine induced commentary more than anything. Plus you were sleep deprived during the first half recovering from your concert. You are a joy to listen to. Makes for a better day in general after a new popcorn release. Room is looking great!!
Steven Ashford
2022-06-22 14:11:11 +0000 UTCWhere are most people accessing a full length copy of this film?
N M
2022-06-22 14:01:45 +0000 UTCCassie has mentioned a few times that desert + sad is what she doesn't like. That's what most westerns have in common.
Allen Bond
2022-06-22 12:55:25 +0000 UTCYou mentioned you recently watched Clint Eastwood in unforgiven. Remember you also watched him in in the line of fire and you said you couldn't wait to watch a younger Clint Eastwood because even older he was good looking to you and charming.
Michael Lynch
2022-06-22 12:49:19 +0000 UTCI really hope you revisit westerns because of this movie, Cassie Nothing would make me happier than a Tombstone reaction, or a Silverado reaction. I can hope for Appaloosa but I don't expect it,
Zachary Carter
2022-06-22 12:19:33 +0000 UTCI have no doubt that you will enjoy Tombstone. It has many faces you will recognize, and much more of the traditional feel of modern movies which I think you will find easier to watch.
Cole Jennett
2022-06-22 12:03:07 +0000 UTCEveryone thinks this is an hour too long..
David
2022-06-22 11:43:50 +0000 UTCThe outlaw Josey Wales might have been a better choice also Cassie needs to watch the Danish National symphony play TGTBATU 100m views and only 6 minutes long
Hankster
2022-06-22 11:38:55 +0000 UTCHigh Noon (1952). Grace Kelly, a bit of romance, a great, fast-paced story, 85 minutes. A Western made for Cassie. It's also excellent in general.
Future Boy
2022-06-22 11:02:20 +0000 UTCYes! We need Tombstone.
Michael Lynch
2022-06-22 10:48:35 +0000 UTCTombstone called. It wants a word
nick bell
2022-06-22 10:44:08 +0000 UTC57 or 07?
Jason Chirevas
2022-06-22 10:25:50 +0000 UTCIf this was your dad's 2nd favourite western, what was number 1?
Jake McNulty
2022-06-22 10:18:52 +0000 UTCPS: Cassie, if I may add a suggestion. A movie starring young Clint Eastwood that I have very high hopes you will really enjoy is Kelly's Heroes (1970). It is a war/heist movie where a group of US soldiers sneak behind enemy lines during WWII to perform the perfect heist.
Gábor Árki
2022-06-22 08:39:21 +0000 UTCExcellent point. [Edit: I have to add something my father told me about a year ago. Color! Seeing these movies back then was a visual treat - movies in TechniColor and “HiFi” Stereo Sound. I suspect it was a bargain to sit in an air condition theater and enjoy great sight and sound - the longer the better]
Ike
2022-06-22 08:29:37 +0000 UTCThis is an American and European classic, my dad’s 2nd favorite western, blah blah blah [insert usual commentary]… I’m going to need MORE of that Southern twang Cassie did at the very beginning! 🤣🤣🤣🥳🥳🥳 Sometimes lady, you just kill me. LOL
Ike
2022-06-22 08:27:33 +0000 UTCedited for content
james flack
2022-06-22 08:15:59 +0000 UTCspaghetti westerns are productions shot in europe, mostly in spain. mostly italian production companies. once upon a time in hollywood has a segment where the main character acts in some spaghetti westerns
Wu Sha Ling
2022-06-22 08:15:54 +0000 UTCThere are so many good westerns out there . I'm a big john Wayne fan, but I also love Clint Eastwood's westerns. The outlaw of Josey Wales is one of my absolute favorites. Would love to see Cassie and Carly react to it one day
Wyatt Nuxoll
2022-06-22 07:50:26 +0000 UTC😇 😈 👹.. I love westerns and hope you get to 3:10 to Yuma one day.
Philip G.
2022-06-22 07:43:22 +0000 UTCIf anyone is wondering, based on the 'wee update' and the length, Cassie reacted to the extended cut of the movie having a runtime of 2h58m. For reference other versions available are the original Italian theatrical cut with 2h54m and the International theatrical cut with 2h41m runtime. I cheated and watched the outro. I think the International cut would have been a better choice for this movie, it is a tighter cut with a bit faster pace. Based on what I've read the extended cut doesn't really add anything important regarding the plot or character-wise. But it seems the extended cut is the one dominantly featured everywhere nowadays. Another problem with this version is that the 4K remaster prepared a couple of years ago messed up the color grading giving the entire movie a weird yellowish tint. This is not present in older versions and has been removed for some newer home video releases by Kino Lorber as part of a rescue project.
Gábor Árki
2022-06-22 07:41:47 +0000 UTC
