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      <title>Film:For a Few Dollars More</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> For a Few Dollars More<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1967<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Sergio Leone<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> This pulse-pounding follow-up to <a href="/players/P____99378/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sergio Leone</a>'s <a href=/films/11801/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>A Fistful of Dollars</a> brings back <a href="/players/P____88601/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Clint Eastwood</a> as the serape-clad, cigar-chewing "Man With No Name." Engaged in an ongoing battle with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (<a href="/players/P____13582/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Lee Van Cleef</a>), the Man joins forces with his enemy to capture homicidal bandit Indio (<a href="/players/P____73811/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Gian Maria Volontè</a>). Both the Eastwood and Van Cleef characters are given understandable motivations for their bloodletting tendencies, something that was lacking in <a href=/films/11801/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>A Fistful of Dollars</a>. In both films, however, the violence is raw and uninhibited -- and in many ways, curiously poetic. Leone's tense, tight close-ups, pregnant pauses, and significant silences have since been absorbed into the standard spaghetti Western lexicon; likewise, <a href="/players/P___103552/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ennio Morricone</a>'s haunting musical score has been endlessly imitated and parodied. For a Few Dollars More was originally titled Per Qualche Dollaro in Più; it would be followed by the last and best of the <a href=/films/223526/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Man with No Name</a> trilogy, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 9<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 28<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 3<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 11<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 4<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 03:42:22 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>For a Few Dollars More</spout:Title><spout:Year>1967</spout:Year><spout:Director>Sergio Leone</spout:Director><spout:Plot>This pulse-pounding follow-up to &lt;a href="/players/P____99378/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Sergio Leone&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=/films/11801/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;A Fistful of Dollars&lt;/a&gt; brings back &lt;a href="/players/P____88601/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Clint Eastwood&lt;/a&gt; as the serape-clad, cigar-chewing "Man With No Name." Engaged in an ongoing battle with bounty hunter Col. Douglas Mortimer (&lt;a href="/players/P____13582/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Lee Van Cleef&lt;/a&gt;), the Man joins forces with his enemy to capture homicidal bandit Indio (&lt;a href="/players/P____73811/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Gian Maria Volontè&lt;/a&gt;). Both the Eastwood and Van Cleef characters are given understandable motivations for their bloodletting tendencies, something that was lacking in &lt;a href=/films/11801/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;A Fistful of Dollars&lt;/a&gt;. In both films, however, the violence is raw and uninhibited -- and in many ways, curiously poetic. Leone's tense, tight close-ups, pregnant pauses, and significant silences have since been absorbed into the standard spaghetti Western lexicon; likewise, &lt;a href="/players/P___103552/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Ennio Morricone&lt;/a&gt;'s haunting musical score has been endlessly imitated and parodied. For a Few Dollars More was originally titled Per Qualche Dollaro in Più; it would be followed by the last and best of the &lt;a href=/films/223526/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Man with No Name&lt;/a&gt; trilogy, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>9</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Taggedy Taggged (6-10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>28</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>3</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>11</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>4</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u36228jz22x.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/For_a_Few_Dollars_More/12167/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: director ratings - Sergio Leone - Giù la testa (Duck, You Sucker) (A Fistful of Dynamite)</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/5/2009 11:16:49 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> This is the sixth feature length film I've seen by director Sergio Leone.  I chose to watch this film based on previous good ratings I've given other films by this director and to better my favorite directors by algorithm listing. Gi&ugrave; la testa (Duck, You Sucker) (A Fistful of Dynamite) Sergio Leone is the author of my very favorite film, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  The similarly styled and A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More, both starring Clint Eastwood as essentially the same character were highly enjoyable lead ups.  You could see Leone's style developing and improving along the same path.  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was the perfect climax of that style. You could say every single one of his films took place at an era in history bit later than his previous one.  His next film Once Upon a Time in the West is also fantastic and shares a lot in style with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but there is a definite change in direction as well.  I guess he was thinking since he had perfected that style, there was no reason to keep remaking it.  Once Upon a Time in the West is slower paced, more brooding, and for the first and only time as a lead role for a woman.  Something about the movies seem to be more and more dark and socially and politically conscious.  To put it frankly, they are less fun. Since I had already seen his final film Once Upon a Time in America, I can now see that I should have expected what tone Duck, You Sucker would be in.  But for some reason I thought I read here that this was Leone's most comical film.  That is pretty far from the truth.  The two main characters can themselves be comical, but in a way that is covering up or coming out of a lot more sickness and pain. It's a film about revolution, with some of Leone's signature sparse and enigmatic character flashbacks.  Yeah it's a great film, but for pure satisfaction, I prefer the dollars trilogy era Leone. Sergio Leone:Total feature length films seen: 6Previous average film score: 9New average film score: 8.8333 Rating: 8/10<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:49 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Risselada Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/5/2009 11:16:49 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>This is the sixth feature length film I've seen by director Sergio Leone.  I chose to watch this film based on previous good ratings I've given other films by this director and to better my favorite directors by algorithm listing. Gi&amp;ugrave; la testa (Duck, You Sucker) (A Fistful of Dynamite) Sergio Leone is the author of my very favorite film, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  The similarly styled and A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More, both starring Clint Eastwood as essentially the same character were highly enjoyable lead ups.  You could see Leone's style developing and improving along the same path.  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly was the perfect climax of that style. You could say every single one of his films took place at an era in history bit later than his previous one.  His next film Once Upon a Time in the West is also fantastic and shares a lot in style with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but there is a definite change in direction as well.  I guess he was thinking since he had perfected that style, there was no reason to keep remaking it.  Once Upon a Time in the West is slower paced, more brooding, and for the first and only time as a lead role for a woman.  Something about the movies seem to be more and more dark and socially and politically conscious.  To put it frankly, they are less fun. Since I had already seen his final film Once Upon a Time in America, I can now see that I should have expected what tone Duck, You Sucker would be in.  But for some reason I thought I read here that this was Leone's most comical film.  That is pretty far from the truth.  The two main characters can themselves be comical, but in a way that is covering up or coming out of a lot more sickness and pain. It's a film about revolution, with some of Leone's signature sparse and enigmatic character flashbacks.  Yeah it's a great film, but for pure satisfaction, I prefer the dollars trilogy era Leone. Sergio Leone:Total feature length films seen: 6Previous average film score: 9New average film score: 8.8333 Rating: 8/10</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for December 1: The Anti-Hero</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/10/2008 6:23:55 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="leeroy711"] Oh and you can't forget the western genre. There may have never been a better anti-hero than "Blondie" in the "man with no name" trilogy.[/quote] Yeah and pretty much any subsequent Clint Eastwood western or Spaghetti Western. And yeah Quentin Tarantino pretty much writes all anit-heros.  That's because the grindhouse B-movie type of movies that he is inspired by is driven by them. Bonnie and Clyde would be a good major release example though.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:23:55 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/10/2008 6:23:55 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="leeroy711"] Oh and you can't forget the western genre. There may have never been a better anti-hero than "Blondie" in the "man with no name" trilogy.[/quote] Yeah and pretty much any subsequent Clint Eastwood western or Spaghetti Western. And yeah Quentin Tarantino pretty much writes all anit-heros.  That's because the grindhouse B-movie type of movies that he is inspired by is driven by them. Bonnie and Clyde would be a good major release example though.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Weekly Theme for December 1: The Anti-Hero</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Weekly_Theme_for_December_1_The_Anti_Hero/625/37820/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u36228jz22x.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/121669/default.aspx'>leeroy711</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/1/2008 7:30:28 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> From filmnoirstudies.com Anti-Hero -  "The principal protagonist of a film who lacks the attributes or characteristics of a typical hero, but with whom the audience identifies" I just watched Branded to Kill by Seijun Suzuki the other night. It was a really good movie and I realized how much I like the way he writes his characters. This movie was about Hanada, a Japanese hit-man with a rice-sniffing habit. The anti-heroic element is obvious in this one but I also realized how much Story of a Prostitute and Gate of Flesh were anti-hero films as well. You know, the proverbial "hooker with a heart of gold" type of a story. You find this in noir quite a bit. It almost seems manditory that the private eye have some sort of extra-marital affair and/or drinking problem.... or he's just a jerk. Probably my favorite example is Jake Gittes in Chinatown. Oh and you can't forget the western genre. There may have never been a better anti-hero than "Blondie" in the "man with no name" trilogy. Kurt Russel makes a pretty good sci-fi anti-hero. Just think of Snake in Escape from New York or Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China.   That's all I've got, who's your favorite anti-hero????????? TELL ME NOW!!<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:30:28 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/1/2008 7:30:28 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>From filmnoirstudies.com Anti-Hero -  "The principal protagonist of a film who lacks the attributes or characteristics of a typical hero, but with whom the audience identifies" I just watched Branded to Kill by Seijun Suzuki the other night. It was a really good movie and I realized how much I like the way he writes his characters. This movie was about Hanada, a Japanese hit-man with a rice-sniffing habit. The anti-heroic element is obvious in this one but I also realized how much Story of a Prostitute and Gate of Flesh were anti-hero films as well. You know, the proverbial "hooker with a heart of gold" type of a story. You find this in noir quite a bit. It almost seems manditory that the private eye have some sort of extra-marital affair and/or drinking problem.... or he's just a jerk. Probably my favorite example is Jake Gittes in Chinatown. Oh and you can't forget the western genre. There may have never been a better anti-hero than "Blondie" in the "man with no name" trilogy. Kurt Russel makes a pretty good sci-fi anti-hero. Just think of Snake in Escape from New York or Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China.   That's all I've got, who's your favorite anti-hero????????? TELL ME NOW!!</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:September 10th 2008 - The Searchers (1956)</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/122321/default.aspx'>seely</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 9/12/2008 10:23:15 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I think what I found most startling about this film is the stark contrast to a lot of the 'spaghetti westerns' that came out in the mid-sixties.  I am a huge fan of Westerns, and have seen tons from both time periods.  Most of the pre-1960's films I have seen share a lot of the same negative view towards native americans, mexicans and women.  The Searchers, however, is probably far and away the most blatant--going so far as to even refer to the "childish Indians".  Very telling, considering that in most modern texts, the attitude of the early white Americans to the Indians is often describe as treating the natives as children that needed to be educated and civilized.  Same goes for Africans.  I always saw that as an underlying theme in older Westerns, but never heard or expected to hear anyone come right out and say it. I can't help but be amazed at the difference in attitudes displayed in later films, films that only came out a half-dozen years after "The Searchers".  In most of the "spaghetti Westerns", the Mexicans/Native Americans are roughly treated as equals to white heros like Clint Eastwood's infamous character "The Man with No Name", aka "Goldie" (the character he portrayed in The Good The Bad The Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, For a Fistful of Dollars, etc).  I believe that series started around 1962.  Even within four years, we see a big difference in attitude with 1960's "The Magnificent Seven".  I think John Wayne really represented the last vestige of inherent-white-male-superiority for the post WWII generation scared of looming, impending change and social progression.  I really think he allowed people to feel secure and validated in their long-held dellusions of inherent racial superiority.  Heck, my parents even laugh about my grandmothers concern when my family moved to Illinois in 1973... she was worried about Indians.  In the suburbs of Chicago.  She still envisioned Illinois as a lawless prarie state, run wild by savage indians.  In 1973.  I always thought that was absolutely ridiculous, but growing up in Upstate New York, fed a steady diet of classic smalltown East-Coast racism and John Wayne movies, it seems perfectly logical to me now. I should probably do some work now.   [quote user="csprague"] Well, we just finished watching The Searchers in the Spout office. I can see why it's a classic and John Wayne's one liners are pretty awesome (I actually thought there were a lot of funny moments in the movie, either intentional or unintentional). However, I am having trouble filing in the blanks. There were so many things that I was just like "Um, did I miss something? How did we end up here? Or why did they just do that?". Plus, it's kind of funny how far we've come with equality and racism and how this movie would never be okay in todays social context. I mean, the whole Indian thing is almost laughable, the stereotypes and assumptions that are being made in the film are just amazing. Anyway, I guess John Ford was just doing his best at the time, but it's still seems awkward when you watch it now. Do you see what I am talking about or am I way off here? [/quote]<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:23:15 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>seely</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Watchin Wednesday</spout:postto><spout:postdate>9/12/2008 10:23:15 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I think what I found most startling about this film is the stark contrast to a lot of the 'spaghetti westerns' that came out in the mid-sixties.  I am a huge fan of Westerns, and have seen tons from both time periods.  Most of the pre-1960's films I have seen share a lot of the same negative view towards native americans, mexicans and women.  The Searchers, however, is probably far and away the most blatant--going so far as to even refer to the "childish Indians".  Very telling, considering that in most modern texts, the attitude of the early white Americans to the Indians is often describe as treating the natives as children that needed to be educated and civilized.  Same goes for Africans.  I always saw that as an underlying theme in older Westerns, but never heard or expected to hear anyone come right out and say it. I can't help but be amazed at the difference in attitudes displayed in later films, films that only came out a half-dozen years after "The Searchers".  In most of the "spaghetti Westerns", the Mexicans/Native Americans are roughly treated as equals to white heros like Clint Eastwood's infamous character "The Man with No Name", aka "Goldie" (the character he portrayed in The Good The Bad The Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, For a Fistful of Dollars, etc).  I believe that series started around 1962.  Even within four years, we see a big difference in attitude with 1960's "The Magnificent Seven".  I think John Wayne really represented the last vestige of inherent-white-male-superiority for the post WWII generation scared of looming, impending change and social progression.  I really think he allowed people to feel secure and validated in their long-held dellusions of inherent racial superiority.  Heck, my parents even laugh about my grandmothers concern when my family moved to Illinois in 1973... she was worried about Indians.  In the suburbs of Chicago.  She still envisioned Illinois as a lawless prarie state, run wild by savage indians.  In 1973.  I always thought that was absolutely ridiculous, but growing up in Upstate New York, fed a steady diet of classic smalltown East-Coast racism and John Wayne movies, it seems perfectly logical to me now. I should probably do some work now.   [quote user="csprague"] Well, we just finished watching The Searchers in the Spout office. I can see why it's a classic and John Wayne's one liners are pretty awesome (I actually thought there were a lot of funny moments in the movie, either intentional or unintentional). However, I am having trouble filing in the blanks. There were so many things that I was just like "Um, did I miss something? How did we end up here? Or why did they just do that?". Plus, it's kind of funny how far we've come with equality and racism and how this movie would never be okay in todays social context. I mean, the whole Indian thing is almost laughable, the stereotypes and assumptions that are being made in the film are just amazing. Anyway, I guess John Ford was just doing his best at the time, but it's still seems awkward when you watch it now. Do you see what I am talking about or am I way off here? [/quote]</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:More than one trilogy</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/121669/default.aspx'>leeroy711</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 5/20/2008 12:33:45 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry series and The Man With No Name trilogy, (Fistfull of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, Bad and Ugly.)<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:33:45 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Movie Games</spout:postto><spout:postdate>5/20/2008 12:33:45 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry series and The Man With No Name trilogy, (Fistfull of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, Bad and Ugly.)</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Per qualche dollaro in più (For a Few Dollars More)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2008/3/3/25827.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u36228jz22x.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/3/2008 5:01:05 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Per qualche dollaro in pi&ugrave; (For a Few Dollars More)Leone begins using many techniques and scenarios that will be replayed in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  The reason why it still works, and actually works to perfection in that next movie is because of the more expansive contrasts between the epic and the focused and also because of much more humor.  The elements are present in For a Few Dollars More and are enjoyable, but their potential is realized so much more later on.  Kind of hard to believe when you realize how great this movie already is.And it has Kinski!Rating: 9/10<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:01:05 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Risselada Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>3/3/2008 5:01:05 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Per qualche dollaro in pi&amp;ugrave; (For a Few Dollars More)Leone begins using many techniques and scenarios that will be replayed in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  The reason why it still works, and actually works to perfection in that next movie is because of the more expansive contrasts between the epic and the focused and also because of much more humor.  The elements are present in For a Few Dollars More and are enjoyable, but their potential is realized so much more later on.  Kind of hard to believe when you realize how great this movie already is.And it has Kinski!Rating: 9/10</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2008/1/10/23738.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u36228jz22x.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/10/2008 3:25:51 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars)What can I say?  This movie started a pretty huge avalanche.  Both for Leone&#39;s and Eastwood&#39;s careers, the budding Spaghetti Western genre, and probably for for European genre movies in full.As probably anyone reading this is already well aware, it&#39;s pretty much a close remake of Yojimbo.  But some characters are changed both reflecting the time of the American Southwest western where it&#39;s set, and Italian film for who it was intended.The movie is enjoyable, with a few quite memorable moments (the gigantic barrel exploding into the bad guys may be my favorite).  But it&#39;s impossible for me not to think about it as just being the testing waters for the perfection that would eventually come with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  In fact the second movie in this series of sorts, For a Few Dollars More, takes many sequences and styles of this movie and gets them to a more finalized state that are basically rehashed again in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly only fitted together in a perfectly satisfying entirety.Rating: 9/10<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:25:51 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Risselada Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/10/2008 3:25:51 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars)What can I say?  This movie started a pretty huge avalanche.  Both for Leone&amp;#39;s and Eastwood&amp;#39;s careers, the budding Spaghetti Western genre, and probably for for European genre movies in full.As probably anyone reading this is already well aware, it&amp;#39;s pretty much a close remake of Yojimbo.  But some characters are changed both reflecting the time of the American Southwest western where it&amp;#39;s set, and Italian film for who it was intended.The movie is enjoyable, with a few quite memorable moments (the gigantic barrel exploding into the bad guys may be my favorite).  But it&amp;#39;s impossible for me not to think about it as just being the testing waters for the perfection that would eventually come with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.  In fact the second movie in this series of sorts, For a Few Dollars More, takes many sequences and styles of this movie and gets them to a more finalized state that are basically rehashed again in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly only fitted together in a perfectly satisfying entirety.Rating: 9/10</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: Best trilogy ever</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/52639/default.aspx'>KATTmandu</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/6/2007 10:30:04 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="Risselada"]I don&#39;t know if I would actually call Sergio Leone&#39;s and Clint Eastwood&#39;s "man with no name trilogy" a real trilogy since it just sort of uses the same character but wasn&#39;t really intended to be a trilogy from what I know.  But they are great movies.[/quote] I don&#39;t know if there is an exact definition for a trilogy. Some directors have such a unique style that all their films appear to be similar. Nowadays in Hollywood, a lot of comedies are including overlapping characters and certain actors playing virtually the same character in completely different movies. (Will Ferrel is the number one example of this) I appreciate dedicated trilogies more than films that simply try to pump out what was successful the first time but with a slightly different twist (American Pie). I also think trilogies that start with the intention of being a trilogy are always more successful then film series that pop up simply because the first film was successful. <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:30:04 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>KATTmandu</spout:postby><spout:postto>Best Trilogies</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/6/2007 10:30:04 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="Risselada"]I don&amp;#39;t know if I would actually call Sergio Leone&amp;#39;s and Clint Eastwood&amp;#39;s "man with no name trilogy" a real trilogy since it just sort of uses the same character but wasn&amp;#39;t really intended to be a trilogy from what I know.  But they are great movies.[/quote] I don&amp;#39;t know if there is an exact definition for a trilogy. Some directors have such a unique style that all their films appear to be similar. Nowadays in Hollywood, a lot of comedies are including overlapping characters and certain actors playing virtually the same character in completely different movies. (Will Ferrel is the number one example of this) I appreciate dedicated trilogies more than films that simply try to pump out what was successful the first time but with a slightly different twist (American Pie). I also think trilogies that start with the intention of being a trilogy are always more successful then film series that pop up simply because the first film was successful. </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: Best trilogy ever</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 8/3/2007 3:09:02 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The original Star Wars / Empire Strikes Back / Return of the Jedi will always be the best for me, but I would have to agree that Back to the Future is near perfect as well.I don&#39;t know if I would actually call Sergio Leone&#39;s and Clint Eastwood&#39;s "man with no name trilogy" a real trilogy since it just sort of uses the same character but wasn&#39;t really intended to be a trilogy from what I know.  But they are great movies.The Mad Max trilogy is kind of fun too.  With my favorite being Road Warrior, then Beyond the Thunderdome, then the original.Heh there are actually a couple movies that I have seen that are part of a trilogy and they are really good, but I haven&#39;t seen the rest of the movies in the trilogy.As for Dogville, I don&#39;t think the last movie has been made yet.However with the Three Colors Trilogy, I have seen Red, and it&#39;s so good I don&#39;t know why I haven&#39;t seen Blue and White yet.There are a few that I eally want to see but are hard to get.  Has anyone seen The Apu Trilogy or The Human Condition Trilogy?<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:09:02 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Best Trilogies</spout:postto><spout:postdate>8/3/2007 3:09:02 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The original Star Wars / Empire Strikes Back / Return of the Jedi will always be the best for me, but I would have to agree that Back to the Future is near perfect as well.I don&amp;#39;t know if I would actually call Sergio Leone&amp;#39;s and Clint Eastwood&amp;#39;s "man with no name trilogy" a real trilogy since it just sort of uses the same character but wasn&amp;#39;t really intended to be a trilogy from what I know.  But they are great movies.The Mad Max trilogy is kind of fun too.  With my favorite being Road Warrior, then Beyond the Thunderdome, then the original.Heh there are actually a couple movies that I have seen that are part of a trilogy and they are really good, but I haven&amp;#39;t seen the rest of the movies in the trilogy.As for Dogville, I don&amp;#39;t think the last movie has been made yet.However with the Three Colors Trilogy, I have seen Red, and it&amp;#39;s so good I don&amp;#39;t know why I haven&amp;#39;t seen Blue and White yet.There are a few that I eally want to see but are hard to get.  Has anyone seen The Apu Trilogy or The Human Condition Trilogy?</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: Welcome to Tough Guys</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5353/default.aspx'>Risselada</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/22/2007 3:56:28 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Here&#39;s a few I think are real badassClint Eastwood as The Man With No NameRobert Shaw as Mr. Blue in The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeRandall Cobb as Leonard Smalls in Raising ArizonaGhostdog?  What do you think?Hellboy and one of his nemesis Karl Ruprecht Kroenen in HellboyMel Gibson as Mad Max in The Road WarriorTony Jaa in Ong-BakKirk Douglas in anythingI remember some real psycho from Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip GirlAll the guys in Sin CityDavid Carradine as Frankenstein in Death Race 2000Bruce LeeKlaus KinskiIchi and Kakihara in Ichi the KillerBen Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy BeastBeat Takeshi <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:56:28 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Risselada</spout:postby><spout:postto>Tough Guys</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/22/2007 3:56:28 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Here&amp;#39;s a few I think are real badassClint Eastwood as The Man With No NameRobert Shaw as Mr. Blue in The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeRandall Cobb as Leonard Smalls in Raising ArizonaGhostdog?  What do you think?Hellboy and one of his nemesis Karl Ruprecht Kroenen in HellboyMel Gibson as Mad Max in The Road WarriorTony Jaa in Ong-BakKirk Douglas in anythingI remember some real psycho from Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip GirlAll the guys in Sin CityDavid Carradine as Frankenstein in Death Race 2000Bruce LeeKlaus KinskiIchi and Kakihara in Ichi the KillerBen Kingsley as Don Logan in Sexy BeastBeat Takeshi </spout:body></item>
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