I did searches for "Clint Eastwood" and "Dollars trilogy", and saw threads like "Favourite Clint Eastwood movies" and "Spaghetti Westerns: Search and Destroy", but i didn't see any specifically about the Dollars trilogy.
For most of my adult life I always gave the knee-jerk answer The Good, The Bad and The Ugly as favourite. I absolutely love Eli Wallach as Tuco, and Clint and Van Cleef are great in their roles.
However, having just watched For a Few Dollars More again, I think it has taken first spot. As much as Lee Van Cleef is the perfect villain, I really like him as the honourable-Colonel-turned-bounty-killer. And the gun-play scene between Mortimer and Man With No Name is classic! I clearly remember seeing that scene when I was about 10 years old, imagining that I was one of the kids hiding under the porch for a front row seat of the action. I think I also like the fact that the entire thing is personal for Colonel Mortimer, it's not about the money.
So yeah, I think my order is now:
1) For a Few Dollars More
2) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
3) A Fistful of Dollars
― shorty (shorty), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:32 (nineteen years ago)
Hmmm, I thought there were four in the Dollars trilogy:
Give Me Back My Heart
Videotheque
Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)
Hand Held In Black And White
― Comstock Carabineri (nostudium), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:38 (nineteen years ago)
They got progressively better, imo, tho the first certainly has a relatively 'simple' elegance.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:40 (nineteen years ago)