A Fistful of Dollars

A wandering gunfighter tries to get rival gangs to kill each other.

Iconic. It slows down a little in the middle, but not much, and there's more than enough awesome to make up for it.

Concept: A
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: A

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: 3.7/4

(Dec. 2013)

The low rating doesn't mean I objectively think this film sucks. It means I really just don't like it--not Serge Leone's style, the long silences, the uber violence, the foreign feel to the quintessential American genre, the uniformly unlikeable characters, the dark world view. Not for me.

Worthy of Kurosawa's Yojimbo, which it remade.

First spaghetti western I've ever watched. Apparently Tarentino's favorite movie.

Actually shot in Italy I believe and all the actors are dubbed. Eastwood is the only American.

Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, who also did "Hateful Eight" for Tarantino. Legendary.