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Il mercenario (1968)
A great revolutionary epic with awesome music
I was totally knocked out of my socks when I saw that this masterpiece was on TV. One of those many titles this movie has makes it hard to identify it in my TV magazine but still...
Why was I so curious about this movie? First, its famous for its music, composed by Ennio Morricone. Mainly, it's "L'Arena", the tune that was used in Kill Bill Volume 2, which gives me goes bumps every time I hear it. So that was the main reason I wanted to see it. The other: Directed by Sergio Corbucci (Django), starring Jack Palance and Franco Nero (Django). Produced by Alberto Grimaldi....
And what did I get? A high-quality, well-written, nicely filmed epic set in the Mexican revolution. The music perfectly fits the movie. Nero and Palance each have their own theme tunes, and there is a lot of Mexican tunes in the film. The movie as an awesome pace and its very nice to watch. I can really not understand why this movie hasn't gotten a proper DVD release yet. The available Full Screen DVD is really not worth wasting a buck on it, I even got to see the widescreen version on free-TV... This is one of Corbucci's finest works, and one of the best spaghetti westerns ever made, with incredible music, cinematography and mood. Don't miss this. Write down all those alternative titles so you don't miss it when it's on TV.
C'era una volta il West (1968)
There should be no other Western after this epic
I had the chance of watching the remastered Paramount DVD today (you have to have that one!!). I was so blown away by ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, I can hardly describe that in words. The cinematography! The music! The acting! The sounds! The athmosphere! The directing! It's all so perfect, so cinematic, so grabbing! The story unfolds totally awesome and the movie's plot tacks along like a locomotive.
If you don't like this true masterpiece then you surely don't know anything about an epic motion picture. Leone really knew how to do his job and with OUATITW he made the best Western ever made. Some say therer should have been no other Western after it. No matter how you take it, it's about the best movie you can watch on DVD these days. Never has a movie grabbed me with it's intensity.
I bow my head to Sergio Leone. Moviemakers today should better watch movies like this before producing all that hollywood-ish crap these days.
RIP Sergio.
Huo shao hong lian si (1994)
Good, but violent.
This was one good movie. not cheap, not childish, not exaggerated, very professional. Good cinematography, good acting. BUT it was very violent. Chopped of heads in a battle is okay, but slicing of a woman's head in the bedroom, thats tough... But watch this movie, its a good piece of asian cinema