My favorite movie

People who actually take ten seconds to learn about me know my favorite movie is Sergio Leone's magnum opus, the third in the Man with No Name trilogy, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, a film with such style, such grace that the only damn word I can use to describe it is perfect. It is agonizingly slow, as are all Leone westerns, and perhaps all westerns in general, but the technical merits of the film are simply what's so remarkable about it. The constant use of close-ups, the panoramic shots of the desert, the minimalist dialogue. All of it is executed with supreme style, even if the story isn't exactly Citizen Kane. Standard western fare, hunt for gold, etc. The film also stars Clint Eastwood in his premiere role, as Blondie, "The Good." Lee Van Cleef makes his appearance as Sentenza, Angel Eyes, "The Bad," a villain so horribly memorable that my current AIM screen name is modeled after him. The ever-so memorable Eli Wallach stars as Tuco, "The Ugly," who teams up with Blondie to find the cache of gold in the desert. Those who can look past the slow yet subtle pace, the paper-thin plot will find an extremely rewarding film, one of the most stylish movies of all time that has techniques that will make any movie buff wet his pants. Also, the final climactic duel between all three characters is just so mind-bogglingly insane that I can't even describe it or post the YouTube video. You really have to see it for yourself.

PS. I wish I were a cowboy :(