The end of the western era

Dillon 2022-03-23 09:01:16

I watched this movie by mistake. At first I felt a little boring. Fortunately, I insisted on watching it. Unfortunately, this is the first Western movie I watched. However, this movie is about the ending of the Western era. At the beginning, a few people waited after the conductor was locked in the cabinet at the train station. The director used some ingenious techniques to express their patience and impatience. When the car comes, one person gets off, the two sides pretend to have a dialogue and shoot each other. According to the tradition of Western movies, the less crowded side wins. If Dongmu, it is time to ask the coffin shop owner for several coffins at this time. Unfortunately, he is not. He didn’t look handsome as Dong Mu, with a bitter face. I knew from the back that the casting was really the right choice. This face is suitable for the bitter and hatred teenager, and it is suitable for saying "As a man" to another cowboy. "It is suitable to go wandering with guns and horses regardless of the hostess's retention after revenge. It was a pity that it was the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. There were more and more railroad tracks, the lawless west became more and more orderly, and Guan Xian's prison had changed. The railroad tycoon is dead, and more railroad tycoons will come to the west. When Xia En died, no one would go in and borrow a gun to break the handcuffs after killing a bunch of cops alone, and no one would dare to turn his back to a woman eager for revenge. Frank was a complete bad guy, but he was also a cowboy. The duel with the protagonist died like a man. The hero survived, but Sean died. The words before his death seemed to foresee the end of the cowboy era. If you haven't watched a western movie, don't watch this movie for the first time, otherwise you will feel inexplicably sad when you watch other westerns in the future.

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  • Letha 2021-10-20 19:02:09

    [Great] I thought it would be difficult to surpass the epic western movie like "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". I didn't expect Leoni to put out a more "epic" work this time. Whether it is the core of the drama or the audiovisual level, it is higher than that of "The Good, the Bad and the Good." The soundtrack is also the pinnacle of Morricone. Of course, the rhythm of the image is slower than that of "The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown", which is considered a shortcoming in many people's eyes. In the lens, every note is constantly tearing the nerves of the audience and erupting completely at a certain moment, forming the ultimate viewing experience. For example, "Once Upon a Time" in Western films is like "Infernal Affairs" in Hong Kong films, representing their respective highest and final peaks...

  • Clifton 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    Editing is the biggest flaw in this film. It's not a complicated story if you think about it carefully, but after watching it once, you just don't know what it's about. The powerful soundtrack and camera shot make the pretentious atmosphere very well.

Once Upon a Time in the West quotes

  • Cheyenne: You deserve better.

    Jill: The last man who told me that... is buried out there.

  • [first lines]

    Cattle Corner Station Agent: Hey. Hey-hey-hey-hey, if you want any tickets, you'll have to go around, eh, to, eh, the front of, eh, eh... oooh, well, I s'pose it'll be all right. The hell am *I* doin' around here if they walk in and can do as they damn please?