Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)

I was in a western mood so I decided to watch this film.  Boy I was not disappointed, guns, horses, trains, guns, girls, and more guns.  In my opinion this is one of the better films that Henry Fonda was in, and he played his roll marvelously.  Charles Bronson plays a bad guy on a mission to find and kill the men who changed his life forever.  Jason Robards is just a bad guy.  Henry Fonda is a bad guy playing a hit man for a rich train baron who is building a train track across America so he can see the Pacific Ocean.  He is buying up every piece of land along the way but a corrupt Irishman is standing in his way.  Fonda makes quick and easy work of the Irishman and his family, but he does not take into account the Irishman's new wife, played by Claudia Cardinale.  Come to find out the new wife is nothing more than a money grubbing prostitute from New Orleans.  Do you catch the drift of the movie?  There is not one good person to cheer for, you actually find yourself trying to side with one of the bad guys and root for them...I am so conflicted.  I really enjoyed the filming of this movie, the director allowed for facial expressions and long stares to tell the story.  If you like westerns this is a must watch.

1 comment:

Ryan Lambert said...

I will add it to my list