A Fistful of Dollars

My mistake. Four coffins…

this is the most average westerns get. Average story, average setting, average characters. It's fine. 6/10

My final watch of The Man With No Name trilogy just happens to be the weakest of the three. There were time when I was struggling to get through this one, it just really didn’t manage to hold my attention all that well. The ending is just iconic! Just watch the ending!

5.5/10

“When a man with .45 meets a man with a rifle, you said, the man with a pistol's a dead man.”

A both product of its time and a timeless masterpiece. A Fistful of Dollars is immaculate in practically every god given category, it’s amazingly paced, iconic, the score is great and best of all it’s fucking brilliant in its sense of tension, it’s a non-stop thrill ride of pure western greatness backed by that of a badass rivalling John Marston and Arthur Morgan. And to top it all off it’s poetry in its quotes, I had about 6 different quotes ready before I started this damn review.

1st Act 9.6/10 (Amazing set ups, was confusing at times and a bit slow, but when it kicks off it fucking kicks.)

2nd Act 10.5/10 (A very rare yet very earned 10.5/10, it’s almost beyond perfect, only thing I wished was that it was longer.)

3rd Act 11/10 (Betrayal, Torture and to top it all off the best part of the whole fucking movie.)

Plot 9.7/10 (The whole (MINOR SPOILER) massacre had me crying tears of joy due to how peak it was.)

Soundtrack/Score 10/10 (Generational score, in gonna love TGBU aren’t I?)

Acting 10/10 (CLINT EASTWOOD IS THE FUCKING MAN, NOT A, THE.)

Pacing 9.8/10 (Absolutely fucking relentless in the best way possible.)

Cinematography 9.8/10 (Shots are amazing, love the floorboard and horseback ones especially, the only reason I said product of its time earlier is it’s really obvious tht the town is a propped up set.)

Character Development 9.7/10 (So much from so little works so well with a character like Joe.)

Writing 10/10 (Insanely quotable and the foreshadows are beyond fucking insane.)

Ending 9.9/10 (Right smack bang in the middle? Niche reference.)

Direction 10/10 (Now here’s a master at his fucking work, Sergio Leone where have you been?)

Overall
120/120
10/10

After thinking the good the bad and the ugly was overrated i thought I’d think lower of this film. But all I’ll say is for what it is it’s pretty much perfect and I still holds up 10/10