For A Few Dollars More Blu Ray [Blu-ray]

I remember watching this movie on an old black and white 13" tv. I loved it then, and I still love it today. The picture quality is great (probably the best it's ever looked) and the sound is excellent. I watch my blu rays on my pc, I have a flat screen monitor and a thx certified sound card and a thx certified logitech) speaker system, so it's easy to get blown away. I owned this last on vhs, but I sold them off a long time ago to get dvds. I started purchasing Clint Eastwood movies on dvd, but then they kept coming out with collections and different versions so I started to wait until they came out with a concise collection so that way my movies didn't seem like they were out of place, with each one sporting a different "collector's" look. I wanted them to be more uniform, or to be left alone, with original art. fortunately I waited, and now I got it on blu ray. I have all three movies now on blue ray (Fist Full of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the ugly) and I'd highly recommend them to anyone who is a Clint Eastwood fan or a fan of Westerns in general. Clint is to the westers what Robert DeNiro is to Mob movies. Seems he help revive them back in the day with this movie, and then reinvent them with Unforgiven. I do know that some of the same movies that are on blu ray were remastered for dvd as well, so I guess it's a matter of which you prefer. Considering the age of the movie, they probably would look pretty good on both. Clint Eastwood movies seem to have enjoyed some of the better remasters out there. I also own the Dirty Harry Collection on Blu Ray and was happy with that. There are a few moments when the quality of the blu ray shows the flaws of the original film, but it's not distracting enough to be an issue. Also the price of the blu ray is reasonable, and not that much more than a dvd, so I'd definitely suggest you go ahead and buy the blu ray. As for the movie itself, I didn't realise how much fun these movies are, and how much hurmor there is. Watching it as a kid, I just loved the look of it and the attitude of Eastwood's character. considering how much violence is in the picture (though there isn't any blood and no sex scenes) you wouldn't think it would have such a humorous aspect. This is probably one of the first action films to use humor to diffuse the more violent aspects. The movie also has heart, Eastwood's character ends up helping someone when she had no one else to turn to, just when you think he's just in it for the money, you find out, he's not as greedy as everyone else around him. Though the games he plays between the two rival gangs, seemed to me as if being a good samaritan wasn't worth it. But, hey, I'm not Clint Eastwood, I'm not fast on the draw. For an old school good time, pick up this movie in whatever format you wish, and enjoy it. It's worth every penny and a few dollars more.

The most complete and spectacular of Leone's westerns, this really boils down to the once in a lifetime performances of Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef. As world-class bounty hunters chasing the same contract, the two agree to an uneasy truce before turning every trick in the book to double-cross and one-up each other. It's an unrelenting barrage of stern-faced masculinity, bravado and marksmanship, with filthy hired hands perfectly willing to trade bullets around every other corner. As with each of the director's dust-soaked pictures, this film covers for its small budget with an excess of personality and buckets of atmosphere, which results in a tougher, bolder, more genuine take than the most expensive Hollywood blockbusters of today. The infamous showdown with a truly despicable set of bounties may be what sends this picture riding off into the sunset, but it's a quieter scene earlier in the story that's always stuck with me: two grizzled old hunters trying to impress one other with nothing more than an empty street, a set of pistols and a pair of bullet-riddled hats.

The original Italian name of Sergio Leone's FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE is "Per qualche dollaro in più."

We learn in Clint Eastwood's second Euro-western that his poncho-wearing bounty hunter is called MONCO. In his previous 1964 picture with director Leone, A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (VHS) (DVD), Clint is JOE, and in the final installment of this trilogy, 1966's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (VHS) (DVD), he goes by the nick of 'BLONDIE.' So much for that "man with no name" legend!

The addition of Lee Van Cleef makes "Few Dollars More" superior to its predecessor. Here, Lee and Clint are bounty hunters in competition for the same fugitives. They join forces to try and capture the notorious El Indio (Volontè) and his outlaw bunch. Col. Mortimer (Van Cleef) seeks more than the cash reward on Indio; he convinces Monco to be the 'inside man' of their scheme. Monco rescues Indio's brother from jail and is accepted into the gang. Things don't go according to plans and both the colonel and Monco are beaten and taken prisoner by Indio.

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(8.3) For a Few Dollars More (Italy/Spain/W Germany-1965) - Clint Eastwood/Lee Van Cleef/Gian Maria Volontè/Mara Krupp/Luigi Pistilli/Klaus Kinski

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