Great to see you back in the saddle
This film seems to divide the community, I havenāt seen it yet, but I know that just like Stanton, Kevin Grant (whoās book on SWs will be published in 2009) thinks highly of the film too
Very fine review indeed, Iāll return to it after watching the movie
Great review Brother Phil! Interestinā contextual stuff nāall - thanks. I pretty much agree with your conclusions.
I did enjoy it, but there is little sympathy or empathy with āthe Bastardā. I was left feeling a bit couldnāt care less about his outcome, but enjoyed the journey anyway. I particularly enjoyed the ending and thought it well done - forced or not - and obviously I got a kick out of the Gordon Mitchell character. 
Hey Reverend, when are you gonna give me a review to publish? 
We need more reviewers.
The original ending in Tirsoās play has Don Juan being visited by the stone statue who asks our man to repent and when he doesnāt he drags him down into the bowels of hell. Now that would have been a real climactic ending for me rather than just having him fall foul of a bit of toppling sculpture. But I guess they felt they needed to make it more believable somehow. Mitchell was good value though and I would have liked to see more of him. I actually enjoyed the film on the whole. I just thought it was flawed in some key areas.
[quote=āENNIOO, post:2, topic:769ā]I did not like the main character one bit in this film, but like everything else in life I know some that do.
A film for me that does not live up to its title or reputation.[/quote]
[quote=ādaryyā]I did not like the main character one bit in this film, but like everything else in life I know some that do.
A film for me that does not live up to its title or reputation.[/quote]
I thought your comments reminded me of something.
Your words were prophetic, Ennioo
Okay, just watched this one and it was certainly interesting. The lead is, as the title implies, a true bastard and totally unlikeable but, surely, thatās the point. Weāre not supposed to like him. I have to say I didnāt like the suicide near the end. To me, it was the most cliched moment in the movie; the whole āweak womanā thing. But, all in all, a pretty decent and true original of a movie that should be available in a better print.
I where going to watch it but I felt fo a ānormalā western that time so I stopped watching it. Guess Iāll give it another try sometime.
This one is pretty enjoyable. Well paced with interesting characters and a great score.
Catching up in THE SPAGHETTI WESTERNS, ey Korano ;)? Anyway I must try this one again, maybe this Friday.
Very episodic and for that, it is uneven but itās still a well above average movie.
I wish more couldāve been done with Gordon Mitchell.
Listening to the score. Lovely music.
I like the score too.
One score I do not like.
I like the score a lot, but the dvd I have is so bad I just canāt enjoy the movie. I have a feeling iāll probably love it if it ever see it in widescreen.
Now this is one of my favorite SWs, itās even in my top 5!
Damn, thereās an old VHS copy in a video store near my place, but the motherfucker refuses to sell it to me no matter how many Iāve asked him. Too bad coz the picture quality of my dvdr is terrible (havenāt seen the whole movie yet)
Couldnāt you ask him to make a copy on DVD-R? Or give it to you for a few hours to make a copy by yourself?
Question is of course, if it aināt the same bad copy we already have. But if itās widescreen, and with colors that deserve the word colors, and maybe even a longer version, then ā¦
Unfortunately I donāt have the equipment to make dvdr tranfers (yet). Heās charging 20 euros for a VHS copy, so he can kiss my ass goodbye
I might just rent it to check the condition of the tape, but Iām pretty sure it will be much much better than the horrible copy thatās circulating, itās been a veeery long time since someone rented a spaghetti from him, very unlikely to have deteriorated from repeated playsā¦
BTW, Iām talking about a greek vhs. The dvdr copy I have has greek subs and as far as I know only one label put out JtB back then (key video)
Anyway, Iāll try once more and if nothing happens I might just rent it and send it to a friend whoās able to make that goddamn transferā¦Iāll let you know if/when that happensā¦
You will become our new hero