Once Upon a Time in the West

Pros: great Western, real drama, outstanding cast, breath-taking scenes, unforeseen ending
Cons: none!

I was flipping through the television stations, and I came across the beginning of a movie I had never heard of. It looked like one of those older Western Movies, and I just had happened to stumble across it. It was 3am in the morning, and nothing else ...

Pros: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Direction, Score, Close-ups
Cons: As highly strung as an opera diva's g-string and t-h-r-e-e hours long

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) The final shot at the western genre by Italian director Sergio Leone, who popularized the spaghetti western with his Dollars Trilogy, Once Upon a Time in the West takes the operatic approach to ...

Pros: Storyline, visuals, sound, score, Henry Fonda
Cons: Nothing

Once Upon A Time in the West (1968) Directed by: Sergio Leone Written by: Sergio Leone, Sergio Donati Starring: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards   It’s no secret that Sergio ...

Pros: The first half hour is an example of near-perfect filmmaking
Cons: The other two hours and 15 minutes sometimes feel dense and weighty

When I was about eight years old, I saw the first 30 minutes of Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West. That experience scared the spit right out of my mouth and most likely shaped the way I saw movies from that day on.

No more...

Pros: Leone's Direction, Script, Cinematography, Locations, Look, Score, & Cast.
Cons: None.

When Sergio Leone's epic-Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly was finally released in the U.S. in late 1967 after nearly a year since its December 1966 premiere in Rome, Italy. It was very clear that the Western had finally ...

Pros: Acting, action, humor, camera work, you name it.
Cons: Long-winded in some spots.

In Hollywood, the word Epic gets tossed around an awful lot. Tossed until it gets to a point that the word is largely meaningless. Nevertheless, Once Upon A Time In The West is an epic film. There's no other way to describe it.

Once Upon A...

Pros: Leone at his gritty BEST. Amazing Cinematography. The second disc is very informative.
Cons: Although implied violence, the shooting of women and children was a bit harsh.

Setting out to write this review, I suffered from a bit of writer's block. I mean, how do I do justice to a classic piece of cinematic history - especially since I'm not known for my movie reviews on Epinions. If you remember this film back in the ...

Pros: Ennio Morricone score; superb performances by the four leads, including Fonda as a cold-blooded killer
Cons: Very long and involved; minimal dialogue; requires a lot of patience

After having completed his "Dollars" trilogy--1964's A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS; 1965's FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE; and 1966's THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, all of which were released in America in 1967 to critical revilement but huge box office, and made a ...

Pros: I'll have to get back to you on that one...
Cons: Length, too many closeups, overbearing music, length, too many closeups, overbearing music etc., etc.

I saw a severely edited version of this film on TV a few years back, and found it to be pretentious, overlong, overwrought, much, much too slooooowwwwww, and full of genuinely ridiculous music that just didn't fit. And those were just my initial ...

Pros: cinematography, cast, direction, script
Cons: characters, sometimes confusing

"Once Upon a Time in the West" was the last of director Sergio Leone's four 'spaghetti westerns' from the 1960s. The formula of the first three films is repeated: excellent cinematography, with frequent lingering close-ups. There is much...

Pros: Involving, intriguing story, realistic
Cons: None

This epic story is directed by legendary Sergio Leone, known for his classic spagetti westerns. Not to take anything away from other great wetserns he directed, but this one is by far the best ever. I would not even classify this as the best western,...

Pros: Authentic looking,Charles Bronson
Cons: none

Once upon a time in the west is absolutly my favorite western of all westerns.To me its got it all.Its got good guys and bad guys.Sometimes the good guys are bad.Sometimes the bad guys are good.

Charles Bronson is nothing but GREAT in this...

Pros: This movie has it all!
Cons: As in all Leone movies, dubbing of Italian actors sometimes gets annoying

There is no doubt in my mind that two western movies crowned this genre: "Wild Bunch" by Sam Peckinpah and "Once upon a time in the West" by Sergio Leone. Both of these movies surpass genre limits, deliver a lasting message, and offer...

Pros: Excellent direction, music, sound and editing
Cons: Wish there was a letterbox version available

"Once Upon a Time" starts with perhaps the best pre-title sequence in history (next to Orson Welles's one-camera shot wonder in "Touch of Evil"). At an desolate train stations, three villains (all notable, veteran western actors)...

Pros: Direction, story, mysterious characters, score
Cons: Very lengthy and drawn out, which could turn some viewers off

"Once Upon a Time in the West" is definitely one of, if not THE, greatest western movie of all time (along with The Searchers - A Plus). The film is different from the more popular John Ford/John Wayne westerns and is even just a tad bit more dynamic ...