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What is the best Once Upon a Time In movie?  

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  1. 1. What is the best Once Upon a Time In movie?

    • Once Upon a Time in the West
      15
    • Once Upon a Time in America
      14
    • Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
      0
    • Once Upon a Time in Mexico
      10
    • Some other Once Upon a Time In movie not listed
      6


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Posted

I'm going with OUaTiA; it's a masterpiece. But I will say that I have not seen Once Upon a Time in the West with my full attention given to it.

 

Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a fun mindless action flick, but it can't touch Leone.

Posted
And I thought Midlands sucked.

 

I know I put an option for it, but are there any other OUaTin movies? I knew of the four listed, but I didn't want like twenty replies of "OHMYGODZY! ONCE UPON A TIME IN BELGIUM IS SO MUCH BETTER!!"

There's Jet Li's Wong Fei Hong movies, called Once Upon a Time in China, Once Upon a Time in China II and Once Upon a Time in China and America. But they're not exactly westerns, you know?

Guest El Satanico
Posted

Leone's Once Upon a Time in America, isn't a western either.

Guest El Satanico
Posted
...I have no idea why I thought they were all westerns.

Because Leone is best known for westerns and Mexico was western style?

Posted

America was great, but REALLY fucking long, and sometimes could have been shorter (not the butchered 90 minute version), and the multiple rapes kinda hurt getting behind De Niro. Still top 100 worthy, but nowhere NEAR the greatness of Once Upon a Time in The West

 

*spits tobacco, shoots children*

Guest Cerebus
Posted

Havn't seen Midlands, but West is def. the best one of them all. I wish Clint Eastwood had been it too :(

Posted

yeah, Harmonica would've been a good role for him, but I guess Leone was trying to get away from the Man With No Name trilogy. Although, if he was, having a Man With No Name in the movie wasn't the best idea

Posted
There's Jet Li's Wong Fei Hong movies, called Once Upon a Time in China, Once Upon a Time in China II and Once Upon a Time in China and America. But they're not exactly westerns, you know?

Some people might say that the first falls under propganda.

Posted

Once Upon a Time in the West is the movie equivalent of Led Zeppelin. It's really not very good at all, and all claims to the contrary are brainwashed delusion.

 

Once Upon a Time in China was the best, I would say.

Posted

In a way I gotta agree with IDrinkRats. Not about the Zep part but OUATITW. I've tried and tried to watch that movie and I find it like watching paint dry. I've never been big on spaghetti westerns...the pacing is just dreadful in virtually all of them, what with all the 10 minute long gunfights between TWO PEOPLE (or 3 in the case of G, B, & U). After a while I just thought "Jesus, Chuck...will ya just SHOOT that Fonda fucker?"

 

Incidentally, isn't OUATITW a Man With No Name movie? I thought Bronson just took over the role from Eastwood. By the way, there really ISN'T a Man With No Name in the Eastwood films: He's called Joe in Fistful of Dollars, Manco in For a Few $ More, and Blondie in G, B, & U.

Posted

I was pretty sure that several characters call Eastwood "Joe" in Fistful. The drunk, the guy in the hotel, etc. Here's where I get paranoid: What if these names (Joe, Manco, Blondie) are merely nicknames or aliases and he's still the same exact guy with no REAL name? Either way I don't find him a terribly compelling character...kinda hard to care about a guy when you know nothing about him. It's like Wolverine if Wolvie didn't try and find out about his past or something.

Guest Smell the ratings!!!
Posted

call me retarded, you certainly wouldn't be the first person, but I absolutly love once upon a time in mexico. I'm not even sure why.

Guest El Satanico
Posted

It's just random names given to the mystery man.

 

He's a mystery man that's mainly out for himself, but will help the innocent if they need it. Knowing who he is and why he is who he is, sorta ruins that. What about his history do you need to know.

 

Isn't there something in one of the films that gives evidence to the theory that he's the spirit of a dead guy? I remember hearing that theory, but I'm not sure if there was any evidence supporting it.

Posted
you really need to stop using the led zeppelin analogy.

I used it twice and this time was a reference to the other time. Come on, pick up on my continuity... c'mon!

oh, okay. i've caught you in that weird inbetween phase where it's not a new thing anymore, but hasn't been done enough yet to be a trademark. as you were.

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