My memory of watching The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly the first time was that it was long and good,
but felt more like work than enjoyment. Fifteen years later my view is
completely different. This is a masterful piece of filmmaking, a movie that
plays with genre expectations and is humorous, violently playful, serious, and
all-around entertaining. I’m not sure what didn’t strike me about it the first
time.
