The music and cinematography in this is excellent, but as another reviewer suggested, the movie ends up being a slog because it's too long for the material. Unfortunately, Leone had the view that longer was better:
Fistful of Dollars: 99 minutes For a Few Dollars More: 132 minutes Good the Bad and the Ugly: 3 hours
Fistful was probably the best with a story lifted from Kurosawa and a tight runtime.
For a few dollars more has interesting leads but the middle act is drawn out and difficult to follow. Fortunately it's not as bad as Good the Bad and the Ugly which is a mess plotwise.
Fistful of Dollars: 99 minutes For a Few Dollars More: 132 minutes Good the Bad and the Ugly: 3 hours
Fistful was probably the best with a story lifted from Kurosawa and a tight runtime.
For a few dollars more has interesting leads but the middle act is drawn out and difficult to follow. Fortunately it's not as bad as Good the Bad and the Ugly which is a mess plotwise.
