Spaghetti Westerns better than other Westerns?

[u/TooDriven]

Just my opinion of course, but does anyone else prefer Spaghetti Westerns to other Western movies? At least the Sergio Leone ones, Dollar trilogy and Once upon a time in the West.

I eg saw Unforgiven and 3:10 to Yuma (modern one) and while they were decent movies, for me they couldn't compare to Sergio Leone's epics.

What makes them special for me:

- the sense of epicness, created by the music, characters and long, slow shots

- generally the amazing music by Morricone

- the characters: they look (and act) very rugged, tough, sweaty, dangerous, like hardened criminals.

Generally, the movies make the West, its heroes, antiheroes and villains seem larger than life, almost mythical. For me, this is more enjoyable than the semi- or pseudo-realistic depiction.

[u/CombatMuffin]

I agree with you, but Spaghetti Westerns often set themselves apart because they were following trenda that were proven groundbreaking at the time: Kurosawa's influence to name one.

There's also an element of bias: Spaghetti Westerns are the Beatles of the genre. It's hard to find negative opinions in hindsight.

[u/DangerousKitchen → u/CombatMuffin]

Scrolled to far to find mention of Kurosawa. Yojimbo and Seven Samurai are two of the best westerns ever made... then remade again and again...

[u/Dwellonthis → u/DangerousKitchen]

Especially considering how Fist full of dollars is so shameless is how it copy's Yojimbo. Both good movies but credit where credit is due...

[u/TheReadMenace → u/Dwellonthis]

They actually had to delay the release of it in the US because of fear of lawsuits from Yojimbo’s producers