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Despite being the only film on the list unanimously in everyone's top ten, we have ourselves a bronze medalist:

#3. For a Few Dollars More 40 points

Pokewars 2
CoolCly 3
KBM 5
Karo 6
Inviso 8
Johnbobb 8
Stifled 8

Very poor plot synopsis:
Two bad motherfuckers attempt to out-bad motherfucker each other in various displays of bad motherfuckery.

Why it was included:
When you have your fists full of dollars, its only natural that you will want a few more dollars. And speaking of a few more dollars, this movie brought in a shitload of them. In Italy and Spain, For a Few Dollars more became each countrys highest grossing film of all time. Naturally it has since been eclipsed, but that is an impressive feat, particularly for a western. For Americans, this was a harder movie to watch. Both this and A Fistful of Dollars came out in the US a mere four months apart. In fact, before Clint Eastwood agreed to reprise his role in the sequel, he requested to actually be able to see A Fistful of Dollars to make sure he liked the final product. He had not yet been able to see his own film until then! So Leone shipped him out the Italian version to watch and the rest is history.

What Stifled thinks:
Mild list spoilers, but this one was my favorite of the Dollars Trilogy by a country mile. I felt Clint and Van Cleef were both at the tops of their game, particularly in how they interacted with each other. The scene where they trick shoot each others hats is one of my favorite scenes of the entire project. And when they finally work together? Theyre completely unstoppable. And thats a good thing because the villain in this film is also the best of the trilogy. Tuco is wonderful, but I dont consider him the villain of the story so much as an antagonizing protagonist. Indio, on the other hand, is bad through and through and I ADORE the pocket watch song gimmick. It adds so much extra tension to gun battles hes involved in because while you have a definite start time for the bullets to fly, youre still left waiting.

Unfortunately, I have one complaint that cost For a Few Dollars More a few spots on my list. They rehashed a bit. Everything was great until they decided to toss the infiltrate the enemy gang shtick back into the mix. Now I will admit they 100% did it better here than in Fistful, but all the same, I also believe rehashing is lame. But for as outstanding as everything else in this movie was, especially the final duel, I am more than willing to let that slide.
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