A few reviews

[Moe_Syzlak]

Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars. I watched a double feature of Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars. Both are fine, but don’t rank among the best by either director in my opinion. I actually break with the critics and found Dollars a bit better if only because I found Yojimbo a bit tonally inconsistent. It just strays a little far into comedy for me. Now, that’s not to say that Leone’s Man With No Name doesn’t owe a debt a of gratitude to Yojimbo, along with oh so many anti-hero stories which have followed. And obviously the courts found that Dollars was a little more than simple homage. But still, Dollars plays the story more or less straight and, for me, that was more effective than a story that strayed into absurdist comedy and even slapstick. It just felt out of place. Hmm, maybe a fan edit?