#The GBU

[operagroove]

For being the movie I see talked about the least out of the dollars trilogy, a fistful of dollars is a DELIGHT and also the longest 1 hour and 36 minutes ever.

[trifoliate-undergrowth]

listen I don't know a LOT about horses but it is funny to me when a rough dusty drifter rides into town in a western and they're riding a tall elegant saddle-horse that's been immaculately cared for and has a spotless, gleaming coat, instead of a shaggy dusty remuda horse like some sort of sturdy little mustang or cow-pony.

[paul-newmans-sauce]

this fucking no named freak wont leave me alone what do i do guys

[thefoulest]

I love how he's just a human

[marella-moon]

and just when you've hit rock bottom, you want to fuck a blonde guy

[blondedsixties06]

I love him so bad yall

[dragonjoys]

hi clint eastwood in the good the bad the ugly i love you clint eastwood in the good the bad the ugly

[nikxtty]

boop me if you dare 😼

[theonethatyoudreamon]

GBU modern-ish AU where they're scheming in some haunted route 66 diner

[mamm00rin]

Hello! Love your art. Did you finish the Jessica Rabbit!Blondie and Roger Rabbit!Tuco piece by any chance?

Never intended to finish the picture but for you anon it’s done ✔️

[oscarmild]

Stop doing kink in public! I’m sorry this will be unpopular but it’s soooooooo not ok to do this shit like. I don’t care if you’re gay, people in public did NOT CONSENT to being part of your scene! If I’m just out running errands, I don’t want to see a dom/ sub tied up and berating one another, spitting on each other and doing impact play!

[mister-warmth]

Just a reminder the novelisation of the good, the bad and the ugly has this line in it.

Blonco domestic!au confirmed.

[yumepedia]

lesbian cowboys forbidden yuri

[maureenrambles]

My humble contribution to the gbu fandom

[thefoulest]

guys do a poor soul a favor and recommend me spaghetti westerns that are like really implicitly gay (which italian western isn't tbh??) that I can analyse for the next 4 months

[ceofcatgirls]

Sergio Leone really loves to write his characters in subtle ways. I think really well shown with how the trio is named. Tuco is the only one who actually uses his real name, even the complete version at times. He doesn't hide his identity like Blondie nor does he let his work persona overtake him like Angel Eyes. It certainly makes him feel more authentic, and most importantly, more human, which is a theme surrounding his character. He isn't ashamed of his origins and who he is, which sure it can be a bad thing due to what he's done, but I think it adds to his character, and makes key scenes like the confrontation with his brother all the more emotional and poignant (especially specific lines in that scene, like when he said he had no option to 'opt out' like his brother did, and enforces the suggestion that his brother makes that their parents actually quite liked Tuco; itd thereby follow-up that Tuco has pride in his origins and thereby the names given by his parents. Perhaps they only had a strained relationship due to poverty? Or do I just want to find more socialist ideals in media I like??). And all that messaging is conveyed just through his name!

I think smth similar can be said with Blondie and Angel Eyes, just as a contrast. Which makes sense because they're meant to be more mysterious and supernatural. But the naming of these characters is also quite smart. Blondie is a name given by Tuco, which makes their partnership all the more intimate, especially since Blondie is only 'Blondie' when he's with Tuco. But ofc that indicates he didn't start out as Blondie, so despite the intimacy there's also a sense of mystery. Angel Eyes most likely got his name from his job since that's what outsiders, and people that hire him, call him by. It really goes to suggest how as mentioned above, Angel Eyes most likely stopped blurring the lines between his real persona and work persona. Which adds imo adds to the eerie vibe he has going on. Idk, there's a certain type of horror to a guy who doesn't let himself have no limits to what he's willing to do, to the point that it fundamentally changes him as a person. Which is shown by his actions, and supported by his choice of name.

Hopefully I made sense, idk how else to describe it. Unique names that tell a story aren't uncommon in fiction, but I think the naming choices in GBU are particularly interesting, and indicate what the character and their arcs will end up like.

There's definitely more that can be said (ie, Angel Eyes being called 'Angel' Eyes despite unambiguously representing a darker side of morality, how his alternative name Senteza also adds onto the "force of nature" theme Angel Eyes has going on, how it makes him seem less "bad" and more "neutral" in the sense that he's only acting how people deserve to be treated, and how that alt name can even be stretched to have divine meaning as God is often known as a "judge" that will bring judgment to mankind in the future, etc etc etc) but this is already far too long and it was meant to be a quick post

What's the tldr?....... its that I keep finding more and more reasons to have Leone as one of my fav directors. Will anyone ever cook as hard as he did?