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on 12/10/2009
The Good The Bad and The Ugly is without a doubt the best western of all time hands down, and I love westerns as a genre. The Seven Samurai however is probably one of the best movies of all time. Hell the magnificent seven was an excellent western at least 9/10 and that's based entirely off of Kurosawa's Masterpiece.
on 5/5/2010
Wow, what a decision. I watched Seven Samurai again recently ans it's still one of the best movies I've ever seen. But....this time I'm choosing Leone over Kurosawa for the trio of Eastwood, Wallach and Van Cleef as the good, bad and frickin' eeevil. Also the cemetery scene is awesome.
on 10/13/2010
Never saw what was so great about The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Seven Samurai all the way!
on 12/9/2010
I think im going with The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. VERY close though.
on 2/26/2011
I'm stuck, one of these will be number 2, one will be number one
on 2/12/2012
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
on 6/4/2012
i fucking hate Seven Samurai. this is insulting
on 10/17/2012
Definitely one of my tougher match-ups.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is superior for me.
This is why I don't really buy into the idea of "genre films" vs, uh, non-genre films. Both these movies put entertainment first and foremost, and yet if you ask a lot of people which is better, they'll say something snide about how GBU is "just a western".
on 12/13/2012
This is so difficult! I'm usually not that into neither western nor "war"-movies, which is one of the reasons both of these movies feels so special to me, since I really loved both of them so much! Think I'll have to go with the Samurais...
on 2/10/2013
Both of these films exhibit what perfect buildup and a captivating climax looks like. With Seven Samurai, it was the last battle in the rain and with TGTBATU, it was the showdown at the cemetery. Kurosawa's film gets the win, but Leone's picture is one hell of a movie!
I actually found the final showdown in Seven Samurai to be underwhelming. Most everything that preceded it, however, was great. It's one of the finest foreign language films ever made, that's for sure. I can't pick it over The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, though. That movie is nearly perfect.
on 2/11/2013
Did not get into The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly on my first viewing. Maybe I'll see it again and change my opinion but for now Seven Samurai gets my vote.
*Seven Samurai
on 4/6/2013
Caesar was perfect in his judging of the film. Some parts of the climax were disappointingly handled....I personally enjoyed Yojimbo a lot more than Seven
Woops! Seven Samurai was good, possibly a 7/10 but the Good the bad and the Ugly is just one of the greatest movies ever made, not to say Seven Samurai isn't, but GBU easy for me.
on 4/10/2013
The Good the bad and the Ugly
on 5/20/2013
I would have chosen Seven Samurai, but my last viewing of GBU confirmed it's earned spot in my top 20. Seven Samurai is the better and most influential movie but I love The Good, the Bad and the Ugly much, much more. Also they both have amazing cinematography and great characters.
on 8/10/2013
Samurai
on 10/29/2013
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly wins this matchup and its not even close for me.
on 12/2/2013
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly wins!
on 3/30/2014
Seven Samurai>GBU
on 4/3/2014
Yeah the best western vs the better samurai, and even I totalty really like GBU one all time my favorites
on 8/4/2014
Seven Samurai. Akira Kurosawa > Sergio Leone
I got Leone on this one...
on 8/5/2014
TGTBATU wins.
on 10/9/2014
Good, Bad, Ugly easly beats Seven Samurai
on 10/10/2014
Seven Samurai
GBU
on 6/26/2015
Clinton Eastwood, Jr.
on 6/30/2015
TGTBATU for me.
on 7/21/2015
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. One of my favorites.
on 4/26/2017
Both are two of the best movies ever created and are masterpieces, they are both in a league on their own...But if I had to choose one, it would be The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly.
on 9/24/2017
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly may be the greatest Spaghetti Western, but edge goes to Akira Kurosawa's magnum opus
on 11/26/2017
Both are absolute artistic masterpieces, and both easily make the top 50 films ever, and perhaps even top 25. However, Kurosawa's epic magnum opus takes the cake in this battle (and probably almost every other battle, aso well).
on 3/23/2019
It's like choosing your favorite child,but seven samurai is slightly better
on 3/24/2019
Two great movies. I don't know if it's the novelty of the subtitles or if it's just my love for jidaigeki, but I think those old samurai movies age better than classic westerns.
on 3/9/2020
Seven
Seven Samurai just barely
on 8/15/2020
Seven Samurai , it’s rlly close tho
on 8/27/2022
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is an absolutely amazing movie with memorable character, stunning cinematography, and one of the best final showdowns ever put to the screen. Unfortunately, it just doesn't compare to Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece
on 12/8/2022
Maybe it’s just because I saw the extended version, but honestly I didn’t enjoy the good the bad and the ugly as much as I thought I would. For now it’s seven samurai but that could change.
on 12/13/2022
Seven Samurai by a mile.
on 5/6/2023
Okay, after rewatching both I can officially say that seven samurai is the better movie by an extremely small margin. It's a close one, but I think that SS has a better ending. GBU is absolutely outstanding, however.
