The Second One Is Tops For Me

Odienator at Edwin Copeland on Film reviews the Sergio Leone Trilogy 40 years after it's American release. A few highlights,

Leone also loves faces, but his compositions are far from glamorous. These men look like they've been outside a long time, and they smell as funky as you can imagine. Leone's close-ups fill the screen with the visage of his male characters in various states of decay, after beatings by human beings, tooth decay and the Sun. The rare female character – always gorgeous – is rarely allowed that type of intimacy.

also,

Morricone's spaghetti Western scores rank as some of the most memorable in film history. Full of strange instruments, whips, gunfire and voices grunting out unintelligible lyrics, Morricone's scores burst out of the speakers with an
originality that's impossible to ignore. They also make for great road trip music, especially when you're driving down dark highways at night.

and from the comments,

The scene in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly where Wallach is consumed with greed and runs around and around the grave markers is filmmaking at it's greatest; a complete fusion of music, sound, acting, editing, and camerawork. Everytime I see it, I hope that the sequence is as long as I remember it, and everytime it is, thank heavens.

I'm still warming to the 3rd movie in the series, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. A very enjoyable viewing no doubt but for me, For a Few Dollars More, is my favorite of the three. The character of El Indio, played by Gian Maria Volonte, is brilliantly portrayed. You hate the sociopathic son of a bitch by the time the 15 minute mark of the movie rolls around. And the final scene when Eastwood and van Cleef's characters exchange their pleasantries after El Indio's killing is my favorite part of the entire trilogy. "Any trouble, boy?!"