"Once Upon a Time........"

The movie Once Upon a time in the West was an interesting movie. It started out with a long scene, and I happened to be gone when Harmonica came and killed the three men. Besides what Harmonica did, i thought the movie started out very slow. Which I found interesting, because a typical "western" movie will start out with the reason for revenge. Not part of the revenge act itself. I would have to say that I liked the mystery within the plot. Especially with Harmonica. The scene in the bar when Cheyenne comes into the bar, and there is a creepy guy in the corner playing the Harmonica. I thought it was a very different, but interesting way to introduce a main character. This style of introducing a character is very different than the classic western. The classic western, like in My Darling Clementine, had the hero riding in on Horseback to come save the day. A very noble entrance for a noble hero. But in Once Upon a time in the West the second entrance of the main character is just as questionable as the first. We don't know right away if he is a good or a bad guy. And even when we do find out he is "good", he really has bad motives for his good nature. He is driven by revenge, like most westerns, but in this movie the revenge is so strong that the character devotes a whole life to it. Where as a classic western has the main character urged on to do certain things by revenge, but never consumed by revenge. Overall, I thought Once Upon a Time in the West had a very different style than most westerns I have seen, and I took a liking to the new style of western. A more mysterious and darker story, with a little hope.