system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly is the greatest western film ever made.

I'll start right off the bat with stating that the main purpose of this thread isn't intended to be "let's shit on The Good the Bad and The Ugly", it's to present other westerns that are possibly superior to it.  The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly has it all.  It's got three great leading actors.  Clint Eastwood is an absolute badass, and at his very best in the film as Blondie.  Eli Wallach similarly gives the performance of his career as Tuco, a character that is humorous, that you can't help but like even though he is a disgraceful human being.  Lee Van Cleef is always excellent, and as Angel Eyes he presents a character who just wants to make money, and will do whatever it takes to accomplish that goal.  The story is riveting throughout the nearly 3 hour runtime, a true epic of cinema.  The civil war backdrop works so well with the race to the treasure in the foreground.  The final standoff might be the greatest standoff of all time, this one is tricky for me because I really love the standoff from For A Few Dollars More (so much emotion in that one!).  I saved what might be the strongest element for last:  THE SOUNDTRACK.  Oh my goodness!  So good!  Even if you haven't seen the film, you have heard the soundtrack, and associate it with the western genre.  My man Ennio Morricone knows how to score a film, I'll tell you what.
gpt
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly is a great Western of its subgenre, but it fills only one niche in a wide field. 

Blazing Saddles, for example, has great leading actors, many of whom are legends in their craft. Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeleine Kahn, Harvey Korman and Dom DeLuise, all had stellar stage and cinema careers. 

It touched on many issues; civil rights, government corruption, disability, urban renewal and more, all with a light enough hand to keep the audience engaged. 

The score by John Morris was also excellent, helping set many scenes and adding to the hilarity. 


Cinematically, Blazing Saddles amplified the third wall breaking innovation of auteurs like Jean Luc Godard by bringing the techniques to a wider audience. 

There's no doubt The Good the Bad and The Ugly was a great film as you say, but it's great within its traditional Kurosawa-derived Western limits. Blazing Saddles transcends those limits, and is therefore clearly a greater Western.