Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Anssi Vartiainen Two Americans down on their luck find themselves stranded in the city of Tampico, Mexico. They have been poorly treated, even betrayed, by both fellow poor as well as those in power. But then a few strokes of luck give them the means to finally set out and try to change their fate. So they head out to the mountains with an old gold miner named Howard (Walter Huston). But one who digs gold must beware not to be seduced by it.This is an excellent film, and quite an influential one as well. It combines tropes from both westerns and adventure films alike, contains memorable characters and is an all-around enjoyable experience to sit through. Especially given its age.Both Huston and Tim Holt as Curtain are excellent in their roles, but this film belongs to Humphrey Bogart as Dobbs. A resourceful and proud man, who at the beginning of the film swears not to care about the lure of gold, only to be confronted by a whole mountainside full of it. And thus a man's worth is measured. Great role, and this man has no shortage of great roles to his name.Great adventure film. Just great.

hoffmanmnd I see over 110 critics... you are out of your mind... this is a must see movie for anyone who is serious about the art. There are technical errors mostly due to shooting in Mexico, but the story is what counts This story took place in 1925 Mexico. It was made post WWII in 1947 when people were tired of the truth of inhumanity... they did not need to reminded of it, and the film suffered for that somewhat commercially. Huston won best director (Not Picture though). This was Stanley Kubrick's fourth favorite film of all time. Did I say Stanley Kubrick?I am surprised this is even remotely considered a western... it is not. It is a great, masterful period piece, but not what I would call a western. To me, it is truth of human nature.... sorry... but it is the truth. Some find it offensive and disturbing .. some like myself see it as the simple truth.Watch it.

avik-basu1889 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' can be found in the Required Viewing list for Werner Herzog's 'Rogue Film School' programme. After having watched the film, I can completely understand why Herzog must have been influenced by this. The reason for that is the fact that this film has a very 'Heart of Darkness'-like feel to it and it explores themes that Herzog has time and again dealt with in his own films.An important theme in the film is how nature can use darkly funny ways to undermine the audacious ambitions of humans who try to venture into uncharted territories, into the wilderness and conquer nature. The three men try to fight the forces of nature and persevere to get their treasure, but in the end they can't escape the mysterious ways of nature and nature ends up having the last say in the deciding the fate of the treasure. Another important theme is greed. The film might have the word 'treasure' in the title, but the treasure/gold in itself is really insignificant in the bigger picture. The film is about the changes that the lust for the treasure brings about in the characters, most particularly Dobbs. Being completely out in the open for months and being completely enveloped by the paranoia brought on by his greed, Dobbs slowly and gradually becomes a paranoid, heartless monster over the course of the film. One can easily see a bit of Dobbs in Herzog's 'Aguirre'. The original book by B. Traven as well as the film by John Huston undoubtedly offer a commentary on reckless capitalism and the underlying greed which fuels such tendencies.Huston's script retains the catchy, sharp dialogue that can be found in his other films. However the film lives and dies by Huston's direction. The cinematography is fantastic. Although the camera-work and camera movements remain somewhat standard during the initial moments, but once things start falling apart and the greed fueled paranoia and lunacy start to envelope the characters(mainly Dobbs), Huston also simultaneously cranks up the frenetic nature of the camera movements and the intensity with which certain scenes get staged to complement the transition in tone. There is a grittiness to the film that I genuinely liked. There is a very poignant use of close-ups in this film to underline changing emotions in the characters. One of my favourite moments in the film involves Curtin's character caught up in a crucial moment of moral dilemma when he has to choose between doing the right thing, and doing the selfish thing. It is a wordless moment of brilliance.Bogart is brilliant as Dobbs. This is a character that gradually loses his mind and I believed that transition completely. His intensity towards the last act of the film made the character in equal measures pathetic, as well as scary. Walter Huston and Tim Holt deserve a lot of admiration for their respective performances too.With a name like 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre', one could expect to get a film about the thrills of the adventure in the journey to the treasure ending with the protagonists finding the elusive 'treasure'. But this film subverts expectations and offers a terrific exploration of human greed and nature's indifference to such greed. It's a great film that is easily worth recommending.

sir-mauri Much before Sergio Leone, this to me was one of the earliest revisionist Westerns. John Huston was a maverick, and this movie was a classic. One of the early Westerns that turned the genre on it's head. Grubby looking, unsympathetic characters with shades of Grey. Nothing really redeeming about the main characters, who were basically guys driven by greed and an urge for survival in the harshest climes. The only character with some ethics seems to be the old prospector Howard( played by Walter Huston). Humphrey Bogart's Dobsie is as anti hero as it comes, a man whose greed and paranoia get the better of him. This is a classic, a fascinating character study of men, driven by greed and vanity.