The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Blistering performances.

Thus movie grabbed my attention with it's ratings on imdb and Matascore. Unfortunately after I have seen a movie I was deeply disappointed by too much dialog and no suspense, which defines a WESTERN genre, but I have to give them a credit, because picture is looking beutiful and a acting is good. Just it wasn't my expectancy and gust.

The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre4 Out Of 5The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre is a tale about three partners going after the treasure and the irrevocable journey or adventure that it brings along with it. The inner politics depicted among the greedy friends and the good old "morality" conflicts that it raises, is the ingenious yet simply sensible take of the makers especially when the heat is communicated directly to the audience, it gets better as it ages on screen. It is rich on technical aspects like sound effects, background score, editing and art design. The primary reason the feature offers a satisfactory outcome is that not only is it unpredictable but is justifying with genuine reasoning which is the soul in here. The structure of the script may be familiar but its additional and side characters does make it worth keeping the audience engaged offering them enough work and art to explore in it. John Houston; the screenwriter-director, uses its smart adaptation wisely and brilliant execution skills on creating the anticipated vision on screen. The performance is decently acted by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt but the real gem of the feature is Walter Houston who gives a memorable performance as a supporting cast. The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre is an interesting take on morality while procrastinating the humane accuracy and lunacy on its backdrop that ticks loud and clear all through the way.

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.

Bogart's career has been overrated from its very beginnings, promoting him into an acclaimed actor much faster than he deserved with some serious role on the silver screen. Such a role finally came with John Huston's „The treasure of Sierra Madre", a rough script about the effects of the „golden rush" on three typical American thugs. True grit as it is, the story drew the best from the actors, resulting in some memorable scenes and everlasting messages at the very end. „The treasure of Sierra Madre" is a serious movie and the most serious role of Bogart's career.