Wednesday Movie Review
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So since everything I have written so far has been almost completely “educational”, I thought I would have a little fun with this one. For those of you who don’t know me, I am a movie fanatic with a rather large dvd collection. And yes, it’s alphabetized. Though there are some director based groups at the bottom, like the Coens and Tarantino. Once in a while at CP we will get into a movie discussion, with Tony and I usually agreeing, Eric offering nothing, and Kevin having the worst movie taste I have ever seen.
Today I wanted to review a great movie I just watched the other night called the Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Not gonna lie, Casey Affleck is becoming an absolutely incredible actor. He is fantastic in this very subdued and nuanced role, giving a haunted and beautiful performance. Sam Rockwell also gives a very strong performance, and I feel he is a very underrated actor, who consistently gives solid effort. Brad Pitt is very charismatic and is also very strong as Jesse James, but it really is Affleck who steals the show. Ever since Good Will Hunting, where he stole every scene he was in, Casey has been absolutely phenomenal. It amazes that he is finally getting his chance to take on some bigger, meatier roles. Did it really take big brother Ben casting him in Gone Baby Gone to get his career as a lead role started?
This is a movie that certainly requires patience. It is a slow burn, that stays pretty consistent. It takes its time and is never in a rush to tell the story, letting everything take its proper course. The original cut was 4 hours long, and I heard it was even better, but the standard version is 2 hours and 40 minutes. This is a movie made for movie lovers. The cinematography is gorgeous, obviously the acting is excellent, and Andrew Dominik gives a great directorial effort, doing a great job of keeping the focus on the actors and the story and letting that speak for itself.
This movie is certainly a little slow, and is that odd western without any real action, but if you are willing to take the time to really get into these characters and the underlying stories, then you are in for a great ride. Overall I gave this movie an 82/100.
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Posted on November 12th, 2008 by Brian St. Pierre
5 Comments
December 24th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
After watching this movie I can agree that this is not the typical country western cowboy movie as we would expect when you hear the name Jesse James. However it is presented very well throughout the entire storyline and is well worth indulging 3 hours of your day to enjoy. You rated this movie an 82/100 for a movie that you seemed to greatly appreciate. Can you give an example of a movie or movies you would rate near 100/100?
June 9th, 2009 at 7:41 am
[...] Casey Affleck was simply superb, it just seemed effortless. Combine this with his wonderful work in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (for which he was Oscar nominated) and 2007 was a hell of a year for Ben’s little brother. As [...]
March 12th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
I watched the movie and it was good especially when measured by the quality of most movies. However with all that time, some 2.5 hours it would have been interesting to give more details of his earlier life and the great conflict upon him and his family as the civil war unfolded. It seems the war had a big effect on the type of person he was. Anyway the history at wikipedia is interesting for more insight.
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