The Assassination of Jesse Jame by the coward Robert Ford

Ron-P
Ron-P Posts: 8,520
edited May 2009 in Music & Movies
Has anyone seen this? I just picked it up on Blu today and am looking very forward to watching it.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited February 2008
    I watched it last night, its kinda slow, not alot of action but the stoy is good enough to keep you interested, it kinda drags on toward the end also.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited February 2008
    At 3 hours I would expect it to be slow. I've read that the story, acting and cinematography are really good.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2008
    Ron-P - all that you mention is true. It's also pretty accurate when compared to many of the books about Jesse James. Unfortunately this is more documentry than action, which made the 3 hrs kind of a stretch. I did enjoy it, I just wanted a little crap going boom every so often.
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited February 2008
    I was really looking forward to this movie but the critics really didn't like it and it didn't seem to do very good at the box office..although that isn't always a good barometer. Anyway I'll probably be watching it in a day or two as I had high hopes for it.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited February 2008
    I'm 2 hours in, would have finished but my neighbor had to go so we'll finish it tomorrow night, in a word, fantastic. The story, the acting, the cinematography...it's all top shelf. The tension created just in the body language and looks given by the actors is excellent. I cannot wait to finish it. But, it's not your typical shoot'em up western.
    but the critics really didn't like
    Of course they didn't, because it's good. Critics don't know **** from shineola!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited February 2008
    Ron
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited February 2008
    I really like it, I have a good 50+ Blu-ray discs in my collection now along with 2 players now, a PS3 and the Samsung BD-P1000. For the most part I don't watch any SD-DVDs anymore. HD-DVD is just as fantastic but being that it's on it's death bed I don't buy too many of those discs anymore, haven't for months.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited February 2008
    Unbelievable flick. I really appreciated the slow-tempo ala Once Upon A Time in the West. Sometimes it's rewarding to be forced to pay attention. Much more immersive.

    Academy award material in spades.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited February 2008
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    Unbelievable flick. I really appreciated the slow-tempo ala Once Upon A Time in the West. Sometimes it's rewarding to be forced to pay attention. Much more immersive.

    Academy award material in spades.

    It's rewarding to hear someone appreciate the "art" of film making and let the film develop at the director's pace. Once Upon a Time... is an excellent example (if you haven't seen it watch the FULL directors "Once upon a time in America", it's superb). Way too much "hit me now" and "have to fill the screen" aspects to Hollywood filmmaking. I haven't seen this movie yet but it is next up on my Netflix. Really looking forward to it.

    sorry, this is simply a commentary (after a few ok a lot.. glasses of good italian wine)
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2008
    Just put the HD-DVD version on netflix (before they dump hd-dvd altogether). Thanks for the reco.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited May 2009
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    Unbelievable flick. I really appreciated the slow-tempo ala Once Upon A Time in the West. Sometimes it's rewarding to be forced to pay attention. Much more immersive.

    Academy award material in spades.


    So I finally got around to watching this. Somehow I had missed it, forgot about it and stumbled upon it today.

    This is a top notch film. I almost thought of it as an oral history of James and Fords last days. Cinematography was top notch, and the music fit perfect for what the director was aiming at.

    Loved every minute of this three hour epic.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,965
    edited May 2009
    my advice (FWIW): skip the movie and get yourself a copy of Warren Zevon's eponymous album (first album on Asylum, ca. 1976). Listen to all of it, but start with the first song, Frank and Jesse James

    On a small Missouri farm
    Back when the west was young
    Two boys learned to rope and ride
    And be handy with a gun

    War broke out between the states
    And they joined up with Cantrell
    And it was over in Clay county
    That Frank and Jesse finally learned to kill

    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    Frank and Jesse James
    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    'Til you clear your names
    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    Across the rivers and the range
    Keep on riding, riding, riding Frank and Jesse James

    After Appomattox they were on the losing side
    So no amnesty was granted
    And as outlaws they did ride
    They rode against the railroads,
    And they rode against the banks
    And they rode against the governor
    Never did they ask for a word of thanks

    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    Frank and Jesse James
    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    'Til you clear your names
    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    Across the prairies and the plains
    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    Frank and Jesse James

    Robert Ford, a gunman
    In exchange for his parole
    Took the life of James the outlaw
    Which he snuck up on and stole
    No one knows just where they came to be misunderstood
    But the poor Missouri farmers knew
    Frank and Jesse do the best they could

    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    Frank and Jesse James
    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    'Til you clear your names
    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    Across the rivers and the range
    Keep on riding, riding, riding
    Frank and Jesse James
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2009
    I may look like Robert Ford but I feel just like Jesse James.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,965
    edited May 2009
    There was also Elton John and Bernie Taupin's song I Feel Like a Bullet (in the Gun of Robert Ford)...
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