The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007 "Beyond the myth lies America's greatest betrayal"
7.5| 2h40m| R| en| More Info
Released: 21 September 2007 Released
Producted By: Plan B Entertainment
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://jessejamesmovie.warnerbros.com/
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Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

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Algo De Privacidad 50 minutes... and I can not take this anymore. At 10 or 15 minutes... Before the train scene. I knew I was wasting my time already.I give a damn what the other reviews say... i've seen documentaries about the growth of a fungus, inside the Crack of a rock, more interesting... and entertaining than this.And the stupid unrealistic gay point of view... come on people... When a men Is in the bathtub, and another guy is peeking through the door. you get something like: "get the f#$%k out of here you fa$^@" at least. Especially in the eighteen hundred, and with a guy like James.The nice and cool "double talking" conversation between Jesse and one of the members of His gang... It is just a cute unrealistic gay fantasy.-"the most beautiful film ever made"- -"A hauntingly beautiful film"-oh please!!! is just a Super boring piece of crap!!!
Varinder I have read a lot about this movie before I watch. Acting of both Bradd Pitt and Ben Affleck is good, but movie does not kept the interest of movie watchers. I have to kept an eye on the clock to see how much it is remaining. I have a craving for this movie but all my dreams of relishing this movie is dashed. I don't understand why it is rated so high. Only the climax is bit interesting otherwise movie is dull.
Benedito Dias Rodrigues The best Jesse James's history that l have seen by fair,mainly because is based on revised and research history of the brothers James,the movie starting telling the last train robbery in Glendale until the Robert Ford's death...it's a long history bring to light many true events about the American legend and how it's really happens...Brad Pitt as Jesse James and Casey Affleck as Robert Ford delivers what they sell...and the most important in this movie is about after Jesse's death,a period that never was told in a movie before.....a lot of IMDb's user complains about the movie is so long...the answer is simple how to tell the complex and detailed history if you don't have enough time...this movie surprise me totally!!!
masood abdollahi The movie "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" is an indefinable movie creating extreme reactions after being watched. The terms describing it would vary from mesmerizing or deep to plain lackluster. The reactions can be justified if the traits of this iconoclastic work are considered. It's a western lacking the elements of western movies. It's a drama but at the same time includes few features of a comedy. Although the movie can be rightly identified with any of these genres, it's quite perceptible that limiting it to any of the given genres would be unjust.But the astonishing feat achieved by the director is beyond that since the prominence of the movie is revealed to the audience through characterization. The trap in which the movie shrewdly avoided being entangled was delving deep into the psyches of the characters and the transmutation undergone by them. The historical aspect of this depiction is just a façade of the story which is given out to the audience from the outset in the title. The movie succeeds in conflating the characteristics of the characters so as the cowardice of Robert Ford and the courage in Jesse James wouldn't have been comprehended without each other. It seemed as if the glorification granted on James was realized through the pusillanimity depicted by Robert Ford since he stood for the opposite of whatever the other one possessed. History has no way other than being biased on the side of the narrator for it is being told by a person. A person with a general tendency of the mind. This tendency can be modified but never eliminated since the narrator lives in a specific time with specific standards and moral codes. So, to put it in a nutshell, the narrated history can never be the real one because it is conveyed by the people already familiarized not only with the story but also with the idea of other people on the incident. The movie is well-aware of that and its attempt to negate the bias and didacticism implied in the story is twofold. First, the language used in the voice-over narration is literary and book-like unlike the everyday language of the characters. This contrast is an evident effort of the director reminding the audience of the storification of the incident. Second, the dream like scenes provided with blurry margins of the screen added to the elements of the untrustworthy narration since they were represented as memories. Masood Abdollahi