May 12, 2008
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Howard Ford (2007)
Should I see it?
Nope.
Nope.
They've turned the Wild West into the Wandering, Talks Too Much West.
If you think the title is needlessly drawn out, wait until you see the movie. It has now been proven, you can take one of the most interesting and infamous criminals in American history and turn him into a yammering, and boring she-male. The intentions when making this film may have been good but the results are dismal. For those of you looking for a traditional Western, you're clean out of luck. This isn't a Western, it simply takes place in that time frame. If you're looking for a headier work, you're still going to come up dry. All this movie is offering is two hours and twenty minutes of talented actors drawling through long tracts of dialog for no real purpose. I kept getting the feeling that this was the result of a bunch of effete snobs wandering in the woods telling each other how smart they are.
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3 Comments:
"No, YOU'RE brilliant and sensitive."
"No, YOU'RE brilliant and sensitive."
"Well, you're brilliant and sensitive-ER."
"No, no, you are totally the brilliant-EST and sensitive-EST."
"Hey, I know, what if we made a movie about the true feelings of Jesse James before he shot himself? It could be a kind of ironic commentary on the struggles of talented but unrecognized actors...."
"Oh! That's great....no, no, wait, I've got it, it could be a subtle melodrama based on Heath Ledger's suicide--you know, he's got it all, but for some reason it just ain't enough, he's cut off, his own familiar friend raises his hand against him...."
"Yeah, yeah! The betrayal leads to his suicide, because he's despairing that no one will remember him. Our movie will be his promise of memory."
"Yeah, the promise of memory for the struggle and isolation of the famous and successful and glamorous, like when that guy shot him...."
"Wait, I thought he shot himself because he was so alone and forgotten...."
"Well, maybe he did, but I think he was shot too by some guy. In the back or something. Because in his fame he had totally forgotten the little guy, you know, like on the VH1 specials."
"Totally! He feels forgotten, and then what's-his-name shoots him in the back, which is a kind of metaphysical suicide."
"Who gets shot, again?"
"That Jesse James guy. By what's-his-name."
"Yeah. Dude, you are so good at history. And brilliant and sensitive."
"Nuh-uh, you are totally the UBER-brilliant and sensitive SUPERMAN."
"But didn't that movie suck?"
"Whatever."
Your comment is a better review than the review itself.
Just tried to imagine that conversation you were kicking around, there. :-) It got a bit carried away, but it was fun. hehe
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