Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Alex]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I can highly recommend the Jesse James movie as a sleep aid. OMG, what a bore! Brat Pitt plays a piece of wood named Jesse James, and Casey Affleck is actually really good as the creep Robert Ford who kills him and puts us out of our misery. The movie is only enjoyable in the last half hour after James is killed, when Ford is making himself infamous as a cowardly assassin. The cinematography is beautiful, but the movie is dullsville.

However, I did enjoy the stunt casting of Garret Dillahunt in a supporting role, since he played Jack McCall on Deadwood, the Cowardly Assassin of Wild Bill Hickok. Tee Hee, I was amused.

I finally got around to watching it. I avoided it in theaters and have had it from Netflix, sitting next to my TV since before the Oscars.

I loved it. I completely understand why the people who don't like it, don't like it. And it wouldn't have taken much to push me into that camp. But I'm thoroughly in the camp of those who loved it.

I didn't notice Garret Dillahunt but the stunt casting that really was a poor choice was in using James Carville (yes, the political consultant) as the governor of Missouri. Took me right out of the movie for several minutes.