Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[flippyshark]

I just watched The Long Riders (1980), a very non-boring movie about Jesse James and pals. James Keach as Jesse James was a bit of a weak spot, I thought, but Stacy is great as Frank James, and David Carradine's performance as Cole Younger is fantastic. In this version, Bob Ford is played by Christopher Guest. He and his brother seem to be played for comic effect, but are underwritten. On the whole, this is very entertaining, but dramatically left me just slightly dissatisfied. However, the amazing musical score by Ry Cooder has got to be heard. It lifts the movie from "pretty darn good" to "I've got to own this!"