tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post655967744898456498..comments2023-10-30T13:22:55.911+01:00Comments on As cool as a Fruitstand: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordHedwighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17910606263248113264noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post-26911563881291574392007-10-04T19:36:00.000+02:002007-10-04T19:36:00.000+02:00Ok, I saw it last weekend and I loved it, but I'm ...Ok, I saw it last weekend and I loved it, but I'm kind of choking on the review. I hate when that happens.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, aside from the cinematography, I loved the performances, especially Casey Affleck. I have to say, Brad Pitt surprised me too, in a good way. He's the superstar and will get most of the attention, but he's actually deserving of much of it. The rest of the supporting cast, Sam Rockwell and the guy who played Dick Liddil especially were also great.<BR/><BR/>Without the performances, the movie could've fallen flat. Plotwise, it's not the most exciting movie to come along, but just watching these guys go was a pleasure.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post-85877083485900374072007-09-26T23:39:00.000+02:002007-09-26T23:39:00.000+02:00I'm hopefully going to see The Assassination of Je...I'm hopefully going to see <I>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</I> :) in the next day or two. Certainly by the weekend. I've got to review the Haggis movie and then hopefully I'll have a few days to see and digest <I>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</I> before the new Wes Anderson movie comes along.<BR/><BR/>I love this time of year for movies! I don't know what release patterns are like for you in Nederland, but here it seems like every week between now and the end of the year has at least one potentially great movie. Everyone is lining up to get noticed for The Oscars.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post-60289710765188178202007-09-26T12:11:00.000+02:002007-09-26T12:11:00.000+02:00I do love typing out that full name too... The Ass...I do love typing out that full name too... The Assassination of Jesse James by the Cowatrd Robert Ford. And it's not like it doesn't have a function: it tells you right ahead that this movie is not going to be about the plot, since pretty much all of it is contained in the title - except the coda, that is. I suppose whether I think of this as a masterpiece or not depends in large part on whether I grow to like that coda, but your right, sometimes movies have to stay in your mind for a while before they can be called masterpieces. I look forward to revisiting this movie in a year or two, in any case. And I'm very curious to hear your thoughts about it, if and when you go to see it.Hedwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910606263248113264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15887708.post-45990826291866359222007-09-25T23:41:00.000+02:002007-09-25T23:41:00.000+02:00The person I went to the movies with this weekend ...The person I went to the movies with this weekend preferred seeing <I>In the Valley of Elah</I> to <I>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</I> (I love typing that out), but this is next on my list.<BR/><BR/>I can't say this will be the case with <I>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</I> (There I go again), but sometimes also one of the key ingredients for a masterpiece is time. It's good to swish a movie around in your mouth and let it linger a minute, really hit all your taste buds, then maybe take another couple of sips. Sometime down the road, you start to realize it's one for the ages where in other cases something that knocked you out right away begins to fade from memory.<BR/><BR/>You've said enough about it to give me hope that <I>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</I> could be one of the good ones.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe not. Time will tell.Craig Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.com