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Community => Entertainment => Topic started by: Xessive on Sunday, December 30, 2007, 12:38:56 AM

Title: The Assassination of Jessie James
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, December 30, 2007, 12:38:56 AM

Just watched it yesterday night. It was not bad. Well-filmed, good acting, just long.. Really long.

Anyone else watched it? Whaddaya think?

Title: Re: The Assassination of Jessie James
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, December 30, 2007, 12:33:19 PM

I've been planning to watch it. The full title is,"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", which I found to be ridiculously long and silly in a cool epic and typical western flick sorta way. :)

Title: Re: The Assassination of Jessie James
Post by: Xessive on Sunday, December 30, 2007, 11:42:04 PM

Quote from: Pugnate on Sunday, December 30, 2007, 12:33:19 PM

I've been planning to watch it. The full title is,"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", which I found to be ridiculously long and silly in a cool epic and typical western flick sorta way. :)

Yeah.. And that's kind of a spoiler.. They introduce the movie as "The Assassination of Jessie James" then at the end of the movie (after you've seen what happens and how it all goes down) they bring up the full title.

Title: Re: The Assassination of Jessie James
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, December 30, 2007, 11:45:02 PM

Really? That's the official name of the movie. It always has been.

Here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10005911-assassination_of_jesse_james_by_the_coward_robert_ford/

and

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071004/REVIEWS/710040305/1023

From what I understand, we all are supposed to know that Jesse James will be killed by Robert Ford, and the the movie centers around relationship between the two and how it deteriorates or whatever.

(http://caffeine-headache.net/blog3/The%20Assassination%20of%20Jesse%20James.jpg)

Title: Re: The Assassination of Jessie James
Post by: Pugnate on Sunday, December 30, 2007, 11:54:37 PM

Xessive, is this a better movie to watch at home rather than a noisy cinema?

Title: Re: The Assassination of Jessie James
Post by: Xessive on Monday, December 31, 2007, 12:21:52 AM

Quote from: Pugnate on Sunday, December 30, 2007, 11:54:37 PM

Xessive, is this a better movie to watch at home rather than a noisy cinema?

Yeah. The cinema doesn't really enhance anything for it. There's hardly any action and it's mostly dialogue. I feel kinda like I wasted a good cinema ticket but it's alright. I'll sneak into a movie some time to make up for it.

So many people walked out on it! So many people had trouble understanding some of the dialects and accents in the movie too! Even I had some moments where I had to refer to the Arabic subtitles to figure out what the Hell they were talking about.

A lot of it was basically like:

"Yew best not be misrememberin' squiggle willy zababadooba.. Heh."

Then of course you have Brad Pitt's "psychotic laughter" which he portrayed in 12 Monkeys and Fight Club.

Title: Re: The Assassination of Jessie James
Post by: Pugnate on Monday, December 31, 2007, 04:16:38 AM

I loved 12 Monkeys.

Title: Re: The Assassination of Jessie James
Post by: Xessive on Monday, December 31, 2007, 05:14:29 PM

Quote from: Pugnate on Monday, December 31, 2007, 04:16:38 AM

I loved 12 Monkeys.

Yeah, that was an awesome movie!

Brad Pitt is pretty good in all his movies. Bruce Willis is frickin' awesome.