The Royal Couch Potato

And so the holidays are almost over for students in Aus, what a shame seeing I haven't done much. Although I did watch the Assassination of Jesse James and it was, how can I put it? Very Average. Don't get your hopes up for this film, the length alone will break your ass. Due to the slow, semi-boring nature of this film, I'll only do a half-hearted review of it.

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD [ spoiler ahead ]
- yes folks, that's the entire title of the movie (almost as long as the 2hr and 40min movie itself)

Plot:

The film retells Jesse James', a father and a bandit's, final months.
After a train robbery with his gang, the bounty placed on Jesse James' head increases. Jesse's gang (which includes an aged man, 19-year old man who adores Jesse, and a few others know how to shoot a gun) breaks apart. All of which are either in hiding, jailed or dead. Jesse becomes the sad paranoid man who's found a new of hobby of exercising his prowess on certain gang members.
The 19-year old secret admirer, Ford begins to see Jesse's true nature. After sleepless nights and fearing for his life, decides to assassinate him. This was done by a shot to the head as Jesse James adjusts a painting.
What does a man do once he's killed a famous outlaw? BRAG!
So Ford and old gang buddy puts on several plays explaining how he killed Jesse.

My Response:

Perhaps it's because it's Jesse James and everyone loves him because he's part of history. Seriously, these biographs of famous people are hard to watch. Like RAY for example. The only thing I liked from Ray was how it depicted the hardships of growing up blind and how you can tell whether someone's beautiful or not by touching their hands and wrists. The rest left me in physical pain.

There were times I thought the Jesse James movie would end but no, it was very persistant. It lingered on the themes too much and didn't deliver when it came to the ACTION. But I guess the film was deliberately slow so you could absorb the atmosphere and comprehend with Jesse and Ford's emotions.

The lighting and camera work, overall cinematography was good. I know nothing about that but HEY if I ( the average slightly stupid viewer) noticed it then, it must've stood out.

Rating: 3/5