SamNichols
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- Location
- Colne, Lancs
After my disappointment last week with: 'The Darjeeling Limited' (it just isn't good enough), i thoroughly recommend:
'The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford'.
Here are some reasons:
1) A great soundtrack (and cameo by) Nick Cave
2) Brad Pitt's best performance since Se7en.
3) It's a great western in the true Sergio Leone style. Slow paced and character based rather than action based. The film of recent years that it most reminded me of was: 'The Proposition', Nick Cave's sort of Western based in the outback.
4) Great cinematography, bits of it so brightly white (it's winter for a good half of it) that it almost hurts your eyes.
5) A nice supporting cast.
Generally: perhaps a bit overlong (it comes in at just unde three hours) but worth a look if you like solid character based films that are really well shot. 4.5 stars (i remove half due to the fact that it's a bit too long).
'The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford'.
Here are some reasons:
1) A great soundtrack (and cameo by) Nick Cave
2) Brad Pitt's best performance since Se7en.
3) It's a great western in the true Sergio Leone style. Slow paced and character based rather than action based. The film of recent years that it most reminded me of was: 'The Proposition', Nick Cave's sort of Western based in the outback.
4) Great cinematography, bits of it so brightly white (it's winter for a good half of it) that it almost hurts your eyes.
5) A nice supporting cast.
Generally: perhaps a bit overlong (it comes in at just unde three hours) but worth a look if you like solid character based films that are really well shot. 4.5 stars (i remove half due to the fact that it's a bit too long).