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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
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Summary: Robert Ford joins Jesse James's gang, only to become resentful of the legendary outlaw and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Andrew Dominik
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford belongs to 24 collections
1. 21st Century Top 250 (public: moderated by mandarkzilla - 20 stars)
2. Doubling The Canon (public: moderated by mandarkzilla - 6 stars)
3. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 2 stars)
4. Based On A Book (public: moderated by Spunkie - 1 star)
5. Titles longer than eight words (public: moderated by Technikilor - 1 star)
6. Roger Deakins, Cinematographer (public: moderated by mandarkzilla - 1 star)
7. TSPDT 21st Century's 250 Most Acclaimed Films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 1 star)
8. Character name in title (public: moderated by Pickpocket)
9. Voiceover narration (public: moderated by djross)
10. Jesse James (public: moderated by djross)
11. 80th Academy Awards: Nominated (public: moderated by chemical404)
12. Cinemag's Best Films of 2008 (public: moderated by hristos)
13. Metacritic - Generally Favorable Reviews (public: moderated by sengir)
14. They Shoot Pictures 100 Films: 21st Century (public: moderated by Cuculiza)
15. Australian director (public: moderated by djross)
16. Cinemag's 100 Greatest Movies of the '00s (public: moderated by hristos)
17. Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (private: Ross - 17 stars)
18. Cinema Discusso Yearly Consensus (2008) (private: PeaceAnarchy - 7 stars)
19. To See (private: caffe - 2 stars)
20. Djross movies which transcend their genre (private: djross - 1 star)
21. Djross best Westerns (private: djross - 1 star)
22. Movies I Saw in Theaters (private: theficionado)
23. edkrak films to see (private: edkrak)


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na redbloodcell
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na discosanchez
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na cgwami
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na luc
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T3
Boring and long movie. OK the movie looks good like the performances but such a slow western movie it's not my cup of tea, many dialogues and almost no action. I had to push the pause buttom of my DVD-recorder many times and I was glad the movie eventually was finished, I was a little disappointed. I'm really amazed this movie gets so high scores.
na frederic_g54
87
T9
Visual poetry, and let me also say the following: had this been 30 min shorter, it would have been my favorite film of 2007.
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T8
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na lethalbeef
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60
T2
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In a film which gives away the ending in the title, you are expecting something special in the journey. TAOJJBTCRF kind of dangles this substance in front of your face throughout the film only to snatch it away from you. This is a filmmaker's film, with some beautifully shot scenes, intelligent writing and interesting pacing, but for me, it lagged at times, the characters flip-flopped their intent and the payoff was less than satisfactory. A well made film with flaws from a consumer viewpoint.
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75
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Like Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and It's a Wonderful Life before it, this film will be underestimated and underappreciated in the immediate future and the short time since its release. However, time will show that this film, with all of its elements of acting, story, cinematography, score, etc will be recognized as one of the great gems to come out of the world of cinema over the last decade or so.
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69
T7
So purdy. Should have stopped -you know when-. Although I would rather have seen the four hour version. Couldn't really get over the idea of Jesse James arriving at the set in a Toyota Hybrid; as though today a realistic western is an oxymoron.
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