Oh boy, what can I say. Went to see the lenghty titled film The Assanination of Jesse James by coward Robert Ford. This 2,5 hour film was rather uneasy to watch.
I think this review on IMDB site says it really well: Director Andrew Dominik has great control of the picture but when the film went into the editing room the film underwent some problems. The film never keeps the momentum to be an amazing picture. The viewer is connected for the first 15 minutes, then bored for 10, then enchanted for 45, bored for 15, then comes the anticipated climax and you think its over, then it goes on for another half hour. Dominik gives the audience the best understanding of Jesse James possible so we can become better acquainted with him but brings in an slew of different characters that, to be perfectly honest, I don't care that much about. I believe this might be a example of over character development where we get all the aspects of his life but all we want is Jesse.
So true. I would not give any honors for the editing. However, acting on screen and cinematography were brilliant.
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