the long, subdued, nearly action-free "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

"Trope" doesn't mean what people think it means.

it means testicles

I loved this movie on first viewing, though I think it just caught me right when I was in the perfect mood for it. I watched it again with my wife and didn't love it quite as much but would still consider it one of my faves for 2007.

is it as dull as dead man?

yeah me too--i dug it a lot. casey affleck was surprisingly great and brad was ok, too

it's not as good as dead man

doesn't really have anything to do with it tho

sort of like cricket and baseball are entirely different sports

only, with movies

the fact is i can get into any boring movie about life and shit if its shot as well as this one was

i watched like half of this on TV last weekend, no real clue what it was about but it was really pretty

That's how I feel about most Malick.

max i believe it's about the assassination of jesse james by robert ford, who some say is not the most courageous dude around

the fact is i can get into any boring movie about life and shit if its shot as well as this one was

― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:43 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

me too kinda, i like long slow burn type movies. not every movie has to be as action-packed as star trek, dr morbius!

Still not sure what's up with the head-on view of the train shot, although the shot with lights coming through the woods before it is pretty great.

this is pretty fkn boring tbh

OTM.

Also, fucking impossible to work out what anyone was saying half the time.

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:15 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Thirded, if they were trying to explore the relationship between between James and Ford then they did a poor job, which is a shame because the story has so much potential, much scope for drama and tension but it largely failed to exploit this.

actually as long as this doesn't have a sound track by neil young i think i'll be ok w/it

you're in luck, it's by neil diamond

Nick Cave + Warren Ellis. xp oh now you've made me look boring.

not every movie has to be as action-packed as star trek, dr morbius!

hahahahaaaaa

This is one of the great american folk tales, famous in song and penny dreadfuls the films seems like such a missed opportunity.

jesus christ - why not throw in a couple of will oldham tracks while they're at it

This is one of the great american folk tales, famous in song and penny dreadfuls the films seems like such a missed opportunity.

yeah it could have been as good as

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Young_guns.jpg/200px-Young_guns.jpg

xpost Especially when there is the fantastic Bruce Springsteen version of the Seegar collected ballad from a few years back.

now that's a soundtrack right there

xpost

WTF this movie wasn't even boring, there was tons of tension and intrigue.

This is one of the great american folk tales, famous in song and penny dreadfuls the films seems like such a missed opportunity.

yeah but the movie makers made it the way they wanted to, they didn't view the material in the same way you did--i think a lot of people enjoyed the slanted take on the western, i know i sure did

Lookit all those dreadful pennies (xxxxpost)

netflix of dead man has been sitting on my desk, staring at me, for three months now. i never seem to be in the right mood :-/

me too kinda, i like long slow burn type movies. not every movie has to be as action-packed as star trek, dr morbius!

― s1ocki, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:47 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

slow "burn" no pun intended

if i wasnt clear--i like to "burn" marijuana cigarettes and watch movies like this

I liked what they were aiming for, I think they went way off target, however I might add it to netflix and re-watch.

i think you mean "rescreen"

I like to reburn when I rescreen.

re-burn

xp haha

man tombstone was a really great movie

it's also really great pizza

and a really great way to remember who's buried where

great creedence song

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/tombstone_tombstone.jpg

do you see what i did there

lol @ andrew g. vajna

Finally watching it, after my dad mentioned it a while ago. One fucking great movie. I like Brad Pitt's "bad" acting in it. Ben A is just perfect. But most of all I like the cinematography. The way they portray the scenery is just so beautiful

BTW should I read the book?

Just convinced my wife to watch this, and she really liked it, though she wasn't quite as impressed as I was. Sometimes I suspect existential westerns in particular appeal more to guys than gals, at least as far as genre films go, but maybe I'm wrong.

I guess I'm the exception to the rule then? I absolutely love existential westerns (because of the existentialism; not so much the western part). That said, I hated Dead Man so much. Maybe I should try it again?

I think what I like most, are American films: from your typical LA film to, well, whatever incorporates/depicts the US.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0r-ScEG4&feature=player_embedded

That's some great animation. Possibly the most esoteric satire ever, too.

it's the actual yogi bear guys who did it

actually, turns out it's just a guy who saw the trailer and decided to do a parody:

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/13/yogi-bear-alternate-ending-booboo-kills-yogi-parody-video-creator-speaks/?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines