Jesse Jamesin salamurha pelkuri Robert Fordin toimesta
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Mordet på Jesse James av ynkryggen Robert Ford (lisää)
Ohjaus:
Andrew DominikKäsikirjoitus:
Andrew DominikKuvaus:
Roger DeakinsNäyttelijät:
Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Schneider, Jeremy Renner, Garret Dillahunt, Zooey Deschanel, Michael Parks (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (4)
Juonikuvaukset(1)
Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He’s the nation’s most notorious criminal, hunted by the law in 10 states. He’s also the land’s greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. Robert Ford? No one knows him. Not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He’ll befriend Jesse, ride with his gang. And if that doesn’t bring Ford fame, he’ll find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and the quest for fame becomes obsession in this virile epic produced in part by Ridley Scott and featuring gripping portrayals by Brad Pitt (winner of the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award) as Jesse and Casey Affleck as the youth drawn closer to his goal…and farther from his own humanity. (jakelijan virallinen teksti)
(lisää)Arvostelut (9)
In the entire 160 minutes of this film there is not a single shot that is redundant or superfluous, and this can't be said very often. I agree with the review by Lima, who thoroughly analyzed the actors, characters, and their actions. The only difference is that for my voracious mainstream taste, I would need more action. But this piece will satisfy old hands and film intellectuals (not the cynics) one hundred percent.
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Perfect in every moment. The film is of a similar vein as Malick's The New World – poetic cinematography, no rush, a story that flows very slowly and gives the great performances of the protagonists space to shine through. In Casey Affleck's case, I feel that maybe he was born to play Bob Ford. A perfect prototype of a down-to-earth little rat without a shred of charisma (in appearance, speech, gesticulation), who tries to match his bandit idol, but it’s clear that he is not up to it. At the same time, however, he arouses ambivalent feelings, partly you strongly dislike him, partly you pity him and even understand him a little. Affleck's performance was so mesmerizing that it almost overshadowed Pitt himself. He plays everything with the power of his personality, he doesn't have to try too hard, it’s enough that he "is", one probing gaze can bring you to your knees. His Jesse James is a perfectly unreadable character who hides behind a stoic, calm and animalistic brute who can blow your head off and not even blink. I have no hesitation in writing that I saw Pitt give the best performance of his career here. There are no fireworks, the film is more of an emotional affair, and if you are into MTV and believe Transformers is the best movie you’ve ever seen, do not bother with this one. For me personally, the best western in years, where every scene has a solid place and where the editor's scissors should be hidden deep in a drawer for once. PS: After 6 unsuccessful nominations, it's really time for that Oscar, Roger Deakins.
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A slow, but smoothly told story of fate, in which you know the end of all the characters the moment they are introduced at the beginning as a bunch of primitive rednecks hungry for money. Dominik's direction, coupled with Deakins' cinematography, has an almost hypnotic effect, and the film rides (thanks also to Nick Cave’s score) on a wave of feeling rather than shaking the colts damnably low. Pitt acts "only" by constantly pitying them and Affleck's slimy rat - you hate, you understand, and on and on. Either way, he’s the one who owns this film. It’s too bad the director isn't as good at creating relationships between the characters (briskness) as he is at atmosphere because then it would have been brilliant. This way it stayed just below the higher review scores.
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It’s been a long time since I first saw this movie. Back then, I hadn’t yet been exposed to all the best western movies and so I rated it three stars. But now I thought that this movie couldn’t have been so bad and so I’ve risked watching the 153 minutes again. At that point, I minded the overly lengthy watch time once again, but I enjoyed the Pitt vs Affleck acting performances so much more. I was also enjoying the movie’s atmosphere along with the story itself and the best thing about it was the music by Nick Cave who had a few cameos himself. This movie is very original. I get the differing opinions: either you like it a lot or not. Either you respect its originality or not. At first I just respected it, but now I have to say that as far as cinematography goes, I enjoyed some of the moments a whole lot as well.
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American history and national myths feature the story of the famous outlaw Jesse James. Rather than being an artistic western, the film is more of an anti-western that consistently breaks the genre's stereotypes and is uncompromising in its rejection of western clichés. This is its main advantage, but paradoxically also its greatest weakness. Film fans often complain about clichés, but at the same time, they really like them. Andrew Dominik did not conceive his film as an adventure story, but rather as a slowly flowing biographical story of Jesse James. The problem is that the runtime is dragged out and the film as a whole is unremarkable, so when combined with melancholic music, it acts like a sedative. Those who start watching the film late at night hoping to be entertained have a decent chance of falling asleep. The film has several strengths, such as the cast, where a group of excellent actors come together, and the excellent camera work. However, the overall impression is strongly influenced by the lack of dynamic action and effects that would be able to energize viewers. Overall impression: 55%.
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Brad Pitt gave one of the best performances of his career, and if Andrew Dominic hadn't made it so long, this might have been one of his best movies. The unnecessary rambling of the story takes away from its intensity and distracts from the main plot. I guess that's the only thing that bothered me. The other actors do their best, too, and Casey Affleck is either a great actor or a total douche in reality. Ford is an ugly figure, and even the ending couldn't redeem him in any way. He did what he did, and I didn't care at all that he regretted it. A young naïve fool who wanted to become famous and killed his friend. In a cowardly way, from behind, and for no fundamental reason. We shouldn't kill our heroes, we should look up to them. A very strong four star rating.
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If I had to use only one word to describe this film, I’d probably choose "captivating". A narrative flowing so seamlessly that I wouldn't have cut a single frame, and this is a 150-minute voyage completely outside Hollywood mainstream, where little editing, expressions that replace dozens of words and arty shots of the natural scenery, the kind which in Gladiator sounded like a few balladic lines in conventional mass prose, are the order of the day in almost every scene and form the characteristic meditative symbolism of the whole work. And when it's time to get verbal, the two wonderful leading actors make a powerful statement, and from the beginning they sparkle incredibly, and the level of their personal conflict works perhaps as well as it ever could – Affleck is a perfectly weird and unpredictable bastard, Pitt is incredibly charismatic and exudes such inner strength that I'd probably put on a mankini and declare my love to my high school maths teacher if he told me to. Except for the emotionally indifferent ending of their duel, which didn't satisfy me maybe because even Jesse himself, despite his charisma, is just a bastard you can hardly find your way to, this film deserves only praise. Deakins does a standard ethereal and therefore probably academically unappreciated job, the music will stay in your head long after the screening, and Andrew Dominik suffered a bout of filmmaking creativity that, with any luck, he will repeat. A different western, but more progressive than any other genre work in many years.
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I won’t even mention the title here, as half of my review would consist of its various word forms :D ... This poetic western has a very slow start and minimal shootouts, but the film makes up for it with its meticulous development of characters and their motivations. It beautifully plays with each shot (Roger Deakins's signature style is unmistakable), presenting the viewer with a visual gem of the genre. And, of course, besides everything else, there's the excellent Brad Pitt as James and the outstanding Casey Affleck as Ford. The younger Affleck brother delivers an acting tour de force, with every moment finely tuned during the intense dialogues between him and Pitt. I understand that such an artistically crafted Western isn’t for every mainstream viewer. I certainly didn’t mind the established style, as I got used to it, but I was a bit disappointed that there weren’t more action-packed sequences. However, for those who enjoy gradual tension building, I can wholeheartedly recommend it. I give it 81%.
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An artistic western is a combination that I would consider an oxymoron more than anything else. This movie did not disprove that for me. The comparison to Terrence Malick is quite fitting, as the pace is similar. Yes, there's a lot hidden beneath the surface, and it's certainly a gem, as some say. I just feel that the creators wanted to make something out of the western genre that it isn't, so they didn't really make a western at all, but rather an artistic biography with subtext. It is simply impossible to talk about tension here. I don't understand Dominik's view of the world, and frankly, I have no desire to. I imagine that the original novel is more interesting.
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