great film, exploring the minds of Jesse and the brothers Ford.

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2007)

Throughout the years cinema has changed the way it tells a story. Whereas in the past most films would try to show as much as possible nowadays generally the rhythm is slower. Comparing the films made about Jesse James we can verify that. This film is slow moving, but it is a slowness you want to last, because you cherish every second. Casey Affleck, Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell, are incredibly real in their characters. The film makes you feel you are there, inside it. Even the sound made by the guns when they shoot is a sound of fatality, slow and tragic. Fear is the main cause of the violent reactions sometimes the fear you show means more than any words like in the case of Ed Miller (Garret Dillahunt). The climax of the film is the revelation by Robert Ford of the motives that made him kill Jesse and we can see in this revelation the universal drama of those that fail when making the most important decisions of their lives. I thought I had seen my share of all the great westerns that were made, but fortunately this one came. GREAT FILM GREAT WESTERN.