Avoid this Loser at All Costs!

Rating: 1/10 (22 February 2008)

Hmmm! 4300 people input a 10 as their evaluation of the most boring movie of 2007. Where does that come from? Are these employees of Warner Brothers? This movie was the biggest let-down of the year. We greatly anticipated seeing it, but found it was boring and stupid in the beginning and remained boring and stupid for 2 hours and 39 minutes.
Having almost no story, no suspense, no love interest, and with most of the dialog mumbled and incomprehensible, Brad Pitt and Casey Aflick seem to be in a contest to deliver the dullest and flattest performance of the year.
It is not impossible for today's Hollywood to make a good western. HBO's "Deadwood" proves that. Deadwood was as full of life and full of entertainment value as "Assassination..." is full of boredom and stupidity.
The film takes the aura of historical accuracy, but a mere 5 minutes on Google will teach you that most of the alleged accuracy is a lie.
Sixty-nine years ago, Henry King directed JESSE JAMES and it became an instant classic, still sought after in 2008. A year later, Fritz Lang made the sequel, RETURN OF FRANK JAMES. Both pictures were superior in terms of acting, suspense, cinematography, musical score, and the ability to entertain --- the essence of quality film-making. Later, Sam Fuller made his B-movie classic I SHOT JESSE JAMES featuring John Ireland's on-target role as Robert Ford. These were quality movies, and they endure decades later. "Assasination..." despite the alleged 10 scores was an instant box office failure, and after the current DVD run will be quickly forgotten.
Please don't waste 2 1/2 hours on this pile of trash. Rent any or all of the 3 quality movies mentioned above. Quality wins!