What is wrong with us?

Rating: 8/10 (13 May 2019)

I will keep it short because really, I don't have that much to say about The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Supposedly, it's a story of betrayal, and that makes me wonder how, but first let's talk about the "coward" Robert Ford. He idolized Jesse as a kid and killed him because: #1: He wanted to be 'someone' like him. He craved for himself the intrigue and "awe-ment" that people -himself included- had for Jesse. And #2: Self defense. Jesse was going to kill him, or at least that's what he thought. And finally, #3: He wanted the money on Jesse's head. Let's go through these reasons. Reason #1 is basically what the movie is about, and the most important reason why Robert "betrayed" Jesse, and why Robert didn't get the reaction he had hoped for from the society-as far as they're concerned, it was a betrayal. Now, HOW WAS IT BETRAYAL? A question for that malfunctioning society and the director that demonized Robert and romanticized Jesse. Excuse me but, shouldn't it really be the other way around? Isn't Jesse suppose to be an outlaw and robber? As for the "betrayal", he didn't betray him no more than Jesse himself betrayed some of his gang-mates. At least as far as I know from watching this movie.
In conclusion, the most peculiar thing about the movie, and the real story for that matter is the reaction of the society. Robert did what he had to do. It doesn't matter if was for fame, or money, or self defense, or the jail-pass-and-pardon agreement he had with the governor. The news of a famous robber and outlaw getting killed by the hands of his recruit shouldn't matter to the society. Maybe it was a betrayal. Maybe it wasn't. But they sure as hell shouldn't have been so worked-up about this to the extent of one of them killing the recruit and another 7000 signing him out of prison!
But I guess we as humans are forever flawed. Always have been, and always will be.
As for the other aspects of the movie, they were enjoyable and made the 2-hour-49-minute movie seem not that long.