Jesse James: the man and the myth and the man that killed that man but not the myth

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2008)

Jesse James was an American outlaw who did many bad things.But in fiction they tried to make the man look like some kind of hero.So this young man,Bob Ford, who knew the myth wanted to know the man as well.So he got close to him and then...well you know what then.Just read the title.Andrew Dominik's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) is based on Ron Hansen's novel (1983).It has Brad Pitt as Jesse James and Casey Affleck as Robert Ford.They both do extraordinary job.The rest of the cast is amazing, too.Mary Louise Parker plays Zee James.Sam Shepard is Frank James.Sam Rockwell plays Charley Ford.Politician James Carville plays Governor Crittenden.Nick Cave is behind the music and also appears as Bowery Saloon Singer.There are many great scenes in the movie like the train robbery scene just to mention one.This movie doesn't portray Jesse James as a good man but a man who doubted anybody and was ready to kill anybody.It's a good modern western and beautiful, somewhat poetic in some places.