Visually stunning, emotionally charged and film art in its purest form

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2014)

Where do I start? Andrew Dominik's camera moves beautifully along throughout the entire movie and the cinematography by Roger Deakens is absolutely stunning, similar to Terrence Malick.
I fell in love with this movie the first time I saw it and insisted I show it to everyone that I knew and for the most part, all felt the way I did and upon further viewings, I have become more fascinated by this beautiful film.
Brad Pitt is at the top of his game and should have received at least a nomination for his portrayal of the famed outlaw. The entire cast is superb; including Shepard, Affleck, Renner, Rockwell and all bring their A games to this beautiful movie.
I say beautiful over and over because it is the best way to describe it; the lighting, the camera angles, the pace of the movie, the acting, the directing, the score, the cinematography all leave you breathless. The movie is over 2.5 hours long but I could've had watched it for another 5.
If you appreciate art, talent, form, vision, life, exceptional acting, amazingly paced story telling, fitting narrative and understand what film as an art form is, then you will appreciate this movie for what it's worth.
The gloom of death hovers over Pitt the entire movie and it's as if by the end, he is inviting death, wishing, hoping, praying for it. This gloom is not only in his mind, because due to wonderful directing and tone, we feel this impending and imminent death as well. Affleck and Rockwell almost feel compelled to end Pitt's suffering and it is Affleck who administers the final shot.
This movie will move you; it will make you chuckle, it will make you cry, it will give you goosebumps and it will blow you away. Rarely do films like this come along and I can understand now why Pitt would not be involved had they shortened the length of the title; this is a near perfect movie and nothing should be changed about it. The title itself is as epic as the film.