All about poetry...

Rating: 9/10 (30 January 2008)

This is a movie that I will have to say I did not see coming... I did not know the director whatsoever, for example... And I was expecting an old fashioned western movie with a hint of story.
All I can say, since I am still kind of speechless with amazement, is that this a rather poetic film. That Pitt is not the shiniest star in the cast, although he did shine quite a bit... That Affleck has done the real hard work here, proving that he is not just a shinny face like his brother.
As I said the movie is all about poetry. The narration is poetic. The cinematography is poetic. The whole script is, ultimately, poetic... Even the bad guy's deaths, as gruesome as they can seem (I found them kind of cool!) are poetic.
I am amazed... It's a 9/10.