One of the best recent westerns.

Rating: 9/10 (28 November 2013)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' is arguably one of the best westerns that came out recently, and undoubtedly its a good watch. As you can see, it has an unconventional title, spoiling the greatest event in the film, and also the way the film is told, with a narrator always telling the story, and always ahead of the happenings in the scenes. It's pretty original, if you analyze the film as a 'whole'.
Robert Ford wasn't more coward than James, but his infamous reputation created after killing a man, a man which was notoriously known for being a 'brave' man, started the folks that lead him to a fast fame and a even fastest decadency. He wasn't nowhere near as important as James were, so his name fell into oblivion after his death.
But is sad, because he was very young and just wanted to be as recognized and famous as James, his childhood idol. Actually, this is also the why he made a plan with the government.But perhaps, when you commit a big mistake, even if you are moved by the fuel of the youngness, it will earns serious consequences for the rest of your life. In Ford's case, he was rejected by society and received an inevitable revenge. Treason.
As you see, this film is beautifully shot, but what really drew me attention was the music: It's great, and his melancholic's undertones totally fits the dense atmosphere of this film. The film is also pretty stylized, and well made, due the good work of the edition. The acting was also indeed good, notably by Sam Rockwell and Casey Affleck, which interpreted respectively the undecided Charlie Ford and the 'young' in all the senses of the word Robert Ford.
It's a good film, shame it bombed on the box office. 8.1/10