Get ready to snooze.

Rating: 4/10 (3 August 2008)

What can you say about movie that is nearly 3 hours long and could be told in less then two? The Assassination of Jesse James is a bloated, glacially paced, character study of two of the most notorious outlaws of the American West. If I had paid theater prices for this over rated movie I would have shot myself. I can't understand how this film received so many accolades and praises but maybe everyone is caught up in the Bragallena, baby twins, serial adopters, hype. Brad Pitt is a decent actor but if I had to watch another nano second of those blank stares by Casey Affleck I'd water board myself. Yes, the cinematography was beautiful and the acting pretty good but deserving of high praise? If you want to see a good western rent "Tombstone". If we could get Brad Pitt and Val Kilmer to stare each other down and shoot it out then I would pay $10 bucks to watch that.