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The Assassination of Jesse James

The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I rented this one for tonight. Has anyone seen it. Did you like it??
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    have not seen it yet, i want to really bad. i've heard great things about it.
    let us know if you liked it.
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  • TheLostSoulTheLostSoul Posts: 773
    everytime i try and go rent this darn thing, they are all gone. cause they only have like 12 of them available.

    but The Game Plan, they got a 100 of those...
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    the wolf wrote:
    have not seen it yet, i want to really bad. i've heard great things about it.
    let us know if you liked it.

    for sure. :)
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    TheLostSoul wrote:
    everytime i try and go rent this darn thing, they are all gone. cause they only have like 12 of them available.

    but The Game Plan, they got a 100 of those...

    yeah I tried to rent it before and they were all gone. And I think there are only about 10 or 12 copies at my video store too. The Game Plan - is that the one with "The Rock" in it? If so, there are about 100 copies there too. It almost takes up a whole section on the wall.
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    Eddie Better wrote:
    yeah I tried to rent it before and they were all gone. And I think there are only about 10 or 12 copies at my video store too. The Game Plan - is that the one with "The Rock" in it? If so, there are about 100 copies there too. It almost takes up a whole section on the wall.


    thats kinda sad. lol The Rock lol
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  • dharma69dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    Eddie Better wrote:
    I rented this one for tonight. Has anyone seen it. Did you like it??
    Yes and yes.

    Pretty direct and telling; Casey Affleck is excellent.
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Good Movie. Good acting. Nice period piece.
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    the wolf wrote:
    thats kinda sad. lol The Rock lol

    yeah, The Rock - Dwayne Johnson. And he is in that movie Game Plan. Every video store has a hundred copies. It's a disney movie, that's probably why. This one:

    http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/thegameplan/
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    Thanks for the replies you guys. I'm going to go watch the movie now.....
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    Eddie Better wrote:
    Thanks for the replies you guys. I'm going to go watch the movie now.....


    enjoy
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    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    sam shepard as frank james... need i say more? no i don't, but i will.


    casey affleck was very good as robert ford. at times i felt sad for him that he was seeking such validation. at other times he just creeped me out. brad pitt seems to float through the film i thought. all wistful gazes and quiet contemplation. not always... but thats the impression i take away from the film. or amybe he was just quietly mulling over how to get out of the predicament he found himself in. either way he didnt really have to say a whole lot to convey his character. the scene in the bar with the troubadour was great, especially when i saw who the troubadour was. i couldn't help but smile.
    anyhoo for anyone who hasn't seen it, do yourself the favour. :)
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    I just finished watching it and wow, I found it really long and boring. I didn't care for it at all. I kept waiting for it to get better. It was drawn out and there were a lot of useless scenes. At least they could have shortened it and I wouldn't have had to suffer as long. It was 2 hours and 40 minutes. In my opinion, don't waste your time and money on this one. Saturday Night Live is more entertaining, and only an hour and a half long.
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  • GeorgeMcFlyGeorgeMcFly Posts: 75
    Really good movie. I loved the pace. It's a western without any of the western conventions.

    And the music. So good. So good.
  • LostdogsinthegardenLostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    I think that it's a great movie. Great acting and cinematography... and the soundtrack is by Nick Cave, so it is just amazing. I thought Affleck did a great job as Robert Ford, and Brad Pitt was solid. It's a very interesting story indeed.
  • ZiggyStarZiggyStar Posts: 14,328
    It's the kind of movie where you need to know NOTHING about it and just appreciate it for what it is. If you know that this actor is supposed to have this kind of performance and the story is like this etc, I can see how it would ruin it completely.
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I think it should be illegal for this film ever to mentioned with a truncated form of the title given that it has one of the best film titles ever :p

    The assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford. Whoever came up with that was a genius :D
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    I liked it. The pace was great, really built the tension. If it was shorter there wouldn't be that tension, especially near the end with all the silent gazes at each other. It's a solid piece, although Affleck is playing his usual bumbling self.
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