The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Sometimes as I get away from a movie, I like it less and less. Walking out after this one, I liked it. The further I get from it, the more I like it. I think it was really well done. I thought it was very pretty. There were some very beautiful shots, some cool camera techniques, good character shots. I liked the way the story was told and the story itself. I thought there were lots of good performances, particularly Casey Affleck and Brad Pitt, but also Sam Rockwell and Paul Schneider. Mary Louise Parker was here but she did not get much screen time, nor was there much space for her. This was a story about men. I found myself thinking while watching, huh, those guys are Hights, we have some Hights in our line. Is that who we were related too? But wait, there are also a bunch of Ford's, was one of there brothers or uncles Colonel Barney Ford? It added an interesting twist to the movie. I didn't know anything about the death or aftermath of Jesse James going in. I thought that was really interesting. The way the story was told, I could really understand what we later found out about Robert Ford's motivations for the killing, and the effects of of the action. There was lots of good stuff here. I highly recommend it.