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More Powerful Early Word Rolling In On THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD!!

first by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:34:43 AM
again
second by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:35:07 AM
yup
third by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:35:45 AM
??
fourth by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:36:04 AM
ohhhhhhh
fifth by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:36:24 AM
hell
sixth???? by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:36:48 AM
could it be?
seventh by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:37:09 AM
go go
eight by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:37:30 AM
record coming
ninth by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:37:49 AM
nearly
tenth!!!!! by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:38:10 AM
yessssssssssssssssssssssss
eleventh by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:38:42 AM
just for the hell of it
twelth by darthhirsty	Feb 28th, 2007 06:39:24 AM
because i can. that is all. GOTTA EAT!!!
Fifteenth by manikman	Feb 28th, 2007 06:59:02 AM
Need to see this..
This review could be a plant,but I hope that it’s not by Greg7007	Feb 28th, 2007 07:03:00 AM
I hope I'm proved wrong and am incorrect, but this review could be a plant, as the film was supposed to come out in September last year, but didn't because Warner Bros were extremely unhappy with the result, took the film off Aussie director Andrew Dominik and have recut it themselves. I've never known people to be thrilled at a studio re-edit of a film, rather than a director's own one. Then again Joe Carnahan has also praised the film on his offical website, but I think he saw a 3 hour cut, which won't be released.
"the missing" and "unforgiven" are already antiwesterns by triplefive	Feb 28th, 2007 07:28:00 AM
which means, according to this review, JESSE JAMES is an antiwestern of antiwesterns. So its like Rio Bravo?
Sounds Good. Chopper was pretty damn good by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Feb 28th, 2007 07:55:24 AM
Also love the tone of Unforgiven and the Missing. Could be good.
van vuren by BadMrWonka	Feb 28th, 2007 08:06:34 AM
I was with you till you misspelled "independent"...sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine...that and the your/you're debacle... sorry bud, you're dead to me...
Wow... by HitchCock'n'Balz	Feb 28th, 2007 08:21:16 AM
A retort to a grammatical comment with glaring grammatical problems itself.
My Quip?? by HitchCock'n'Balz	Feb 28th, 2007 09:25:10 AM
my obstuse monkey grunts and get what I mean when say "independant" instead of "independent." I don't know, sorry pal. I guess your dead to me as well. ~ What exactly is Obstuse? That was my biggest problem with your comment, although I must admit the more I re-read it the worse it becomes. Run on sentence's and dangling participles and egregious spelling mistakes...who is really the Dipshit ???
Van Buren, do you need a hug? by just pillow talk	Feb 28th, 2007 09:29:25 AM
I agree, the movie does sound neat! Maybe even cool. Do you think it sounds cool? If you do we can be friends...forever!
The Assassination of Nancy Carrigan by Spandau Belly	Feb 28th, 2007 09:35:37 AM
by the Trashy Tanya Harding
If it's anything like New World by PolyesterRage	Feb 28th, 2007 09:46:01 AM
Count me out. That movie was fucking terrible.
Don't worry Van Buren... by Double-Oh	Feb 28th, 2007 09:46:38 AM
People like BadMrWonka are so insecure about their intelligence that they feel the need to stop the flow of the talkbacks to talk shit about a person making two errors in 11 lines of text. Not to mention his extraordinary talent for throwing $4 words like debacle into a sentence, but falling short of grace because he uses such words incorrectly. I bet he’s also a habitual user of the word facetious whenever he’s asking if someone is being funny or sarcastic. That’s a popular one among his type. “Sorry bud,” but you aren’t impressing anyone.
That also goes... by Double-Oh	Feb 28th, 2007 09:48:51 AM
for HitchCock'n'Balz.
Calm down people... by number5withabullet	Feb 28th, 2007 10:16:05 AM
There's no reason to argue over grammar, especially when referencing a Casey Affleck movie.
Please not like The New World- God no!!! by Lovecraftfan	Feb 28th, 2007 10:20:37 AM
The New World was a bore with barely developed characters, endless tree shots, and badly handled love triangle. Please anything but that terrible film.
Props darthhirsty, impressive most impressive by talkbackgeek	Feb 28th, 2007 10:20:50 AM
That was pretty badass darthhirsty, thats gotta be a record. And can only happen cos this kiss-up review was so long we all forgot to post. Nonetheless props.
Van Buren: You're hanging in the wrong talkbacks by chrth	Feb 28th, 2007 10:23:50 AM
Coax is the place to be. Although there are different types there.
I was getting excited until... by scrivener	Feb 28th, 2007 10:23:52 AM
...you mentioned Terrence Malick. I've never been terribly keen on any of his movies, but The New World was crap. The shorten the running time he would clip chunks right out of the middle of a shot (a single continuous SHOT, not a SCENE), causing this "jerk forward in time" effect that pulled me right out of the movie every time it happened. He should have just left it alone, 3.5 hour run time and all - the movie would have been better off for it.
Grammar? On "AIN'T" It Cool? Whatever... by MCVamp	Feb 28th, 2007 10:24:28 AM
I hate when I personally misspell something, but anyone with enough free time to be "Grammar Cop" on a feckin' AICN talkback should just get back to work or get a job in the first place. Seriously, nitpicking grammar on a message board is like the Seventh Sign of Bitchdom.
Review The New World? That's easy enough... by jimmy rabbitte	Feb 28th, 2007 10:34:09 AM
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZ.
Re: Grammar? On "AIN'T" It Cool? Whatever... by Double-Oh	Feb 28th, 2007 10:39:20 AM
Damn straight.
Now... by jimmy rabbitte	Feb 28th, 2007 10:39:48 AM
Don't anyone go stealing my catchphrase... I spent seconds if not minutes thinking that up...
It's a review of a Casey Affleck movie... by HitchCock'n'Balz	Feb 28th, 2007 10:51:11 AM
I though a grammer debate would be much more "cool" than a Casey Affleck pic.....my apologies.
Are there alot of shoot outs? by Omegaman	Feb 28th, 2007 10:55:11 AM
Because if there arent alot of shoot outs Im not interested in seeing it. It sort of sounds like how that guy had an obsession with John Lennon, and then turned on him when he decided he was a phony.
I hate this movie already by Mr Incredible	Feb 28th, 2007 11:02:51 AM
The title's too long and too stupid.
Yeah by Cobbio	Feb 28th, 2007 11:51:14 AM
I remember seeing the teaser for this film a few months ago, and it looked good. Not sure if it will be good, though, with comparisons to Terrence Malick, the most boring, plodding, and overhyped director ever. In fact, after reading the Malick comparisons in ActionMan's review, I'm not sure I want to touch "Jesse James" with a ten-foot pole. That said, I dug "Chopper" and the insane performance put on by Eric Bana. Maybe if no one else compares "Jesse James" to Terrence Malick's work, I might actually see it.
Re: Van by Cobbio	Feb 28th, 2007 11:54:41 AM
Oh, and Van Buren, give it a rest. You're not impressing anybody.
not art by staple10	Feb 28th, 2007 12:34:12 PM
I am sorry, I typically will just read the reviews and let them be, but this one has got it ALL WRONG. I saw this movie a couple months ago, and have to say JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A LONG SHOT OF GRASS BLOWING AND NOTHING HAPPENING... IT IS NOT AN ART MOVIE!!! It takes more than brooding gazes across fields to make an art film. This movie has not learned that yet...
it would also be great BSB by just pillow talk	Feb 28th, 2007 01:02:04 PM
if they worked a tumbleweed blowing across a town too...really capture that desolate feeling.
Actually, it's one of my most anticipated movies. by riskebiz	Feb 28th, 2007 01:31:48 PM
I think this one will win a bunch of awards. Really looking forward to it.
I was looking forward to this massively by MrJJonz	Feb 28th, 2007 02:54:18 PM
until Greg7007 said the studio had taken it off director Andrew Dominik as I love Chopper. Really is one of my all time favourite films. Now the studio have taken this off him then I still want to see it as he did shoot it but I expect it to be a somewhat watered down version. Shame, but if it gets a decent following then we may get the directors cut 10 years down the line, especially if he starts making big money making films
Can It Top The Samuel Fuller Original? by Aquatarkusman	Feb 28th, 2007 03:12:32 PM
It was called I Shot Jesse James and was very Ford-centric. (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt00 41497/)
Will the Elton John song be in there? by MC Vamp	Feb 28th, 2007 03:47:03 PM
"And I feel like a bullet in the gun of Robert Ford. I know where the paid assassin is, you know I'm cold as a hired sword." Or was that the Wu-Tang Clan?
double oh by BadMrWonka	Feb 28th, 2007 05:33:18 PM
whereas my original post was dripping with sarcasm, and (I would have though) obviously just made in jest, yours was so serious and self-important, it made me laugh. ironic, huh? the reason I wrote that in the first place was because VAN BUREN had jumped into the TB with an unrelated rant about, well...I'm not sure, you'll have to scroll up and read it for yourself. so lighten up. p.s. the your/you're debacle refers to the inability of most people to distinguish between the two words. 80% of casual writers now just use 'your'. and teenagers? forget about it. and that, my friend is a complete breakdown of a grammatical principle. hence, a debacle. but really, either you gotta lighten up, or go to the Lost TB.
Rubiks? We all did your mom. Twice. by TheUglyBaby	Feb 28th, 2007 05:35:30 PM
And she was gooooooooooooooooood
Rubiks? We all did your mom. Twice. by TheUglyBaby	Feb 28th, 2007 05:35:33 PM
And she was gooooooooooooooooood
THE TITLE SUCKS!!!! by jjn1268019	Feb 28th, 2007 06:15:01 PM
Could they give a little more away with that title "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"???? Why would you title a movie by it's plot???? That's the dumbest thing ever!!! aside from that, Harry's review is a little too good to be true, if you ask me. I mean Casey Afleck is an okay actor but he's kind of annoying, he voice is so monotone and boring and really he's kind of a bitch actor, a whiney little bitch, and for him to kill Jesse James (being played by Brad Pitt)? First of all Brad Pitt is a horrible actor, he's easy on the eyes and he's kind of entertaining to watch but his acting skills are minimal at best, he relies more on his looks than anything else to get him through a role, that being said, Brad Pitt gets killed by Casey Afleck!?!?!? I think I'm kind of going to enjoy seeing Pitt bite a bullet, but Casey Afleck!!!! killing Pitt is not that entertaining!!! This flick sounds like a downer to me, and boring to boot. And there's no way I would go see this thing for the acting, anyone who says that the acting is good is an idiot, or has no idea what real acting is, Casey Afleck is not an actor!!! He's Millhouse on the Simpsons, an annoying little bitch...MovieGeek out...peace.
sorry ACTIONMAN's review by jjn1268019	Feb 28th, 2007 06:17:56 PM
not Harry
THEY CUT OUT 40 MINUTES?!?!?!?!?! by Nate Champion	Feb 28th, 2007 06:28:01 PM
Previous AICN reviews listed the running time as three hours or thereabouts... do those morons at Warner Bros. not realize that anyone who WANTS to see this movie will want to see the longer version? All of those simple-minded fucks, ignorant enough to be so turned off by a long movie so as not to see it theatrically, will probably end up waiting to see it on DVD three months after the release ANYWAY. Same thing happened to New World... think cutting THAT ONE by 40 minutes made a difference? And now ZODIAC got fucked too. It's really simple... if your marketing angle is that the movie is actually good, as opposed to being your garden-variety Hollywood ape festival, you might as well put out the best version of the movie possible.
Wasn't this supposed to be out last fall? by Barry Egan	Feb 28th, 2007 06:28:05 PM
Jesse James and I are from the same home town.
I must see this by grendel69	Feb 28th, 2007 07:21:30 PM
NOW
nate champion by BadMrWonka	Feb 28th, 2007 08:21:56 PM
I agree, the longer the better in my opinion. dropping 9 bucks, I want as much movie as possible. but jsut a note, it's not jsut the studio's thinking shorter is better, it also involves how the running time affects theaters, and movie times. a 3 hour movie can only reasonably get in 3 showings, a 2 hour 20 min movie can get in 4. that's a big deal when you got brad pitt in your movie. that's all I'm saying. doesn't justify it, but there is a lot under the surface of things.
I talked with Rockwell just before filming began by HypeEndsHere	Feb 28th, 2007 08:34:01 PM
(yeah, i did. suck it.) and he was jazzed as hell. i told him about the true story and he was pretty interested. shame it seems like the film takes the side of James. he was a right cunt that got what he deserved.
i noticed that Van Buren's post by T 1000 xp professional	Feb 28th, 2007 08:44:32 PM
Had absolutely nothing to do with the talkback as if he had that little paragraph saved in his "talkback" folder waiting when to use it....the whole "holier than thou" approach didn't fly, and just has you're trying to point out the little stereotypes of AICN talkbacks, you yourself just became the "condescending guy that points out the cliches" cliche.....I'm sorry I guess I was just bugged, just lighten up man. We're all trying to have a good time here......F the grammar police as well( no beef though)
This Review Was Written by Casey Affleck by Professor Krapp	Feb 28th, 2007 11:00:38 PM
But I'm still going to see it. He certainly makes it sound revisionist. We'll see. That's what they said about Unforgiven. That was more deconstructive than revisionist, but then became a regular Clint Eastwood western when he kills everybody in the bar. That's OK though, because Eastwood owns the genre. His Josie Wales could kick the ass of Brad Pitt's Jesse James.
I Agree Wholeheartedly, jjn1268019... by YoungTurk	Mar 1st, 2007 06:38:48 AM
That title IS ridiculous, and gives away EVERYTHING that happens in the movie. Just thank the Lord we didn't all have to sit through "The Destruction Of The Empire's Death Star By That Young Do-Gooder Luke Skywalker" back in the day.
PS: by YoungTurk	Mar 1st, 2007 06:42:32 AM
Chopper rocks.
The Destruction of the Towers by that Maniac Bin Laden by HypeEndsHere	Mar 1st, 2007 08:13:01 AM
Yeah, I'm glad they went with United 93. Doesn't give too much away.
Spiderman was taking a shit during 911 by iwontwin	Mar 1st, 2007 08:36:47 AM
Seriously, what the fuck spidey?
Double-Oh by godzillasushi	Mar 1st, 2007 09:19:43 AM
When there is a gunfight do you just run out and cry foul getting shot in the process.....? Im curious, what is it like to be 'told' 8 different ways. I hope you live somewhere safe because with the way you act, you must get in bar fights that aren't yours all the time!
The history of Jesse James by Dopenose19	Mar 1st, 2007 11:15:56 AM
is, if not considered common knowledge, at least readily available and accessible, so the title of this movie isn't really giving away anything. If you go into this movie NOT thinking that Ford is going to kill Jesse James, then maybe you're still holding onto a glimmer of hope that the Titanic didn't really sink and Cameron's going to make "Titanic 2: Electric Boogaloo!".
Does anyone know if Brad Pitt... by Bubba Gillman	Mar 1st, 2007 11:38:59 AM
...is still making The Sparrow? One of my favorite books, but could be difficult to translate into a movie.
WARNERS release this fucking movie already! by Talkbacker with no name	Mar 1st, 2007 02:48:43 PM
I've been waiting years and years now. Please release this mother fucker now! I wanted to see it like a year ago! Chopper was so good. Anyone know why it has taken Andrew Dominik so long to make a 2nd movie? I really don't buy this warner brothers crap about recutting it.
Great buzz these days, for me.. by Jaka	Mar 1st, 2007 08:00:46 PM
...means that I DIDN'T hear about it first at AICN. Now, that's not ALWAYS the case. And I don't mean it to be an insult. But there are so many direct connections from this site to the entertainment world these days that sometimes I feel it's necessary to take what is read here with a grain of salt. Again, please don't get me wrong, I love this site. I visit it everyday. But when I hear great things about a film that is still months from release, and I didn't hear about it first at AICN, THAT really gets my attention. I've been hearing GREAT things about this film since it was just a script. I'm excited to see this one for sure. And it sounds like we'll get to see a different version on DVD, too. Cool.
Hmm, so, I actually read a majority... by Jaka	Mar 1st, 2007 08:15:24 PM
...of this talkback and I just want to add one thing. Sometimes studios take a film from a director and do different cuts with it because they know it's great, and they want to be sure the get the best possible cut into the theater. All these 3 hour plus films, while great for home viewing, are not always as well served in the theater. Personally, I've always felt that was part of the problem with PJ's King Kong. People knew how long it was (hell, it was one of the most talked about aspects of the film) months before it was released. Believe it or not, some people would rather not spend 4 plus hours going to a movie (when you take into acount driving there, parking, getting snacks, getting seats, watching trailers, getting out of the parking garage and driving home, that is - and possibly even longer). Some people would much rather just wait for the DVD. This is a SERIOUS dilema for studios now. They know they can make money on DVDs - they're doing it hand over fist. The goal now is to get peoples asses back in the seats. So, personally, I think it's fine that WB would want to work out a solid, 2 to 2 1/2 hour theater edit. So long as they don't drastically alter the movie (and you'd think that Ridley would have had just about enough of that shit by now) and release a "director's cut" to DVD, all is good!

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