FILMMAKER MOVIE REACTION!! The Assassination of Jesse James (2007) FIRST TIME REACTION!!

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  • @JamesVSCinema
    @JamesVSCinema  3 года назад +60

    What an incredibly engaging film right here guys...thoughts!?
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    • @jakubjakub7870
      @jakubjakub7870 3 года назад

      seven pounds will smith please...

    • @williamsmith5340
      @williamsmith5340 3 года назад +1

      I like your videos

    • @patrickfoster8335
      @patrickfoster8335 3 года назад

      You are gonna love KISS KISS BANG BANG.

    • @bigboss-zj9qg
      @bigboss-zj9qg 3 года назад

      Need to check out legends of the fall. It won the award for best Cinematography

    • @patrickfoster8335
      @patrickfoster8335 3 года назад

      @@chanceneck8072 refn is style over substance.

  • @enigma19833
    @enigma19833 3 года назад +314

    Fun Fact: Both Brad Pitt and Roger Deakins consider this to be the best film they've ever made.

    • @courtneyvaldez7903
      @courtneyvaldez7903 3 года назад +9

      @@chanceneck8072 It is what they believe to be their best....that is their own conclusion.

    • @thereliablesource7938
      @thereliablesource7938 3 года назад +8

      Roger Deakins said its one of his favourites, I dont think he ever said he was the most proud of a specific film he was apart of.

    • @rolanddeschain6089
      @rolanddeschain6089 3 года назад +14

      I remember Pitt saying this is his favorite film he is in

    • @alexthomas7923
      @alexthomas7923 3 года назад

      @@thereliablesource7938 i hope not considering he also worked on no country for old men in the same year lol

    • @magmahotdesigns
      @magmahotdesigns 3 года назад +15

      @@thereliablesource7938 he did say that the train robbery sequence is in his opinion, his best work. Although this was before 1917 which he would probably consider his best now
      Edit: he actually said on his podcast a few months ago that The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford is his best work

  • @phj223
    @phj223 3 года назад +147

    Casey Affleck was incredible in this, portraying a man with a bleeding wound as his soul.

    • @khalidamajoud4114
      @khalidamajoud4114 3 года назад +10

      A supremely gifted actor indeed.

    • @sevaschurev2986
      @sevaschurev2986 3 года назад +7

      @@chanceneck8072 Try "Manchester by the sea" if you hadn't yet. He was great in that one too.

    • @rustyshackelford934
      @rustyshackelford934 6 месяцев назад

      Seriously. People always talk about Brad Pitt when it comes to this film, which he's good but I don't think it was anything particularly special, but Casey Affleck really steals the show. There are times his character just makes me feel physically uncomfortable.

  • @silkandbones
    @silkandbones 3 года назад +198

    Finally someone reacted to this. Glad it was you James! Such an underrated movie.

    • @grantterlecky1248
      @grantterlecky1248 3 года назад +15

      I hate how people say it’s boring. Smh.

    • @silkandbones
      @silkandbones 3 года назад +14

      ​@@grantterlecky1248 It's bloody brilliant, it's what it is.

    • @TheOdMan
      @TheOdMan 3 года назад +9

      Underwatched, not underrrated I would say. I only hear good things about this movie from the few people that have seen it.

    • @KickRockss49
      @KickRockss49 3 года назад +2

      @@chanceneck8072 Finally!..I f*cking love the Fountain! I have yet to find someone that shares the same sentiment 😂

    • @sevaschurev2986
      @sevaschurev2986 3 года назад

      @@KickRockss49 The Fountain and The Assassination of Jesse James are one of my favourites. :)

  • @TheOncomingStorm
    @TheOncomingStorm 3 года назад +100

    The train robbery mission in Red Dead Redemption 2 was actually a homage to this film. You can find a video that shows a side by side comparison of both scenes.

  • @paulhewes7333
    @paulhewes7333 3 года назад +115

    The last bit of the movie, the score was done by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, the track is "Song for Bob" which is in my opinion, one of the most beautiful sound track cues ever done.

    • @enkilqc
      @enkilqc 3 года назад +14

      Call me crazy but, isnt it actually Nick Cave we see performing at 26:55 ?

    • @jasonstehlick452
      @jasonstehlick452 3 года назад +5

      Song for Bob is my favorite piece from any movie, so appreciate seeing this.

    • @kevinkarbonik2928
      @kevinkarbonik2928 3 года назад +8

      @@enkilqc Yes it is.... I was in that scene .... right when the scene starts a tall guy in a fancy suit and Top hat along with another well dressed guy walk in... that's me.

    • @josephwalther5979
      @josephwalther5979 2 года назад

      Agreed. Also play the piece when I am driving long distances and am just thinking while I am driving.

    • @drewhyland9574
      @drewhyland9574 2 года назад

      In heard the song for Bob
      Just before my I
      Uncle died
      Can't hold my tears
      Whenever I listen to it
      😂✌🏻

  • @ashmckean7543
    @ashmckean7543 3 года назад +74

    One of the most underated films of the past 20 years. A masterpiece in my honest opinion. I think about it a lot, it almost haunts me. Each frame could be an oil painting in the louvre. Deakins has stated that there is a 4 hour cut that is far superior to the theatrical verson. My hope is one day we get to see it.

    • @jpmnky
      @jpmnky Год назад +3

      Would love to see that released. A lot of fans out there would pay premium to get a copy.

    • @mphrdldn
      @mphrdldn 8 месяцев назад

      Same here. Must purchase dvd. I also want to visit that part of the country. Also Belle Starr's locations.

  • @thefatman2780
    @thefatman2780 3 года назад +71

    MY FAVORITE FILM THAT NEXT TO NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT MOVIE. EVERY SCENE. EVERY ACTOR. THE SNAKES. THE OUTHOUSE. THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM SCENE & ALL THE REST.

  • @geoffreysmart6801
    @geoffreysmart6801 3 года назад +86

    A good film is never too long. A bad film is never too short.

  • @Some__Rando
    @Some__Rando 3 года назад +46

    Fun fact: The narrator of the film is the assistant editor's temp recording. The narration was planned to be replaced by a professional voice actor, but deep into production the director grew attached to the ordinary sound of that crew member's voice.

    • @phj223
      @phj223 3 года назад +12

      I had no idea, that's awesome! Really good choice by the director, that guy has a very distinct voice and superb enunciation. :)

    • @jpriker2992
      @jpriker2992 3 года назад

      The voice over is Richard Dryfuss

    • @jpriker2992
      @jpriker2992 3 года назад

      The speech is how people spoke,even hard people took pride in their language, profanity was considered not even

    • @Some__Rando
      @Some__Rando 3 года назад +4

      @@jpriker2992 Hugh Ross according to imdb

    • @tonywords6713
      @tonywords6713 2 года назад

      You can even hear it in the audio quality dipping in and out

  • @Landonio
    @Landonio 3 года назад +31

    This film is a masterpiece. And Casey Affleck had one of the best performances I've ever seen in a film, period.

  • @jamalfoster3329
    @jamalfoster3329 3 года назад +37

    As far as cinematography goes, this has to be one of the best shot films I've ever seen. Other than this being a brilliant underrated western drama, Roger Deakins really came through with his A game on this one. Awesome reaction man!

  • @ryancampbell8645
    @ryancampbell8645 2 года назад +4

    Brad's from Missouri, as am I.
    He understood the legend of Jesse in a way that all of us natives do. As a kid, we took a school field trip that highlighted the caves the James-Younger gang hid in, and the train tracks they attacked.The climax of the tour was the house he was shot in. He wasn't demonized to us, but we all knew it. He was a bad guy, but somehow, also a hero and an icon.This film is genius

  • @bsabres0607
    @bsabres0607 3 года назад +49

    re: unhinged Brad Pitt - 12 Monkeys, directed by Gilliam
    re: still & natural cinematography - Barry Lyndon, directed by Kubrick

    • @gonzo3337
      @gonzo3337 3 года назад +4

      Another great unhinged Brad Pitt performance can be found in the film Kalifornia

  • @taylorcoley6329
    @taylorcoley6329 3 года назад +35

    Man I’m loving that you’ve jumped into westerns. Tons of good ones. True Grit, 3:10 to Yuma, open range, hell or high water, Hidalgo, young guns, Wyatt Earp, dances with wolves and so many more.

    • @jamesoblivion
      @jamesoblivion 3 года назад +5

      Big shout out to The Proposition, as well.

    • @taylorcoley6329
      @taylorcoley6329 3 года назад +3

      Oh forgot hostiles!

    • @liamjoyce7774
      @liamjoyce7774 3 года назад +3

      Great list! I'd add Unforgiven, and for amazing camera work, The Quick and the Dead. 🤘

    • @taylorcoley6329
      @taylorcoley6329 3 года назад +3

      @@liamjoyce7774 oh man, how’d I forget Unforgiven?! Total classic!

  • @timonidas4534
    @timonidas4534 3 года назад +17

    Finally SOMEONE reacted to this masterpiece. Thank you James. Subscribed.

  • @tigqc
    @tigqc 3 года назад +20

    "As if he found creation slightly more than he could accept." Yet Brad Pitt's eyes never blink in that shot, a contrast between myth and reality. It is a movie after all, not a documentary.

  • @lethasatterfield9615
    @lethasatterfield9615 3 года назад +27

    Jesse James was an extremely interesting historical figure. He was also a homicidal maniac and a thief. Robin Hood? No. Rabid Confederate...even after the Civil War was over...But yes...interesting. The title is actually from the book this movie is based on.

    • @21stcenturyhiphop
      @21stcenturyhiphop 3 года назад +2

      The movie is pretty close to the book, especially in tone.

    • @johndoe6260
      @johndoe6260 2 года назад +1

      Honestly I would say James was the coward not the hero who killed him

    • @tonywords6713
      @tonywords6713 2 года назад +2

      @@johndoe6260 that's the whole point, it's meant to be an ironic comment on how history works

  • @tacksappington7147
    @tacksappington7147 3 года назад +62

    If you wanna see “brutal reality” in a western, please watch Unforgiven. One of the darkest movies probably of all time. It won Best Picture in ‘92.

    • @CreepyNeighbor666
      @CreepyNeighbor666 3 года назад +5

      I second that. The best western I've ever seen along with this movie and 3:10 to Yuma.

    • @Cyber_Noot
      @Cyber_Noot 3 года назад +4

      “It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man.”

    • @CreepyNeighbor666
      @CreepyNeighbor666 3 года назад

      @@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 It's just my opinion.

    • @CreepyNeighbor666
      @CreepyNeighbor666 3 года назад +1

      @@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 Oh sorry, I didn't get the joke. :)

    • @AnandVenigalla
      @AnandVenigalla 3 года назад +1

      Another great one is the 1970s film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid by Sam Peckinpah. It has a sense of reality, of loss, of the passing of a time and of that time’s self-destructive violent edge, unique to it.
      Also, Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller.
      Both movies influenced Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

  • @richardadesmond
    @richardadesmond 3 года назад +9

    That's the spirit of the film, man: "When expectations meet reality" well said. Love your POV. :)

  • @richieclean
    @richieclean 3 года назад +25

    The Director of this movie is Andrew Dominik, his first film was a film called Chopper, about another notorious criminal, Mark "Chopper" Read, from Australia. Very similar subject matter, but very very different in tone. It too is a visual feast.
    It's interesting that you mention some similarities between this film and David Fincher's work; Dominik has directed a few episodes of "Mindhunter", another Fincher project as I'm sure you already knew.
    You mentioned distortion produced by the lens, and then the window; I have always given the filmmakers the benefit of the doubt on that and assumed it was absolutely intentional 😁
    The Guitarist in the bar towards the end is Nick Cave, who wrote the score along with Warren Ellis.

    • @italianwaffle5592
      @italianwaffle5592 3 года назад

      Ah, chopper read, melby boy

    • @Shichiaikan
      @Shichiaikan 3 года назад

      Mindhunter is just insanely good. Can't wait for S3.

    • @saimanideepmudhiraj2925
      @saimanideepmudhiraj2925 3 года назад

      @@Shichiaikan i dont think season 3 is comming

    • @Shichiaikan
      @Shichiaikan 3 года назад

      @@saimanideepmudhiraj2925 Fuhhh.... last I had checked netflix still had it slated for return. I just went and looked and you're right, Fincher is too busy. That's fucking terrible.

    • @saimanideepmudhiraj2925
      @saimanideepmudhiraj2925 3 года назад

      @@Shichiaikan fincher signed netfilx deal for four years we need to wait and see cause, netflix officially didn't cancel mindhunter

  • @udonsei5216
    @udonsei5216 3 года назад +101

    "Just because you shot Jesse James... don't make you Jesse James."

  • @JustGeorgeRay
    @JustGeorgeRay 3 года назад +7

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is an underrated masterpiece. I think we've all been in Bob Ford's shoes wanting to live up to greatness. New subscriber, love your channel, keep at it!

  • @thoso1973
    @thoso1973 3 года назад +7

    As James said, they went way beyond the standard western thriller/drama that a lesser director and crew would have gravitated towards with Jesse James; this film is an outstanding deep dive into notoriety, fame and how soul destructive obsession can become.

  • @rowansimpson6558
    @rowansimpson6558 3 года назад +10

    I watched this film a week or two ago, and I was blown away by just how amazing it was. It was beautifully acted, wonderfully shot and the dialogue was so rich. I’m of the opinion that this is Brad Pitt’s finest performance

  • @BrassRobotPhoto
    @BrassRobotPhoto 3 года назад +3

    So glad you are doing this one! One of my all-time favorites!

  • @TimFisheroo
    @TimFisheroo 3 года назад +12

    Another 2007 gem; No Country for Old Men, Zodiac, There Will Be Blood, and this one. This movie is damn near flawless and easily my favorite western of all time.

    • @freegadflyathome
      @freegadflyathome 3 года назад +2

      It's too bad the other two "westerns" TWBB and NCFOM over shadowed this. I love them all, but this film is so underappreciated.

    • @mrbriscoe2001
      @mrbriscoe2001 Год назад

      " No Country for Old Men" came out the same year? THATS why this flick didn't clean up at Oscar Time..2 masterpieces in one year...

  • @desmondpowell3205
    @desmondpowell3205 3 года назад +13

    Brad Pitt is a Gem in Hollywood, he's just wow. No one ever talks about just how great of an actor he really is!!

  • @Philernator
    @Philernator 3 года назад +17

    Oh dude, you've got to react to this directors next film, Killing Them Softly. One of my favorites for sure.

  • @buffalopigeon
    @buffalopigeon 3 года назад +4

    Bro I’m overjoyed. You may recall I recommended The Proposition a few weeks ago. This is the same director and same two musical composers. Nick Cave (the dude singing in the tavern towards the end) wrote the score for this and wrote the screenplay/score for The Proposition. Turns out he and John Hilcoat have a history of working on films together. Anyhow from one filmmaker to another, all my love and best of luck.

  • @srdjanvitorovic5795
    @srdjanvitorovic5795 3 года назад +18

    Maybe the best performance by Brad Pitt in a movie(along side A tree of life, A river runs trough it and the Fight club), and it's an awesome movie, acting, cinematography, direction, screenplay are out of this world. Casey Affleck (Manchester by the sea and this one is his best performance for me) maybe even equall Pitt's. And let us not forget Sam Rockwell, a great supporting role.

    • @srdjanvitorovic5795
      @srdjanvitorovic5795 3 года назад

      @Dean Bennington Yeah, I concur now after I've watched the movie for the fourth time... but Affleck could not have acted so, if there were no great perfomances by Sam Rockwell, and especialy Pitt. They were elevating each others perfomances in every scene.

    • @JustinMoraFilms
      @JustinMoraFilms Год назад

      Crazy how Brad Pitt has been in two of the most beautiful shot films ever made this one and a tree of life

  • @Ninaofthe90s
    @Ninaofthe90s 3 года назад +6

    The train sequence alone is one of the greatest achievements in cinematography I have ever seen.

  • @MrAdamloring1985
    @MrAdamloring1985 3 года назад +3

    I discovered this movie while at a blockbuster video, remember those? I immediately fell in love with it. Returned my rental copy the next day and went to a local Hastings and bought a copy.

  • @coreymagz3145
    @coreymagz3145 Год назад +1

    This movie was the movie that made me look at movies differently. It made me wonder how things were shot, edited, scene lighting, etc. It's the first real movie that made me fall in love with movies on a deeper level.

  • @bekind3931
    @bekind3931 3 года назад +2

    Passion is a beautiful thing, like how mesmerized you were w/the cinematography. I’m like that w/story and dialog. Nice reaction.

  • @RustinChole
    @RustinChole Год назад +1

    There’s so many moments where things happen, and you KNOW they’re gonna happen, but it still comes with a jolt. Every performance, every scene, every note of the soundtrack, this film is a fucking masterpiece.

  • @coreyd5659
    @coreyd5659 2 года назад +1

    You are literally the only person I've seen react to this film, it is criminally underrated!!!

  • @lexiwarg
    @lexiwarg 3 года назад +6

    I love that we have Nick Cave himself at the end playing the guitar and singing.

  • @davidfisher8821
    @davidfisher8821 3 года назад +2

    An art house film masquerading as a western….one of my top favorite films. The train robbing scene is a visual masterpiece!

  • @mwilsonUT
    @mwilsonUT 3 года назад +4

    2007 was one of the best years for film ever, and this was one of the best from that year. Great film, great reaction.

  • @dash4800
    @dash4800 3 года назад +3

    This is on of my all time favorites. To me this is the sort of film you aspire to make when you want to be a director. Just a masterpiece on every level.

  • @MattMonk
    @MattMonk 3 года назад +3

    Greatest snub at the Academy Awards I can recall, cinematography and soundtrack should have been in the bag with them in the running for a bunch more, such as Casey Affleck for lead actor. This was the film that made me completely stop caring about the Oscars.

  • @johnoliveru3655
    @johnoliveru3655 3 года назад +7

    An Artistic Masterpiece! Brad Pitt got snubbed for this! Also, how incredible Casey Affleck is in this? He is literally giving a Flawless performance! A well deserved Oscar Nomination!

  • @yourframedrop
    @yourframedrop 3 года назад +3

    One of my all time favorites. I love the growing tension paired with that calm, melancholic atmosphere of the movie that just completely sucks you in.

  • @unethicalknight
    @unethicalknight 3 года назад +2

    One of the greatest films ever made, it's wonderful to see others appreciate it's brilliance.

  • @miqx1977
    @miqx1977 3 года назад +1

    I went to see this movie expecting a western but what I got was an absolutely exceptional psychological drama with top level acting, gorgeous cinematography and great music. I was so mesmerized by some shots that immediately after watching this film I had to google how the scenes were done. Instantly this movie became one of my all time favourites. Great reaction, James!

  • @philipbagnall375
    @philipbagnall375 3 года назад +2

    More people need to see this film. It is simply (one of) the greatest of the century thus far. Ron Hansen's book is a gem, and the film captures its melancholic tone perfectly.
    Both Brad Pitt and Roger Deakins have been quoted as saying it's the film they're most proud of.

  • @stuoxen
    @stuoxen 3 года назад +5

    "You know you've messed up in life when you have a whole diss track aimed towads you" ... That's a life lesson if ever I've heard one. Brilliant

    • @brittyn
      @brittyn 3 года назад +1

      James made me laugh with that comment !

  • @andrewstellner7827
    @andrewstellner7827 3 года назад +2

    This one right here. My favorite film of all time.

  • @j-dog8517
    @j-dog8517 3 года назад +7

    I've literally bought so many movies that you've reacted to on this channel 😂. For example under the skin, end of watch, collateral, and gone girl. Looks like this ones next

  • @lostintechnicolor
    @lostintechnicolor 3 года назад +3

    I used to read a lot about outlaws of the Old West, and old gunfights. The fact that those guys were missing each other from feet away was a really accurate representation of a confrontation like that. Most of these guys were scared kids in their late teens to mid-20s, and not stone cold killers. Most of them had never REALLY shot a gun at someone before. Also, the adrenaline in a moment like that would be overwhelming, and their hands would be shaking. It looks kinda silly to us seeing two people miss within feet of each other, but it was pretty common.
    The way Bob Ford killed Wood Hite and Jesse James was a pretty common way to go for gunfighters and outlaws and lawmen of the Old West... being shot in the head from behind. Cowardly, yet easy.

  • @docyukiohattori
    @docyukiohattori 3 года назад +9

    nick cave singing the diss track at the end

  • @mclovin457
    @mclovin457 3 года назад +2

    I was so psyched when I saw you reacted to this. I was floored by the cinematography and performances in this film.

  • @joerafferty3248
    @joerafferty3248 2 года назад +2

    This film is criminally underrated and I'm glad you chose to react to it because I would love more people to see it. Brad Pitt gives one of the best performances of his career in this, and Roger Deakins' cinematography is completely flawless and definitely up there with his best work. The train robbery scene at the beginning is one of my all time favourite scenes in film. One thing to note though is that the real Jesse James was not really a Robin Hood figure. While it is true that James' - like most outlaws of the time - exploits were recorded and became popular dime stories, for the most part he was just mercenary who stole for no other reason than to line his own pockets. During the Civil War, both Jesse James and his brother Frank were members of Quantrill's Raiders (The Lemoyne Raiders in RDR2 are based on them) who were a pro-Confederate guerrilla 'bushwhacker' army who fought against the Union forces in Kansas and Missouri, as well as carrying out the Lawrence Massacre where over 150 civilians were murdered by the group. One of the main people responsible for creating the 'Jesse James/Robin Hood' myth was a man called John Newman Edwards, a former Confederate army officer who founded the Kansas City Times newspaper. Edwards used the paper to promote and deify the James Gang as heroes who were carrying the torch for the Confederate fight against the Northern carpetbaggers, anti-slavery Unionists/Republicans and Southern 'scalawag' traitors who supported Reconstruction efforts in the post-war era. So to cut a long story short, while it is true that James achieved a folk hero status similar to that of Robin Hood mythology, it was mostly manufactured and peddled by former Confederate soldiers and politicians who had been ousted from power in the Reconstruction era, and wanted to use the James Gang's exploits as fuel for a neo-Confederate movement to take back the South.

  • @TheDylanHoang
    @TheDylanHoang 3 года назад +3

    those aberrations are a result of Deakins literally inventing the lenses himself. He wanted that specific look so he retrofitted some Arri Macros by mounting glass from old wide-angle lenses. This combo resulted in The Deakinizer.

  • @brittyn
    @brittyn 3 года назад +2

    I’m so freaking glad you finally saw this and loved it like I knew you would! The score, the cinematography, the script, the acting- all top notch! Man! I heard that Sam Rockwell wanted the Robert Ford role but Casey Affleck was really fighting for it and got it after he wrote a letter to the filmmaker about why he needed to do it. Everybody is perfectly cast.

  • @vbrueggeman5756
    @vbrueggeman5756 3 года назад +1

    I really appreciate your videos especially around lesser known films. I actually watched this a few days ago and didn't pay super close attention because I could tell I wanted to watch it. I watched it and loved it! It's one of my favorites now so I decided to come back and pay closer attention. I'm excited for all your future videos

  • @wademedlin6831
    @wademedlin6831 8 месяцев назад +2

    “The Proposition”.
    Another awesome movie of this genre.

    • @Orangepeel02
      @Orangepeel02 8 месяцев назад

      Dude, hell yeah. The Proposition was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while.

  • @standasebek5033
    @standasebek5033 3 года назад +6

    This cinematography has personality, soul and focus. Roger Deakins may have done some more extraordinary feats (1917) or more stunning shots (Blade runner), but this is imho his best work.

  • @mmayer4409
    @mmayer4409 3 года назад +1

    Great reaction, this is a gorgeously shot film... and one can definitely feel the tension in a lot of scenes..... terrific movie.... amd soundtrack...... AND reaction....

  • @tigibucaro1368
    @tigibucaro1368 3 года назад +1

    They actually created special lenses to do the flashback scenes with that dreamy effect
    this is my favorite movie of all time - it is a total crime against movies that Brad Pitt didn’t get nominated for an Oscar for this, he literally IS Jesse James

  • @novarity6561
    @novarity6561 3 года назад +7

    I'd recommend checking out Frank Miller's: Sin City. Very unique film that uses black and white, while highlighting certain important details in normal color. And it has three storylines.

  • @matthewscott3689
    @matthewscott3689 3 года назад +1

    This is one of my absolute favorite movies ever, the way it’s shot and the score...my god the score is incredible

  • @katiemayo1518
    @katiemayo1518 2 года назад +1

    I love the way you described this film as a painting of a storyboard. That really captured my thoughts better than I could express.

  • @maximillianosaben
    @maximillianosaben 3 года назад +4

    Great choice. Had acclaim when it came out, but because of its tone as an untraditional western (as far as what people expect out of a western), it never got seen as much as it should have. Some darn good performances though, and beautiful cinematography.

  • @TheradoneV1
    @TheradoneV1 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much! I have no idea if my suggestion of this film got you to watch this, but I’m beyond stoked that you did.

  • @watch-Dominion-2018
    @watch-Dominion-2018 10 месяцев назад

    just now re-watched the film for the first time in years. It's perfect. Zee's cries of grief are as real as I've ever seen in a movie.
    Also I'm now 34, the same age as Jesse when he died. I feel I understand his plight more now than ever

  • @phatnana2379
    @phatnana2379 3 года назад +3

    I know it seems weird that during the shootout in the bedroom when Jeremy Renner gets killed, that they're missing each other at almost point blank range but that's actually super realistic of the times! Most Westerns show everyone as expert marksman but hand guns (affordable to the general public) and the ammo they used, back then, were pretty unreliable to say the least lol. The guns jammed easy, a lot had imperfections or faulty parts, and with any given pull of the trigger the "bullets" could end up bouncing around in the barrel and land anywhere!! Obv there were great guns available but I don't see any of Jesse's gang owning any (apart from maybe he and his brother) let alone giving their weapons the meticulous maintenance handguns needed back then to maintain proper functionality!
    Didn't mean to go on a year here lol! I just found it refreshing that we saw a more honest depiction of the events that show us how these were just regular-ass dudes and not the (almost) supernatural/extraordinary legends we've seen a million times

  • @ryantrevino1999
    @ryantrevino1999 3 года назад +1

    This is one of my FAVORITE FILMS. Love this movie

  • @jamier2777
    @jamier2777 3 года назад +5

    I hoped you would watch this film, my all time favourite film. It was watching this film and finding out who Roger Deakins was that got me into films, 2007 was such an amazing year for cinema.

  • @poemarnan5498
    @poemarnan5498 2 года назад +2

    I grew up in Missouri and I walk the same paths as the James gang. I think this is Brad Pitt's best role. His inflections and his speech is all so Missouri. It isn't something I can explain to you. He fell back into his Missouri upbringing for this role.

  • @Forbes780
    @Forbes780 3 года назад +1

    Nice! I was just thinking a few hours ago that James should review this movie. A great one too! 👍

  • @missk8tie
    @missk8tie 8 месяцев назад

    I just now watched your reaction - thank you for watching this beautiful complex movie. I want to add some perspective as someone who grew up in Missouri, and whose grandmother sang to me about "...that dirty little coward/That shot Mr. Howard." She was born in Independence MO, just outside Kansas City. To understand the Jessie James legend, it helps to know the complicated situation during the Civil War around the western border of Missouri. There was no real Union Army action, only local militia, and ideological and political motivations quickly devolved into who's militia/gang killed whose cousin, etc. Personal feuds were carried out under US and Confederate flags. Jesse James joined the Confederate-aligned guerrillas when he was about 15 years old. The conflict escalated into raids and general civil unrest. Eventually in 1863, the US Army issued Order No. 11, requiring all residents of *4 counties* outside of Kansas City, regardless of allegiance, to leave their property and move to consolidated areas near US Army outposts. Then their property was looted and burned. Anti-government sentiment resulting from this displacement and destruction is a big part of why the people romanticized Jesse James as a sort of folk hero, sticking it to the government, when he started robbing banks and trains after the war ended. The Jesse James of legend took on a life of it's own. The real man was a child soldier, a killer, a thief, a husband, a father, and almost certainly suffering from PTSD and depression along with paranoia near the end of his life. Whether or not he deliberately allowed himself to be shot will never be known, but he did deliberately turn his back to a couple of armed men that weren't exactly trustworthy.

  • @OriginalRuffles
    @OriginalRuffles 3 года назад +1

    YES! So glad you've reacted to this. I'm not a patron but I remember the day I found your channel I recommended this film.
    It's funny you said that the train robbery reminded you of Red Dead 2 because there's a mission in that game where a cutscene is basically a copy and paste of the train approaching Jesse scene.

  • @rollingvee
    @rollingvee 2 года назад

    There's a leather maker east of the town where I live here in Kansas; he makes many major movie props. Awhile after this film came out, I learned my leather maker friend made the leather holster and gun belt that Jesse wears near the end of his life in this movie. Pretty cool I thought. Again, I love this movie. Thanks for reacting to.

  • @darrenmacdonald1499
    @darrenmacdonald1499 3 года назад

    This movie was filmed on the Morely native reserve between Calgary and Canmore,Alberta. A few of my carpenter friends worked on the crew that built the town. The birch forest where the gang was sitting is an area where I used to walk my dog. There are a ton of films that were made in the area. The "river" where they filmed the hockey practice in "Mystery, Alaska", as well as the town, were built in the dog park in Canmore. One day some friends and I were hanging out by another river when a P.A. came by and made us move so they could film the cliff jumping scene in "Broke Back Mountain". The plane crash scene in "The Edge" was filmed in our local water resevoir and the scene with the grizzly bear was filmed on one of our golf courses. The finish line for the dog race in "Snow Dogs" was on main street in front of the Canmore Hotel. And there are so many more.

  • @patricksrensen7952
    @patricksrensen7952 2 года назад +1

    One of my absolute favourite “western”-movies.

  • @BlureTiyers
    @BlureTiyers 3 года назад +1

    Your patreons have the best taste.

  • @snowdenwyatt6276
    @snowdenwyatt6276 3 года назад +1

    By 2008 it was considered a crime in some circles that Roger Deakins had never won an Oscar. Then he shot two fantastic films in the same year (this one and No Country For Old Men) and split his own vote. Robert Elswit came away with the Oscar that year for There Will Be Blood (yet another beautifully shot film, no shade on him). It took another 10 years before Deakins won for Blade Runner 2049. By comparison, Blade Runner 2049 won Deakins his fourth BAFTA for cinematography.

  • @WreckingWood
    @WreckingWood 3 года назад +1

    Gorgeously looking and all around great acting for what I thought was a meandering first two thirds, but the final act after "it's done" it becomes an entirely different experience that it really recontextualizes the rest that I think it's a masterpiece.

  • @aerthreepwood8021
    @aerthreepwood8021 3 года назад +1

    I love this movie and your commentary.
    I know it's not traditionally "shot" but I recommend the animation of both Satoshi Kon and Makoto Shinkai.

  • @bazookatooth
    @bazookatooth 3 года назад +2

    If you want to know more about how this was shot, there was a great episode of the Team Deakins podcast dedicated to this film, recently, where Greig Frasier asks Roger about the processess

  • @lou6454
    @lou6454 3 года назад +4

    James I would recommend two films for you, Walter Hills "The Long Rider"s for the castin g of real life brothers in the James- Younger gang and Dominic Senas "Kalifornia" for an outstanding performance by Brad Pitt.

  • @jamesoblivion
    @jamesoblivion 3 года назад +1

    One of the truly great modern westerns. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis's score is incredible, the great Roger Deakins's cinematography is incredible, the period detail, the performances, direction, all phenomenal. Hope you'll react to Killing Them Softly someday. Totally different genre, but same fatalistic sensibilities from Dominik.

  • @dinsism
    @dinsism 3 года назад +2

    Another underrated film with stunning cinematography done by the master Roger Deakins!

  • @tonygibson5171
    @tonygibson5171 4 месяца назад +1

    I thought I loved certain directors until I realized that all of my favorite films had one thing in common, Roger Deakins.

    • @jwednesdaym
      @jwednesdaym Месяц назад +1

      I literally just realized this yesterday!

  • @kentinatl
    @kentinatl 3 года назад +7

    this film's visual style has to have been influenced by terrence malick's "days of heaven" and James if you get a chance watch and react to my favorite film "the thin red line" {malick}great reactons sir

    • @Pengi_SMILES
      @Pengi_SMILES 3 года назад +2

      Id like to see James react to a Terence Malick film, I think he'd get a lot out of them. Any of his first few, from Badlands to Thin Red Line.

  • @supermahmus9008
    @supermahmus9008 3 года назад +4

    Roger Deakins really outdid himself with this movie

  • @purrsnickety8269
    @purrsnickety8269 2 года назад +1

    Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet but the reason they kept missing while up close in the bedroom was because the realistic to how gunfights were back then. A lot of those pistols of that time were NOT super accurate…especially with your adrenaline rushing.

  • @jpmnky
    @jpmnky Год назад +1

    This is just a perfect movie man. The score is haunting. Like the narrator too. Another awesome 2007 movie you should check out and do a review on, American Gangster.

  • @patrickfoster8335
    @patrickfoster8335 3 года назад +2

    I love this film. Brad Pitt... Sam...Casey.... everyone is just so damn good.

  • @Cassandra6
    @Cassandra6 3 года назад +2

    Really great movie in my opinion, I rent it every now and then to re-watch it, I should probably just buy It at this point. The cast did such a good job, I think it’s one of the only roles I really like Brad Pitt in

  • @leogothisoscar271
    @leogothisoscar271 3 года назад +1

    I've heard people say they found this film boring. I don't fully understand that, but my guess is the fact that they were expecting an action filled movie since it's about Jesse James. However, I feel it's so much better than that.

  • @wujumbo2480
    @wujumbo2480 3 года назад +5

    Some more westerns you might like: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly/A Fistful of Dollars/The Hateful 8/Bone Tomahhawk

    • @sydIRISH
      @sydIRISH 3 года назад

      I 2nd the "The Dollar Trilogy"

    • @timvanarsdel
      @timvanarsdel 3 года назад +1

      James has already done Bone Tomahawk... After watching a couple dozen of James' videos, I find it surreal to hear him drop an F bomb: ruclips.net/video/kZunhMw1QpU/видео.html ^_^

    • @wujumbo2480
      @wujumbo2480 3 года назад

      @@timvanarsdel cool

  • @krono5el
    @krono5el 3 года назад +2

    Shooting a handgun is a lot harder than people usually imagine. seen a friend miss a balloon standing right over it shooting one handed. funny af : P

    • @brandonb.5304
      @brandonb.5304 3 года назад +1

      Also gives more realism to the fact that most of these outlaws weren't skilled marksmen. They were just petty thieves, for the most part, which is in sharp contrast to how most western films portray outlaws--skilled sharpshooters who could shoot a quarter from 50 yards away.

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 3 года назад

      @@brandonb.5304 Yes I love how realistic this movie is

  • @coyotefire69420
    @coyotefire69420 3 года назад

    I really like your takes on all the films you do. Great job man

  • @MikeB12800
    @MikeB12800 18 дней назад

    This is more than a movie!!! It’s a work of art!!!!

  • @radchmiel3115
    @radchmiel3115 3 года назад

    I saw this recently and I was surprised how good this movies was good that you get to it!!

  • @JoshuaC0rbit
    @JoshuaC0rbit 3 года назад +5

    This is such an underrated movie I can't wait until you watch open range

  • @Pengi_SMILES
    @Pengi_SMILES 3 года назад +1

    I love this film. A western with a difference id recommend is The Proposition. Its an Australian film and its utterly brilliant.