THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD 1/2
(First Vieiwng)

Some great performances all around. A beautifully directed historical story by Andrew Dominik that with the narration, seemed like something off of the history channel. However, the film I felt could have been cut down some or not been as slow (running time is at 160 minutes). Brad Pitt also does a great job as the paranoid, notorious figure of the day, Jesse James. Finally, I'm really glad Casey Affleck was able to breakthrough in this film. Hopefully this will help him jump out of the shadow of big brother Ben Affleck like Eli Manning just stepped out of big brother Peyton Manning's shadown on Sunday