I've long since stopped watching "Westerns", but my good friend Orlando (on-line friend of impeccable taste in literature and movies) pointed me in the direction of this one (or was it my cousin Bin Lids?).
This is a good well constructed drama, maybe even factually accurate. It paints a different picture of Jesse James to the one I've seen before, and is dressed in a way which looks more in keeping of photographs of the period than the "John Wayne" image/stereotype we have of such characters.
DW enjoyed this film too, after being understandably guarded when I proposed a "cowboy movie".
Brad Pitt again proves himself an actor, and not just a pretty boy, I know, if you see someone in grocery store magazine racks too often you figure they are a celebrity and not a talented actor.
Story, acting, composition, photography, music all made this a treat to watch. you should definitely see it.
post script
Pandora just served up some of the theme music to me, it's by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and is beautiful.
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