jesse james all modern and slow

the western kick continued with as assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford. i wish this movie had been maybe an hour shorter, then it would have been good. it's slow and scenic, but that only goes so long.

it's about jesse james and how in the end of his life (although he didn't know it was ending) he had this gang of local yokels and one of them ends up shooting him in the back and killing him. i don't really understand why jesse james turns his back on ford because i knows that ford's going to kill him. i think it's the whole part about how westerns are all about being manly and honor and jesse james wanted to go out in a manly way because he was kind of crazy at that point.

the interesting part is was happens to robert ford after he kills jesse james. he goes to new york and does this play about killing him and he becomes really famous and rich, but people also hate him and a guy eventually kills him. and, he kind of wants to die too. fucking westerns.