Yes, a long title for a long movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is over 2 and half hours. While excellent, the film could have been cut a bit: it would have been fine at a little over 2 hours, especially since we did know how it turned out by comments made at the beginning.
The cinematography was great, beautiful scenes of the (then) western states. The acting was great. Brad Pitt held a unpredictable menace in every scene. Casey Affleck was nominated as best supporting actor, and was very good also.
The title pretty much tells the plot.
One complaint that I have is Affleck's nomination for best supporting actor. I have mentioned before how actors with tiny roles can be nominated in this category...well, this complaint is the opposite. His role was at least a co-star role, if not the lead role in this film. I could see Pitt being in this category more than Affleck quite frankly. A quibble, I know, but it bugs me.
This movie is not rushed at all, and you can't be tired and watch it well. But it is a good piece of story telling about an American legend, that in his time was as known as any media darling today.
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