I don't like westerns, I don't like outlaws stories. I don't in particular love Pitt, but you gotta hand it over to the guy - except for Troy he didn't make one truly terrible movie. And I could try. I could try to summarize to you, dear reader, all the reasons for which this is one of the best movies I've seen. I could try to find words, accurate enough to describe how beautiful the soundtrack and the closing track of it 'Song for Bob' are and why I'm promptly going to update my list of best soundtracks ever made.

But I think in both cases, I'd fail. This movie feels so complete and so perfect, that I dread the note I'd give to the unreleased Director's Cut, which is 240 minutes long. The acting by Academy Award nominated Casey Affleck, Brad Pitt, Sam Rockwell and Paul Shneider is outstanding. Everyone is so good, even Zooey Deschanel who appears briefly near the end of the movie.

This movie is very similar in tone and style to two films I passionately hate 'No Country for Old Men' and 'There Will be Blood'. Now how come I hated those and loved this? Because "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" has something they don't - character development - almost every character has some unique traits, there is a bond with the viewer - the narrator and tiny scenes show us very personal details about those people we are watching. And that is the key to success - the movie is very long, 160 minutes, but because of that character development the scenes where Jesse is trying to figure whether or not his associates are lying to him are so powerful - we care for both sides of the conflict.

The shootout scenes are amazing - there are not many of those, but they look so incredibly real and are filled with so many surprises and so much anticipation I was amazed.
The title scene is hands down, one of the best scenes in the cinema history and I will fight every person who denies that I saw it 3 times in the row and I still cannot believe how perfect it is.

The music by always unbelievably great Nick Cave and Warren Ellis and the cinematography give the film haunting, magical quality. This is one of the best films ever made. It is not supposed to be re-watched many times, like entertaining, quotable movies. But if you see it once, if you focus well enough you will have a feeling that you are watching the masterpiece. And you truly are.