This was such a beautifully looking film. Roger Deakins did such a good job. Westerns though typical look beautiful mostly due to the landscapes used as well as the tableaus created by the DP and director by using both the actors and the environment. You see a lot of that here. The cast was super strong, especially Casey Affleck. Aside from that though, I had a hard time enjoying it. This was mostly due to very slow pacing. It’s obvious that Andrew Dominik was inspired by the works of Terrance Malick as it just felt like a Malick film. I felt they also missed an opportunity to give more life to Jesse James as a character by really keeping the film measured.
