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You jolted my memory.

Posted by DWPC on January 19, 2009 at 09:17:04:
That Jesse James thing with Pitt and Ben Affleck's mumbling, talentless brother was indeed much much worse. Like a trauma victim, I buried that painful experience deep in my memory. So "Appaloosa" moves up one notch.
Actually, I agree with almost all of your comments except the "visually beautiful". As a director, I don't think Harris knows one end of a camera from the other...the cinematography was just barely above TV level. And in westerns, the cinematography is a big deal. Maybe Harris wanted it to look sterile, if so he succeeded. The lighting was the only visual element I thought was good. Bottom line for me was the failure of the screenplay to develop the secondary characrters at all. I said I thought the supporting cast was excellent, but Harris threw them away like props. I'd like to have seem more of the kid who testified, of Viggo's whore, of Irons' villain. Instead we got about 40 minutes of Harris having his coffee.
Zellweger for me is cinematic lemon-sucking. When she's on the screen, everything is overwhelmed by her squinty, pinched mug. Can't act either. AFAIK, she isn't related to anyone big, so her Daddy must have a tape of some studio exec with a goat.
I think the last good western was "Open Range". Kostner understands westerns. Even the weak remake of "3:10 to Yuma" with Crowe was better than "Appaloosa".

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