So this is a movie that would've been really great with a little more editing. There was something really slow and dreamlike about a lot of the sequences which was great, but sometimes it got a little excessive. And I thought the VO was a little too close to what was done at the beginning of "Magnolia" that made it feel too self-conscious about itself. You could feel the director thinking too much, if that makes sense-- it's like a seamstress not covering up her stitches. There's a whole section in the middle that could've been cut out but the beginning and the end are dynamic and Casey Affleck gives a ridiculously good performance as the ambitious, talentless, cowardly Robert Ford. I think there's a little of that character in all of us. In the end I thought it was a cool message about a legend growing weary of his legend and how in our culture today we all think we could/should be big stars even if we don't have the gifts to make it there. I don't think hard work gets you all the way.
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