Who is the sharpshooter? ? ?

Clovis 2022-04-19 09:01:45

If I remember correctly, four people were killed in the film. Jesse's cousin and himself were both killed by Bob, and both were shot in the head. Therefore, Bob's reputation as the sharpshooter in people's minds seems well-deserved. But if the audience thinks about it carefully, they will find that Bob was standing behind both of them when he killed them, and the other party had almost no defense. At such a close distance, he hit each other. The head isn't really that great. A real sharpshooter not only needs excellent marksmanship, but also good psychological quality is especially important when facing a strong opponent. And that's exactly what Bob doesn't have. He's only 20 years old. After all, he's still a kid. His nervous, undisguised eyes and facial expressions are like a psychological graph hanging on the wall. Jesse pierces it. All in all, he's both Jesse's obsessive admirer and Jesse's guide to hell. He's cowardly, he's cowardly, he just killed Jesse for an excuse that doesn't make any sense, he's a gunman at best.
Jesse, by contrast, is a man who never leaves his revolver, whether you sneak up from behind while he is taking a shower, or sneak up from his side in the middle of the night when he is asleep, he is always better than you. Intuition, this strong sense of crisis not only made him an excellent gang leader, but also always extended his life in times of crisis. But the life of escape is always painful. His physical condition is getting worse and worse, and the members of the gang are leaving. He can't see the hope and happiness, so that after tearing the little boy's ears Crying in pain, no one can read its inner monologue, he is so lonely and desperate. In the end, he chose a philosophical way to end his life: his daughter's verse became a death book, the lost shoes ended the way he walked in the past, and the dusty picture scroll was his soul stained. The gunshots sounded, and everything seemed to be... redeemed!
At the end of the film, I looked back and looked at the movie's promotional poster. The man with a revolver on his waist, wearing a black coat, and walking in the wheat field, was a little melancholy and a little vicissitudes...

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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford quotes

  • Robert Ford: They gave me ten days.

    Charley Ford: For what?

    Robert Ford: Arresting him.

    Charley Ford: You and me, huh?

    Robert Ford: It's going to happen one way or another. It's going to happen, Charley, and it might as well be us who get rich on it.

    Charley Ford: Bob, he's our friend.

    Robert Ford: He murdered Ed Miller. He's going to murder Liddil and Cummins if the chance ever comes. Seems to me Jesse's riding from man to man, saying goodbye to the gang. Your friendship could put you under the pansies.

    Charley Ford: I'll grind it fine in my mind, Bob. I can't go any further than that, right now.

    Robert Ford: You'll come around.

    Charley Ford: You think it's all made up, don't you? You think it's all yarns and newspaper stories.

    Robert Ford: He's just a human being.

  • Governor Crittenden: Jesse James sent me a telegram last month, saying he was going to kill me if he had to wreck a train to do it. He said that once I was in his hands he was going to cut my heart out and eat it in strips like it was bacon.

    [pause]

    Governor Crittenden: I'm going to wreck his train first.

    Robert Ford: [Bob scoffs, Crittenden glares at him] I'm sorry, Your Excellency. I was thinking of something else.

    Governor Crittenden: Jesse James is nothing more than a public outlaw who's made his reputation by stealing whatever he could and by killing whoever got in his way. You'll hear some fools say he's getting back at Republicans and Union men for wrongs his family suffered during the war, but his victims have scarcely ever been selected with reference to their political views. I'm saying his sins will soon find him out. I'm saying his cup of iniquity is full. I'm saying Jesse James is a desperate case and may require a desperate remedy.