Cowboys and Aliens July 29th, 2011
Aliens, amnesia and Harrison Ford? Did this even sound good on paper?
I was glad this was in 2D as if I had paid the extra $4.00 I would have been angry instead of just disappointed.
Daniel Craig, my favorite British export since Judi Dench, just looked angry through most of the movie. I imagine that if I had alien induced amnesia I would be a little happier defending people I may or may not have just met.
Harrison Ford goes from crotchety landbaron Scrooge to civic minded defender so quickly that I wonder what was slipped into his coffee that morning.
Olivia Wilde is breathtaking to look at but here she is working with a half formed character.
Now to the aliens; these creatures looked like something drawn onto the film, choppy effects did not help. And I wonder why film makers think speed will help the viewer not see the poor quality of some of the effects. It looks just as bad only faster, which in this instance made it worse.
The supporting cast is large and many are well known names and faces. They do their jobs, like the leading cast but the source material doesn't look like it gave them a lot to work with.
If I had a rating scale using Jason heads, scored from 1 Jason to 5 Jasons, this would get half a Jason.
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