An Incredibly Bad Design Flaw: Cowboys & Aliens
"Cowboys & Aliens," the genre mash-up from director Jon Favreau, is a curiosity in that it has so much going for it--great actors, a...
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SebastianMichaelis said:
July 29, 2011 10:10 AM
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It's been done before.
"Oblivion" and "Oblivion II: Back Lash" were released by Full Moon Entertainment back in the late 80s and early 90s. They were low budget on the special effects, and admittedly the acting was campy and far from perfect. But they were a lot of fun to watch because they never made the mistake of taking themselves too seriously.
And featuring Julie Newmar as Miss Kitty, the feisty saloon owner... priceless!
sidjtd said:
August 7, 2011 11:00 AM
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You're being extremely critical toward a movie titled Cowboys and Aliens. That is pretty silly. I thought the movie was fine, and it did exactly what it intended to do. I find throughout your whole article a tone of cynical dissaproval like a snooty art school student that shouldnt be reviewing HOLLYWOOD action flicks if you think youre better than the writers.
So 1 or 2 aliens died of dramatic effect at the right time. Considering the humans barely took down 2 or 3 in the whole movie with conventional guns (not including dynamite and lucky knife stabbing into the organ scene) and seemed to fight against over 20, I'd say a few lucky bullets flying through eye sockets, seams of their tough shell body, or maybe even multiple bullets in a similar area and different gauge guns helped take down those 2-3 aliens. But I suppose gauge differences doesn't really cross your mind being from the bay area of Cali. Im not a gun toting righty, by the way.
Lastly you say Harrison Ford wasnt the tough guy but a cranky old man. Why wouldn't he be cranky. His son sucks in the movie and he honestly had nothing going for him and his neck of the woods. He seemed pisses off and tired and old. He's not Liam Neeson in Taken who doesn't have to worry about water Or basic housing unlike washed up character Harrison Ford plays. So what's wrong with that.
The movie could have had a craig sex scene. They didnt. Thank god. They could have had the aliens come for some mysterious property to make it more scifi, or abduct people for science. They kept it simple. Some convoluted complicated reason. They could have said screw Indians. Make it a white only movie. But they included everyone together against a common cause
Classic idea, but better than just portraying natives fighting seperately and more helplessly than their Caucasians + 1 mexican + adopted native counterpart
It's just a movie. The movie isn't deep or even trying to be deep. Don't judge a movie made and designed as a pond because it's not like an ocean. It's not going for that