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T987654321
Jan 21, 2012, 12:32:41 AM1/21/12
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Cowboys & Aliens
2011 PG-13 119 minutes
" Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's graphic novel series leaps to the screen
as amnesiac gunslinger Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) stumbles into the
Wild West town of Absolution, where he's confronted by potent enemy
Col. Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) and a terrifying problem: invading
aliens. Aided by the lovely Ella (Olivia Wilde), Jake rallies a posse
of the townspeople, Dolarhyde's minions and local Apache warriors to
fight off the extraterrestrial threat. " - Netflix
Cast:Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul
Dano, Noah Ringer, Keith Carradine, Adam Beach, Clancy Brown
Director:Jon Favreau
Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad Stupid
Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild animals than
thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role; here he basically
plays a thug which works great unlike his disastrous performance as
Bond.
As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
Tin Lunchbox
Jan 21, 2012, 5:40:08 AM1/21/12
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:41 -0800 (PST), T987654321 <email clipped>
wrote:
>Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad Stupid
>Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild animals than
>thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role; here he basically
>plays a thug which works great unlike his disastrous performance as
>Bond.
>
>As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb. I guess sure if
one turns off his or her brain and tries to enjoy the "summer
blockbuster action spectacle" of it, there's some amusement to be had
there, and it does have the novelty of genre crossing Westerns and
space invasion films.
There were perhaps too many characters in the plot. The sub-story, if
there was enough of it to be called that, of the Harrison Ford
character's sons, was a trivialized handling of that adopted vs.
biological thing. I thought Daniel Craig's performance was barely
lukewarm. He's craggy and Craig and has adjusted or eliminated his
accent sufficiently to sound sort of like a cowboy I guess, though
really to me he sounded sort of like Harrison Ford portraying a
cowboy. I'd take my eyes of the screen for a moment and have to look
back because I found it difficult to distinguish their voices.
The aliens seemed to me to be influenced by the appearance of the
aliens in District 9 or whatever it was, that South African feature
from three years ago. But captured none of their soul.
TiN[]BoX
wrote:
>Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad Stupid
>Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild animals than
>thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role; here he basically
>plays a thug which works great unlike his disastrous performance as
>Bond.
>
>As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
one turns off his or her brain and tries to enjoy the "summer
blockbuster action spectacle" of it, there's some amusement to be had
there, and it does have the novelty of genre crossing Westerns and
space invasion films.
There were perhaps too many characters in the plot. The sub-story, if
there was enough of it to be called that, of the Harrison Ford
character's sons, was a trivialized handling of that adopted vs.
biological thing. I thought Daniel Craig's performance was barely
lukewarm. He's craggy and Craig and has adjusted or eliminated his
accent sufficiently to sound sort of like a cowboy I guess, though
really to me he sounded sort of like Harrison Ford portraying a
cowboy. I'd take my eyes of the screen for a moment and have to look
back because I found it difficult to distinguish their voices.
The aliens seemed to me to be influenced by the appearance of the
aliens in District 9 or whatever it was, that South African feature
from three years ago. But captured none of their soul.
TiN[]BoX
AC
Jan 21, 2012, 10:39:24 PM1/21/12
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Tin Lunchbox wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:41 -0800 (PST), T987654321<email clipped>
> wrote:
>
>> Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad Stupid
>> Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild animals than
>> thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role; here he basically
>> plays a thug which works great unlike his disastrous performance as
>> Bond.
>>
>> As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
>
> To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb. I guess sure if
> one turns off his or her brain and tries to enjoy the "summer
> blockbuster action spectacle" of it, there's some amusement to be had
> there, and it does have the novelty of genre crossing Westerns and
> space invasion films.
Which is exactly what its supposed to be, and it did that well.
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:41 -0800 (PST), T987654321<email clipped>
> wrote:
>
>> Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad Stupid
>> Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild animals than
>> thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role; here he basically
>> plays a thug which works great unlike his disastrous performance as
>> Bond.
>>
>> As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
>
> To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb. I guess sure if
> one turns off his or her brain and tries to enjoy the "summer
> blockbuster action spectacle" of it, there's some amusement to be had
> there, and it does have the novelty of genre crossing Westerns and
> space invasion films.
Why cant people just accept that some films are made to be exactly that?
If you don't like that sort of thing, why watch it? The makers never
said it was supposed to be an intellectual work out, did they? All it is
is Snakes on a Plane. I mean, read the film's title again.
Yes, be prepared to switch off the brain and go with the ride. If you
expect more then, sorry, wrong film.
--
AC
Tin Lunchbox
Jan 22, 2012, 7:25:55 AM1/22/12
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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:39:24 +0000, AC <email clipped> wrote:
>Tin Lunchbox wrote:
<text clipped>
>> To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb. I guess sure if
>> one turns off his or her brain and tries to enjoy the "summer
>> blockbuster action spectacle" of it, there's some amusement to be had
>> there, and it does have the novelty of genre crossing Westerns and
>> space invasion films.
>
>Which is exactly what its supposed to be, and it did that well.
>
>Why cant people just accept that some films are made to be exactly that?
>If you don't like that sort of thing, why watch it? The makers never
>said it was supposed to be an intellectual work out, did they? All it is
>is Snakes on a Plane. I mean, read the film's title again.
>
>Yes, be prepared to switch off the brain and go with the ride. If you
>expect more then, sorry, wrong film.
Well, I admit you have a point there and that, yes, the movie's title
could be construed as fair warning. That's an interesting analogy you
made there to Snakes on a Plane.
It may have been the participation of Harrison Ford that occasioned me
to expect more of this movie.
TiN[]BoX
>Tin Lunchbox wrote:
<text clipped>
>> To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb. I guess sure if
>> one turns off his or her brain and tries to enjoy the "summer
>> blockbuster action spectacle" of it, there's some amusement to be had
>> there, and it does have the novelty of genre crossing Westerns and
>> space invasion films.
>
>Which is exactly what its supposed to be, and it did that well.
>
>Why cant people just accept that some films are made to be exactly that?
>If you don't like that sort of thing, why watch it? The makers never
>said it was supposed to be an intellectual work out, did they? All it is
>is Snakes on a Plane. I mean, read the film's title again.
>
>Yes, be prepared to switch off the brain and go with the ride. If you
>expect more then, sorry, wrong film.
could be construed as fair warning. That's an interesting analogy you
made there to Snakes on a Plane.
It may have been the participation of Harrison Ford that occasioned me
to expect more of this movie.
TiN[]BoX
Jon Schild
Jan 22, 2012, 4:31:50 PM1/22/12
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On 1/21/2012 8:39 PM, AC wrote:
> Why cant people just accept that some films are made to be exactly that?
> If you don't like that sort of thing, why watch it?
Why watch it? Because by the time I find out that C&A has possibly the
> Why cant people just accept that some films are made to be exactly that?
> If you don't like that sort of thing, why watch it?
stupidest idea in the history of Hollywood, crossing interstellar
distances to mine gold, it's too late! They already have my money, and
they won't give it back! I guess the title "Cowboys and Aliens" should
have been a clue that dumb is the best that could be expected, but I
went with a friend who insisted he had heard a lot of good things about
it. I don't know what they could have been. I didn't see any.
Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy
Jan 24, 2012, 4:17:52 PM1/24/12
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Tin Lunchbox <n...@spam.thx> wrote in
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> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:41 -0800 (PST), T987654321 <email
> clipped> wrote:
>
>>Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad
>>Stupid Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild
>>animals than thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role;
>>here he basically plays a thug which works great unlike his
>>disastrous performance as Bond.
>>
>>As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
>
> To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb.
Not to put too fine a point on it or anything, but no, you didn't
actually disagree.
--
Terry Austin
"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek
Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.
news:e74lh7hqp48di8rm6...@4ax.com:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:41 -0800 (PST), T987654321 <email
> clipped> wrote:
>
>>Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad
>>Stupid Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild
>>animals than thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role;
>>here he basically plays a thug which works great unlike his
>>disastrous performance as Bond.
>>
>>As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
>
> To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb.
actually disagree.
--
Terry Austin
"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek
Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.
Tin Lunchbox
Jan 25, 2012, 7:06:37 AM1/25/12
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:17:52 -0700, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy
<email address clipped> wrote:
>Tin Lunchbox <email address clipped> wrote in
TiN[]BoX
<email address clipped> wrote:
>Tin Lunchbox <email address clipped> wrote in
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>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:41 -0800 (PST), T987654321 <email
>> clipped> wrote:
>>
>>>Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad
>>>Stupid Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild
>>>animals than thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role;
>>>here he basically plays a thug which works great unlike his
>>>disastrous performance as Bond.
>>>
>>>As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
>>
>> To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb.
>
>Not to put too fine a point on it or anything, but no, you didn't
>actually disagree.
T98 liked it, I didn't.
>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:32:41 -0800 (PST), T987654321 <email
>> clipped> wrote:
>>
>>>Big Bad Aliens vs. Old West Characters! Actually it's Big Bad
>>>Stupid Aliens, for all their tech the aliens seem more like wild
>>>animals than thinking beings. Craig is perfect for the role;
>>>here he basically plays a thug which works great unlike his
>>>disastrous performance as Bond.
>>>
>>>As long as you don't think about the plot C&A is kind of fun.
>>
>> To politely disagree, I thought it was kind of dumb.
>
>Not to put too fine a point on it or anything, but no, you didn't
>actually disagree.
TiN[]BoX
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