Cowboys & Aliens, Finally!

I don't care what role Harrison Ford plays - he rocks!  His facial expressions are priceless.  I finally watched Cowboys & Aliens.  Harrison plays a dodgy, crotchety old bad man and he is great at it.  He has facial quirks like no other.  Bad stuff is happening and I am smiling at him.

Daniel Craig is the serious, tortured, dramatic, eye candy guy in this and of course he rocks it too.  Most men look great as cowboys, not all, but most if they do it up right!  :)

I am afraid if I watch movies at home I have gotten into the habit of multi-tasking and it irritates me.  But I tried real hard with this one, wish I had seen it in the theater.

I like the characters in this western, they look right, they speak correctly for the era and good job with the details of fusing the old west and the alien possibilities.

Kudos for all the westerns they are making these days, love it.  Making them is one thing, making them look real is yet another, good job.  Cinematography - 1/2 and 1/2, some scenes it is great, others, eh.

I kept wondering about the character called Doc, so familiar, it took me a bit and then I looked it up to confirm, he is the crazy guy on green mile, Wild Bill, yuck!!!  But wow what a great actor.  He looks too normal in this movie so I couldn't figure it out.

 

Far fetched concept? Or is it?  Yeah, but isn't that our new normal!!!

Also, Olivia Wilde is a very good actress, surprise twist here.

One more, love this person, the Native American in tons of films, and I like him a lot... Adam Beach.  I saw him recently, again, in Flags Of Our Fathers.



So it took me awhile to get back to you on this one, even though I raved about how I could not wait for it to come out.  I liked it, it was good.  Was it outstanding like True Grit, no, but good none the less.  Who doesn't love cowboys, no matter what they are fighting!

See a western/alien film and Be Happy People!