Sunday, July 31, 2011

COWBOYS & ALIENS

I thought GREEN LANTERN was bad.

COWBOYS & ALIENS is a complete misfire.  The scattered screenplay is the main culprit.  It's such a bare-bones tale without any emotional heft to it. 

Why waste time setting Paul Dano up as an obnoxious spoiled brat if he's going to disappear for practically the entire movie?  Why make Harrison Ford a bad guy in the beginning if he's not going to be the main villain?  Why include the Indians if they're not going to appear until the film's half over?

Did Olivia Wilde have to be an alien?  Kinda kills the love interest angle which seems forced to begin with. 

Making Daniel Craig's character a wanted outlaw brings nothing at all to the story. 

Sam Rockwell's character was a complete waste.

The film feels robotic.  Instead of a beating heart, it contains a CGI gloss that leaves the viewer distant and unconnected.

 

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