{"id":17962,"date":"2011-07-29T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=17962"},"modified":"2018-02-23T19:43:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T03:43:57","slug":"cowboys-aliens-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/cowboys-aliens-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Playing: Too Many ‘Cowboys’, Not Enough ‘Aliens’"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been looking forward to the release of ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ with a lot of anticipation ever since the teaser trailer began running over a year ago. The unique genre-blending concept grabbed my attention and never let go. Unfortunately, I let my excitement get the best of me. My expectations were sky high, so high that the movie itself turned out to be a bit of a let-down. But what did I expect from an alien invasion flick set during the Wild West?
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‘Cowboys & Aliens’ follows the form of a traditional Western. An outlaw (Daniel Craig) gets caught in a small town. A local oppressive bully (Harrison Ford) gets tied in with the anti-hero, and they must work together with a misfit group to bring down a larger evil. In this case, that evil is a group of kidnapping and murdering aliens.<\/p>\n

While ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ opens with amnesiac Daniel Craig violently going James Bond all over a posse’s ass, it quickly turns into more of a straightforward Western than the genre-bender advertised. Sure, the aliens pop up here and there, but not nearly enough to earn a nod in the film’s title. Not until the final act do we get the alien goods we came for. The uber-graphic end battle is so bloody and violent that, if it weren’t for the popping heads resting on alien shoulders, ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ would be have received a hard R-rating for graphic violence.<\/p>\n

I went out of my way to not see any footage beyond the original teaser to keep the movie fresh. After seeing it, I’m shocked at how much the ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ TV spots reveal. If you haven’t seen them, avoid them at all cost unless you want major plot points spoiled.<\/p>\n

Despite letting me down, ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ is still a fun popcorn movie. I’m fully aware that my mediocre rating possibly stems from being let down, so I plan to see it again this weekend to give it full justice. It’s for this reason that I wish some films were screened for press more than once.<\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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