Audio Reviews - Cowboys and Aliens - Audio Review

A posse of cowboys, bandits, and Native Americans must band together to stop an alien invasion.

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  August 16, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Tony Beers said ...

• August 09, 2011 at 6:19 PM, said ...

  I don't think there's such a thing as a "high" Some Ol' Bullshit, so this film hovers at a looooooooooooow rental for me. Completely forgettable other than some likeable actors delivering a couple of good lines.

  
  
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  August 02, 2011 at 2:39 PM, said ...

  I normally don't pay much attention to this kind of complaint, but one complaint it seemed everyone had on this film was how it was far too long.  In fact both Cyrus and Leon say it was close to 2.5 hours and they thought almost 45 minutes should have been cut.  I saw it last night, it was 113 minutes long...did I not see the full film?

• August 02, 2011 at 6:00 AM, Devin said ...

  I completely agree with Korey and Leon regarding the character twist. I nearly walked out at that point.

  
  
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  August 02, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Mark Hazleton Jr. said ...

  also..im assuming the only reason why they were walking when Ford was talking...was because they were allowing the horses to rest and not run. BUT it was still one of the scenes that bothered me the most. I thought it was gonna lead to something...and im like 'oh its advise about slitting someone's throat when the time calls for it...hmmmmm i wonder if that will happen later'..but that was it.

  i did also notice how everyone else seemed to stop though haha!!! it was almost awkward because i was actually focusing on the people in background (Sam Rockwell and that Indian character who plays that kind of character in almost everything but is still great at it)...and I'm glad Rockwell atleast joked about whatever Ford said, because im like "ok atleast that scene added a shitty joke that atleast made me smile".

• August 02, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Mark Hazleton Jr. said ...

  @Lena  ****SPOILER****

  I know it never fully explained it, but there was a point where you see a pile of gold watches, jewelery, etc...so it seemed like they would pretty much steal their gold, and then it seemed like the harvested organs, or SOMETHING i have no idea what they did w/ Daniel Craig's wife but it seemed like they were taking something out of her side..then they would kill them, but it definitely did make much sense.

  I guessed it early on about the gold...but to me I thought they were using the humans to mine for gold. So it was like gold was valuable to them for energy...but instead they end up just standing around looking at the light lol. If they are gonna make it about gold, they might as well go all the way and just use them as slaves. I almost thought that was gonna be the case, and then the cowboys, indians AND slaves would have an uprising...but instead they see a bunch of stoned hippies looking at the light lol.

  
  
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  August 02, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Mark Hazleton Jr. said ...

  I will say, the biggest downfall for me was Olivia Wilde's plot twist...I just thought "did you REALLY have to?"...I will say, seconds before 'that' happened I liked what happened to her character...because it finally felt like there was a purpose. and THEN...a magic trick pretty much.

  The drawn out parts were kind of useless, but I didnt mind them, 1 of them had a lot of heart...the other (while walking) was pretty unnecessary...ONLY used for that useless character to have it come full circle in the end...for no reason.

   

  I gotta say about Sam Rockwell...I wouldnt say he was completely wasted ONLY because he was one of my favorite characters (well really I only liked him, Craig, Ford, and Carradine)...but he was wasted in a way where his character should have filled up more space than Noah Ringer!!! That character's only purpose was to cause worry among the gang and main characters. In the end he was just...idk, there to see his grandpa???

  Still, I would give this a low Full Price for some reason, i honestly dont know why, but when I saw it at midnight, it was very forgiving in so many ways. It also helped that I was pretty high and had a redbull to keep me going. Plus the audience made me laugh sometimes..but they REALLY enjoyed it. It only seemed like a few people complained (and was only because what the aliens were after)...other than that, it held my attention the whole time.

  I will say it was odd w/ Harrison Ford lol...and yet i ended up really respecting his character in the end...but at the beginning im like "this guy is evil as hell"...then not long after hes like this really charming nice guy lol.

  Even one of the funniest parts was when him and Craig are slowly walking towards a spacecraft...and the way he would look at Craig was hilarious. He just had that classic confused Ford expression.

  Sam Rockwell was like a tease somehow...at the beginning and some of the middle, I was excited to see he had a pretty good role, was very likeable, people ALWAYS laughed when he was doing something funny (even got the only applause in the entire movie when he fucks up an alien)...so he was one of the most memorable characters for me and the audience i was with, BUT other characters definitely got in the way. He should have had more things to do than Olivia Wilde and Noah Ringer combined..PLUS the time he already had.

  It was like a big budget B-Movie to me, and thats not necessarily bad when they have a good cast and director.

• August 01, 2011 at 2:43 PM, said ...

  it started out cool but than it just got all messed up. I don't know why they would make a movie with cowboys and aliens they don't mix

  
  
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  August 01, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Jacob Klag said ...

  This is what jaded people sound like.

• August 01, 2011 at 9:36 AM, said ...

  The dark knight rises set photos BATMAN VS BATMAN PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!

  http://my.spill.com/photo/albums/batman-the-dark-knight-rises

  
  
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  August 01, 2011 at 6:31 AM, z said ...

  i went to see this and there was nothing but OLD OLD OLD people in there im talking about like all white hair wrinkle face and Alzheimer ridden old people in the audience, and the Aliens look like District 9 prawns on steroids

  i give this just  a Medium rental they needed some Michael Bay in this Shit

• August 01, 2011 at 5:47 AM, said ...

  I enjoyed it for what it was. This is a solid matinee. I went with friends and had fun with it.

  
  
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  August 01, 2011 at 4:06 AM, john island said ...

  i retract my previous statement. this movie was good for the first forty mins, its hard to mix western and sci-fi, almost walked out.....GOLD for fucks sake...come up with something better as a plot line for aliens......really! such a huge disappointment.... low rental

• August 01, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Microshock said ...

  @Lena Brickord 

  It was explained, they wanted to study human weaknesses.

   

  
  
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  July 31, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Salty the Beast said ...

  My reviüü: http://saltythebeastblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/movie-review-cowboys-aliens.html

• July 31, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Lena Bickford said ...

  For the most part, I really liked Cowboys and Aliens.  If I were to quibble about any piece of it, it would be with the quality of the special effects for the aliens that are chasing down the townspeople.  Just not quite right, but still pretty decent.  I don't think it was ever explained why the aliens were capturing people with their drones to begin with if all they were after was gold.  Those are minor compared to what I loved about this movie:  Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Clancy Brown.  I also liked that no one in this movie was the epitome of good (well, there was the Preacher) or evil, but a mix that responds to the challenge.

  
  
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  July 31, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Orlando Howard said ...

  @Christopher Patrick Keef Review or not if I am interested in something I am going to see it. I Just go to the matinee for everyone. Just wake up early and go to the first showing at 11:00 am. I don't depend on critics I just enjoy the entertainment of them criticizing a movie. Why would someone not  go see a movie because someone else says so?

  That's like not thinking for yourself and being told what to do.

• July 31, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Orlando Howard said ...

  Also, how was the pacing slow?

  
  
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  July 31, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Orlando Howard said ...

  I cannot see how this was not a Full Price movie. the only flaw i saw was that Olivia wild didn't bring any weapons from her planet to kill the bad aliens.

• July 31, 2011 at 4:53 PM, said ...

  Totally forgettable movie. Rental

  
  
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  July 31, 2011 at 8:06 AM, john island said ...

  asshole shit reviews!

• July 31, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Bryan "Wolfman 3:16" Wolfe said ...

  Overall, I want to thank Hollywood (This is unlikely of me) for taking a chance and making a new plot for the audience to enjoy. Also having a talented team behind this film. Sure there were some flaws and I did have a couple of unanswered questions but it doesn't take away from enjoying the film. There was enough character development and you end up rooting for them. I feel the aliens special effects couldv'e have been a little better, and had more build up for when you finally see one, but when they are introduced its intense. I think Olivia Wilde's character didn't add anything special to the movie, they couldv'e gone deeper into her purpose. But overall a good film!!

  "Cowboys & Aliens" might not be the rousing sci-fi action movie some might expect, but there's more than enough fun summer entertainment to make it worthwhile, especially if you're a fan of Westerns. I'm giving this one a MATINEE rating, and that's the bottom line cause the Wolfman said so!!!

  
  
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  July 31, 2011 at 4:57 AM, said ...

  Just came from the theatre; I give it a low full price. And I am not afraid to say that I have a crush on Olivia Wilde...

• July 31, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Taylor Lindsay said ...

  I'd give this a Rental. The big showdown near the end was cool, but there were too many scenes that just dragged on. I was expecting it to be more tongue-in-cheek.

  
  
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  July 30, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Jonesy said ...

  Low full price I really loved this movie, a great old shoot em' up kind of movie for the end of summer.

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