Cowboys and Aliens Review

On July 29, 2011, I saw Cowboys and Aliens with Justin. Overall, I thought the movie was terrible. I did like Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford's characters, but otherwise I just couldn't get into this movie. If they had kept this as a stand alone cowboy film, I think I might have actually liked it. The alien element is just ludicrous and completely taints everything. Though there are some good action sequences, I felt that the concept just fell flat. The story wasn't really developed well and some of the performances, especially Olivia Wilde's were pretty bad. There are A LOT of familiar faces like Paul Dano (who isn't in it long enough and it's a shame because his character was great) and Keith Carradine (who again wasn't in it long enough). Paul Dano is Dwayne in Little Miss Sunshine and Keith Carradine plays Agent Frank Lundy in Dexter for people who don't know who they are. I never liked Sam Rockwell and it continues in this movie as well. As I said, I did like some of the action scenes and there were some genuine funny lines, but I really wouldn't recommend this. I'll be kind and give it a 2/5, but really I could rank it lower based on Wilde, the plot, and whoever came up with the concept from the beginning.