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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 23, 2011 1:49:53 GMT 1
Has anyone seen this one yet? My brother and I watched it today, simply because the cast and the title got our attention.
It seems to be getting low reviews (averaging around 50%), which is interesting because I loved it. Certainly wouldn't say it was anything special, but I'd say it was better than, say, Pirates 4, Rise of the Planet of the Apes or Thor, this year?
I saw a lot of popcorn movies this summer. xD
So any thoughts on this movie? I'm curious.
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Post by Knightfall on Aug 23, 2011 1:52:00 GMT 1
I haven't seen any of those movies, but I really wanted to see Cowboys and Aliens. You can't go wrong with Harrison Ford as a gruff cowboy with Steven Spielberg involved with production. xD
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Post by Clint Johnston on Aug 23, 2011 6:08:24 GMT 1
I enjoyed it. I love westerns and this one wasn't poorly made. I must say though that my favorite moment was when Craig's character shows the proper historical reaction to jumping onto an alien plane-ish thing to free Wilde. "WE WERE FLYING!!!!" All little boy glee. That's how people from the past should react to these creations from the future. Not like in Kate and Leopold (words cannot express the hate I have for that film) where he takes it all in stride and sets to work fixing a toaster.
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 23, 2011 15:06:20 GMT 1
Yeah, Clint, that's exactly what I thought. It was a good western (if stock) and a reasonable SF adventure (the second half reminded me of Return of the Jedi to an insane degree, right down to Harrison Ford: 'I'm sure Luke wasn't on that thing when it blew'. Seriously, that entire second half was Return of the Jedi.)
I liked it a lot, and I thought they merged the genres nicely.
(Also Daniel Craig is very handsome.)
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Post by MarianneClaus on Aug 23, 2011 19:27:53 GMT 1
(Also Daniel Craig is very handsome.) He is, isn't he? XD
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Post by Clint Johnston on Aug 24, 2011 5:10:57 GMT 1
Eh... I was watching Ms Wilde. Damn trailer led me on...
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Post by MarianneClaus on Aug 24, 2011 6:00:16 GMT 1
Did the aliens look a hell of a lot like the alien from "Super Eight" to the rest of you or was it just me?
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Post by Clint Johnston on Aug 24, 2011 13:32:10 GMT 1
SHHH I haven't seen that yet!
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 24, 2011 15:42:38 GMT 1
I haven't seen it either! For the alien design, I must say I thought the little hands were very silly.
And yeah, Daniel Craig. I forgot all about the girl. xD
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Post by MarianneClaus on Aug 25, 2011 2:00:05 GMT 1
SEE IT PEOPLE.
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 25, 2011 3:09:04 GMT 1
Well I'm glad it's not just me who liked it!
Conan next week, which I have heard nothing but criticism for. : /
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Post by Knightfall on Aug 25, 2011 3:35:00 GMT 1
It's odd, because the (few) Conan stories I've read aren't all about action. At this point, I'm not quite sure how he became this movie action hero. Might be reading the wrong ones. xD
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Post by Mister Buch on Aug 25, 2011 3:38:22 GMT 1
I think the film-makers saw this big guy and a sword and the word 'Barbarian' on the cover, and didn't bother reading much further!
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