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Cowboys and Aliens [DVD]

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Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (177 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Ride 'em cowboy! 25 Aug 2011

By Mr. R. W. Graham VINE™ VOICE

Format:Blu-ray

After a somewhat slow start, Cowboys And Aliens turns into a fun scifi western. It's a surprisingly dark and gritty film, playing like a straight western at first. Imagine you're watching an old John Wayne movie. You're enjoying it, and suddenly alien spaceships come out of nowhere blasting everything in sight and kidnapping the locals. That in a nutshell is the plot, sounds ridiculous, looks ridiculous but if not taken seriously, despite the surprisingly dark and gritty tone then it's also a lot of fun. Some good performances, Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde are all very good and there's a solid supporting cast too. All the western cliches are there, Daniel Craig is the stranger with no name, Harrison Ford the rich bad man that runs the town and then the spaceships arrive. Very good fx and good action scenes make this a fun movie.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A weird combination of genres but the end result is a plausible sci-fi movie 7 Dec 2011

By Emc2

Format:Blu-ray

I was quite skeptical about this movie. What were they thinking about mixing two completely unlike genres, cowboys, Apaches and aliens together? Well, my mistake. The end result is both a good western and a very credible sci-fi movie. So, out of an apparent weird mix came out an original movie under a plausible story line (Sorry, no spoiler, I will not go into the details of the plot).

I really liked the performance of Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. All three main actors have in common to be associated with their roles in previous serial movies or TV series, where they played the lead or a key role. In this movie they managed to deliver a performance quite different from the character we are used to, particularly Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. I think this is her first key role other than "House" in which you can appreciate the quality of her acting. I hope she gets more opportunities like this to show us her talent.

As for the special effects, they are quite realistic, and it is notable that the insect-like aliens are not hidden with low lighting like in so many alien movies. The amazing thing is that the SFX are not based completely on computer animations (GCI). The film was shot using good old puppets and animatronics for the close-ups, combined with CGI for the battle scenes. Even some of the alien ships were scale models. My only quibble is that one of the alien features resembles a lot the character Kuato in Total Recall [DVD] (no spoiler again). My respects to director Jon Favreau, a great combination of old and new technology.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well constructed, well acted entertaining fare 30 Aug 2011

By Isis

Format:DVD

With such a blatant, incongruous title, you'd expect this film to be silly, badly made schlock, but the surprising thing is that it's not. Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde and the other actors to a man play the entire thing straight and serious, and you find yourself believing them and buying into the genre mash-up premise which initially you'd be forgiven for thinking sounded cheesy and ridiculous. Not only that but the cast, and in particular Craig and Ford, put in solid, strong performances that give their characters the stamp of depth and three-dimensionality. And there isn't too much time in which to achieve this - the focus is, after all, the action-filled clashes between the eponymous factions of the film's title, but I got the sense that the film wouldn't let itself be rushed and that time was specifically set aside during the first half an hour to establish this authentic Wild West setting and populate it with realistic, believable inhabitants, and then give them their moments to grow and develop later on even as the action with the aliens began to take centre stage. I appreciated that.

The CGI and special effects are done well and are fairly seamless, but the most impressive thing is how they are used. They're used sparingly, and their presence always serves the story rather than the other way around; the film isn't awash with them, which I found unexpected given the comic book basis of the film - again, given the film's seemingly silly title you'd be forgiven for assuming that the film is like every other comic book based movie, with CGI coming at you a mile a minute, but it isn't.... Read more ›

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Cow Pokes and Alie-blands 19 July 2012

By Sam

Format:Blu-ray

In a Hollywood of known IPs it takes a brave fellow to take on something new. That something was `Cowboys and Aliens' and that person was `Iron Man' helmer Jon Favreau. Unfortunately, `Cowboys' did more to ruin the chances of a thousand other new ideas than any other recent film, as not only did it flop, but it was a pretty poor film as well. Daniel Craig plays a stranger who wakes up in the desert with a spotty memory and a fancy new metallic wrist band. He is pursued by grizzled cow poke Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) in an adventure that not only takes on the Wild West, but also the wild outer space.

For a film that has gun toting and alien invasions `Cowboys' is incredibly dull. The cast were obviously asked to play it straight and they are positively grisly and grim throughout. This makes it feel slightly authentic, but also makes them universally dull; only Sam Rockwell is any form of comic relief, but it is hard to laugh at him when his wife may be dead. There is so much bleakness in the kidnapping of loved ones that you cannot get swept up in the fantasy of it all. From a director who proved he had a light touch with `Iron Man', the off tone of `Cowboy' seems even more bizarre.

With no lightness to illuminate the darkness of the tone, `Cowboys and Aliens' is one to miss. The action sequences are few and far between. You can tell the film had a decent budget, but not big enough to really create impressive set pieces. The film is mostly a character study on people you don't care about.

If you are going to watch the film, then the BluRay would be the best option. Although bland to watch, it is pretty nice to look at with the desert looking particularly handsome in HD.... Read more ›

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not so Alien

a different way of looking at science fiction. A good story, well acted, lots of action of course, lets have more

Published 4 days ago by Richard Roberts

5.0 out of 5 stars Cowboys & Aliens

The trailer was good, so was the film, the two main stars don't let the film down, easy to watch over and over again, good entertainment.

Published 7 days ago by s,p.ellis

2.0 out of 5 stars err No?

I gave it 2 stars because the opening half hour didn't make me want to kill myself. That is all

Published 9 days ago by Mr. W. A. Horsfall

3.0 out of 5 stars Cowboys and aliens = big nono

The reviews for this movie are very mixed. Most audiences were split half-half, with 50% loving the movie, and 50% wanting their money back. Read more

Published 12 days ago by Laura Hartley

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but over long

Its a great film I would have given it 5 stars bot it seemed to drag on a bit halfway through.
What a combination though, good old Indy and 007 with a supprisingly good... Read more

Published 18 days ago by Thomas Odgers

5.0 out of 5 stars Amusing film with a twist

If your into si fi and have worn out warching your old si fi dvds you have , then consider this its got a good story, Daniel Craig I think makes the film, not a blox busting si fi... Read more

Published 22 days ago by C. Gould

5.0 out of 5 stars cowboys vs aliens

the name says it all cowboys v aliens , well good movie and pretty cool effects , big fan of harrison ford , well recommened to all

Published 22 days ago by alan

3.0 out of 5 stars Daniel Craig

As james Bond just brilliant, but in this film lacks a little lustre. I would not buy this in hindsight, but you never know until you try.

Published 28 days ago by steve

4.0 out of 5 stars Only watched it once

Ive only watched it once but still a good film, not a film you could watch over and over but still great

Published 1 month ago by JoshuaBUK

5.0 out of 5 stars space

love this film it was a nice idea to mixed the cowboys and aliens together. it has John Wayne grandson in it

Published 2 months ago by nottsnorm

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