13 May 2012

Cowboys & Aliens & Bears

Recently saw Cowboys & Aliens and it was quite surprising all around. I really liked it. It was not a comedy. It was not what I expected. It was pretty serious. It would have been a really [perhaps more] enjoyable straight-up western, except it then had aliens added to it. But really it's just a bonkers version of Wizard of Oz.

Harrison Ford needs a heart. Daniel Craig has lost his mind. Sam Rockwell finds courage. Olivia Wilde is the girl "not from around here". And there's even a plucky dog.

There are no bears. Sorry.

Not a movie still. Also not a man in a bear suit.


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4 comments:

  1. JustJoeP14 May 2012 at 14:58

    where the hell is that bear photo from? Is it falling out of the tree?

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  2. pyker14 May 2012 at 19:27

    That photo, for me, falls under the "never not funny" category. I laugh every time I look at it.

    It was from a news story about a bear in colorado somewhere that wandered into town and climbed a tree. They had to tranquilize it, at which point it fell out of the tree.

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  3. JustJoeP27 May 2012 at 16:55

    I do hope the bear suffered no traumatic injuries in the fall. I like Bears - the football team, the fact that they are often #1 on the threat down (Colbert), even the fact that somewhat portly, older, gay men who are hairy refer to themselves as bear has a somewhat whimsical appeal. I don't approve how how the Russians get their bears drunk in circuses... but I like bears, and have a healthy respect for them, ESPECIALLY a mother with cubs in the wild. "Give that Ursine a wide berth".

    I concur with you on the "not never funny" - more than 50% of a good photo is timing.

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  4. Rick3 June 2012 at 04:07

    +1 for the photo.

    Thumbs down for the film. Walked out of the cinema knowing I'd been played for a sucker.

    Note to self: If the title is the elevator pitch, avoid.

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