In 1873 Arizona, a loner named Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig) awakens with no memory of his past and a mysterious shackle around his wrist. He enters the town of Absolution where he learns he committed many crimes he doesn't remember and is wanted by many people, including Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford), a harsh leader who rules the town with an iron fist. But Absolution soon faces an even greater threat when mysterious forces attack the town from the sky, sparing no one in their path. While Jake's shackle holds the key to defeating them, he must align himself with Dolarhyde and other former enemies to make a stand against this mysterious and more powerful new foe.
007 and Han Solo in a wild West alien film? I'm so there! This doesn't look like anything epic, but it looks like a lot of fun!
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He seems to be more of an anti-hero. The begrudging rival/partner to the main character.
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That would include me...Although it's not really a surprise seeing as about half of all films getting made nowadays seem to be based on a comic or graphic novel of some kind however obscure.
I already saw this movie. It was called Outlander and it stared Jim Caviezel. If you can look passed the low budget effects it's a damn decent movie. This Cowboy and Aliens looks rather boring from the trailer. I know it is a short trailer but the Sets look unconvincing and poor.
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Problem is, they're not playing it as anything less than epic and amazing, when clearly the material (and title) screams FUN PULP TIMES. There was an article in the NYT about how the perception of the thing -- campy fun -- is totally at odds with the aim of the thing, which is to be dead serious.
Upon hearing it's meant to be dead serious, well, I was disappointed.
Also, the comic it's based on was part of an imprint designed to snare movie options for cash, so I'm down on it for that reason too. Great cast, Favreau's great... but ugly roots, man. Ugly roots.
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