Cowboys &. Aliens

     Who on earth would go up against the cowboys of the old Wild West. Nobody that's who. No man in their right mind would tangle with the roughest, toughest, baddest dudes that ever existed. These guys were so tough that they drank cups of molten metal and pissed out nails. Their shooting so good that they would target practice on flies from 50 yards out shooting from the hip and never ever miss. The Cowboys of the Wild West were Chuck Norris's Idols and to this day he still cries because he knows he could never quite achieve such badassery. So who on Earth would ever take on said cowboys. Nobody, but from another planet now that is a different story. Aliens not knowing of the baddest beings to ever walk on two feet would make the mistake of landing in a time when humans where at their meanest and their toughest. It was their first and final mistake.
      Cowboys Vs. Aliens adds its mark in the great Summer blockbuster run. Opening with the likes of Smurfs to me it is a no brainer on which one I would pick to watch. Without children in tow I was able to take my wife and go see this movie. The acting was fairly decent. Olivia Wilde though not the best actress was good eye candy and did a good job. Daniel Craig even though not of the American persuasion still did a pretty good job of playing a grizzled cowboy type. Harrison Ford did a good job as well. The character development was well rounded and actually had you thinking about who was a "good" guy and who wasn't. Besides you know the bad guy aliens. The Aliens where well done. Its nice to see movies that don't overdo the CGI and use enough to make you want a little more.
Its an action packed movie. There are a few slow moments in this one but are quickly squashed and are followed up by the big explosions and fast paced action. You can't go into a movie like this thinking that things look real or don't look real, if you do that you need to seriously take a look at the name of the movie. If you really want realistic movies go watch the Smurfs or Twilight, that will give you huge dose of reality. Its an action movie with good effects and an intriguing story line.
      There are deaths, loud booms and a more adult oriented content. I would suggest the 10 and up crowd for this one. Amazingly though at the theater it was filled with more of the older crowd and when I say older I mean 50+. I think Harrison Ford was the draw for that one. If you don't like Sci-Fi then skip this one. If you like gritty westerns and Sci-Fi then you are going to love this one. Its got the best of both worlds. Don't go watch this one for the Oscar contention that it won't be up for, go to watch it for the action and not to mention its always cool to see Harrison Ford doing action movies.