Even before watching this film I heard a lot of negative reviews. And after watching I can not understand what their reason – yes, not a masterpiece, but about him and no one cried … And here is what to admire.

First, Jon Favreau – until recently I only knew him as a minor actor, albeit catchy, but now I must admit that he is master of the genre “action” and “comedy.” More frequently in his films, giving quality and professionalism, and “Cowboys vs. Aliens” will prove – the picture quality, each episode is pleasing to the eye, the dynamics is almost falls off, the sense founded on the optimum depth.

Secondly, in fact, the game itself – yes, Shakespeare’s passionate not see here, but … after all, a film about the wild west! This already excludes the emotional burden in principle (ask Clint Eastwood). But, each to his hero otigral fine, except, perhaps, only Indians, but they picked up, apparently because of the Indians, so it’s forgivable …

Thirdly, the idea of ​​the film, but it is simple – gold as a symbol of greed and selfishness is evil, and it only leads to war, massive livestock losses and misunderstandings within the team. Only by uniting in the name of higher goals (and armed with an alien weapon), you can win! ..

Incidentally, the idea is unusual for Hollywood – “People are more important than gold!” When more of this he took off!? Yes, and beauty of the second plan … is not Megan Fox! This is utter contempt and disregard for the canons of fashion – another plus!

All the above stated spodviglo me to re-view and on 8 out of 10!)

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Jon Favreau was unoriginal in its quest to create kinoeklektiku, combining in one canvas Wild West and the mysterious aliens. As it turned out – great for image processing: gorgeous special effects battles, mysterious figure of the protagonist, flashing bloodthirsty alien tentacles, and of necessarily small iron fellows, who sincerely hint at “Iron Man.” On the other hand, the plot outline is much more banal and spoils the overall impression of a fountain videonahodok presentations, with which abounds in the Wild West to today’s presentation.

Daniel Craig character is in a fantastic way some settlement, and immediately won fame aggressive stranger, why comes in a prison cell. Despite his iron face Craig’s character suffers from unknown forces kidnapped his wife, the audience was repeatedly reported as an awkward shot with twitching face of the tragic actress Abigail Spencer.

At the time of occurrence of the character of Craig, did not fit into the era filmed, Wild West lives on with his life. It is quite common is syuzhetets when snotty punk goes to the central square, begins to shoot a gun on suspicious targets, trying to calm his whole world, of remorse, he cries, but has attracted worldwide attention. So here is seen as the Wild West to John Favreau (for a antiamerikanschinu, Favreau plus of course!). Walk of entertainment for the whole neighborhood dilutes the real miracle – there are aliens and make your casting for flight bad actors. Craig, as a modern James Bond, will once again save the world, but what if he was not bored at your party falls to him enchanting Olivia Wilde, on-screen advertising the new cosmetic line, and Harrison Ford in the role of Jeff Bridges.

Like, what could spoil such an interesting story, how bout ‘Viking America “with” Vikings from space? ” The answer is simple – excess krasovanie on the screen. The actors do not play, and will present his acting roles, it is difficult to understand, but what about the same time really talking about. Maybe in the movie Fight advanced modern American farmers, which someone has famously dubbed the inhabitants of the second half of XIX century. It is not excluded that the viewer is another series of “Iron Man” is not only a sequel but a prequel.

The originality of the director’s vision can be traced to the formula: ["Cowboys vs. Aliens" = ("Skyline" + "Way of the Warrior") * "Iron Man"], where the “Skyline” borrowed tentacles penetrate the walls and roofs of buildings, as well as panic before the unknown. From the “Way of the Warrior” – a primitive drawing the dying Wild West, where cautious bandyuki folded legs in a tavern, live in anticipation of the Mission. From the “Iron Man” is taken not only dancing robotics, but also a wonderful musical score. Based on the movie, you can once again say that Favreau feels fine, which should be music to visuals looked more powerful and coquettish. It is also true that in a great movie can not overcome the stalemate on the original idea. Technological advances too rapidly, that the ideas for powerful stories are not keeping pace, and therefore have to retake the directors already known to history, albeit with some levachnym bloom. For example, although the movie and cowboys, and cowboys in it.

Since we have become accustomed to the plot in spectacular high budget movie is the weakest link, it is not a sin to watch a movie for the sake of the beautifully decorated visuals. One has only to turn away from empty plot, the film turns out to be a bright colorful spectacle, worthy of high praise for transformeroobraznye visual series and promotional poster pose.

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I remember when I heard about this project at the stage of its manufacture, and learned about who will do the movie will be filmed and was incredibly happy. A number of additional budget column warmed my heart. Really – Cowboys and Aliens. What is the scope for original ideas! But alas, most blockbuster, and does not smell …

The Achilles heel of the whole project – the script. Those who wrote it seems quite relaxed, completely relying on the original story (and in general the film is in the comics). How else to explain these enormous holes and logical set of nsostykovok teeming with an entire movie.

Some might shrug and say – in the “Transformers” that, if the script is brilliant? But there it is compensated by the imagination of stunning special effects. But it sometimes seems that the budget was $ 40-50 million – and then because of the stars in the title role. The special effects are there of course – and in some places you can even zasmotretsya. But all this comes at a junction pattern (not meaning stupid final battle). Aliens themselves drawn not bad – but not better than say “Area N9». Plus a good atmosphere of the wild west – some scenes can awaken feelings of nostalgia for the good old westerns – in the scenes with the Indians, for example.

Separately want to mention the dismal director Jon Favreau – so how could goof man behind “Iron Man” is unclear. The answer probably goes back to its roots, when he was filming “Zaturu …”

But thank God there have their bright moments. Daniel Craig is literally merged with its image – here it is incredibly cool. It is especially good scene massacre of three riders in the beginning – from very juicy. Harrison Ford shows us that on his retirement too early to speak. The role of the hard and strong he is Colonel-to-face – and yes, there exists of his famous smile. Olivia Wilde at the beginning of the film seems quite out of place – but the march of the story, it shows us not only their beautiful appearance. And the cowboy hat to her very face. Almost unrecognizable Sam Rockwell as indecisive doctor suspiciously like the same character from the brilliant “Trains to Yuma.” But the actor is not to blame – is that they give.

More pleased that the film is not shy about violence – will of the victim (but at this point should not be particularly encouraged) and krovushka and flashbacks to the past of the protagonist – and there is little that good.

Summing up, I can say that it – not the worst blockbuster I’ve seen. But the potential for production was significantly greater. And judging by the box office, this topic is closed permanently.

7 of 10

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And it was so – vacation, Greece, I grow lazy, slightly ochumevshaya from “этойневыносимойобожекогдажеэтокончится” heat in the semiconscious state before the TV, because it is located near the air conditioner. And here starts the channel euronews very loud hysteria that makes me open my eyes and lift his head – yeah, all the familiar faces. Here it is my favorite Harrison Ford with little wife in his arms, next jumping Olivia Wilde, portraying foolish rapture and children’s optimism on this background, all such brutal with Craig polurasstegnutoy shirt … The audience rages, and the screen flashed images of some new and – well, how could you doubt? - A promising movie that will certainly make you feel fear, terror, joy, tears and blood liters senile marasmus (though something I already vparivayut about “Sanctum”). And crept into my head thinking, whether it was wrong, that it might be, and should take a look at this “miracle masterpiece”, what has to lose, you still have my eyes not to see something worse than a “notorious saga” . Especially on the screen so convincingly just jump three arguments – two brutal and one with the boobs, well, so why not the end all?

For the story, I just say, I will not quibble. Well, if it will, it is not very persistently, because in this genre, anything is possible – and Cage with Perlman with pots on their heads, and patches in 3D and apes, violence, helicopters and evict People from planet Earth. So there is nothing to be surprised – the newcomers to gold. What the hell, you ask? Because the gladiolus, okay? Do not ask stupid questions you do, it’s f aliens told to, then you need. Returning to the story, the action takes place in 1873, but what does that mean? That’s right, it means that Harrison Ford wears a suit again, Indiana Jones and the joy for me personally, it also means that we will not get-art technology, and that Michelle Rodriguez will not die beautifully in this film, but the crowd of desperate cowboys arm themselves with torches, pitchforks, stools and a knife and go to war with brakozyabrikami. Brakozyabriki, incidentally, create chaos – kidnap one and all, misbehave, and so on. And then it rises to the protection of mankind from Craig Ford, taking the Wild, so it blew the fan and it turned out nicely in the frame, thereby having pleased the male part of the audience.

Starring famous, filmets raspiaren, popcorn ready and waiting audience at the hall. But confusion still somehow does not abandon – at least start with the fact that it is not clear that this film does Bond. Anyone who James. No, I can not disagree with the fact that Daniel Craig is almost ninety percent of the time is precisely in this state, “Bond said. James Bond, “but let us, in these tattered cowboy shirts with the face he looks ridiculous. Just like the Teletubbies in porn – ridiculous, sorry for the unintentional poetry. Sam Rockwell surprising new way and, again, enters into a long, long stupor. Olivia Wilde for me forever thirteenth, and she, like Craig, from its canonical image of receding very hesitantly – just like that and wants to find his eyes on the set of Hausa, which is everyone’s favorite pin up Remy Hadley, referring to her sexual orientation. But Ford did not have kochevryazhitsya – he is in his element, and so well done. You do not get me wrong, I love all of the trio, Olivia Harrison, Daniel (yes, even Daniel Craig hated many of my heart, Alas, recognize and very much), but for all time the picture I was never able to catch a buzz , which was supposed to get the viewer from the movie of this genre. Boring, not entertaining. Not-in-te-res-but, as he said to O. J. Grant. At Ford’s nicer to look at Indiana (oh, and remembers his bright jokes and good prescription replica), Craig bondiane in (our very Bond suits and go to the official girlfriend, casting his legs over his shoulders), to Olivia in House M. D. And so that’s half the session you sit and remember, in what is actually a good movie you saw these guys.

So, thoughts revert to the epigraph, before the next American swallow either a thriller, or action movie, or whether there is something else, we should at least slightly above it to strain to think, even try to chew. Because otherwise lazy in Hollywood once and for all. Cinema does not cause disturbance, but the pleasure of it zero, even if there is, what to eat and with whom to sit next to the cinema. This is bad, because even at such a “Loop” film can store all your heart and soul, for example, at one time I was lot of fun “crazy driving”, which may, stars from the sky and not enough but a little bit entertains. And here just tend to sleep, and dream of following such aliens from the planet will bloom, bloom, who came to earth to steal urine from your toilet bowl. And so, three favorite people I can put exactly three points. Forgive me who this “miracle in feathers,” loved and appreciated, if any, of course.

3 of 10

А дело было так — отпуск, Греция, разленившаяся я, слегка очумевшая от «этойневыносимойобожекогдажеэтокончится» жары, в полуобморочном состоянии перед телевизором, ибо неподалеку от него расположен кондиционер. И тут канал euronews начинает весьма громко истерить, что заставляет меня открыть глаза и приподнять голову — ага, знакомые все лица. Вот он мой любимый Харрисон Форд с женушкой в обнимку, рядом скачет Оливия Уайлд, изображая телячий восторг и детский оптимизм, на этом фоне весь такой брутальный Крейг с полурасстегнутой рубашкой… Публика беснуется, а на экране мелькают кадры из какого-то нового и — ну как вы могли сомневаться?! — многообещающего фильма, который непременно заставит вас испытать страх, ужас, радость, литры кровавых слез и старческий маразм (хотя что-то такое мне уже впаривали про «Санктум»). И закралась мне в голову мысля, будь она неладна, что, быть может, и стоит взглянуть на сей «чудо-шедевр»,ну что уже терять, все равно моим глазам уже не суждено увидеть что-то хуже, чем «небезызвестную сагу». Тем более на экране так убедительно прыгают сразу три аргумента — два брутальных и один с сиськами, ну так почему бы и нет в конце-то концов?

К сюжету я, сразу скажу, придираться не буду. Ну а если и буду, то не очень настырно, потому что в этом жанре возможно все — и Кейдж с Перлманом с кастрюлями на головах, и Пластыри в 3D и обезьяны, насилующие вертолеты и выселяющие пиплов с планеты Земля. Так что нечему тут удивляться — пришельцам нужно золото. На кой черт, спрашиваете вы? Потому что гладиолус, ясно? Не задавайте вы вообще тупых вопросов, это ж пришельцы, сказали нужно, значит нужно. Вернемся к сюжету, действие разворачивается в 1873, а что это значит? Правильно, это значит, что Харрисон Форд снова одевает костюм Индианы Джонса на радость лично мне, это также значит, что нас не будут доставать суперсовременными технологиями и что Мишель Родригез не станет красиво умирать в этом фильме, зато толпы отчаянных ковбоев вооружатся факелами, вилами, ножиками и табуретками и пойдут воевать с бракозябриками. Бракозябрики, к слову говоря, творят беспредел — похищают всех и вся, безобразничают и все такое. Тут-то и поднимаются на защиту человечества Форд с Крейгом, прихватив с собой Уайлд, дабы на неё подули вентилятором и она красиво получилась в кадре, порадовав тем самым мужскую часть аудитории.

Актеры именитые, фильмец распиарен, поп-корн готов и ждет зрителей у зала. Но недоумение все равно как-то не покидает — начнем хотя бы с того, что непонятно, что в этой картине делает Бонд. Тот который Джеймс. Нет, я не могу не согласиться с тем, что Дэниел Крейг практически девяносто процентов времени находится именно в этом состоянии «бонд. джеймс бонд», но позвольте, в этих рваных ковбойских рубашках с такой физиономией он выглядит нелепо. Прямо как телепузики в порно — смехотворно, простите за невольные стихи. Сэм Рокуэлл удивляет новым образом и опять же вводит в долгий и продолжительный ступор. Оливия Уайлд для меня forever тринадцатая, и она, подобно Крейгу, от своего каноничного образа отступает весьма нерешительно — прямо так и хочется отыскать глазами на съемочной площадке Хауса, который будет подкалывать всеми любимую Реми Хадли, намекая на её сексуальную ориентацию. Зато Форду кочевряжиться не пришлось — он в своей тарелке, потому и молодец. Вы поймите меня правильно, я люблю всю эту троицу Харрисон-Оливия-Дэниел (да-да, даже ненавистного многим Дэниела Крейга мое сердце, увы и ах, признает и очень даже), но за все время картины я так и не смогла поймать кайфа, который по идее должен получить зритель от кино такого жанра. Скучновато, не занимательно. Не-ин-те-рес-но, как сказал бы О. Ж. Грант. На Форда приятнее смотреть в индиане (ах, так и вспоминаются его яркие шутки и хорошо прописанные реплики), на Крейга в бондиане (нашему бонду весьма идут официальные костюмы и подружки, закидывающие ноги на плечи), на Оливию в House M. D. И вот так вот пол сеанса сидишь и припоминаешь, в каких же на самом деле неплохих фильмах ты видел этих ребят.

Так вот, вновь обращусь мыслями к эпиграфу, прежде, чем проглотить очередной американский то ли триллер, то ли боевик, то ли что-то там ещё, надо хотя бы немного над ним напрячься, обдумать, хоть попробовать пожевать. Потому что в противном случае в Голливуде обленятся окончательно и бесповоротно. Кино возмущения не вызывает, но удовольствия от него ноль, даже если есть, что покушать и с кем посидеть рядом в кинотеатре. А это плохо, потому что даже на такое «проходное» кино можно запасть всем сердцем и душой, так, например, в свое время меня неплохо повеселила «Сумасшедшая езда», которая, может, звезд с неба и не хватает, зато мало-мальски развлекает. А здесь прямо в сон клонит, причем сниться после такого будут пришельцы с планеты блюм-блюм, которые прилетели на землю, чтобы похитить мочу из вашего унитаза. А так, за три любимых лица я могу поставить ровно три балла. Уж простят меня те, кто это «чудо в перьях» полюбил и оценил, если таковые, конечно, есть.

3 из 10

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Cowboys & Aliens is the rare case where a film about all we can say after reading his name. Would think the average person to see him? That’s right – what the …? Be reasonable, do not succumb to advertising and their curiosity. It’s even worse than you think!

The fact that in Hollywood in recent years short of ideas can be seen with the naked eye and is known in general, long ago, but it does not give the right to withdraw this does not give the right to squeeze out some semblance of the idea where it is not in principle. It does not give the right to arrange the screen kindergarten.

In the film, there is absolutely nothing – no ideas, no fun things to do, no humor. The film resembles not a blockbuster, but a real movie category B. This feeling that it had withdrawn all known studio Asylum, only with much higher budgets. And do not expect to see some sort of parody of westerns or movies about aliens. The film is called Cowboys and Aliens – and then in fact cowboys compete with the newcomers, without some share of irony or self-irony, plus it is not clear why and what added to the Indians, who suddenly forget their grievances and fight on the side of his worst enemy. The entire film takes place with a straight face, even when there is first a joke – it turns out that this is no joke no, but a statement of facts … is that aliens actually came to earth for gold. It’s not funny, it’s insanity. How is it could potentially remove one of the most talented filmmakers of America absolutely incomprehensible. And as a “cinema” in general, could give so much money? Universal throws such interesting stories and scripts to their own devices and gives the green light to such? Now I understand why last year the studio has earned the least.

On top of killing and acting, as well as how poorly spelled actors. Daniel Craig is true to himself and continues to show the viewer exactly two emotions on his face, and when he tries to smile at the camera instantly changes the plan, apparently so as not to traumatize the psyche of the audience. Demand something from an aging Harrison Ford’s stupid, but Olivia Wilde has added fuel to the fire. Sam Rockwell as a character altogether superfluous, and the villains he work out much better.

The funny thing is that the script writers who have written all the unloved film Transformers 2, there is even worse. Need more comments? But most importantly, the film wildly boring, but for this kind of movie this is inexcusable. What do those people who are not eating in cinemas popcorn? Even alcohol does not help, heh …

1.5 out of 10

For the beauty of Olivia. Special effects and aliens themselves a separate issue – they are so tasteless that even talking about it is not desirable.

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