Cowboys and Aliens

Saturday night at the movies and tonight we went to the cheap seats to see this movie. I thought that the previews looked good this spring when we were at another movie but as often happens when it came to the theatre we did not get there.

The reviews I had read on arrival had been that it was not that good. After seeing this tonight I would have to differ. The movie is campy and silly. Anything involving Cowboys, Indians and Aliens would have to be a bit over the top.

Still the story reminds me of something one might have seen in an afternoon show at the movies on a Saturday in the fifties. The special effects now are much better but the story of the stranger armed with a special bracelet, aliens that are using people to expirment on and the fact that in the end all the humans be they ranchers, robbers or Apaches have to band together to defeat the Indians works.

It is a strong cast with Harrison Ford as the grizzled rancher ( with some affecting scenes with his adopted Mexican son) and Daniel Craig as the stranger with no memory. Olivia Wilde adds some sex appeal and does it well and for some reason at least for me this was an enjoyable movie.

One of those movies that is better than the sum of its parts if you accept it for what it is. I liked it very much.