I can safely say you won’t see this one coming. Not because there is an unexpected twist at the end - or some other kind of cop-out - but because the characters in this movie are so unpredictable there is really no way of knowing what direction they are pointing their gun at, or when they might pull the trigger - accidentally or otherwise. This is a richly self aware movie, where the characters are literally writing the movie on the go. In an age where most movie characters - and writers - lack freewill and subscribe to common genre conventions a script like this might appear to lack direction or cohesion. But that is not the case here; it is just rare to see a movie where the characters truly have control of the events that surround them. Writer / director Martin McDonagh has done what many writers aspire to by breathing freewill into his characters.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Review: COWBOYS AND ALIENS

I've heard that the graphic novel "Cowboys and Aliens" is pretty awful. So, I guess what happened, was that someone decided to make a movie about it.
Jon Favreau's newest Cowboys and Aliens is the definition of a movie that doesn't reach its potential. It's adequately made and solidly acted but also filled with an incredible amount of stupidity, and, worst of all, a serious lack of creativity.
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