Cowboys and Aliens
Western futuristic does not skimp on the violence and set pieces, “Cowboys and Aliens” slow to persuade completely. Although the film is visually stunning, its history and long period eventually play against him. Remain a particularly explosive toy.
In the late 19th century, a man (Daniel Craig) wakes up in having forgotten his identity. Arriving at the village, he discovers that his head is a price. The people led by an authoritarian colonel (Harrison Ford) do not have the time to get their hands on, because the flying saucer landed in the sky, destroying everything in their path.
Adapted from a popular comic strip, “Cowboys and Aliens” has the merit of such a dust that no longer necessarily the coast: the western. Along with “Rango”, the remake of “True Grit” and there are a few years, the excellent “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”, it is an attempt to deliver to the taste of the day this style that has long symbolized the American cinema. Director Jon Favreau (the two “Iron Man”) has fully understood and it offers a superb photography and a rich artistic director. His portrayal suited the subject and the lovely soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams makes a high quality product.
This is not the scenario, both primary and scrap. The issues are almost never explained, the characters remain too often in one dimension, and although the whole stretch unnecessarily is in favor of action scenes, spectacular, but far too repetitive. In this regard, the unstable rhythm takes too much time before you start, but drowning fish in a glut of technical means limited issues.
The uneven interpretation fails to fully redeem the slump. Daniel Craig has no charisma (or emotion) and how to play the way Jason Bourne is all too obvious. This is going much better on the side of Harrison Ford, who leads the major comic moments of the story. Like a modern John Wayne, it ensures full use of the stereotype but not confining. The rest of the cast is led by extremely talented actors (Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Keith Carradine) who may not have the opportunity to shine properly.
By combining the old (the western, the heroism of the cowboys) with the new (science fiction, violence well pronounced) as was recently the top “Super 8″, “Cowboys and Aliens” proper mix genres, rewarding However, window dressing and not essential exchanges between individuals. A kind of “Wild Wild West” in much more serious and without rap song at the end.
