Movie Review: Cowboys and Aliens

It's that time again... time for another movie review. Last week, Megan and I went to check out Cowboys and Aliens, the new Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig movie. For those of you who haven't seen the trailer, Cowboys and Aliens can best be described as a western meets Sci-Fi. The basic premise is that aliens attack Earth during the mid-1800's. So instead of Will Smith flying an F-18, you get Daniel Craig riding a horse.

Overall, it was a decent movie. Anytime you go see an alien movie, you know that its going to require a good deal of suspension of disbelief; Cowboys and Aliens is no different. It's a fun movie that is a little slow to get going and gets a little ridiculous at times. But its fun to watch Indiana Jones/Han Solo fight along side James Bond and kick some alien butt. And Jon Favreau did a pretty good job with the alien creatures. Instead of some humanoid-type creature with two legs and two arms, Favreau used an alien that resembled a squid or some other sea creature.

I should mention that Megan was the driving force behind going to see Cowboys and Aliens. We had bought generic movie tickets at CostCo a few weeks back and decided to get out a see a show. I suggested Crazy, Stupid Love, but Meg seemed intent on seeing Cowboys and Aliens. Don't know if it was Daniel Craig's American accent or the draw of a new take on a Western movie, but she was definitely the driving force behind this movie outing.