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The aim is good, the ammo is in abundance, but sometimes that damned thing misfires. Add on eighty minutes of interviews with the cast and crew along with the usual Blu-ray bells and whistles like BD-Live, and we have a pretty impressive package supplement-wise.Ĭowboys & Aliens is akin to firing an old six-shooter.
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Clocking in at a combined running time of around forty minutes, segments include “Finding the Story,” “Outer-Space Icon,” “A Call to Action” (Blu-ray only), “Absolution” (Blu-ray only), and “The Scope of the Spectacle.” What’s unfortunate about these behind-the-scenes looks is that while entertaining in and of themselves, you won’t be able to stop yourself from wondering how in the world this movie ultimately failed. From there we have a five-part making-of featurette called Igniting the Sky: The Making-of Cowboys & Aliens. All in all, though, it’s a good listen and may help you appreciate the flick slightly more. If only that energy could have made it to the big screen where it belonged. The Blu-ray kicks off with a commentary from Favreau that’s so enthusiastic you can’t help but feel that the man was having such a blast making this movie. Sorry, DVD, you have nothing even close to this in terms of presentation, and on top of that you’re missing A LOT of the special features (see below for notations). Even better? Universal’s DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track is the perfect complement and will have your home theatre set-up working overtime and a half as it dazzles your aural senses.
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The 1080p transfer looks ridiculously good. Picture quality is absolutely breathtaking with rich and appropriately saturated colors and black levels deep enough to swim in. One area in which this movie will NOT disappoint is its Blu-ray package, which is easily on the stellar side of the fence. Don’t expect longer to equal better though. If only there was more of it.Īlso worthy of note is that included here are two versions of the movie: the theatrical 119-minute cut and the unrated 135-minute extended version. Watching Ford and Craig mercilessly trying to out-gruff one another is hilarious, the aliens are a lot more vicious and nasty than you may have thought, and when Favreau does kick the action into high gear, there’s some real spectacle to be had. Still, despite it’s shortcomings if you can overlook the more stupid parts of the flick and just have a good time with it, there’s a lot here to entertain. Here’s where the movie falters a bit as the battle scenes are just spaced too far apart, creating all sorts of pacing issues which are home to some truly ridiculous eye-rolling plot twists. Then, when the action is done, we need more action. Here’s the thing … the story? Yeah, it’s pretty thin and forgettable, but on the other hand, does a movie named Cowboys & Aliens really need an enriching storyline? No. From there it’s up to Lonergan and his two unlikely new side-kicks - a disgruntled cattleman (Ford) and a mysterious woman (Wilde) - to fend off the nasty E.T.’s and protect the West from getting probed. Just as Lonergan is about to face justice, an alien invasion begins, and it’s not long before our hero realizes that said fancy bracelet shackled to his arm is the only weapon that can save humanity’s hide.
He wanders aimlessly into the fine Western town (read: dusty) of Absolution, where he’s identified by the local sheriff (Carradine) as a gun-slinging desperado named Jake Lonergan who’s been on the run from the long arm of the law. Cowboys & Aliens tells the tale of a drifter (Craig) who awakens to find himself with a bad amnesia induced hangover and a fancy bracelet cuffed to his arm.