Cowboys And Aliens Reviewed (More Or Less)

From the 1960's on there has been two types of Cowboy and Indians soundtrack music.

1. "The Magnificent Sevens" stampeding rarara uplift of a new and wild frontier

and

2. "A Fistful of Dollars" dark, brooding shoot out between amorals harmonica haunting darkness.

and this is number one and it ain't up too much. The Western twang on the soundtrack is a drag and lifts you even less far than the OK but not great mash p movie.

It doesn't take a brain trust to figure why Steven Spieberg, and Ron Howaed got involved in this. I mean, talk about a title "Cowboys And Aliens", writing itself. In 1870's James Bond wakes with amnesia with a killing machine on his wrist and a bounty on his head. When aliens attack cattle rancher Harrison Ford and kidnap Ford's son, a posse rides off to settle all debts with the aliens. There is a knock out chick as well.

What happens any one can guess: two adventure forms collide and one wins.

It is a pleasant enough trifle but neither a good cowboy nor a good aliens movie.

Move: B

Music: B-

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