What’s the buzz on this movie? I ask because I just found out that Clancy Brown is going to be in it, and now I kinda have to go see it. Wait, so it’s got Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Clancy Brown? Yeaahh, I’ll probably see it on opening weekend. sigh The things we see for crushes on actors…
I couldn’t tell from the trailer if it’s supposed to be a comedy or if it’s being played straight. But hey, it looks like it might be a fun 2 hours.
Anyone else interested?
We plan to see it but no idea when.
In case you’re not aware of the graphic novel, here’s its Wiki article.
And Sam Rockwell. This is pretty much the only must see movie for me this summer.
Hey, never mind Clancy Brown, it’s got Olivia Wilde in it!
(It’s one of the movies she filmed when she took time off from House.)
It’s based on a comic book cowritten by Fred van Lente.
Which tells us two things, if it’s at all faithful.
It will be VERY good.
It will be both comedic AND played straight.
It hasn’t been screened yet so there is no buzz one way or the other yet. It’s a Jon Favreau movie with Daniel Craig & Harrison Ford (edit, and Sam Rockwell!), features aliens, and cowboys…no way am I missing this.
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One sad thing is that it opens the same day as the brilliant (IMO) Attack The Block and even if C&A is terrible will probably make more money on its opening day than the tiny indie ATB will make in its entire run. I urge people who have the option (since ATB is only opening in select cities to start) to go see Attack The Block first. The opening weekend numbers will determine if it will be expanded to other cities. It’s a good time, and unless you (general you) are old and boring and/or incredibly picky regarding alien physics, you should enjoy the hell out of yourself and hopefully walk out raving. I’ve seen it 3 times and it holds up and gets even better. In my tiny mind it’s an instant classic that will be revered for decades among all the cool kids (and people like me, who aren’t cool at all, but really love fun, charismatic movies).
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Is that a bad sign? It opens next weekend, doesn’t it?
I know this is heretical, but I read the graphic novel and thought very little of it. One long string of the same tired cliche about how the good guys can win over insanely more powerful and numerous bad guys because the bad guys can’t hit anything with their guns.
I realize that writers keep using these cliches because people like them, no matter how stupid they get. But this was super stupid. And the movie will undoubtedly dumb it down further. How can that be a good thing?
I liked Favreau’s other stuff (Ironman I&II, Zathura, Elf) so it should be competant enough. Probably nothing groundbreaking but still an above average entry into the summer popcorn stuff. Favreau usually plays it fairly safe.
It’s not a bad sign. Movies often aren’t screened until the week before. Captain America opens tomorrow, and it only started screening a few days ago. My Twitter feed has been ablaze with positive buzz about that film. People, critics included, are RAVING about it, some calling it the best superhero movie of the year. Since I happened to absolutely adore Thor, and really liked X-Men: First Class, Captain America has got a high bar to reach for me.
It can possibly be a bad sign if movies aren’t screened until the day before opening, or at all.
I think there are screenings for Cowboys and Aliens tonight(?) at ComicCon, so maybe we’ll hear some buzz very soon.
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Hey, what ever happened to Werewolves and Gladiators? Or perhaps it was Gladiators and Werewolves. Anyway, I recall a CS thread on it from last year, but the guys at Blockbuster never heard of it.
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Select cities or not, you do have to advertise to get people into the movie. I have never heard of this film at all. Unless they are going for the show-up-and-see-something crowd, they’re gonna find it tough going.
[Sorry for the Attack The Block off-topicness, but both films would probably appeal to the same general audience. Maybe]
But that’s the thing, they don’t have much of a marketing budget. The budget for the catering for Cowboys and Aliens is probably more than the entire budget for this film, including marketing. That’s what I mean, it really needs word of mouth support, and I’m being the mouth in this thread. They’ve been having free screenings all over the place, that’s how I saw it 3 times (and yes, I am going to go see it again several times, and pay, that’s how much I like the film).
It does have some advantages other small indie movies don’t have, in that known genre names are attached to it. Some of the producers (mainly Writer/Director Edgar Wright and Producer Nira Park) were involved with movies like Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim. Nick Frost is in it. He’s not a household name but many people would recognize him. The director Joe Cornish is very well-known in the UK, but not here. Yet. He will be. Oh yes he will indeed. But I don’t push the movie to help any of them, I push it because it’s a hell of a lot of fun for those with open minds and warped sensibilities, just like I’d urge people to go see Shaun of the Dead if it were coming out now. Not to help the filmmakers or actors (they did alright for themselves anyway), but because (many) people would enjoy it and have a good time.
Heavily marketed in Chicago. And really, with a title like “Cowboys & Aliens,” do you really need to market it? It announces itself as the perfect movie.
Though “Gladiators vs. Werewolves” is a close second.
Snakes on a Plane and Piranhas 3D best it in the “telling you everything you need to know in the title” genre, but not by much.
smiling bandit was talking about Attack The Block, not C&A. I think. If not then my answer to him made no sense at all.
If so, then it’s true. ** Attack the Block** has had no marketing I’ve seen. But as much as I love Nick Frost, a movie with him as the lead has an uphill climb.
More Attack The Block offtopic meanderings.
He’s not the lead, his is a minor but important character*. The leads are a bunch of teenagers/young adults/a couple of kids, many of whom have never acted before, and all who are so perfect and believable in their roles. The only other person besides Frost that a few people might know is Jodie Whittaker who was in Venus with Peter O’Toole a few years ago. Or not. That was pretty obscure, even though O’Toole was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar.
For those who must, here is the trailer (and the much more spoilery Red Band trailer) for Attack The Block. There are spoilers in it, and it makes the movie look much more serious than it is, but if people like this, they’ll probably like the movie, and I can attest that it’s the kind of movie that is not ruined once you’ve seen what there is to see. As I said earlier, I’ve seen it 3 times and it just keeps getting better. The aliens are the least important part of the film. Once you get to know the characters, they’re the draw.
I AM TOTALLY SEEING THAT MOVIE!!!
Note that was twice the exclamation points I’ve used in 11 years here. And I will have the closed captions on.