Unexpected Clancy Brown Was Good, Too

Cowboys and Aliens was pretty good. It doesn't have me riding a movie high like my favorite summer blockbusters, but it was still good times. I would, however, like to suggest that Hollywood avoid putting Daniel Craig next to Harrison Ford, or any other leading dude with a personality, as it only serves to highlight Craig's lack thereof. Craig seemed to be taking his acting inspiration from the silent protagonists of video games. Either that or his amnesia is just one aspect of his brain damage, and he's also got some processing aphasia. I mean, most people don't take upwards of five minutes to process and respond to what people say to them.

On the other hand you can't go wrong with Harrison Ford. He is the exact right guy for a movie about cowboys and Indians kicking alien ass, because he is one of the few people who can convince me he could take out a flying saucer with a shotgun.* After that, everything else is gravy anyway.


*Another is Michelle Rodriguez, who should have been in this movie.

Big Damn Heroes

I wish I’d heard about this sooner, because we hear enough about the shitheads who do the killing without hearing about the awesome people who do the opposite. I gotta find out how to send a cookie bouquet to Hege Dalen and Toril Hansen.