In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly magazine, the creators and cast of Cowboys & Aliens explained that to them, the whole joke of the movie was in the title, so they consciously decided to play the rest of it straight and serious.
(Actually, they say it was producer Ron Howard’s idea not to make the film like a western version of Men in Black.)
Big mistake.
This action film, about an alien invasion in the late 1800s, is so serious that it’s not very fun. Continue reading