I struggled with giving this a much lower rating because just the presence of a good team does not a good movie make, and this movie exemplifies a tremendous waste of talent: Craig, Rockwell, Ford, Wilde, Dano, Carradine, people who have done sensational work before just stand in the middle of this mess, and to echo what other people have mentioned here before barely outdistance the biggest waste of CGI, animatronic, and money ever on a science fiction film ever.
Several questions are still in my head: 1) Is this really the best reason five writers came up with for the aliens to be in the desert? No wonder the movie ended that way, and I am surprised they lasted the whole two hours if they ended up losing one of their "bracelets" so quickly. 2) Are hanging bodies the standard in movies now? 3) Have people run out of imagination when the best they can do is imitate "Alien" for their appendages? and I don't Ridley would consider this a tribute.
Truly, there is too much botched here and is not because the genres do not mix. Science Fiction and Cowboys have been around before. Do you remember a certain Yul Brynner film? and what about the exciting conclusion to the "Back to the Future" trilogy, but those films had imagination, consistent and talented writing, not just a showcase for a waste of money. It's sad that we waited a whole year for this. Really, there is nothing in this film I would recommend to anyone, but I would offer to a warning to those who want to make a good film and say: "see it and do the opposite of what they did, and you have a winner..." Case closed.
Several questions are still in my head: 1) Is this really the best reason five writers came up with for the aliens to be in the desert? No wonder the movie ended that way, and I am surprised they lasted the whole two hours if they ended up losing one of their "bracelets" so quickly. 2) Are hanging bodies the standard in movies now? 3) Have people run out of imagination when the best they can do is imitate "Alien" for their appendages? and I don't Ridley would consider this a tribute.
Truly, there is too much botched here and is not because the genres do not mix. Science Fiction and Cowboys have been around before. Do you remember a certain Yul Brynner film? and what about the exciting conclusion to the "Back to the Future" trilogy, but those films had imagination, consistent and talented writing, not just a showcase for a waste of money. It's sad that we waited a whole year for this. Really, there is nothing in this film I would recommend to anyone, but I would offer to a warning to those who want to make a good film and say: "see it and do the opposite of what they did, and you have a winner..." Case closed.