Comments on: Cowboys & Aliens Isn’t a Comedy, Although It Looks Funny

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Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:34:04 +0000

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By: Jim Perreault

Jim Perreault — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:17:46 +0000

“Cowboys and Aliens” is not the only preview that garnered a laugh that I thought odd. So did “Little Red Riding Hood”, which I thought was a pretty decent preview.

By: Mireille Sillander

Mireille Sillander — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:09:03 +0000

It’s the title. When naming a piece of work, things like this should be considered. What sort of expectations would people have had if LOTR was called 4 Hobbits And Some Taller People?
I must say that I’m actually disappointed if they didn’t do it with comedic elements at all, not even dry comedy, but went with the Alien/Predator route. I guess I just don’t see the point. We have loads and loads of generic some-group-of-people vs nasty aliens/monsters movies. Why would you want to go there? You have premise that’s inherently silly and such an opportunity to make a fine dark comedy. Something unexpectedly subtle. And they just want people against aliens. It’s disappointing. I guess I’ll just have to hope it’ll be unexpectedly layered and that your two leads live up to their name.

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:17:49 +0000

I think the title alone gives the impression this is a comedy. I saw the preview at the theater and people were laughing. And not with it…more at it. As for me, I’ll see just about anything that Harrison Ford is in. Although Indy 4 did shake my faith in him just a tad. ;)

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:03:59 +0000

Yeah, my reaction is much like Rivkah’s, in that I’m not sure why people are thinking it’s a comedy. The title’s a bit funny, I suppose, but I certainly didn’t notice any jokes or comedic bits in the trailer. Guns and explosions, yes. I plan to see it, because I love Westerns and they aren’t exactly thick on the ground these days (though not even that scarcity could get me into Jonah Hex), but I’m certainly not expecting Men In Black Go West. That doesn’t seem to fit at all.

By: Charles Knight

Charles Knight — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:30:07 +0000

I think people would have to be a little slow to watch that trailer and conclude it’s a comedy.

By: steve b.

steve b. — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:57:33 +0000

To combat the perception that it’s a comedy they should add a scene where Al Swearengen shows up and calls a dinosaur a cocksucker.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:31:03 +0000

The problem with Wild Wild West was not that it was a comedy. The problem was that it was *terribly written.* I think that is the first film I ever walked out of, at the pleading of the person I saw it with.

What’s really too bad is that the had all the pieces there to have done a good job, script aside. It’s odd that Universal would want to dredge up that parallel.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:34:39 +0000

That’s an interesting clarification of the response, rather like what happened to M. Night Shyamalan with Devil — people were into the idea until his name came up on screen. Ah, the vagaries of marketing.

By: Scott Cederlund

Scott Cederlund — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:30:02 +0000

I saw the trailer for this just before Harry Potter. It seemed like the crowd may have actually been digging the trailer, showing some fun stuff without digging too much into the premise. But at the end of the trailer, when the name was announced, everyone laughed at the name of the movie.

That’s when I knew it was doomed.

By: Rivkah

Rivkah — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:28:20 +0000

Actually, Matt and I are both really looking forward to this, but we take for granted it’s a guy film. But I like shoot-em-up guy films. :)

Not sure why people think it’s comedy, either. Just seeing the preview, it’s immediately apparent it’s a suspense/action film. There isn’t any humor or jokes. It cuts right to the action.

Of course, I think I’d see this just to get Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford in the same film. :D :D :D