The trailer for Jon Favreau's "Cowboys & Aliens" just went live yesterday. I haven't heard much about the film yet outside of a few Twitter emoticons of adoration here and there. From the looks of it - or actually from the title of it, you get a pretty damn good idea what this film is.
The trailer makes you believe it will be a bit more serious than your average comic book to film adaptation. It's definitely not as fun overloaded as other tent pole productions we've seen recently. Quint over at Aint It Cool News was able to see some actual footage with Jon Favreau and had nothing but favorable things to say about it which is to be expected.
The concept itself seems a bit tired and easy - aliens attack the wild west. It's so obvious I wouldn't be surprised to find out that a million film students and amateur screenwriters from around the world tossed their similar scripts into the trash the day the film was announced. The single element that most likely sparked the most interest is the alien bracelet Daniel Craig's character wakes up with. He doesn't seem to know what it is or how it got there, a sort of GREATEST AMERICAN HERO element as he learns to use it. This could be the key that propels the story beyond it's obvious battle of man versus alien plot line.
When all is said and done, Jon Favreau has turned out to be an amazingly entertaining filmmaker so I'm curious to see what he does with this film.
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