Myth, the Universe, and Everything

I've been meaning to write up my thoughts of the Cowboys and Aliens movie since we saw it on Friday night. Twostripe and I actually caught three movies last week, which is a record since Bug's birth. In Howard Tayler-like ranking (by how much I enjoyed it as I saw it, rather than by any more sophisticated ranking system), Cowboys and Aliens was my number two movie of the week: I had more fun at Captain America and not as much fun at Harry Potter part 7 part 2. However, I will say that of the three, Cowboys and Aliens was the only movie that exceeded my expectations. I wanted it to be amazing; I was worried that it wouldn't be. It succeeded in surpassing my worry while still falling short of amazing -- but it was a lot of fun, and that goes pretty far with me. It also had more elements of the original plot than the trailers had made it look like would be involved.

Doing an LJ cut here for those who don't want spoilers, because I'm cracking this wide open.

( The Good, the Bad, and the Aliens )