Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Cowboys and Aliens

Decent flick, though I have a feeling that it could have been a barn-burner. Came close, though.

There were some neat things. One was that there was a wide variety of firearms, especially handguns. There were top-break revolvers and cartridge conversion revolvers, besides the usual Colt SAAs. There were Winchesters, Henry yellow-boys and Sharps carbines.

The story sort of hung together. There was an element of enemies coming together to fight a deadlier foe. While it may be a stretch to see ranchers and Apaches working together, figure that we aligned ourselves with Stalin's Russia in order to defeat the Germans seventy years ago. There were a few overdone cliches (such as "the cowardly bully son of a powerful man" bit), but nothing fatal to the movie. I was impressed that nobody used the word "aliens"; they referred to the aliens as "demons".

Worth seeing, especially if you can get in for a cheaper matinee.

1 comment:

Joan said...

Some very nice horses in the movie. A gorgeous leopard Appaloosa that deserved, but didn't get, a close up. :)