Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

juneebuggy I enjoyed this one, good not great, with old man humour from a fantastic cast who all seem to be having a great time working together -which in itself makes this worth a watch.The story flows, even if it tends to go on a bit and feel clichéd at times, its entertaining. Directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars as one of a group of retired former pilots, recruited by NASA 40 years after their heyday to stop a runaway Russian satellite from hitting earth. He insists that his old teammates accompany him into space. They go through training again, bar fights, old wounds arehealed, romances begin.The opening flashback scene from the 1950's also makes this worth a watch, where we get to see young lookalike actors portraying Clint Eastwood, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones and James Cromwell -using voice overs from the real men. Very clever.This did remind me of 'Armageddon'-which I watched about a week ago, almost the same story, a bit less action here, not sure which came first?

Leofwine_draca SPACE COWBOYS is an astronaut picture with a simple premise: a quartet of old-timers are sent up into space to repair an old-fashioned satellite whose technology is so obsolete that they are the only ones who know how to fix it. Interest is piqued by the presence of Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and Jim Garner in the cast, and the addition of Eastwood himself as director. How could the film be bad with all that talent behind it? The answer lies in the script. This is an oddly uninvolving story that's never quite sure what it wants to be. There's plenty of humour and the natural camaraderie between the old-timers works well; it's great to see these guys on the screen again. The attempts at high drama and action don't work so well, however, and there's never a real sense of danger coming from the predicament. The dated CGI effects don't help much either. This is better than GRAVITY, although not by much; somehow Hollywood seem to struggle a bit with making convincing astronaut movies.

museumofdave There are two kinds of Clint Eastwood movies--the hard, intense, high-energy driven films that create box-office buzz, and the easy-going creations such as Bronco Billy and The Bridges of Madison county, where the old pro relaxes and lets his adult viewers do likewise. This film about four old pals recruited to zoom into space on an emergency mission is likable, easy-going, and its fun to see guys like Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland relax and let us enjoy a film without cars exploding every five minutes or pools of blood collecting every time a door is opened. This is a movie that Eastwood probably could have directed in his sleep, but it will keep you entertained and awake.

Paul-635-26562 For some time the title put me off watching this movie - it felt a little juvenile. I was wrong to judge the film by its cover though. Space Cowboys had me totally absorbed right from the start with a great cast of damned fine actors able to help you suspend your disbelief as the plot became ever more far fetched. Clint Eastwood has still to make a poor movie and his part in this is no less absorbing than his earlier titles. Best of all it is a film in which age and experience appear to win out against the young - well I am 58 so it naturally appealed to me. It takes your through all the emotions from laughter to tears. Overall a brilliant family movie based on a really good yarn which I highly recommend for all the family to watch.