CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Nonureva Really Surprised!

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Ortiz Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

zkonedog Put simply, "Space Cowboys" is one of those movies that possesses something for each individual viewer, whether that be comedy, adventure, acting, or nostalgia. The more of those categories viewers associate themselves with, the more they will enjoy the movie.For a basic plot summary, "Space Cowboys" begins in the past when a team of U.S. Air Force members, on the cusp of reaching the moon, are scuttled in favor of NASA. Decades later, however, an old satellite decays in orbit and is hurtling towards Earth's atmosphere. The guidance system, which cannot be deciphered by newer technicians, is as old as the men called in to fix it: that four-man Air Force team comprised of Frank (Clint Eastwood), Hawk (Tommy Lee Jones), Jerry (Donald Sutherland), & Tank (James Garner) given another chance to get up in space...this time as geriatrics!The whole key to whether or not you will enjoy this movie will be your ability to suspend disbelief. At it's core, this flick is about as hokey as anything ever made. If you don't like this type of film- making, don't even pick it up from the shelf. However, the film doesn't even take itself seriously (Eastwood, also the director/producer, knows he is making a romp), so if you can indeed suspend that disbelief, you'll likely enjoy it thoroughly.The acting in "Space Cowboys" is what really makes it sparkle. The quartet of Garner, Sutherland, and especially Jones & Eastwood have such great chemistry with each other that it is a joy to watch. They are thrown into some hilariously ridiculous situations, but they get through with a combination of wit, heart, and toughness. What the movie lacks in believe-ability, it more than makes up for in the acting department."Space Cowboys" also taps into the nostalgia for the space program, which will draw in a large audience of baby boomers in and of itself. Whereas other issues are joked about or played for laughs, running through the backbone of the whole experience is Eastwood's respect for space exploration and what it represents in our culture.Overall, "Space Cowboys" is one of those movies that you'll either love (if you can just have fun with it) or hate (if you try to take it too seriously). Rest assured, though, that the entire experience (as per Eastwood's incredible direction) is treated with respect, dignity, and features real-life characters that think and feel as we might. This flick won't go down as "one for the ages", but it is a remarkably engaging, multi-genre effort that can be tremendously enjoyed...if you can buy in, of course.

pralhadxhrestha I rarely leave a unfinished movie. but this sucked,just like the eastwood's heartbreak ridge.the story is too cheesy and thin.i mean if you watch the movie after half and hour it doesn't really matters because during that time nothing happens to affect the main story line.Their young selves are not shown in great deal so we know nothing about their friendship. Also how idiotically they all agree on this minute just waste of time and the movie didnot had to be that long ,this eastwood fully on autopilot . i am not even sure there was a proper screenplay, i think they just played it as they went on. all that i am old but i am good stuff.all that arrogant stuff. well i am pretty much over it. So i guess eastwood is dirty harry in all his movie.

jefffisher65-708-541158 I should say upfront that I don't especially like Clint Eastwood that well, either as actor, or as a director, for various reasons I won't go into here.That said, Space Cowboys isn't a bad film despite some problems in logic, or plausibility. Basically, Eastwood(Frank Corvin) is called upon to help keep a falling Russian "communications satellite", ICON, from plunging to earth. Having been part of Project Daedalus in the late 1950s, test pilots who were to have been the first U.S. astronauts until policy was changed, and NASA officially formed, Corvin insists on his old teammates being brought into the mission as the price for his help.ICON turns out to be in reality an orbiting nuclear missile platform left-over from the Cold War, and after near-disaster in orbit, "Hawk" Hawkins who has just learned he has terminal cancer, manages to fly the missile platform all the way to the Moon disposing of the missiles into deep space, apparently, on the way, as the last scene shows his body on the lunar surface amongst the ICON debris.There is also some doubt about whether Eastwood and Co. can return or not as their shuttle was damaged in orbit, but they do, of course. This film was produced before the shuttle Cloumbia disaster, so we now know they would not have been able to return safely with that much surface damage in all probability.Ther are some other problems, as I'm not entirely sure there was enough rocket thrust on ICON( and the extra oxygen tanks as well? If I understood Hawks answer right) to break out of earth orbit. It is a movie, of course, and we're willing to make some allowances for the sake of the pathos this action by Hawk gives the movie.I'm not sure if Daedalus itself actually existed, but I believe it is correct that the test pilots of the various rocket planes, and such of the late 1950s were, indeed, meant to be our first astronauts until the policy change.In any case, James Garner, Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland all seem to have enjoyed doing this film a great deal, and there have been far worse such made.

Anssi Vartiainen While not as strong as some of his other directorial efforts, Eastwood still manages to portray his talent through this film. Because let's face it, the premise of a gang of aging would-have-beens going into space because of some half-assed excuse of only one of them being able to fix something is pretty ludicrous, yet the main man himself makes it work. The movie focuses on what it should, the camaraderie between these old men and not on technological scenery porn or intense action scenes. The latter two are there, of course, and the movie is heavily laden with good humour, but none of them are the main focus, the characters are, as they should.And what characters they are. We have Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner, how could it not work. All four are powerhouse actors and it's awesome to see them on the screen at the same time. I literally have nothing bad to say about them, although it would have been nice to see Garner's character a bit more. Now he has a really funny introduction scene and then he kind of fades into the background. The same can be said about Sutherland's character though to a lesser degree. Still, these four make the movie work.That being said, the premise IS kind of ludicrous and the plot never really rises above that. You're always aware that "yeah, this wouldn't happen like that in real life", which isn't that big of a problem, but it is a problem. Does it make the movie bad? Not really, it's still fun to watch, but this isn't one of those films that will change your life. It's just a good popcorn flick with talented actors. For me that was more than enough.