Space Cowboys

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Summary: Just good fun
Review: This is just a good, fun movie. Makes for an enjoyable afternoon or evening without a whole lot of brain thought. Sit back, relax,and enjoy!

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Summary: Clint Eastwood's Worst Movie
Review: Let me start by saying I have nothing against Clint Eastwood. He is a legend and has made many great films over the course of his career. But this movie is just plain bad. The idea of sending 4 elderly, unexperienced pilots into space to save a Russian satellite is ridiculous in itself. This movie makes a mockery of the space program. Astronauts go through years of training to travel into space and fly the space shuttles. Doing complicated space walks to repair satellites requires even more extensive training. In this film, this training is done in several weeks. Once in space, the shuttle is battered to the extent that it would be incapable of surviving re-entry in real life. At the end, not only does Clint Eastwood re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands the shuttle just fine, but he does so without a functioning onboard guidance computer. If you are a fan of NASA, the space program, astronomy, or science in general, you will find this film laughable. This film should be categorized as a "B" movie. And I wouldn't even rank it very high among "B" movies.

Rating:
Summary: Not Bad.
Review: 'Space Cowboys' is a decent fiilm about aging astronauts traning to go back into space. The plot is a little silly, but one should treat it more like a science fiction film than a serious drama. The high point of the movie are the 4 veteran actors. The bring delight to the screen.

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Summary: Lotsa fun
Review: Great story line, great gags, great characters, great visual effects. And corny. Totally implausible premise of 4 old codgers (Eastwood, James Garner, Donald Sutherland, and Tommy Lee Jones) `volunteer' to repair a Russian satellite that only Eastwood's character knows how to do. This satellite is a Cold War hanger-on that is somehow still armed with live nuclear warheads. Mission: disarm it. And, in the tear-jerking and rousingly patriotic conclusion, they do a fine job to it. But first we get to have fun watching these geriatric wrecks pass NASA's physical exams.
Just plain fun.

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Summary: Clint, how could you?
Review: A laughably bad movie, the whole story is unplausible and unbelievable, and not just the sci-fi aspects of it. So many great actors wasting their time here. It's like watching a deleted scenes reel from a good movie. Come to think of it, there are no deleted scenes on the DVD. The extra interview with Jay Leno is telling, he has a hard time disguising his bewilderment with the script.

But it's OK for a couple laughs. Maybe a good date movie for the AARP folks. Rent this, but buy Kelly's Heroes or Mystic River instead.