This film is actually (generously speaking) retarded. Makes no sense and I was lost after 20 minutes, it got me in a knot that I never seemed to get out of until the end credits. For those who have watched this, try and answer these questions?

Why are there aliens?
Why is there a boat randomly in the desert?
Why does Lonergan have a arm brace that kills aliens?
Why are the aliens on Earth?
Why do the Aliens want gold, of all things?
Why is that alien women Ella Swenson relevant to anything? |
WHY?

I feel like I should be applauding the iota of originality that this Hollywood movie rides in to town with. Instead I'm left ruing, considering the premise, what could have been and longing to watch all of Firefly again.

Title: Great
Film: Bad

What a pointlessly long-winded film.

I really don't know what I was thinking when I went to watch this one. I didn't expect much, but this was one was pretty bad. The plot is terribly cliché, which seems strange for a movie that is titled Cowboys & Alien. The whole movie seems to be (as far as I can tell) about putting aside differences and petty hates to fight a greater enemy (aliens). The movie goes about this in a clumsy fashion and due to poor dialogue the main characters come across as very unbelievable, you find yourself half way through the movie not caring about what's going on. I could go into greater detail but this movie is really not worth the time.

You should really only watch this to see Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig together in the same movie. Apart from that I don't know what else you'd get out of it.

A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys and natives are all that stand in their way. - IMDB

I was really looking forward to this when it came out. Everything pointed the the right direction. Director, actors, concept and it didn't disappoint. I think I like it a lot more than a lot of people. And that's OK with me. It might be missing a few things to make it great, but I can still watch it multiple times and still be entertained. Olivia Wilde helps too.

Possibly the biggest waste of potential of a film in quite a while.

Year 2011 for the June Summer Blockbuster Challenge

I cannot believe how a bunch of talented people could make such crap and to make money out of it. Now I know what I had not seen it till date and was not excited about it 2 summers ago. Simply awful.

A fun mix of Western and Sci-fi

no cowboys & no aliens

This film is just awful.
The plot is just too over the top and you would think with a cast as big as Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig it would be good. But it wasn't.

Even Han Solo and James Bond couldn't save this film.

Love to see an action film starring Harrison Ford.

...and that's pretty much all I love with this film. Let's face it, it is a boring mess.

Stay away.

By the way, always wondered - how is it Hollywood Always winds up making aliens that looks the same?

What a shame that Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig are playing in this movie! Money makes the world go round!