'' Slant '' s Nick Schager reacted negatively , stating " '' Cowboys & Aliens '' mashes up genres with a staunch dedication to getting everything wrong , making sure that each scene is more inane than the one that preceded it " ; giving the film one star out of four . Schager continued " '' Cowboys & Aliens '' s western accoutrements are ... so false as to be stunning , with every steely-eyed glare from Craig 's Man With No Memory , every confrontation between his Jake and Ford 's grizzled Dolarhyde , and every silhouetted horseback ride across a sunset range seeming like a wan approximation of a familiar genre staple . ... Favreau 's visuals have an inauthentic and bland blockbuster sheen , and his actors are similarly afflicted with a case of poseur-itis ( Craig 's affected silent-type glowering , Ford 's gruff racism , or Wilde 's blank , wide-eyed stares ) , failing to deliver a single believable line-reading or gesture . " '' Cowboys & Aliens '' received five nominations . At the 39th Annie Awards , the film was nominated in Animated Effects in a Live Action Production for both Gary Wu and Lee Uren , but lost to '' Transformers : Dark of the Moon '' . The ceremony took place on February 4 , 2011 . The film received nominations from the Art Directors Guild for Fantasy Film , honoring production designer Scott Chambliss , and for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards , but lost to '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 '' in both ceremonies . Ford received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
18th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Cowboys & Aliens