This is yet another movie that I thought I'd like more going in. There were so many reasons to think that this would be a hit with me. There's Daniel Craig Harrison Ford and Jon Favreau. Plus it's a movie with aliens which when mixed with cowboys seemed just strange enough to make it something a little different than all of the sequels and remakes of the summer movie season.

The first 30 minutes was the best thing about "C & A". The building of the story of the town and its residents was surprisingly good especially since I don't care much for westerns. Craig was also good throughout and Ford was serviceably gruff and likable at once. Then the aliens showed up and the whole thing drifted off into mediocrity.

One thing that is getting frustrating is that Hollywood doesn't know how to create an alien that is believably smart. This movie falls into the trap of presenting us with a technically advanced alien invader that is impossibly monstrous. These creatures are not believable as anything other than vicious animals. This movie is hardly the first to present such a failure but it might be the worst offender.

I wasn't impressed with any of the special effects either. Everything looks good for the most part but it all looks like good CGI. There's not a lot of realism on display. The battle between the cowboys (and indians) and the aliens drags on forever and once it's over all I really did was shrug my shoulders. The ending is similarly bland with a wrap up that is exactly what you'd expect it to be and for me that was a problem.