http://iratefilms.com/reviews/film-reviews/the-men-who-stare-at-goats/ Viciously ruthless South Florida movie and film reviews for the average Joe. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:32:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://iratefilms.com/reviews/film-reviews/the-men-who-stare-at-goats/comment-page-1/#comment-29241 H-Man Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:46:37 +0000 http://iratefilms.com/?p=6587#comment-29241 I found this one quirky and engaging, and all the lead actors were terrific... but ultimately, it didn't seem to amount to much. This is how I imagine a pre-production meeting going: "All right, I have an idea for a movie, there was this psychic soldier program that the Army experimented with..." "Okay... and...?" "What do you mean 'and?'" "And what do these psychic soldiers do?" After a long silence, "Well... nothing. It's a movie with psychic soldiers about nothing." "Meaning these psychic soldiers won't really have anything to do besides saying they're psychic?" "Exactly!" After a pause... "Fuck it, if Clooney's signed on, consider it green lit." Again, diverting, but pretty insignificant. Like somebody trying to make a Coen Brothers' film. The funniest bit to me was when Clooney told MacGregor that they were called "Jedi." I think the three star rating is right on the money. I found this one quirky and engaging, and all the lead actors were terrific… but ultimately, it didn't seem to amount to much. This is how I imagine a pre-production meeting going: "All right, I have an idea for a movie, there was this psychic soldier program that the Army experimented with…" "Okay… and…?" "What do you mean 'and?'" "And what do these psychic soldiers do?" After a long silence, "Well… nothing. It's a movie with psychic soldiers about nothing." "Meaning these psychic soldiers won't really have anything to do besides saying they're psychic?" "Exactly!" After a pause… "Fuck it, if Clooney's signed on, consider it green lit." Again, diverting, but pretty insignificant. Like somebody trying to make a Coen Brothers' film. The funniest bit to me was when Clooney told MacGregor that they were called "Jedi." I think the three star rating is right on the money.

]]> http://iratefilms.com/reviews/film-reviews/the-men-who-stare-at-goats/comment-page-1/#comment-19998 RickSwift Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:35:56 +0000 http://iratefilms.com/?p=6587#comment-19998 Finally caught this one tonight, was expecting what I got, and Matt's review was perfect. It explains precisely how I felt, none of the scenes fell apart, but the glue was kinda missing in many scenes. Clooney's board-like performance can be blamed, yes, Lynn is supposed to be serious and somewhat jaded, but, overall I didn't see any range in his character. Spacey, as always delivers, but Bridges stole this film, easily. Made me dust off my copy of Matrix III, what's that? Well, google it and find out, don't let the little man inside you keep you from exploring the unknown - ever. Finally caught this one tonight, was expecting what I got, and Matt's review was perfect. It explains precisely how I felt, none of the scenes fell apart, but the glue was kinda missing in many scenes. Clooney's board-like performance can be blamed, yes, Lynn is supposed to be serious and somewhat jaded, but, overall I didn't see any range in his character. Spacey, as always delivers, but Bridges stole this film, easily. Made me dust off my copy of Matrix III, what's that? Well, google it and find out, don't let the little man inside you keep you from exploring the unknown – ever.

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