The Men Who Stare at Goats
The film The Men who stare at Goats is based on Jon Ronson’s novel and the most appealing factor of the film is the goats profile adorning the poster and the title that reads “More of this is true than you imagine”. Also the cast of the film that includes George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey contribute to the crowd pulling factors for the film.
The hilarious trailer of The men who stare at goats is well marketed and it hits bang right on target; the audience will definitely get excited to watch the film. The goat that stirs so much of curiosity will keep you wondering almost throughout the film; it appears in the second half of the film.
The director of the film Grant Heslov has the credit of co-writing the Oscar-nominated films Good Luck and Good Night and this is his first venture, as feature film director.
The story goes like this; Bob Wilton (McGregor) is a journalist who wants to prove his mettle to his wife who is on the verge of ditching him. Bob Wilton goes in search of a solid story all the way to Kuwait and eventually this journey takes to Iraq. And in the hotel, Bob gets to interview a member of New Earth Army Lyn Cassady (George Clooney).
The founder of this branch was Bill Django played by Jeff Bridges who invents this branch to find innovative ways of fighting rather techniques of psychic fighting. The member from this branch would visualize the prisoners’ cell and spy the enemies with their spirits. The members do not attack the enemies physically, but it is through all the mental mumbo jumbo. And not to forget the goat, which the member sit and stare until their heart stops! The members of this army branch were called the Jedi warriors.
George Clooney in The Men Who Stare at Goats
Bill Django is a part of the flashbacks and Cassady narrates the story about New Earth Army and how he was trained under Django to become a Jedi warrior. So the whole movie is see through a Cassady’s narration of the Jedi warriors and he tells Wilton about they used the psychic powers to get into the enemies’ territory. Well, if you want to believe in paranormal powers watch the movie for the funny side of it.
Clooney and Jeff Bridges are the funny duo and they have done good job as Jedi warriors. Bridges plays the brilliant role as the head of the NEA where yoga, drugs, dance etc are part of the training. The branch was supposedly existed in the 80’s can you eat that?
Clooney is good as an ex-Jedi warrior and the McGregor has also done a commendable job as a aspiring journalist who got his hands on the most intriguing news story. Kevin Spacey who plays the role of Hooper has also done a good job. The movie though funny and entertaining it lacks a well-defined plot but never mind it is still a good movie to watch.
| Film | The Men Who Stare at Goats |
|---|---|
| Cast | George Clooney as Lyn Cassady Ewan McGregor as Bob Wilton Jeff Bridges as Bill Django Kevin Spacey as Larry Hooper Stephen Lang as Brigadier General Dean Hopgood Robert Patrick as Todd Nixon Waleed Zuaiter as Mahmud Daash Stephen Root as Gus Lacey |
| Director | Grant Heslov |
| Producer | George Clooney Grant Heslov Paul Lister |
| Writer | Peter Straughan |
| Runtime | 1 Hour and 33 Minutes |
| Rating | 4/5 |
Posted on Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
November 9th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
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