Men Who Stare At Goats

senordingdong

Saw this tonight and have to say I wasn't impressed.

The trailer made it look funny but looking back on the movie, I don't remember laughing at one of the jokes. I knew they were funny but they just didn't make me laugh...if that makes any sense.

Some of the performances were questionable too...
George Clooney seems to be getting alot of praise but I didn't like him in the quirky comedy role...I don't think it suited him.
Ewan McGreggor seemed to have a important role in the movie but I found myself looking through him for the whole movie.
Kevin Spacey was paying the villian but I hated him for his performance.
Jeff Bridges was good at his role but being the only good character made it feel like they were over using him.

The pot felt awfully disjointed and ultimately I felt I couldn't settle into the film.

Was by no means the worst film out at the moment but I expected alot more from it.

johnny_ultimate

Yeah didn't think it was great either. Ewan McGregor's voiceover was particularly distracting and forced (especially since his American accent needs quite a bit of work). I think most of the actors try their best to get a few laughs (Jeff Bridges emulating a version of the Dude is welcome), but the material is just too disjointed and light. I like the idea behind it, and some of the jokes work, but overall wasn't a fan.

redorblack

Really was considering leaving this show early, terrible film from start to finish with few good points.

Nebit

Yeah the funniest bits were shown in the trailers tbh and the book didn't seem to convert into a film as well as i thought it would.
A few amusing bits though. The dancing made me laugh but i'm quite childish
Its one i wouldn be bothered to see again nor if it was on TV but it wasn't bad.
just average.

Paleface

I have to say I thought this movie wasn't bad at all.

I had watched this documentary prior to seeing it so I could see how they had slanted the facts to be more comedic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-mkdG_LkEw

gaz wac

Saw it last night, cant believe it got 5 stars !! i would give it 2 at the most. thought it was pretty cr*ap. a group of four left the film half way through....dont blame them!!

:mad:

Cactus Col

Certainly not a 5 star film, I would've given it 3. Read the book a good few years ago, and was curious how it could be made into a film.

Thought they all fulfilled their roles well enough, Ewan McGregor was just to an excuse to see all the other characters, and basically not get in the way.

It's a film I enjoyed for the time it was on, but not one I could recommend anybody else watch. Mostly Harmless.

bnt

Well, some other species seem to be getting in to the spirit of things ...

Smau5

Trailer makes me ill.