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CnGy
08-28-2009, 10:47 AM
George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey

awesome lineup
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/themenwhostareatgoats/ HD
Aether
08-28-2009, 11:01 AM
I'll probably go see this movie just because it has Jeff Bridges in it.
somebody
08-28-2009, 11:34 AM
Looks kind of funny.
slaywithgardentools
08-28-2009, 12:03 PM
Its confusingly funny. May watch.
HappyPalooza
08-28-2009, 1:48 PM
Haha what the hell? Looks pretty good.
Laurence
08-28-2009, 6:18 PM
Oh wow, where did this come from? It looks good, although while I love it, I worry about the title - there's a good chance something like 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' could polarise audiences a bit.
Casalen
08-28-2009, 9:52 PM
Personally, as a goat fetish aficionado, I initially found the trailer to be disappointing and clearly titled as a marketing ploy to confuse people such as myself. But it looks like a well made and excellent premise. I'm not a Clooney fan, though, only issue.
hollywood_maggot
08-29-2009, 12:03 AM
Looks kinda funny, kinda lame. I'll probably see it though, and Ewan McGregor is fairly consistently good.
Scimitar
08-29-2009, 1:08 PM
First time I saw the title I misread "The Men Who Stare at Goatse"
VerminScum
08-29-2009, 3:16 PM
Looks pretty hilarious.
hardcoresk8r69
08-29-2009, 6:40 PM
So... did the army Brainwash them?
Savaril
08-29-2009, 6:50 PM
No, they brainwashed the army! Get it? Because they're.. nevermind.
troydtroy
08-29-2009, 7:01 PM
I can see the sequel now: 'The Men Who Stare At Goats...And Get Boners, The Pakistani Connection." :hmm:
BmphP
08-29-2009, 7:08 PM
Looks like Burn After Reading only better.
gizzalove
08-29-2009, 10:23 PM
This looks pretty fantastic. The title is kind of shit though.
Allen
08-30-2009, 3:23 AM
Bridges, Spacey, Clooney. I'm in.
abbey
11-27-2009, 11:17 AM
I saw this the other night. It was really funny. George Clooney did a great job, and Kevin Spacey was a twat, as usual. I'd recommend seeing it to anyone who likes George Clooney's style of comedy.

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Oofie
11-27-2009, 11:34 AM
I found it massively disappointing. It's like it wanted so bad to be a Coen brothers film but failed horribly. The only bit I laughed out load at was the dancing soldiers.
JakuB
11-27-2009, 11:39 AM
My dad was laughing at the trailer.
Allen
11-27-2009, 1:26 PM
I found it massively disappointing. It's like it wanted so bad to be a Coen brothers film but failed horribly. The only bit I laughed out load at was the dancing soldiers.

I don't think I could have found this massively disappointing because I didn't have massively high hopes for it.

But I dug it. I laughed a lot, and I always enjoy George Clooney, as well as Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. It did feel a lot like it was trying to be a Coen brothers flick, mostly due to the cast, but it didn't suck.
JohnDoe
11-27-2009, 2:42 PM
Yeah I thought it was a pretty good movie. It was a nice change of pace from all the mind numbing action movies my friends usually lean towards seeing. That being said they absolutely hated it and I can see how this movie wouldn't exactly appeal to everyone. But either way I had some laughs and had a good time so meh.
Pencil
11-27-2009, 3:05 PM
The trailer made me laugh. It's not in the cinemas in the Netherlands yet, so I guess I have to wait. Definitely want to see this one though.
fisdunctional
11-27-2009, 5:32 PM
It was alright. Nothing amazing, yet some funny parts. The ending was also fairly lame in my personal opinion.
Sieda
11-28-2009, 2:28 AM
Well, the movie is inspired by a book/TV series that examined the US Army's research into paranormal military applications... one of which was staring at goats in an attempt to kill them.

I haven't seen it, but I expect the point of the movie would be somewhat similar... not to be 'funny' so much as to demonstrate how absurd military 'intelligence' can be. Funny without being too funny.

Then again, like I said... haven't seen it... no real idea what it's like.
Oofie
11-28-2009, 4:14 AM
I haven't seen it, but I expect the point of the movie would be somewhat similar... not to be 'funny' so much as to demonstrate how absurd military 'intelligence' can be. Funny without being too funny.


Actually my main problem with the film is it didn't do that. It tried too hard to be comedic but the documentaries themselves were funnier than the film. Like, the film had immature clichéd jokes that kind of ruined it
eg
Hooper: Lieutenant Colonel Django used funds from the project's black budget to procure prostitutes.
Django: That's a lie!
Hooper: ... and to get drugs for himself and his men.
Django: That's ... Well, the hooker thing is definitely a lie.

Not funny, completely overdone. And I found a lot of it to be like that.
WoeGuy
11-28-2009, 8:42 AM
Watched it, I thought it was an okay movie. Not great, not bad. Had some funny parts in it.
BKS
11-29-2009, 10:38 PM
Looks like Burn After Reading only better.

I thought it was like Burn After Reading, only worse.

I really didn't like this film. I laughed quite a bit, and the number of Star Wars jokes kept being funny only because of Ewan McGregors previous roles. I wouldn't recommend this movie to a friend.
Sieda
11-29-2009, 11:20 PM
Actually my main problem with the film is it didn't do that. It tried too hard to be comedic but the documentaries themselves were funnier than the film. Like, the film had immature clichéd jokes that kind of ruined it
eg
Hooper: Lieutenant Colonel Django used funds from the project's black budget to procure prostitutes.
Django: That's a lie!
Hooper: ... and to get drugs for himself and his men.
Django: That's ... Well, the hooker thing is definitely a lie.

Not funny, completely overdone. And I found a lot of it to be like that.

That's too bad. I was hoping it would be good.