The Men Who Stare at Goats

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Going tomorrow as it's on at the Prince Charles Cinema at 18:30 (honestly, who doesn't love the PCC?).

Will post back anon with comments...

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...unfortunately, this was not very good.

I've read some Jon Ronson but unfortunately the film dealt with adaptation by adding a flimsy holding story, full of quite poor gags. Parts of the original stories of the soldiers experiements and training in peaceful and experiemental methods was engaging, but I was left wishing it had abeen a straight narrative within the original bizarre story that let the characters develop, more than presented as comic interludes in the real-time story between Clooney and Ewan MacGregor.

Lazy comedy, slow moving narrative, juvenile resolution. Could have been much better!

[emma]

I didnt feel the film was as funny as it was trying to be was when I saw it definitely.. am trying to get round to reading the book but not had time yet

[riceandpeas]

A waste of my time and money. Was not best pleased