Trailer!: The Men Who Stare at Goats

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Trailer!: The Men Who Stare at Goats

POSTED: Monday, August 31, 2009, 3:35 PM

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The newest from the Good Night, and Good Luck team (an excellent movie if there ever was one) is based on Jon Ronson's The Men Who Stare at Goats, about the military's exploration of New Age-y concepts in order to fight the various wars on terror. If each war subsequent to WWII has redefined the way we go into battle, the military was looking to train an elite group of men to push the bounds of combat to the cerebral, training them to hone their psychic powers. Don't you wish this was fictional? Sigh. How underfunded are public schools again?

While the concept may appear ludicrous in truth, the movie looks like it's going to fucking own. Much like his forbearer Cary Grant, I've always like George Clooney in his comedic roles. I think one of the reasons Clooney is the consummate star, is that he's not afraid to make himself look ridiculous. So while he's impossibly suave and debonair, he also makes himself out to be the perfect drinking buddy, that guy you will always have a good time with. If you want to get into the deepest depths of how I over analyze the shit out of celebrity culture, he does the impossible by embodying the God and the Mirror ' you worship him, but you also see yourself in him. And look at Jeff Bridges slipping back into his Lebowski jelly sandals! I'm also glad to see Ewan McGregor back in the game. It's been awhile since he's been in anything worth checking out, although I'm dying to see I Love You Phillip Morris, where he and Jim Carrey fall in love while incarcerated, but a gay prison romantic comedy isn't the easiest of sells.

The Men Who Stare at Goats opens November 6.

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