The Men Who Stare At Goats

The Men Who Stare at Goats was probably a good book...The film However is hit or miss at best...The all star cast are fine and quirky...The director(Grant Heslov)seems to be trying to make a Cohen Brothers type comedy or something on par with the film version of Catch 22...I found Catch 22 kind of boring the same holds true for Goats... I did kind of nod off there...Jeff Bridges reprises himself as the Dude...This time the Dude abides in an Army uniform...The running joke about Jedi's Knights stops being funny after lets say the 3rd time... You see Ewan McGregor played a Jedi Knight, but I bet you new that...Kevin Spacey's represents the dark side of the force, but his character never really menaces enough...

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Moon

Moon is a Claustrophobic Science fiction drama presented by first time director Duncan Jones...Sam Rockwell delivers a fantastic performance as Sam Bell...Sam is employed by Lunar Industries they harvest Helium 3 from the dark side of the moon send it back to earth for use in nuclear fusion a clean energy...Sam has 2 weeks left on his 3 year contract...Kevin Spacey's performance is a bit robotic, but that's a good thing....Since he's the voice of Gerdy the robot Sam's only companion on the lunar station...Jones creates an atmosphere of isolation for Sam obviously inspired by Kubrick's 2001 and Tarkovsky's Solaris...Is Sam cracking up from 3 years loneliness... The comparisons of Moon And 2001 are again very clear...Is Gerdy like H.A.L???Is Sam hallucinating??? The score by Clint Mansell really sets the mood...This is good smart Sci Fi...



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