The men who stare at goats (film) (4 replies)
Just back from the cinema and watched this film, or rather back from the Chinese restaurant I went to after the film. Here in Germany the films are often out later than in the US and UK, so I don’t know in what form you could see the film presently.
I absolutely love it! This is a film magicians should definitely see. It’s a satire about paranormal research in the US Army and based on facts. The film has got the kind of absurd humour and is made with a sense of the absurd that makes it one of these films where you basically laugh afterwards. No one laughs out loud watching "Dr. Strangelove". Everyone laughs afterwards when you talk about the film. This one is in that tradition.
So you have these people mastering the paranormal in the film and see them fail entirely in certain situations. And that’s the kind of realism people need in relation to the paranormal. The realistic is absurd, the absurd is realistic concerning this topic and this film really got that.
I really wonder about this PSYOPS asshole in the film and others and what kind of people these might be in reality. The film is based on a non-fiction book, which I wanna read to find out.
The crowd of psi-soldiers in this film are really not that different from a group like KIA. These people introduce themselves as super-soldiers and then they are nothing but weirdos. And weirdos played by great famous actors. Super film!
