Cinema Cathy

I finally saw The Men Who Stare at Goats. You can check out their official web site here.

I enjoy 'quirky' stories and I like when it is difficult to predict the end of a movie and both these criteria were met in this interesting and humorous movie.

Bob Wilton, a journalist searching for a good story, happens to meet Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions. They travel together on a 'mission' that Cassady claims to be on and Bob gets a chance to learn some of the New Earth Army's 'techniques.'

George Clooney played the lovable (is there any other kind of George Clooney?) albeit goofy army psychic; Ewan McGregor played the journalist searching for a story which literally led him to a 'Jedi Warrior' (gotta' love the irony --Ewan McGregor played a Jedi Master in the Star Wars saga); Jeff Bridges plays the new age hippie like one would expect (with reckless abandon which he fully embraces) and Kevin Spacey plays the sardonic cruel meanie which he does so well.

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A fun interesting movie.

Now if you don't mind, I'm off to do a bit of cloud bursting; lots to practise with here on the West Coast.