Hippies unite

Rating: 9/10 (16 November 2009)

I saw this movie a week ago, and will see it again sometime. In a nut shell, The Men Who Stare at Goats, is an undated and psychedelic version of Joseph Heller's Catch 22, a great book, good read, or vook, (vook a book on CD.) And the movie version of it is OK, provided you allow for it's surreal and crazy nature. But back to TMWSaG. We were talking to a couple at a restaurant this weekend, and asked if they had seen A Serious Man, they said no and were going to see TMWSaG, and asked me about it, if it was any good. I said yes, and added it's about the Hippies taking over the Army. That got a laugh. If you are looking for a point in this movie, don't bother. I recall reading that the CIA and the military actually went in for this mind control business a few decades ago, and had an on going program to explore it as a combat or espionage tool. And perhaps that is what this movie is based on. Any way it's fun.