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The Men Who Stare at Goats

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Post by Heroine of the Dragon » Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:12 am

Have you watched The Men Who Stare at Goats?
What did you like about it?
In a short prelude, U.S. Army General Dean Hopgood is painfully thwarted in an attempt to pass paranormally through a solid wall by simply running into it.

Ann Arbor Daily Telegram reporter Bob Wilton's wife leaves him for the editor. To prove himself, Bob flies to Kuwait to report on the Iraq War. He stumbles onto the story of a lifetime when he meets retired U.S. Army Special Forces operator Lyn Cassady, who reveals he was part of a unit training psychic spies to develop parapsychological skills including invisibility, remote viewing, and phasing.

In 1972, Army officer Bill Django, after falling out of a helicopter in Vietnam, found his newly recruited men unable or unwilling to fire on a Viet Cong soldier before being shot in the chest. He then underwent a fact-finding mission prompted by a vision of a female Viet Cong soldier who says "their gentleness is their strength." Django's mission immersed him in the New Age movement so that, when he returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1980, he had long braided hair and a tattoo of an All-seeing Eye surmounting a pyramid on his chest.

Facilitated by the credulous General Hopgood, Django led the training of a New Earth Army, with Lyn Cassady and Larry Hooper as his top students. The two developed a rivalry over their opposing views on implementing the New Earth Army's philosophy. Lyn wanted to emphasize the teachings' positive side, such as resolving conflict peacefully, whereas Larry was interested in the "dark side" of its military application.
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Re: The Men Who Stare at Goats

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Post by CaptHayfever » Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:01 am

I've never seen it, but it looks pretty amusing.

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Re: The Men Who Stare at Goats

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Post by Booyakasha » Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:49 pm

I saw it in-theatre. The trailer made it look a lot more fun and wacky than it wound up being. In practice it was kind of dull, and more than a little depressing.

I didn't hate it, but I don't think I'd recommend it, and I'll probably never watch it again.
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Re: The Men Who Stare at Goats

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Post by I REALLY HATE POKEMON! » Tue Aug 23, 2022 6:02 pm

Never saw it. Looks confusing, not really sure what to make of it.

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