The Men Who Stare At Goats

I usually don't violate my own rules about posting about movies on The Boring Things in Life (usually restricting those posts to Movies Posts Only), but this was simply too interesting to pass up.

I first found out about The Men Who Stare at Goats from watching the mediocre Hollywood movie by the same title. While this movie is somewhat boring on its own (as noted on MPO, just a 6.5/10), when watched in conjunction with part one of documentary on the same subject that inspired the movie, it rises easily to an 8/10.

Strange and fascinating, the original several-part documentary, titled "Crazy Rulers of the World", is a bizarre look at what happens when world superpowers are desperate to ensure that the other superpower is not outdoing them in ANY possible way. The first part of this documentary is "The Men Who Stare at Goats" and covers the same story as the feature film.

I imagine Ronson's book (by the same title as the Hollywood film) is even better.

My recommendation is to first watch the documentary (online, for free), then watch the feature film either in theaters or watch until it comes out on DVD. Then you get the whole crazy experience and it is much more enjoyable.

You can watch the documentary for free here:

http://underdogcinema.com/politics/jon-ronson-presents-crazy-rulers-of-the-world/

Enjoy!