04-19-2010, 09:56 AM
I finally got around to watching this the other night. Anyone else see it?
I have to say, that this could have been extremely good, but ended up being just ok and a little frustrating toward the end. The concept of chronicling the rise and fall of a secret military new age special/psy-ops organization is about as original as it gets, and in fact was loosely based on actual events. Jeff Bridges was perfect in the part of the founder and spiritual leader (Django who has a lot in common with the Dude from Lebowski) of this group, and Clooney seemed to be having a lot of fun with this as well. Everyone else though, seemed really out of place, especially Ewan McGregor, who for some reason pisses me off whenever he plays the sad sack American. Kevin Spacey is also underutilized, which is odd given that his character is so important to the story. Anyway, I thought it was worth one viewing just for the weirdness of it all and given that it is partially based on real events (from Vietnam, the Cold War, and up through the Iraq war and Gitmo debacle), but I couldn't help but be disappointed with the final product. It seemed like an unfinished work in some ways or that the last 30 minutes were rushed.
Anyway, 3/5 stars.
I have to say, that this could have been extremely good, but ended up being just ok and a little frustrating toward the end. The concept of chronicling the rise and fall of a secret military new age special/psy-ops organization is about as original as it gets, and in fact was loosely based on actual events. Jeff Bridges was perfect in the part of the founder and spiritual leader (Django who has a lot in common with the Dude from Lebowski) of this group, and Clooney seemed to be having a lot of fun with this as well. Everyone else though, seemed really out of place, especially Ewan McGregor, who for some reason pisses me off whenever he plays the sad sack American. Kevin Spacey is also underutilized, which is odd given that his character is so important to the story. Anyway, I thought it was worth one viewing just for the weirdness of it all and given that it is partially based on real events (from Vietnam, the Cold War, and up through the Iraq war and Gitmo debacle), but I couldn't help but be disappointed with the final product. It seemed like an unfinished work in some ways or that the last 30 minutes were rushed.
Anyway, 3/5 stars.