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5 live review: The Men Who Stare At Goats

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Mark Kermode | 16:12 UK time, Monday, 9 November 2009

5 live's resident movie critic Dr Mark Kermode reviews The Men Who Stare At Goats.

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  • 1. At 7:01pm on 09 Nov 2009, EstonianFilmFan wrote:

    Yes, you can LISTEN to it on the podcast, but the video of the same footage is "not available in your area." Total nonsense.

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  • 2. At 02:33am on 10 Nov 2009, IanSchultz wrote:

    Mark, watch "The Big Lebowski" again you are just wrong.

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  • 3. At 09:12am on 10 Nov 2009, fortunesfool73 wrote:

    Who was the twit who took Mark's place last week. The one who called 'Shaun of the Dead' a 30 minute sitcom stretched over a movie, and 'unfunny'. The irony being he was discussing Zombieland at the time, which is, quite literally, two episodes of a proposed TV show stuck together to make a movie running time and has no narrative structure at all. One of the dumbest things i've heard on the radio in some time.

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  • 4. At 10:57am on 10 Nov 2009, misterjollylives wrote:

    there is a very funny piss take of the 'what the audience saw' trailers for The Men who stare at goats on AICN.


    http://www.aintitcool.com/node/42958


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  • 5. At 12:13pm on 10 Nov 2009, RioBravo wrote:

    Going off topic a bit - Having just seen Harry Brown, I am getting worried about the Bride Wars competition. I haven't seen Bride Wars but Harry Brown is by far the worst film I've seen this year. It is a horrible display of Daily Mail politics framed through the eyes of a filmmaker who aspires to be Guy Ritchie, but who is even worse at being Guy Ritchie than Guy Ritchie is. The shot on the motorbike at the beginning being a prime example of horrible filmmaking. Awful, cartoon characters throughout.

    Please stay with us Dr Kermode and don't retire even if there are 10 films worse than Bride Wars.

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  • 6. At 2:41pm on 10 Nov 2009, EstonianFilmFan wrote:

    I agree with fortunesfool73. You don't mess with "Shaun of the Dead".

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  • 7. At 6:57pm on 10 Nov 2009, danield1000 wrote:

    You must have at least liked all the John Goodman scenes in The Big Lebowski they're great. Second best Coen Brothers film behind No Country in front of Fargo.

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  • 8. At 7:02pm on 10 Nov 2009, ricman3 wrote:

    Mark, you are so wrong about The Big Lebowski, go and watch it again.

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  • 9. At 9:08pm on 10 Nov 2009, TheMongooseOfDeath wrote:

    Mark is not wrong about The Big Lebowski. I am a great fan of the Coen Brothers, but the film just meanders about the place without a reason. It also wasn't really that funny. Silly hippy types just associate themselves with "The Dude" and then love the film because of it. It is not a good film!

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  • 10. At 8:09pm on 14 Nov 2009, SamuelF wrote:

    I have to agree with IanSchultz. Mark needs to relax and watch "The Big Lebowski" again. Its a grower.

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