Big Names = Good Movie? by Curtis Montgomery

THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (2009)
Directed by: Grant Heslov
Written by: Peter Straughan
Starring: George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor

What do you do when you have a script that isn’t any good but you see want people to come see it? You get some big name actors to be in it. I guess I can’t be that upset about it. I saw the previews for Men Who Stare at Goats and I didn’t what to see it.

However, I ended up seeing it anyway and, I must say, after the movie was over, it was better than I thought it would be. That’s not saying very much. The acting was good but the story left something to be desired. In a move like Men Who Stare at Goats, there have to be jokes that make you laugh so hard that it makes your sides hurt or the movie isn’t going to fly. This move didn’t have anything like that. Sure, it has a couple humorous parts, but that isn’t enough to offset the dumb parts. So in the end you have good acting and a weird story.

If you have the money, I would say pay for good writers and then you will have a good movie. This way you won’t have to rely on the names of your actors to sell tickets.