omorka | Turn Your Light Around And Mesmerize Me

We ended up watching The Men Who Stare At Goats for Movie Night. I enjoyed the acting immensely, and was tickled by various shout-outs to bits of NewAge and fringe culture (especially the book on psychic research in the Soviet Union - the public library where I grew up had a copy of that same printing in its teeny, tiny occult section), but I find myself vaguely unsatisfied with the actual plot of the thing. No specific criticisms, except for uneven pacing, but - I feel like I ate a giant omelet and am still hungry. I'm also weirded out by how badly the film fails the Bechdel Test - there's only one named female character, and we really only ever hear her speak over the phone. Then again, it is about the military.

I kind of like the morning salutation to Mother Earth, though. (Does she count as a female character? Does the Kwan Yin-vision?) And the bit at the end of the credits giving me permission to be invisible was just - gee, thanks, guys. :-/