Shame on Oliver Stone. Growing up, didn’t he learn it’s not nice to be a bully? This movie was pathetically biased. It portrayed the entire Bush family in such a horrible light that I seriously doubt they used any insider information whatsoever.
You should also know that my position on W is not because I’m a George W. Bush fan. I think he was an average president at best. No, my horrible review of this terrible movie is that it was just plain old cruel. Like a 5 yr. old kid coming up to my 3 yr. old & smacking him across the face for no good reason.
Even if George W. did make a lot of mistakes as President -hypothetically speaking, of course- does that warrant a full out attack of his character? I’m thinking, “no.” I’m not against critically analyzing leaders and their leadership styles, but a demeaning film? Yeah, I guess I’m against that.
I firmly believe public figures should be held to a higher standard of morality on all sorts of levels. Even for myself, as a speaker and a leader who is known to all of maybe 1,000 people on facebook, I hold myself to a higher standard because I know there are those who look up to me.
So, I’m not against George W. Bush being held up as a good (or bad) model of leadership. But, in this way, it was completely unfair & I have lost respect for many of the actors who took part in this film. (As an aside, I was also super annoyed with Thandie Newton’s portrayal of Condaleeza Rice).
That said, it’s a well made film. And Josh Brolin’s protrayal of “Dubya” was spot on & downright Oscar worthy. However, for sheer mean-ness of script, I’m giving it a big, old fat D-.
Skip it.
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Really? Huh.
Steve and I saw this movie while we were in Paris last fall. It was interesting seeing it in a foreign country and hearing other people’s opinions about the movie (and about Bush).
I was, and still am, of he opinion that this movie could have taken a harder look at Bush, but it seems that Stone opted to keep it lighter and much more fair, in my opinion. It’s got to be hard to portray the worst president this country has ever had (and hopefully will ever have).
I have to agree with Karen… I thought it could have been much worse.
Wow, maybe I’m just so over-sensitive due to my crazy preggo hormones!