Oliver Stone's W

[aholbert32]

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Its a Stone flick so you know its going to be slightly over the top. I laughed when they cast Thandie Newton (who is cute) to play Condi (who is not) but they found a way to ugly up Thandie. The guy they have playing Rove looks like him though.

I dont know how you can do a complete movie about Bush's life in 2 1/2 hours. His transformation from a drugged up party boy to Gov. of Texas could be a complete movie in its self. Thats not even including the Presidential stuff like the 2000 election, his 9-11 response (the high point of his first term) and the Iraq cluster****.

[bjf1377]

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Ah, Oliver Stone...the man I can't decide if I like or if I hate. This will probably be a rather biased, over-the-top work and he'll throw some conspiracies in there to top it off too. I'll probably see it for kicks and giggles when I can (depening on if it gets a wide release or not)

[Jackdog]

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ridiculous...more left-wing propaganda. i'm not a bush fan, but this is disrespectful to the president and the office itself.

where is the movie of clinton getting head under his desk? at least people might want to watch that...

Yep. When was the last time Stone made a good movie?

[aholbert32]

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Yep. When was the last time Stone made a good movie?

I love Any Given Sunday. Its not flawless but its a good sports flick. World Trade Center was a well done flick and that came out 3 yrs ago. Imo, 2 out of his last 3 films have been good.

[boomhauertjs]

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I'm sure it will be biased, but I doubt it will change anybody's mind. Bush supporters won't see it and Bush haters will love it.
I'd rather see a W movie starring Will Ferrell. "Presidenting is hard!"

[MachoMyers]

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I'm sure it will be biased, but I doubt it will change anybody's mind. Bush supporters won't see it and Bush haters will love it.
I'd rather see a W movie starring Will Ferrell. "Presidenting is hard!"

Hell, this could be the intro:
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[Double Eights]

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Is this a prequel to "Death of a President"?

[SPTO]

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Is this a prequel to "Death of a President"?

I've seen Death of a President. I thought it was a well done what if documentary and despite all the hoopla, it wasn't some vast left wing nutjob film that many people said it was.

That's all I'll say about it.

[ZB9]

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Yep. When was the last time Stone made a good movie?

lol it has been a while imo

but "JFK" and "Nixon" were pretty entertaining imo (although JFK was pretty over the top and exaggerated)

[Laettner32]

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I'm interested...I'll go.

[JRod]

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The cast all look like cartoons.

[Tomba]

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Hmmmmmmm

[SlimKibbles]

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"I want a fair, true portrait of the man. How did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world? It's like Frank Capra territory on one hand, but I'll also cover the demons in his private life, his bouts with his dad and his conversion to Christianity, which explains a lot of where he is coming from. It includes his belief that God personally chose him to be president of the United States, and his coming into his own with the stunning, preemptive attack on Iraq. It will contain surprises for Bush supporters and his detractors." - Oliver Stone

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979349.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1

Uh, yeah, right. Whatever you say there, Oli.

Plus, throw in Josh Brolin, whose left-wing father along with Barbara Streisand (who I despise with a passion) are a couple of the biggest hypocrites in Hollywood, and I doubt this thing will be unbiased. I won't see it in a theater but maybe when it's free on a movie channel.

[DubTrey1]

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I would watch it I suppose if the guy who portrayed GW from the Harold & Kumar movie played in it. That was hilarious... Over the top, but still funny.

[CaptialG]

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lol it has been a while imo

but "JFK" and "Nixon" were pretty entertaining imo (although JFK was pretty over the top and exaggerated)

Any Given Sunday was alright.