I watched Oliver Stone's interpretation of the prodigal Bush son & I'll be dammed if I didn't walk away liking and sympathizing with the playfully simple yet undeterred lout. I know that he couldn't have possibly been as stupid as portrayed and yet there was an innocense about a man that could have only been birthed by the upper crust & then thrust out into the world to make his name with only his minimal wits and a Yale cheerleading outfit.

Bush Sr. was a different story altogether, I found him to be a cold, calculated, pompous, and true stodgy patrician in every sense of the word- one with little compassion and patience for a son that he found wanting and with a fiendish ability to promote cruel sibling rivalry.

Brolin did a remarkable job as Dubya btw. Made me forget he wasn't Bush. "Truman Capote" played an eerie Rove and some black guy butchered Colin Powell and the woman playing Condee Rice was also a bit off. The actresses who played the Bush women were pretty much part of the scenic background and of no real consequence IMHO. Richard Dreyfuss played an evil Duddy Kravitz playing ****** Cheney.

I know that Stone's been know to put his slant into his work but what did you think of the movie?

Didn't see it.

It was a political smear job designed to influnce elections. Stone should have been imprisoned.

3: Lmao

if only the reeducation camps were up and running then.

to the OP -- choose not to see it largely because I believe what #3 said is true.

I liked it and felt exactly the same way you did.

Seven

Marxist propaganda.

nine

Bloody,

Is it on TV already?

If Jebb Bush, former Florida Governor ever gets into national politics, you will see, by far, the best of the Bush boys.

Robert

10: No more Bush's! Holy Crap!

Palin/Bush 2012

Didn't see it.

I, as a rule, don't watch Oliver Stone movies.

Oh Sh#T I agree with Fuzz...

wheel,

So do I.

No more Bushs. No more Clintons, and for God's sake, no more frickin' Kennedys.

^Yeah. Let's go with more Obamas, Pelosis and Reids!

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#6- Interesting, wasn't it? I was shocked that I was left feeling sorry for & identifying with Bush junior.

#10- It's on cable (Showtime). Be interesting to see how Jeb would fare as presidential candidate. Never knew much about him except that he was ineffectual as governor in the Terri Schiavo & Elian Gonzalez situations. Seemed pretty popular though. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), his entry into the Presidential sweepstakes would be looked upon as Bush III.

Don't think Oliver Stone's rendition of "W." was marxist as much as it was politically antagonistic towards the Bush team. Rumsfeld was another one who was portrayed as an unfeeling megalomaniac but Bush's sincerity & belief system was never questioned. He came out of this movie relatively unscathed IMO.

Oh, and Stone's camera action with Stacey Keach (fundamentalist preacher) was "interesting". He focused quite a bit on the Stacey's harelip, giving him a strangely monstrous quality as he prayed or gave Bush spiritual advice. Very subtle. Yeah, right.

I saw it and liked it but it was pretty forgettable IMHO. Josh Brolin did do a good job. If I saw it again, I could remember the parts I liked but I forgot about almost the whole movie.

I can't wait to see the first honest depiction on Obama. Wonder if the'll have the courage to discuss his birth, parents, extended family, early madras education, days in college, Chicago activism, etc. not just his campaigning prowess.