[octoberasian]

Has anyone ever heard of this movie? Or, will anyone go see it?

I just found out about it tonight on my "My Yahoo!" page theatre listings. I have seen the other Oliver Stone films about two past Presidents: JFK and Nixon, and I may go watch this regardless of how much I dislike Bush Jr. I didn't like Nixon the President either, but I still saw the movie Oliver Stone made about him.

It seems to be an interesting take on Bush Jr.'s life and his rise to power as the President of this country according to what I've read about the film.

My favorite quotes from movie reviews would have to be from Roger Ebert:

"Wounded by his father's disapproval and preference for his brother Jeb, the movie argues, George W. Bush rose and rose until he was finally powerful enough to stain his family's legacy."

Looks like George Sr. was playing favorites, and if going by the movie, George Jr. became a President to spite him and show how much better he was, or try to, than his brother Jeb. It sounds a lot like sibling rivalry-- trying to prove oneself over the other, to gain the attention of their parent or parents. Eventually, it seems according to the movie, that did more harm than good to the Bush family name.

"One might feel sorry for George W. at the end of this film, were it not for his legacy of a fraudulent war and a collapsed economy. The film portrays him as incompetent to be president, and shaped by the puppet masters Cheney and Rove to their own ends. If there is a saving grace, it may be that Bush will never fully realize how badly he did. How can he blame himself? He was only following God's will."

All I can say here: "If something happened or went wrong, it was God's will." Now, where did I hear that phrase before ...?

You can watch the trailer here: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810026489/trailer

You can read Roger Ebert's review here: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.d...VIEWS/810150285

Note: Talk about the movie, and not your political views. Or, try to keep your criticism and opinion of Bush to a minimum. The last topic regarding politics was locked because it got derailed.

[Soupbowl]

I thought it looked gay, but I am not American so not sure I matter.

[renzuko]

i wanted to see it cuz i thought that it was kinda trying to...make fun of bush, but goodness, if its just...well, partly true, wow...

but it'd probably be a bit difficult to convince my friends to go see it lol

[Kiraku]

I'll probably check it out eventually. I really don't think it has that much of an agenda to push... if anything it seems to make George Bush into more of a human being. And that's the thing that's made his political career- being one of the good ol' boys, like a "one of us" kind of deal. I think it'll humanize him more than it will demonize him. Again, haven't seen it yet so I could be wrong.

[Cruzandercerberus]

It was boring and mediocre at best. The humor was one step above a fart joke, and for a movie by a very famous director it appeared decidedly low budget. It could have been smart, hard hitting, and thought provoking, but instead you get W having daddy issues, mispronouncing words, bumbling through things we've all seen already over 9000 times in press clips. and choking on a pretzel. We already knew that Ollie, thanks. We need something more.

A political movie's humor has to be clever and subtle like "Burn after reading" or "Pentagon Wars" if it intends to have something to say and most importantly it needs to have a VALID POINT, which "W." didn't.

If you're looking for an edgy dramatization of George Bush that portrays him in sympathetic and non-sympathetic ways like Idi Amin in "The last king of Scotland" expect to be disappointed.