totse.com | W. (George Bush movie)

DerDrache · #1 2008-09-11, 19:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg7vwicPx98

Looks pretty good. Josh Brolin is playing him, and he looked unrecognizable. I'm smelling an Oscar already.

Anyways, when I first heard about it I thought it would just be another Bush-bashing media event, but it looks like it might actually be an even-handed and unbiased portrayal. One of the comments on the youtube page said "W's simply a human being, and it would be interesting to see the human being portrayed on film.", which hit the nail on the head.

What do you guys think?

SLice_760 · #2 2008-09-11, 20:05

/facepalm

Who knows, it might actually be good. I did think this was a troll thread at first though.

DerDrache · #3 2008-09-11, 20:14

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Originally Posted by SLice_760 View Post

/facepalm

Who knows, it might actually be good. I did think this was a troll thread at first though.

...So, you're facepalming about yourself?

SLice_760 · #4 2008-09-11, 20:49

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Originally Posted by DerDrache View Post

...So, you're facepalming about yourself?

I don't really know to be honest. I did physically facepalm though when I clicked this thread and started watching the trailer.

I think the movie will most likely suck and the name alone is even ripe for parody. I wouldn't be surprised if there were already parody trailers circulating the internet.

only black man in vermont · #5 2008-09-11, 21:11

What's with Oliver Stone and making movies about presidents?

Ziv423 · #6 2008-09-11, 22:01

He likes it?

MR.Kitty55 · #7 2008-09-12, 22:20

i cant wait. looks awesome

zumtream · #8 2008-09-13, 09:52

I'm not holding my breath for an Oliver Stone classic because he hasn't made on of those since the 80s. But I'd check it out simply for Brolin who has been consistantly awesome in the past couple of years. Plus Richard Drafuse is playing Dick Cheney. That's pretty cool. I thought his career had disappeared when he climbed on that alien space ship at that Prog rock concert.

But i doubt it's gonna be unbiased. I'm sure its going to paint Bush in a fairly unfavourable light but stick some "humanist" scenes in so they can say they are more even handed than they actually are.

smallpox champion · #9 2008-09-13, 16:23

It's pretty weird to make a high budget Hollywood movie about a president while he's still in office. Bush no doubt sees it as a big cockslap in the face.

Rev Ziggy · #10 2008-09-13, 21:09

I don't like most of Oliver Stone's films and there's nothing about George W. Bush's life that interests me enough to sit through a 2-3hour film about it.

I don't plan on seeing it anytime soon.