After a trailer that looked like its sole purpose was to take actors and play dress up with them, I'm surprised to find that I really like the first poster for W. I'm getting a vibe reminiscent of Stone's Nixon; the feeling of the president's shame, etc etc etc. The shadow from the microphone and the makeup being applied were really nice touches, I thought. Any additional thoughts? Ryan Adams of Awards Daily gives his thoughts here.I still think that this is a film that should have been given twenty or more years to be made, and I will find it highly disrespectful if it turns out to be a two hour Bush bashing session (despite my disapproval of Bush), but I'm still excited to see how this project turns out. IMDB's label as this film as a "Comedy" first really doesn't give me all that much hope...
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Bush deserves more than disrespect.
Look, no one disapproves of Bush more than me. He is politically incompetent and has, at best, questionable morals. However, to make a movie like this where you nitpick him for mistakes that MANY people make in their young years, or whatever it is that Stone is planning on doing, is disrespectful and irrelevant. It would be great if Bush really did deserve to be beaten to a pulp like this, because then his personality would reflect his politics, but he doesn't. People as a whole want life to be a Hannibal Lector/Clarice Starling thing: one side is evil through and through, and one side is heroic through and through. In actuality, it's just not that simple. Bush is a liar and a terrible politician, but he is still, like it or not, the most powerful person in the world and a human. Woody Harrelson was a sex addict, alcoholic and stoner when he was young, so I guess Oliver Stone better get started on the script for "H."
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