Oliver Stone To Direct George W. Bush Biopic

[FaT_tONle]

Saw the trailer with Tropic Thunder... looks a little over the top. Typical Oliver Stone... who I don't particularly like, but interesting none the less.

 

[cerealkiller182]

yeah isn't that the same as the one officially released? when i said very little, i included the teaser.

But its obviously not a list of bushims. It looks like its trying to be accurate and dramatic not a bias attack on or support for Bush.

 

[Dark Donnie]

What is going on with this thread? My User CP says cerealkiller just posted....when I come in here MO Steel did a week ago....

 

[GhostPoet]

Saw the trailer...meh...doesn't seem all that interesting to me.

 

[Balthus Dire]

Who is Stacy Keach playing in this?? His name is in the billing block in the trailer but he's not listed as any role on IMDB.

And also, Ioan Gruffud will be nowhere near as good a Tony Blair as Michael Sheen was in The Queen.

 

[cerealkiller182]

What is going on with this thread? My User CP says cerealkiller just posted....when I come in here MO Steel did a week ago....

Same with me but it seems to be working now

 

[Dark Donnie]

Who is Stacy Keach playing in this?? His name is in the billing block in the trailer but he's not listed as any role on IMDB.

And also, Ioan Gruffud will be nowhere near as good a Tony Blair as Michael Sheen was in The Queen.

Got this off another site...

Stacy Keach will play a composite of evangelical ministers such as Billy Graham

 

[hammerhedd11]

But its obviously not a list of bushims. It looks like its trying to be accurate and dramatic not a bias attack on or support for Bush.

Accurate and Oliver Stone do not go together.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Accurate and Oliver Stone do not go together.

Thats not exactly what I meant

what I meant was that when it comes to Bush people expect either the the dumbass the liberals see or the superhero the conservatives see, but I think the movie is shaping up as neither.

 

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[Mister Sinister]

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A Life Misunderestimated

 

[MattBearPig]

Teaser
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/27/must-watch-oliver-stones-w-teaser-trailer/

I wish Will Ferrell was playing him.

 

[Dark Donnie]

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20219070_20219072_20219017,00.html

W.

Biting satire? Political hatchet job? First draft of history? Call it what you will, Oliver Stone's shoestring-budget biopic of George W. Bush is bound to be controversial — the first time the lightning-rod director (JFK, Nixon) has aimed his camera at a sitting U.S. president. ''It's the story of a man you think you know, but don't know,'' Stone told EW on the movie's Shreveport, La., set last May. ''Who is Bush? How did he get to be who he is? Why did we elect him—twice?''
OUR TWO CENTS Judging by the teaser — a montage of Josh Brolin as the young Bush getting drunk, crashing his car into a front lawn, fighting with George Sr. to the strains of ''What a Wonderful World'' — this could be one of the most hilarious (and polarizing) films of the season. 10/17

 

[BobJM]

It's really a shame that America has come to this. Say what you want about George Bush, but he is our current president.

Doesn't this nation have morals or respect anymore? Spoofing someone or making jokes about Bush on SNL is one thing, but to create an entire film dedicated to making our nation's president look like a complete idiot is just beyond ridiculous.

The posters show Bush as an idiot and the world must be laughing at us right now.

 

[BatMatt]

It's really a shame that America has come to this. Say what you want about George Bush, but he is our current president.

Doesn't this nation have morals or respect anymore? Spoofing someone or making jokes about Bush on SNL is one thing, but to create an entire film dedicated to making our nation's president look like a complete idiot is just beyond ridiculous.

The posters show Bush as an idiot and the world must be laughing at us right now.

well personally I feel Bush made himself look like an idiot, but that's neither here nor there and I don't want to start a political conversation. It's easy to argue that this movie shows some of the great aspects to American culture, that we have the freedom to satire/criticize a sitting President without legal repercussions

 

[BobJM]

The trailer shows a drunken, belligerent punk becoming a President. Great aspects of American culture?

Believe me, I love our right to freedom of speech and all that jazz, but this is just flat-out disrespectful and makes a mockery out of our current status as a nation.

Plus, its conveniently coming out just before elections, serving as a glorified campaign commercial for Obama.

 

[Sam18]

I don't think the rest of the world needs a movie to laugh at America.

 

[The Shape]

This looks like a spoof, and the teaser and posters seem to confirm it. Lame. :

 

[BatMatt]

This looks like a spoof, and the teaser and posters seem to confirm it. Lame. :

According to Stone it's a "dromedy" so we shall see

 

[cerealkiller182]

The trailer shows a drunken, belligerent punk becoming a President. Great aspects of American culture?

But thats what happened. And thats not liberal propaganda. He was in college troublemaker. Stone said on behalf of the movie that is is about how a drunken belligerent punk became President. Stone is a self admitted liberal and met Bush before the election and he himself said that as soon as he met Bush he thought "This man will be President"

Believe me, I love our right to freedom of speech and all that jazz, but this is just flat-out disrespectful and makes a mockery out of our current status as a nation.

despite what i said about the nature of this film I also believe that this is what it will be.

Plus, its conveniently coming out just before elections, serving as a glorified campaign commercial for Obama.

Its also coming out during award season. And the election will serve as interesting marketing campaign. I think the Obama part is ridiculous, but not at all impossible.

 

[cerealkiller182]

This looks like a spoof, and the teaser and posters seem to confirm it. Lame. :

How does it look like a spoof? Yeah, its got funny moments but Bush has been pretty funny over the years. Yeah, he looks like a fool when he was in college, but Bush was a fool in college.

 

[The Shape]

How does it look like a spoof? Yeah, its got funny moments but Bush has been pretty funny over the years. Yeah, he looks like a fool when he was in college, but Bush was a fool in college.

Bush is a fool, but that doesn't mean the overall tone of the movie has to be so silly. Look at the posters. "Misunderestimated"? Sounds like something out of an SNL sketch.

 

[BatMatt]

Bush is a fool, but that doesn't mean the overall tone of the movie has to be so silly. Look at the posters. "Misunderestimated"? Sounds like something out of an SNL sketch.

But Bush is the one who said "they misunderestimated me"

 

[cerealkiller182]

But Bush is the one who said "they misunderestimated me"

Exactly. The movie itself doesnt look devoid of serious drama.

 

[Dark Donnie]