Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone has been a relevant director for about 15 minutes in 1986 when he made “Platoon” which was a semi-decent Vietname war movie which netted Best Picture which ranks it as one of the most overrated movies of all time.
Stone’s other forays into history are the incredibly badly done Nixon and the successful but ADDA style film J.F.K. A most basic look at the accuracies of these movies shows they are about as awful as they come. When it was announced he’d be doing a biopic on George W. Bush, most people dismissed it out of hand as a political hit job just in time for the election. Being an infamous liberal in Hollywood, it’s timing appears to comes off as a patronizing piece of propaganda.
For the first time, Stone has actually put a movie together from top tier sources and the movie appears to be mostly accurate. Far from a political hit job, the movie has plenty of inside sources and appears to be a fair treatment of the sitting President.
So why is Stone a dumbass? Because no one gives a shit. There is no point in doing any movie about George Bush, especially by a paranoid hollywood liberal. Every single imaginable attack on George W. Bush has been done. Attacks on his policies, family, friends, intelligence, speaking, looks, fans, have all been done at every level of taste and accuracy. There is nothing left to say. Nothing left to do. All the jokes, accusations, and stories have been done. Nothing will be discovered or learned and no minds will be changed.
The story of George W. Bush’s presidency has hit full fatigue. It’s why Obama’s campaign slowed the more he used the McSame talking points. The President is more than a lame duck president. He is already out of the hearts and minds of the populace.
At this stage, Oliver Stone’s movie has all the effect of a knock-knock joke you’ve heard one too many times. The movie will generate mixed reviews and low ticket sales.
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