W.

Hello and welcome. For everyone outside of the US it might be useful for you guys to know that we here in the states are having a pretty big election coming up. We will elect our 45th and possibly last President. So in honor of this election, I will be taking you back to 2008 when two movies about the two worst republican Presidents ever were released (and we might elect another really bad President). I will be reviewing both of those movies. So in order of their release date, let’s review W. By the way, in case you didn’t know this movie is about George W. Bush.

Background

This movie was directed by Oliver Stone. He also directed two other movies about American Presidents and they are JFK and Nixon (respectively) and if you’re wondering, I may review those eventually.

I only have one fun fact for this movie and it is that W is the first movie made about a sitting US President (there’s a problem with that I will mention later on).

Plot

This movie is primarily told in flashbacks.  The “present-day” are the meetings discussing going into Iraq (which we are still in).  

Opinion

Disclaimer: I am not a big fan of Bush.  Now the acting is not bad.  The writing was not the best political drama writing I have ever seen (that honor belongs to Speilberg’s Lincoln).  But, overall, it was not horrible.  I find the best parts being the scenes between W. and H.W. (played respectively by Josh Brolin and James Cromwell).  I would have prefered the movie to focus more on their relationship.

The problem with making the movie during his tenure as president, we didn’t know all of the details because the White House was keeping most of the stuff under wraps.  Overall, I don’t find W. a bad movie.  It is a sub-par movie.  Overall, I have to give it ⅗ stars.  It is an enjoyable movie.  

By  Mr. Bee 

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