Oliver Stone: ok? good? Pos?

[tiredtoo]

Asking because i started watching a series by him and don't want to get shot as the messenger.

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	OK
	1 (10%)
	Good
	1 (10%)
	POS
	7 (70%)
	Don't care.
	1 (10%)
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[bottomofthehill]

1. As long as you realize his work is fact based fiction.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. A Perjurer & A Warmonger

And a liar, and a moron.
Do you need me to tell you what I chose in your poll?

[Loki Liesmith]

4. Oliver Stone?

Perjury? What did I miss?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Oliver or Roger?

[csziggy]

6. Or maybe they are thinking of Oliver North? nt

[ProfessorGAC]

8. You're Right! Brain Cramp!

Sorry about that, folks. I saw Oliver and my brain went straight to Stone.
I will change my vote to "Don't Care"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He's kind of wacko but he's done some good films.

JFK is full of conspiracy theories but it's well done; Nixon was really good, got a number of Oscar nominations, and Anthony Hopkins was great. I haven't seen much of his later stuff.

[John1956PA]

7. His goal is to offer a framework for thought and debate on certain events in history.

His movie Salvador (1986) serves as a reference for anyone who is new to the bloody conflict in that country during the early 1980s. One disturbing sequence in the film recounts the rape and murder of four missionaries (three Maryknoll Sisters and one non-member of the order). The film accurately shows an official of the then-Republican U.S. administration trying to undercut the horror of the atrocity by publicly stating, ridiculously, that the victims were "pistol-packing."

[John Fante]

9. Excellent director.

[ChicagoRonin]

10. Platoon and Wall Street are still good

I rewatched those recently, and personally I think they are remarkable portraits of their respective subjects. His later films are way too self-indulgent for my tastes.

[BannonsLiver]

11. A Putin loving POS

[egduj]

12. Just like most everyone,

Yes to all 3, at some point in his life.

[frazzled]

13. If you're looking to understand something about history, don't bother

I rate him a great big "meh." Not an important filmmaker, not a very nice person, not a great thinker.

Here's a long-form article about him that might provide some insight:

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/oliver-stone-rewrites-history-again.html

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. His dramatic movies vary from okay to very good. His "documentaries" are shit

And he’s turned into a Putin loving propagandist.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Some good stuff, but plays fast and loose with facts in his docudramas...

So, meh.