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Johonny

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7. It is not Stone's fault W is a very dull person
Sat Apr 27, 2013, 10:27 AM
Apr 2013

its the bio of an uninteresting person that is surrounded by fascinatingly horrible people. Everyone else in the movie is vastly more interesting than the lead character. He got what he wanted the fame of being president, but had no clue what to do after getting that. Who finds himself at the end completely lost in left field. Which basically harbingers the complete collapse of bullshit mountain in Bushes 2nd term. When the wars, the economy, housing, tax income,... all fell apart and Bush simply had no clue what to do. If Bush doesn't make a truly interesting character study its because unlike say Nixon deep down Bush is not a very interesting person. Which I think Stone captures perfectly. He's shallow, easily bored, vain, easily buys into people that know how to work him, and has some emotional weakness which when put under pressure leads to him eventually completely falling apart from the pressure of the problems he caused. All of that pretty much captured by Stone. The dude is painting Dogs now using art therapy, because he has nothing left. His own party doesn't want him at their convention. You could imagine the lead character in that movie ending up that way too.

I am watching the movie "W." [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 OP
Seems as if President Obama agrees with you. elleng Apr 2013 #1
Intelligent man, that. Hekate Apr 2013 #2
(W)hy? geckosfeet Apr 2013 #3
My SO... Lady Freedom Returns Apr 2013 #8
Well said! JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #4
Stone blew it badly with "W" gulliver Apr 2013 #5
I loved it, but I did not expect it to be JKF. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #6
It is not Stone's fault W is a very dull person Johonny Apr 2013 #7
well said. n/t Whisp Apr 2013 #10
I disagree blogslut Apr 2013 #11
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