Oliver Stone Commits Foul Play with ‘W.’

Newmax ^ | 10-17-08 | James Hirsen

[holy joe]

“W.” is a “fair and balanced” movie, says its creator, Oliver Stone.

“I think in this present political state, the real George W. Bush might not approve of this movie,” Stone told the Chicago Sun-Times. “But this movie tries to understand George W. Bush: the good, the bad, and the ugly.”

Stone definitely puts the emphasis on the “ugly” in the film, which opened in theaters Friday. He basically acts as cinematic shrink and psychoanalyzes the parent-child relationship between elder George H.W. Bush and junior George W.

Stone presents the son as a twisted foul-mouthed drunk with a daddy complex who becomes a religious zealot and accidentally ends up being leader of the free world.

[ken21]

you couldn’t pay me to see that movie.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I haven’t seen any of this “fair and balanced” in the trailers. I’ve seen nothing but Bush bashing. Sorry Ollie. I’m gonna pass.

[originalbuckeye]

Stone is obviously jealous of the close, personal relationship of GWB and GHWB. Stone had not such a relationship with his father. He must denigrate what he values. Also, does he think anyone will embrace his selection of far Leftwing loonys to portray the Bush inner circle? This picture will be a disaster just like all the other Leftwing loony pictures of the recent past.

[devere]

“you couldn’t pay me to see that movie.”

I’ll waste two hours for a thousand bucks, but I wouldn’t promise not to snicker.

[gracesdad]

Critics, even liberal ones, such as on NPR, are basically savaging this movie.

[coconut47]

And they were angry.
Because we’ve just been taking it and taking it.

[noob4palin]

He should have made this movie 3-4 years ago at the height of Bush hatred.

[denydenydeny]

and psychoanalyzes the parent-child relationship between elder George H.W. Bush and junior George W.

As Michael Medved pointed out in his review, almost all of Stone's films feature ugly, fractured father-son relatonships.

V.S. Naipaul said once that nonfiction writers may lie, but fiction writers always tell the truth...about their own psychological problems.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Stone’s own mother might disagree. Evidently, she is a Republican who doesn’t think too much of the film. Stone confessed to the Los Angeles Times that she “didn't really like the movie.”...Sounds as though it isn't "W" defining himself against a parent with whom he's in conflict, but Ollie himself......

[Liberty Valance]

See 'American Carol'

Actors Jon Voight, left, and Kelsey Grammer during a dream sequence on the set of of David Zuckers' new comedy "American Carol" in Los Angeles.

[Reagan Man]

Stone's Nixon cost $44 million to produce and made a grand total of $13.5 million in domestic sales. Hopefully “W” does the same.

Josh Brolin is the son of James Brolin, who gave a truly terrible performance as Ronald Reagan in a made for TV movie from a few years back.

[originalbuckeye]

We really enjoyed the movie. Some sophomoric humor, like in ‘Airplane’ but laughed a lot anyway.

[jpf]

Did you know that the phone lines were cut at 1 pm on the east coast the day JFK was shot? well, may be only in Oliver’s head but not in reality. In Hollywood they call that “dramatic license”, in Washington they call it spin, and everywhere else it's called lying your ass off!

Stone should have stayed in the grassy knoll.

[Senator Goldwater]

Josh Brolin is the son of James Brolin, who gave a truly terrible performance as Ronald Reagan in a made for TV movie from a few years back.

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Brolin’s father is married to Barbard Streisand, who once was a singer and is now a stunt double for Joy Behar.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Stone’s Nixon cost $44 million to produce and made a grand total of $13.5 million in domestic sales. Hopefully “W” does the same.****

So how does O Stone keep getting funding for these duds?

[Just A Nobody]

Welcome to FreeRepublic.

He should have made this movie 3-4 years ago at the height of Bush hatred.

Huh??? PRESIDENT Bush won re-election by a VERY comfortable margin 4 years ago. The BDS has reached epic proportions this year, even on FR.

[sten]

watch for movie theaters being bought out with no one in them in order to insure its not a complete flop

[MarkL]

So how does O Stone keep getting funding for these duds?

Are you kidding? The people funding him are leftists, authors of the "let's give mortgages to the illegal aliens who are unemployed! Just because they can't pay their bills doesn't mean they shouldn't live in a big house!" business model!

Mark

[Reagan Man]

Stone is a two time Oscar winner for best director.

They love him in Hollywood. Funding is no problem.