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 Posted: Sun Oct 19th, 2008 05:20 pm
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 Back to the movie "W." It is my practice to read reviews AFTER I see a movie, because I don't wnat some crtic to color or predjudice my feeling for the movie. SO if I care enough about the movie, I do read reviews afterward to find out if there is nay consensus between my impressions and that of the pros.

I did read about six reviews of "W." Almost agreed that Stone had gone unusually "easy" on George W Bush. I feel the same way. I expected a much harsher picture and the movie's trailers thais summer did lead me to expect a scouring. It wasn't there. In fact, the movie was pretty much a rehash of everything we've been seeing since W first took office, including some of his better known "Bushisms."

Thus, for the Stone haters here, I would have to say this movie is not vintage Stone. It is Stone gone mellow.

Critics and I also agree that Stone seemed to stop the story too soon. We did not get any hint of Katrina or "Brownie" and certainly not this economic meltdown which did not hit hard until well after this movie was ready for distribution. We didn't see the humiliation when George W Bush  has remained pretty much of an unspoken word in the McCain campaign because it seemed the better stategy to run as if the current  Bush presidency never existed. One is left longing for more of the story--maybe Part Two, as I have said before.

I think some who do not like Oliver Stone might enjoy the movie anyway. Well, maybe not, given the level if dislike he has generated by his past movies.