So who else is looking forward to seeing Oliver Stone's W?

[Initech]

I'm sure it wont change my opinion of Stupid Jackass but I'm sure it will be quite entertaining.

[AllieB]

1. I don't think I can see that movie until the eight years of hell are a distant memory.

[NightWatcher]

17. it's way too soon to laugh at that idiot. First we've got to put out the fires he started

[canoeist52]

2. Fun for the whole family!!!

[GCP]

3. I don't know

It looks too fake to me. They could have just done it straight and still he would have looked like a moron.

[Initech]

7. There's no way you could possibly make him NOT look like a moron.

[blues90]

4. I have thought about it but

I have seen enough of W to last me a life time. I doubt at this point I could find any humor in W after what he has done.

[napi21]

5. OH, I want to see it , but I can't afford to go to a theater. I'm sure I won't have the chance to

wee it until well after the election is over and it's released on DVD or PPV.

[southernleftylady]

6. I want to and my repub hubby wants to too...

he hates Bush and thinks it will be a good movie so :)

[spanone]

8. after 8 years there's not much i find funny about him

[shadowknows69]

9. In about 10 years on DVD, or whatever passes for DVD in 10 years

I think if I watched it now the impending depression might make me hurt myself. I really don't want to be reminded that we've endured eight years of being led by a jackass.

[lunatica]

10. If it's anything like his movie about Nixon I will be glad to watch

I'm a believer in human complexity and I would like to see if Oliver Stone can catch the reason's for Bush's singular lack of maturity and inability or unwillingness to do any kind of self-examination. Perhaps we'll see an unintelligent man's conflict with the profound things that shaped him. Stone's portrayal of Nixon was also non-political and what he did was to show a man with many demons who was unable to come to terms with them. Perhaps his ignominious excise from politics was what finally made him come to terms with his shadow side. Nixon did end up being considered an elder statesman.

A man can be an abject failure and the catalyst for horrible things, but it's still a matter of interest to know why he became that way.

[pacalo]

22. For the same reasons you stated, I plan to see it -- so does hubby.

I liked Stone's "Nixon" so much that I bought the dvd.

[Beregond2]

11. Not me.

You couldn't pay me to sit though another Oliver Stone fiasco. He has the intelligence of a hamster and the subtlety of a sledge hammer.

[wtmusic]

32. Pay $10 to hear Stone's take on what I already know?

Beh.

[jwirr]

12. Went to see Eagle Eye today with my daughter and gdaughter. Saw

W signs. Not to change the subject but does anyone know what the Eagle movie was trying to say? What I got was that the enemy is not over in Iraq but within.

[beac]

13. I read a review that said it us basically just a straight biopic.

No new ground, esp for folks like us DUers who are already familiar with the sordid details of his pathetic history.

I plan to make a donation to Planned Parenthood in his name instead of purchasing tickets to see his moronic life spool out for two hours.

[ddeclue]

14. Stone isn't really known for paying close attention to historical detail.

He tends to "fill in the blanks" and "take creative license" with history too much for my taste.

It might be worth seeing if view as a comedy (of errors) however.

I can't think of a Stone movie I liked except for the first half of Platoon (before they were sent to Vietnam)

Doug D.

[dixiegrrrrl]

27. Stone has Bush riding a horse and herding cattle in the film.

But it is well known that Bush is afraid of horses and there are no animals on the "ranch".

[shadowknows69]

29. maybe it's a dream sequence lol

[shadowknows69]

28. Umm, "Platoon" was set entirely in Vietnam

You might be thinking of "Full Metal Jacket", but that was Kubrick.

[Aristus]

30. The entire film of "Platoon" was set in Vietnam. You may be thinking of "Full Metal Jacket."

That is a Stanley Kubrick film. The first third was set during Marine recruit training at Parris Island. "Platoon" and "Full Metal Jacket" are as different as two films can possibly be.

[shadowknows69]

31. You owe me a coke

see above.

[EV_Ares]

15. What about Boogieman, about Lee Atwater? trailer link follows:

http://www.boogiemanfilm.com/

[madrchsod]

16. no...no money to waste on that crap

[Bluzmann57]

18. Times are hard. I'll save my money

I'll watch something worthwhile like the movie remake of Three's Company or 'Rasslin or something similar.

[peace frog]

19. Thanks but no thanks

From what I've seen of the trailers, Stone makes Junior out to be a genial stumble-bum who is lovably flawed due to 'daddy issues'. Imho that's taking waaaaaay too much poetic license to create a completely fictious character masquerading as the George W. Bush we know and loathe. Thanks, I'll spend my money elsewhere.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

20. I honestly don't want to see the flick

I've had enough of Bush, and laughing at a fictionalized version won't do anything but make me feel worse about the millions of casualties of the dickhead's failed policies.

[SheilaT]

21. Not me. Oliver Stone is a delusional

megalomaniac who often has trouble getting basic facts straight. Same with W, the person. I don't expect ever to bother to watch it, even on TV. Even if you strapped me into a chair and taped my eyes open.

[UTUSN]

23. Me!1 - Moi!1 - !1Yo!1 AND (bragging here: ) I saw "Mamma Mia" TOO!1 n/t

[UTUSN]

24. Btw, that was K&R #2 AND we need MORE K&R(s)!1 n/t

[KoKo]

25. I dragged myself out to see the new Documentary on Lee Attwater: "Boogie Nights" this weekend...

I had nightmares all last night and have been in a depression all day. I think I will wait a few years before I rent Stone's movie on "W." I can't deal with more sleeplessness...on the edge waiting for this election.

[Telly Savalas]

26. I can't stand Oliver Stone. Not a huge fan of W. Think I'll pass.

[ailsagirl]

33. Not I

[nosillies]

34. Will see it simply because lots of people I know are in it.

From what I heard from those on set, Brolin nails it, and it's none too complimentary of W. Of course, what they think is critical may be laughably fawning to DUers. I don't know all of their political leanings.

[Dorian Gray]

35. I'm not

I have no desire to sit through a movie about him, no matter how negatively he's portrayed. I get so angry seeing him on television, I couldn't stand to watch a film about him.

[vanderBeth]

36. I'm still deciding.