DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Review: In Regards to Your Movie, ‘W.’

  • rommy · 1 year ago
    I'm just trying to figure out which of Oliver Stone's films could actually ever have been considered good (and PLEASE no one say Platoon, JFK because those are two of the most overrated films I've seen). Wall Street was entertaining at best but was so cheesy I wanted to blow my brains out. His scripts are garbage, lacking any semblance of good writing. They have no depth or decent dialogue and barely hit the threshold of realism (which I would deem critical in the subject matter he chooses to take up).
  • Mister Hand · 1 year ago
    Actually, despite the fact that I wrote a rather optimistic piece about this movie yesterday, it's just occurred to me that I can't think of a single Oliver Stone picture I've ever really liked. I always have some admiration for large hunks of his movies, but just like I've never understood the lyrics for an entire Rolling Stones song all the way through, I've never liked an Oliver Stone movie all the way through.
  • Davebaxter1989 · 1 year ago
    @rommy

    Well I will say JFK and Platoon because I think these films are fantastic regardless of whether you don't like them or not. Despite the fact that you claim it to be cheesy I'd add Wall Street to that list along with Salvador, Born on the fourth of July, The Doors, Natural Born Killers and Nixon. A damn fine list of films.
  • Sam · 1 year ago
    rommy, I would go with natural born killers. I enjoyed that one.

    Cole, should I watch this film bad review and all? I mean, as a Canadian and all.
  • Troy · 1 year ago
    His movie might have been decent if he would have known something about the man he made the movie about, ya know? Except he didn't, all he did was create some non-sense that would appease a few bush-bashers.
  • Dave · 1 year ago
    Just one word for my review DON'T ! As in don't waste your time.
  • Mister Hand · 1 year ago
    Troy, I think you might not be entirely correct there. From what I've read, everything in the film comes from people who witnessed the events, or were privy to well-sourced information. Even the father/son fistfight that Cole sneered at a bit in his review was something that was admitted to by Barbara Bush, if I recall correctly.
  • Troy · 1 year ago
    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/17...

    Stone didn't bother himself to call President Bush, Jeb Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, or Ari Fleischer. So even if they didn't "make up" what they filmed, everything they have is from second or third hand sources. None of it is from any of the actual characters in the movie. How many "biographical" movies do you see that portray a living person (or many people such as W) that have no contact with the living person/people?
  • Davebaxter1989 · 1 year ago
    @ Troy

    You mean Stone didn't get a sit-down with the President of the United States about doing a film that rips the piss out of him? Wow my respect for this president just bottomed out.
  • Oliver Stone · 1 year ago
    Stop talking about me, geez!
  • ILRYN · 1 year ago
    this movie was a dumb idea anyway
  • BS · 1 year ago
    It sounds like this movie should be viewed as a comedy. Don't take it to heart too much because it's already been made and there isn't really much we can do about it but try to not be too pissed off about it and get a chuckle in where we can. Very reflective of the administration. I think I will see the movie as closure to a part of history I don't care to remember.
  • Cole Abaius · 1 year ago
    @ Sam

    I would never try to tell Canadians what to do.

    See if at your own risk. I imagine there's an appeal to being one of the people that sees it so you can talk at the water cooler, but know that (whether you think it's a comedy going in or not (and it's not)) you will be disappointed.

    The fist fight may be true, but it's presented really absurdly in the movie. Like most things that may or may not have been true in real life.
  • Sam · 1 year ago
    Well, it sounds like a rental then.
  • Aleric · 1 year ago
    Careful Cole, I made a comment about the film being slanted in the other thread and was called a Kool-Aid drinker by Jester.

    I in no way would ever believe that the liberal Hollywood Elites would get together on a film to make one of the candidates they were against do badly in the election. Say it isn't so Tom Brokaw.

    Serious, Oliver Stone needs to team up with Ewe Boll and churn out a few more epics like this one.
  • carol boucher · 1 year ago
    this is by far the worst movie I have ever seen. I wish I could get my money back. It was so boring that I had a hard time keeping awake. Don't waste your money on this loser.
  • Romy C. Schultz · 1 year ago
    Unfortunately, some good acting was lost in the shallowness of most characters. Sadly, this show turned into a soap opera a la Dallas. This could have been a GREAT movie if the director and writers would have taken the time and care to develop the characters. The film lacks depth of character and emotional connection between the personalities. Try some Pinter in a future remake, that should do it.