First look: Oliver Stone's 'W.' is not quite out of left field

[Algorem]

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-09-23-oliver-stone-w_N.htm

By Anthony Breznican, USA TODAY

...It's the opening scene of Oliver Stone's movie of the same name, which he is still racing to finish in time for its debut Oct. 17. Stone chronicles the youth of George W. Bush, his rise to the White House and the crises he has faced over the past eight years. And it's a comedy...



But he insists he and screenwriter Stanley Weiser (who also wrote 1987's Wall Street with him) "tried to stay human and true to this man. It's supposed to be a fair and true portrait. People get me confused with my outspoken citizen side, but I am a dramatist first and foremost."...


The movie portrays Bush as charming, spiritually devout and well-intentioned but also reckless, a kind of daddy's boy, always relying on his father, wealthy friends or Bush family connections to launch his career forward or extract him from trouble. He's also depicted as overly trusting...




"I think Cheney gamed him and gamed the whole system. Cheney is a brilliant player," Stone says. He adds that the recent book Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Pulitzer Prize winner Barton Gellman backs up the depiction...

[glitch]

1. Sounds like Stone is easily played. That's a shame for us.

But I bet Babs loves him.

[Auggie]

2. I think Cheney gamed him too

Bush is nothing more than a low-level carnival barker.

[Mist]

3. Yes--I've never known of a Pres. more irrelevant to his own administration. nt

[Peregrine Took]

4. 15% hate Bush? Where did he get that number? Sheer fantasy.

What a wuz!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. "Bush is .....also depicted as overly trusting."

Boosh waaa...

Stupid and lazy, yes.
I don't think he trusts anyone.
Uses people, yes.