Jeremy's World

I finally got around to seeing this movie.  I was pretty excited when it first came out.  Even though Oliver Stone is, well, Oliver Stone, as long as one keeps in perspective the liberal slant his movies take, they are enjoyable (to me anyway).  I am not a fan of former President George W. Bush, and I’m not ashamed to say that.  I think his presidency was absolutely miserable.  But this isn’t about that.  The movie…

I wasn’t expecting an action-packed thriller or anything, but it moved at too slow of a pace for me.  But, that’s typical Oliver Stone, so I’ll give it a pass on that part.  Overall I still wasn’t impressed by the film.

The biggest drawback was the caricature-like portrayal of some of the players.  The portrayal of Condoleezza Rice was something I would expect to see on SNL – forced and distracting.  Colin Powell, Karl Rove and Ari Fleischer fall into the same category.  Rumsfeld was kind of humorous, but it went too far on the “clueless” angle…at least one hopes it was too far.  It was almost as though the actors were doing impressions more than acting.  I think that actually detracted from otherwise solid performances with the W., Cheney, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush portrayals.

It’s too bad because I really did have high hopes for the movie.

I’m not sure I want to know how this injury happened…How embarrassing.