Access Hollywood has gotten their hands on some footage of Josh Brolin as the decider, the Commander-In-Chief, Dubya himself in Oliver Stone’s biopic ‘W.’ As funny as it all seems on the surface and from the trailers, Brolin seems to have nailed George W. Bush’s cadence and mannerisms; it’s quite uncanny, but Brolin didn’t have a stellar year in 2007 just to squander it.
We’ve been on a script reading tear of late and we just finished ‘W’ two nights ago. It’s kind of awesome, ridiculous, not as silly as you’d think and hamfisted all at the same time. It’s all large brushstrokes, and little nuance, as you’d expect from Oliver Stone, but it is fascinating and an engaging read with tons of Bush-ism delights that make it pretty enjoyable despite some of its clumsiness (the “life misunderestimated” from the new posters nails some of the “nucular” dialogue in the script).
It’s kind of all greatest hits, with no B-sides or deep cuts into the Bush story (relatively), but regardless, it sure as shit makes us want to see the movie to see how it turns out. Truthfully, it’s probably not going to be that bad and again, probably pretty enjoyable as the trailers seem to nail every moment in the screenplay. Wait, did we just unintentionally review this thing? Without getting into it too much, one of our favorite things about Bush’s characterization in the script is how he constantly seems annoyed and irritated when his Presidential duties distract him from watching baseball or football, it’s kind of LOL-riot. Oh, the complete emasculation of Colin Powell (Jeffrey Wright) in the film is also notable as it’s hilarious and sad at the same time.