Some brief “W” thoughts from Spencer who saw the film last night:
I saw “W” last night, and I won’t tell you to much since you are seeing it tonight, but it certainly is a film that I thought as if nothing else was funny to watch. But with some of the characters, such as Condi Rice (Thandie Newton), I was disappointed that they choose to portrayed her as such a one dimensional cartoon. Karl Rove (Toby Jones) is of course a fucking asshole, and they had loads of fun with that. There were a few scenes without humor, that I thought were really good and interesting, and just a little bit moving, which almost made me wish that [director] Oliver Stone had done a straight up biopic on the guy rather than work the parody angle too hard. The fact that family always thinking of George W. (Josh Brolin) as the loser was a pretty interesting twist, that I wish they would have worked with a little more seriousness. But overall I thought it was a pretty fun movie, that happened to be interesting at points, but nothing that will change a swing voters mind come election time.
“W” vandalism/agit-prop art via Hollywood Elsewhere.
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
- Rodrigo Perez
