I went to the movie theater yesterday and saw the last Oliver Stone movie: W. It is a very interesting movie telling the most important moments of the life of George W. Bush, actual president of the United States.
What is interesting is how is showed the character of George. Although, the president of the USA has made a lot of mistakes and is not really loved in the country, the movie gives us a new perspective on who that person is. It is not all negative. It is not about blaming W, but showing that after all, he is a human like everyone else.
The movie shows both negative and positive side of W. It also emphasizes on his difficult relationship with his father, and his humanity. We see him suffering from alcoholism and fighting it. We have compassion for him whenever he has to deal with his father because it is a very uneasy happy father-son realtionship. We see him breaking down and appearing at the worst of his presidency. There is a moment in the movie where he is unable to answer a question from a journalist and that moment is very important because we see the main character being the opposite of what he is suppose to be. A president needs to have an answer for everything and as soon as possible.
But finally, the president is only a figure and is not really the one in charge of the country. It is what many people do not understand and what try to explain the movie. The president is the representative figure of a country. He is the one who signs documents that he is not even making. If he is not very strong, he becomes some sort of muppet that poeple below him in the governemnt are articulating. He is not the only one who makes law, takes decision. The governement that surrounds him has a lot of influence on him and make him do things he may have not done by itself.
The goal of this movie is not to show George W. Bush as a smart men who knows what he wants and what he is doing but, more to show that he is a human; He commits errors, he has problems, he is passionate, he is not a good speaker. To me, this movie was made to show that evry bad things that happened recently, are not only because of the president. More people than just him are responsible for it. Even if the movie maybe spoof in some and ridiculises the president, it is not in a complete negative way. After seeing the movie, I had a less bad opinion about George W. Bush and I am not pro him.
If you do not like the president, you should at least see the movie for the mazing performance of Josh Brolin, amzing actor who was nominated for the movie ”No country for old man”. He portrays perfectly George W. Bush.
