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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 07:29 PM
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Anyone seen the movie "W." with Josh Brolin? Is it any good?
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7wo7rees Donating Member (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 07:35 PM
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1. Dick Cheney will trip you out
Josh does a one-sided version of the Chimp in Chief
Oliver is at 60%.
Worth the time.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 07:38 PM
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2. I saw it, but don't remember much of it. It wasn't bad.
I do remember wondering why Laura was such an enabler. Rick Perry has been compared to the Josh Brolin portrayal of bush. Could be worth watching just to see for yourself.
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-08-11 07:59 PM
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3. It's A Prequel to Brolin's Next Film, "Perry" n/t
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 11:08 AM
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4. It was much better than I expected
Most of the supporting actors were very good, and it wasn't quite as one-sided as I expected.
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 11:12 AM
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5. James Cromwell and Ellen Burstyn were good as Poppy and Bar. n/t
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 11:44 AM
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6. I thought it was quite good.
Richard Dreyfuss' Cheney was amazing. In retrospect I think Stone might have been right on about Bush - he's a pathetic, entitled dry drunk with Daddy issues who wanted to own a baseball team but got kicked upstairs by people who knew they could manipulate him. And Cheney is just pure evil.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 12:04 PM
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7. Very sympathetic treatment. I enjoyed it, although I saw a lot of one-liners coming.
I thought he gave a pretty even handed portrayal of the man. The last two words on screen (a giant "THE END") seem to be the only editorializing.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 12:12 PM
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8. It was about as realistic of a portrayal as you can get.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 12:25 PM
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9. I lived thru 8 years of that asshole in the white house. I don't need a movie reminder
:grr:

Although I do think Josh Brolin is a talented actor.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-11 01:15 PM
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10. Brolin was hysterical in that role, especially the eating part
I didn't think I'd like it, but I did--a lot.
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