Sunday, January 20, 2008

Bush Biography

There was a lack of a post of real significance on the Daily Kos. So I went searching for an updated conservative blog. I quickly found “Power Line.” The most recent post is titled “We Can’t Wait.” Apparently Oliver Stone is creating a film biography of Pres. Bush. I am intrigued, because I think that such a film would certainly, and immediately, fail. BUT, the blogger claims “if all of Stone's fellow BDS sufferers buy a ticket, it will be the Gone with the Wind of the 21st century.” Is this the politics talking or just the wishful thinking that precedes most movie releases? Oliver’s last film, “Alexander,” was a joke in the box office; most movie goers even claimed that it was a downright horrible movie. But he hope to create an unbiased film entitled Bush starring Josh Brolin. I doubt that it will be as effective as some might hope, but most certainly, it will mix things up a little. If we are lucky it may even present us with something that we haven’t seen or heard before. Other movies along the line of a political “true” story have attempted to do the same. “Breach,” a movie following the biggest break in security at within the CIA, fell flat on its nose. It was unimaginative and lacked any real plot. The only way that Stone can save his movie is to promote it as a documentary/biography, and not a feature film.

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