I give Oliver Stone a lot of credit. To his word, he said he was going to try and make an unbiased, objective movie about the life of the former president, and he definitely tried. Not too sure if he succeeded, but he did make a pretty good movie. Josh Brolin and the rest of the cast were terrific at encapsulating the subtleties of the people they were portraying. In particular, Richard Dreyfus was outstanding as Dick Cheney. When he and Colin Powell had their arguments, I couldn't help but laugh at how real it seemed it could be. The one problem I had was Thandie Newton as Condeleeza Rice. The problem: it was too perfect an impression. She did such a great job imitating Rice that it seemed like it was a joke. My only performance complaint.
Whatever thoughts and feelings you had towards Bush, good or bad, you're going to have them when you leave this movie. This is not going to enlighten you to think some other way, this is only going to entertain you.
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