Ugly Politics

Lindsay 2022-03-21 09:01:34

In the first two-thirds of the film, the various strategic games in the campaign are boring and people want to fast-forward, and the last forty-five minutes is where the story gradually moves to the climax and the conflict reaches the climax. In our eyes, the United States is such a democratic and free country, but politics is a combination of filth, deceit, extortion, betrayal, blackmail, desire, etc. urgliness. What impressed me most about the whole film was a picture and a line.
A picture: The presidential candidate played by George Clooney impassively expounded his ruling philosophy and measures on the campaign stage with an American flag behind him, imagining the bright future of the United States under his administration, and behind the flag, The two elite cadres of the think tank in his campaign team are arguing over how to use various countermeasures to win more votes by unscrupulous means.
A line, the protagonist Steven said to the presidential candidate George Clooney:
Cause you broke the rule of politics
You wanna be President
You can start a war
You can lie
You can cheat
You can bankrupt the country
But you can't fuck the interns.



Such dirty politics made a 20-year-old young, beautiful and promising girl give up her own life. Thank you to the director for arranging another beautiful girl who is equally young and unlimited to join the campaign team. It seems to echo, At the same time, I also nakedly tell everyone the cruel reality: because of the drive of interests and desires, so many people still rush to politics, people who are full of filth but dressed in the flamboyant and vanity cloak of a prosperous scene are deceiving themselves. grand ceremony.


The poster of the film is also very meaningful. On the surface, an individual is running for the highest leader of a country, and this country still thinks that it is, in fact, the unique superpower in the world. In fact, it is the countless intricate and intertwined forces behind him that manipulate the person in the highest position.

(PS: George Clooney is a big supporting role, just like this poster. Don't be deceived.
Forgive me. I found out at the end that George Clooney is the director)

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Extended Reading
  • Nola 2022-04-23 07:01:34

    Doing the President's P thing is weak

  • Dolores 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    Gosling's acting is really good!

The Ides of March quotes

  • Tom Duffy: You know, I'm trying to remember if the Democrats have ever nominated an atheist before.

    Paul Zara: Well, we know they've nominated a jackass before.

  • Tom Duffy: [to Stephen] You exude something. You draw people in. All the reporters love you. Even the ones that hate you love you. 'Cause you play them like the pieces on a chessboard and make it look effortless. And we both know how hard it is constantly being on guard, weighing every word, every move. But from the outside, you make it look easy. People are scared of you. 'Cause they don't understand how you do it, and they love you for it. And that is the most valuable thing in this business. The ability to win people's respect by making them mistake their fear for love.