First of all, the film is not funny at all, the power game in House of Cards is always serious and serious, not to mention the biographical nature of naming names, the actors acted very hard and earnestly, not exaggerated at all, with a little humor in the scene, just posted Comedy label, I don't know how the director thought about it, it was a failure.
If you make a comedy, you can do it without naming names, the actors let go, Jim Carrey's kind, major events are changed, and the president's brain and the vice president's black belly are poignantly satirized, and the bad politicians in the white house are satirized. In addition to laughing, the audience knows who the characters in the film are in reality, which is called comedy.
When a non-fiction biography is turned into a comedy, it can only be said that the political orientation of the film and the political stance of the director are very clear, that is, to expose and criticize the White House politicians. The problem has come again. Since you want to deeply expose criticism and reflect, it should be the rhythm of "The Big Short", "House of Cards", and "Deterrence and Intimidation", and carefully and deeply peel off the abuse of power and decision-making mistakes by this group of politicians in the White House. The problem is that the director used a superficial mask to describe Bush's mental retardation and Cheney's black belly again, which made the film superficial and the rhythm was wrong.
The opposition ridiculed Bush for his mental retardation. It started when he came to power. This was just a normal political struggle. However, the film took this political devaluation as the basis of the film's story. We know from common sense that Bush Jr. graduated from a prestigious school, a family of politicians, and his father was not demented when he was 9/11. How could he become Cheney's marionette just like he was mentally retarded? How did this fool get elected by the American people?
There is also the second Gulf War. Facts have proved that the plundering of oil is not the main motive of the war, but the film still regards it as Cheney's motive, which is obviously inappropriate.
In short, it is just a political propaganda film of the opposition party, just watch it lively.
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