The reason we have a heartfelt zeal for discussing some historical event is that, even with countless possibilities, as long as history cannot be rewinded, we can never be 100% sure that it is the truth.
Those actions, those expressions, those thoughts, all the details are like sandstones, dissolving over time and becoming unknowable.
"W." is a possibility provided to us by director Oliver Stone. It is a historical truth that belongs to him. I don't know why this film is not rated highly. As a biographical work, I think it is already very complete.
This completeness does not lie in the inclusion of all historical facts, but in whether Stone has his own prejudice against historical facts. Maintaining prejudice and allowing the historical truth in one's heart to be self-consistent is a kind of integrity.
In "W." I saw Stone's prejudice and thinking.
For example, he described the absurd youth of Bush Jr. like all ordinary people at the beginning. He tried to exaggerate Bush Jr.'s pride and conceit in many scenes. When Bush Jr. faced his halo father and brother, he was proud and inferior. psychology. And in the main story of deploying the Iraq war, what Bush's team argued and what happened.
The truth is always confusing: is the young Bush Jr. as a gangster like in the film? Did Bush go to Harvard Business School on his own or with the blessing of his father? Did Bush really have so many mixed emotions about his father's success? The United States invaded Iraq on the basis that bin Laden terrorists possessed lethal weapons as one of the important reasons, and finally achieved nothing. Is this a major mistake of the intelligence personnel of the Bush administration as stated in the film, or is it set up by political wrestling within the government? conspiracy?
But as said before, the fascinating thing about history is that we can't falsify our own opinions, it doesn't matter, and Stone has given his answer.
At first glance at the film, I could easily think, like most viewers, that the director didn't seem to like Bush Jr. The actor's exaggerated expressions and comic humor made it difficult for the director to dismiss the suspicion of sarcasm and contempt. But when I think about it, I smell a hint of high-level whitewashing.
Even if it's a "smeared" film that is full of embarrassment, why don't I feel disgusted with Bush after watching it, but think that he seems kind and cute?
Because real life is full of flaws and imperfections, even the president of a superpower in the world is nothing more than a young girl who will be a big belly, will be "misunderestimate", sometimes burdened, sometimes disappointed, but still ready to continue Just an ordinary guy who works hard for the next softball drop.
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