It's hard to be a true liberal

Karelle 2022-03-29 09:01:02

The Easter egg at the end says almost everything I want to say: so liberal. Basically, the whole film is scolding Cheney and the Republican Party in a different way. Is this a Democrat propaganda film? Not to mention whether all this described in the film is true, even if it is, this kind of operation makes people feel quite bad.

This year's Oscars are a bit inexplicable. What's the point of such a movie with obvious tendencies, other than making people who scold it enjoyable, and people who watch it after a meal? According to the film, Cheney is basically the biggest villain in the world, plus Bush Jr., an unbelievable idiot, so that Iraqis die after Americans die, Afghans die after Iraqis die, and Syrians follow after Afghans die. die. Not only that, after Cheney, whose power is more unlimited than the president, and under the protection of the Unitary executive theory, the later American leaders have obtained the umbrella of doing whatever they want, and future wars, plagues, and volcanic eruptions are all the bane he sowed.

In recent years, I have been very reluctant to see Christian Bale perform, and it is too out of tune with the people around him. People can always notice his performance and then play. In addition, all the cast members in this film have to wear makeup, and Haiqing from the United States has to wear makeup too, Steve Carell disguised himself, and Sam Rockwell just won the Oscar last year. This time playing Bush Jr. is a joke, it doesn't look like it at all.

Director and screenwriter Adam McKay can be said to be full of energy and malice. This love-hate relationship for a reason or no reason is understandable, just not so believable. Including the lack of preparation for several major changes in Cheney's life, maybe he has no intention to spend too much energy on it.

Putting aside the question of whether it is biased, it is simply to say that politicians or individuals like Cheney do exist in our world. Not everyone can understand and approve of the kind of people who Finally, he found his life calling, he would be a dedicated, humble servant to power, but it is these people who make up the existence of certain types of organizations and clusters in today's world and society Fundamentally, in the eyes of others, it is these people and their views and participation in the world that have brought more disasters to the world. And those other people are just liberals.

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  • Aide: Can you breathe?

    Dick Cheney: I'm having a heart attack, you idiot.

  • Dick Cheney: [Speech before end credits roll] I can feel your incriminations and your judgment, and I am fine with that. You want to be loved? Go be a movie star. The world is as you find it. You've gotta deal with that reality that there are monsters in this world. We saw 3,000 innocent people burned to death by those monsters, yet you object when I refuse to kiss those monsters on the cheek and say "pretty please." You answer me this, what terrorist attack would you have let go forward so you wouldn't seem like a mean and nasty fella? I will not apologize for keeping your family safe. And I will not apologize for doing what needed to be done so that your loved ones could sleep peacefully at night. It has been my honor to be your servant. You chose me. And I did what you asked.