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It doesn't say what or who started the fight.But I would like to think that the general public is sick of directors like Stone and righteous actors painting our country in a negative way.The least they could do is wait till the man is out of office a few years, or deceased.
_______________________________________________ http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080713/D91SN3KG0.html "W" began filming in May in Shreveport. Brolin plays President Bush and Wright plays former Secretary of State Colin Powell. The cast also includes Elizabeth Banks as first lady Laura Bush, Ellen Burstyn and James Cromwell as the elder Bushes and Thandie Newton as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. |
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By "General Public" are you speaking of the 25% who support out Presidents policies? And when you say "Painting our Country in a negative way" You actually meant "Painting our President in a negative way" right??
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No, The man is the President of the United States and while he is president he deserves respect.My feelings are that once he is out of office, fine make your film.
I don't agree with all that is happening and have experienced the anguish and fear while my son was in Iraq and nephew is headed back for the third time now.I would very much like for no one to have to be there but while they have to be there I(me) don't feel that there should be films made of the standing President nor of the ongoing war. |
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One must not confuse “the office of the President” with the person occupying that office. We should all always respect “the office of the President”, but the person that occupies that office has to earn that respect. Many people cannot seem to separate the two.
It’s very similar to being in the military. You may not respect a particular officer but you have sure better respect the rank. |
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From the article...
I think it's obvious what the tone of this movie is going to be...the scallywags are drooling in anticipation.  |
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So my question is this, how do you "show that respect" I would assume the soldiers don't get a camcorder and make a film showing their version of The Life and Times of General Thymesfrom a tin Hut to A Ten Hut!,and then have movie night. |
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Stillkit  |
I fail to see just what some actors being arrested for a beer joint fight have to do with the President of the United States.
And, I think some of y'all are anticipating the movie, rendering a judgment on it before it's even made. |
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Qualify that - that is 25% who say so on the polls that could just as well have been doctored to show that unpopularity. Seems to me that Hollyweird makes the implausible seem like real life all the time. Remember "Independence Day"? The aliens certainly looked real enough even though they weren't. Your "25%" could just as easily be fictitious but dressed up to look real. It could be that 75% approve the policies, but the vocal minority doesn't like it. After all, the only poll that counted - the one in 2004 - paints quite a different picture; one that even Hollyweird couldn't deny. |
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It's that "silent majority" thing again, right Pete? Last time they were so damn silent they didn't even count. |
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"I love the smell of Brown Water in the morning" |
Well lets see, hummm - Oliver Stone and James Brolin....any bets on how Bush will be portrayed? |
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it will be a flopp.. hell i am betting that bush with his low ratings will be more of a success then this movie....
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Well, Kit, you're right--I am pre-judging the movie based upon the producer/director's existing track record. And he's an artful hack but a hack nonetheless. He's certainly not a documentarian--he couldn't even get Vietnam quite right, and he was there.
This movie is going to be a straight-to-DVD production, and will only be purchased by the same sad subset that bought Obama's books. Stone and Brolin scratched an itch, that's all. If they want to make money they'll need something better. I'll wait.... |
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With a $30 million budget and a Lionsgate THEATER release slated for mid to late October, I think the people that do this for a living expect to make a lot of money. Also, reading that the excellent Scott Glenn would do Rumsfeld has me there. -- -- And Dreyfuss doing Dick Cheney harkens back to when Belushi panned Dreyfuss’ academy award winning “pantyhose in the bathroom” scene for SNL |
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If Brolin plans on returning home to 'domestic tranquility' I seriously doubt that the portrayal will anywhere near 'fair and balanced'. Perhaps his wife will begin shilling for it during her next concert...
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I didn't know Diane Lane could sing -- she is ultra hot tho -- great as Richard Gere's filandering wife in "Unfaithful"   |
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GONE 8 Nov Fin |
Diane Lane is not married to James Brolin, it's that other **tch with the messed up nose and eyes, Barbara Striesands.
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aaaahhhhhh bar fights in the service....great memories
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Guess they lost their creativity.
Or they prove to be sheep, following the "Let's get Bush" wachos. LoL some people are stright up jokes.  Todays politics remind me of an old saying. - "Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?" - Joseph Stalin |
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although you are 100 percent right, it has nothing to do with this thread. |
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