Josh Brolin is BS's step-son. We would be her son-in-law if he married Jason Gould, buy Josh is straight and Jason is already married to his boyfriend.

Gee, THAT will be an unbiased potrayal...

/Just sayin'

Son of a...

I meant stepson. I totally meant stepson.

/shamed subby

Ragnaroks: Gee, THAT will be an unbiased potrayal...

What do you mean? All of Stone's movies were strictly based on facts.

/wishes he would just go away
//and take Babs with him

Good to see Brolin taking off as an actor. I hope this project doesn't kill that.

I have a feeling "Epic Fail" will be conspicuously absent from the movie title.

that would make for one sucky movie, all around. My prediction? $46,000,000 to make, and a $13,000,000 return in the box office.

note to Stone: jiggling the camera does not make it more interesting.

"Goonies II"?

With all these lefty movies doing so well at the box office as of late (e.g., Lions for Lambs, Rendition, The Valley of Elah)I'm sure this one won't be-how did Norm McDonald put it? Oh yeah!

BOX OFFICE POISON.

I love how he's trying to portray it as an unbiased biopic- a year before the man's even going to leave office. Particularly how he's going to make it all about the intimate details of Bush's life- which he must be planning to pull out his ass.

Bush and Stone can both both go jump off a cliff.

I just want to give Josh Brolin some love. No Country for Old Men was an amazing movie, and he was awesome. If Stone is going to make a hilariously biased movie, he got a good actor.

To be fair Bush did some really great things.

/while he was in college
//I'm talking about partying here
///that was the only thing he was good at
////no seriously, dude sucked at everything else, especially being POTUS
/wait no, he was also good at using REALLY STRANGE and CHANGING logic, a thing I like to call "Real-Time Bush-Logic" which changes as the situation changes and still doesn't make a ton of sense when looking at the big picture

George Bush in Alexander's skirt.

/you can't unthink it

Heh heh heh

The scenes where he deserts from the National Guard, and the later scenes where his father's people have the records purged, will be controversial to say the least.

Ragnaroks: Gee, THAT will be an unbiased potrayal...

/Just sayin'

Heheheh.

So, the Vast Right-Wing Conspriacy bashes "HollyWeird Libruls" for years and is surprised when this happens?

Erik Shocker: To be fair Bush did some really great things.

/while he was in college

One of things Bush did when he was in Yale was...

THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM.

/Google "Victor Ashe" his openly gay room-mate, later rewarded with an ambassadorship to Poland.

//Google "Leola McConnell", one time dominatrix who ran fer office as a Dem and is now mysteriously "missing"

///NOT Kidding.

With OS directing, I'm thinking this movie could cover any of the following:

1. The initiation into Skull & Bones
2. His whereabouts On July 16-18, 1999
3. His relationship with "Turd Blossom"
4. The big secret energy summit
5. The pretzel incident
6. Leaking Valerie Plame
7. The "Cheney shoots his lawyer" crisis

I love how Stone refuses to give his personal assessment of Bush as a person because that would sully his neccessary appearance of impartiality, than refers to Bush as "an alcoholic bum" in the very next quote.

Brolin was gold in No Country for Old Men. That alone has my support.

And let's face it - Stone may be a little fringe, but he makes damn fine films.

Thanks to No Country For Old Men, I think I finally realised that Josh Brolin is one of my favourite actors.

Here is some of the sample dialogue.

VP Cheney: "Mr. President you can't fly remote control jet planes into the World Trade Center. It'll kill thousdands."

[Slaps the VP]

Pres. Bush: "Shaddap Cheney, I know what I'm doing. You are either with me or with Bin Laden."


Karl Rove: "We can't torture people, Mr. President."

[Slaps Rove]

Pres. Bush: "Shadddap Karl, I do what I want. You just fix elections for me."


etc, etc.

Huh. Sounds boring.

Never been one to watch Oliver Stone movies.

The only movie I really watched was Alexander, which sucked complete donkey balls.

1st, his decision to chronologically jump round really farked up the story telling aspect.

2nd: Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie??? Wtf?

3rd: Trying to fit Alexanders life into one movie caused him to neglect the importance of early events.

4th: Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie??? Wtf?

5th: The Bi-sexual/gay parts. They contributed nothing to the story and had no relevance besides an attempt to throw something "topical" into the mix.

TikiAndTorch: I meant stepson. I totally meant stepson.

And I presume you also meant "Barbara"

Ragnaroks: Gee, THAT will be an unbiased potrayal...

/Just sayin'

Maybe it will be.

"Nixon" was surprisingly sympathetic.
"World Trade Center" was praised by the conservative press, as it focused on the heroism and faith of its main characters, with no politics at all.

Hopefully it won't be.

Gee, I hope they don't make Bush look like, you know, a total idiot in every possible way, or something.

That would make his supporters feel like nitwits.

You know, for voting for him, and all.

Twice.

Remember how we all laughed and laughed and laughed at that Clinton movie Primary Colors?

/I'm sure Republicans will just laugh this movie off.
//Remember how well they took the Reagan movie?

Wow, a new movie. I didn't know they made those anymore. Please, tell me more about this product I should buy.

MorningBreath: jiggling the camera does not make it more interesting.

Exactly the problem with Dramaminefield . . . I mean Cloverfield.


/90 minutes of jiggling a camera makes it even less interesting

I wonder if Dubya's DUI will be included.

Between all the "Bush Countdown Calendars" and this Oliver Stone film, we're in for a year long Demorgasm.


/On the upside, they'll all be blind by election day

I can hardly wait to Not Go.

Alexander was unbearable.

Swampthing in Korea: 5th: The Bi-sexual/gay parts. They contributed nothing to the story and had no relevance besides an attempt to throw something "topical" into the mix.

Except that Alexander the Great had sexual relationships with men. I didn't care for the film myself, but you're wrong if you think it had no place.

Anagrammer: On the upside, they'll all be blind by election day

Fair is fair. You've been blind all along.

WFern: Swampthing in Korea: 5th: The Bi-sexual/gay parts. They contributed nothing to the story and had no relevance besides an attempt to throw something "topical" into the mix.

Except that Alexander the Great had sexual relationships with men. I didn't care for the film myself, but you're wrong if you think it had no place.

WFern 2008-01-20 11:58:57 PM

Of, I never denied that.

I said that the way it was included in the movie did not fit, and just seemed tacked on.

With my Oliver Stone goggles on, it's like two of the same picture!



/Had to look up Oliver Stone on a trivia page
//Apparently he had a hit movie back in the early '90s

Swampthing in Korea: WFern: Swampthing in Korea: 5th: The Bi-sexual/gay parts. They contributed nothing to the story and had no relevance besides an attempt to throw something "topical" into the mix.

Except that Alexander the Great had sexual relationships with men. I didn't care for the film myself, but you're wrong if you think it had no place.

WFern 2008-01-20 11:58:57 PM

Of, I never denied that.

I said that the way it was included in the movie did not fit, and just seemed tacked on.

But if Alexander had been a woman, then the bisexual scenes would have been fine, right?

destitute college kid

No, it was not a porn movie.

Anagrammer: /Had to look up Oliver Stone on a trivia page
//Apparently he had a hit movie back in the early '90s

Lord, I hope you're kidding.

Platoon
Born on the Fourth of July
The Doors
JFK
Natural Born Killers
Nixon
World Trade Center
etc.

Oliver Stone to direct film about George W. Bush with Barbra Streisand's stepson in the leading role

Cheese and whine!

This can go one of two ways...check that, there's only one way this can go: back, and to the left.

WFern: Anagrammer: /Had to look up Oliver Stone on a trivia page
//Apparently he had a hit movie back in the early '90s

Lord, I hope you're kidding.

Platoon
Born on the Fourth of July
The Doors
JFK
Natural Born Killers
Nixon
World Trade Center
etc.

Oh, how could I ever doubt this movie would be the 2nd coming of Gone With The Wind?

There are at least two possible outcomes:

1. Good
2. Bad

I'm going with Number Three:

Who Gives a S*it?

Wow, that's tough. Who do I hate more? George W. Bush or Oliver Stone?

/Endless war vs. Alexander... it's not a straight forward choice

Alexander was THE worst movie I have ever seen, when you consider the budget. I, to this day, am stupified by how aweful that movie was. I can't wait to see a trainwreck of a movie about a trainwreck of a president.

WFern:

Lord, I hope you're kidding.

This.

However, IMO, this movie will probably suck. Who knows?

Ehh, I never bothered seeing any of Stone's other movies, and I sometimes feel like we've been living inside a movie about Bush this decade.. very unlikely I'll see it.

Back... and to the left.
Back... and to the left.
Back... and to the left.

/Just my predictions on how the box office results and politics of this film will turn out

WFern: Anagrammer: /Had to look up Oliver Stone on a trivia page
//Apparently he had a hit movie back in the early '90s

Lord, I hope you're kidding.

Platoon
Born on the Fourth of July
The Doors
JFK
Natural Born Killers
Nixon
World Trade Center
etc.

Anagrammer is right in the last time he did a movie that was any good was in the early 90s and that was JFK. IMO, he ruined a great Tarantino script with NBK (Tarantino feels the same way) and his most recent efforts - World Trade Center and Alexander sucked donkey balls. Once upon a time, he was great. He wrote the screenplay for Scarface. He directed Wall Street, Platoon, and JFK. Maybe his advancing age is taking it's toll on his creativity, or maybe the extreme wealth has caused him to lose his fire (you put more into it if you know you can't make mortgage payments in the event of a flop), I don't know the reason why, I just know that just about everything he put out in the last 17 years* has been craptastic.

* Any Given Sunday wasn't bad. Not a great movie, but entertaining.