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RE: So was Ollie North...

Posted by BillH on December 26, 2018 at 13:49:20:
I just returned from seeing "Vice," and I think the movie presented Bush as he was: not really up to the job and easily played by experienced operators like Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz.

Christian Bale was magnificent, the great Amy Adams even more so, and Steve Carrell was MUCH better than in any role I've seen him play.

What was interesting about the movie--and this won't play one way or another in awards-is the historical perspective it presents. It is amazing how many tired old Republican ideas from the Seventies and Eighties are still around and being heavily promoted, such as the unitary theory of presidential authority or trickle-down economics.

The film was about 15 minutes too long, as wasted time on a phony ending in the middle and other diversions. The Reagan presidency was treated as pretty much a cup of coffee.

But overall I liked it, and I don't really care what awards it receives.