W. (2008)
George W. Bush had the unenviable record of being the US President with the lowest rating ever, at the end of his second term. His tenure marked the making the world a hostile world to live in and the unleashing of the genie of destruction from the Middle East.
Somehow I could not help but compare W as a President to Truman. Truman was not the first choice for Vice President but was chosen over the left leaning pacifist Henry Wallace. W was made President after a controversial election. When FDR died four months into his VPship, Truman was left asking himself, whether he was man enough to be the President? Like Truman, W had a disturbing past. Harry Truman grew up as a recluse and a nerd for being small, book-wormish and with thick glasses. Because of this complex, probably, Truman turned out to be a 'gung-ho' leader who threatened the whole world, especially the Soviet Union, with his new found toy, the Nuclear Bombs. W had always grown under the shadow of his brother Jeb and had always wanted to do something to win his father George Senior's heart. The Presidentship must have been W's way to prove that he won the sibling rivalry.
Both Truman and W left the world, after their leadership in a chaotic state. Truman with the Cold War and the world of Red Army versus the capitalists and W with his crusade against the unknown enemies to nuke them out of their foxholes as well dividing the world into two simplistic halves, with the US and against them.
This film starts showing a reckless George W Bush just wasting his time getting drunk, involving himself in failed ventures and living a life of disappointment to his father, George Sr. At the age of 40, he finds faith in God, gets his life in order, becomes a teetotaler and gets a heading in life. After becoming Governor of Texas, he gets the delusion that he is the God-appointed representative to lead the world's biggest Christian nation.
At the end of the day, the film did not reveal anything that most of us did not already know. Well, this film did not explore anything that we all did not know. All through, we noticed that W and his father never really saw eye to eye in many of the ways of ruling the nation and controlling the affairs of the world. Just like Truman, W also ended his tenure with the lowest rating ever in the history of USA.
George W. Bush had the unenviable record of being the US President with the lowest rating ever, at the end of his second term. His tenure marked the making the world a hostile world to live in and the unleashing of the genie of destruction from the Middle East.Somehow I could not help but compare W as a President to Truman. Truman was not the first choice for Vice President but was chosen over the left leaning pacifist Henry Wallace. W was made President after a controversial election. When FDR died four months into his VPship, Truman was left asking himself, whether he was man enough to be the President? Like Truman, W had a disturbing past. Harry Truman grew up as a recluse and a nerd for being small, book-wormish and with thick glasses. Because of this complex, probably, Truman turned out to be a 'gung-ho' leader who threatened the whole world, especially the Soviet Union, with his new found toy, the Nuclear Bombs. W had always grown under the shadow of his brother Jeb and had always wanted to do something to win his father George Senior's heart. The Presidentship must have been W's way to prove that he won the sibling rivalry.
Both Truman and W left the world, after their leadership in a chaotic state. Truman with the Cold War and the world of Red Army versus the capitalists and W with his crusade against the unknown enemies to nuke them out of their foxholes as well dividing the world into two simplistic halves, with the US and against them.
This film starts showing a reckless George W Bush just wasting his time getting drunk, involving himself in failed ventures and living a life of disappointment to his father, George Sr. At the age of 40, he finds faith in God, gets his life in order, becomes a teetotaler and gets a heading in life. After becoming Governor of Texas, he gets the delusion that he is the God-appointed representative to lead the world's biggest Christian nation.
At the end of the day, the film did not reveal anything that most of us did not already know. Well, this film did not explore anything that we all did not know. All through, we noticed that W and his father never really saw eye to eye in many of the ways of ruling the nation and controlling the affairs of the world. Just like Truman, W also ended his tenure with the lowest rating ever in the history of USA.
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