First trailer for Christian Bale's "VICE"

[lawofcosines]

Discover the untold true story that changed the course of history forever. Watch the official trailer for #ViceMovie. pic.twitter.com/jFYIlRtiwD
- Vice Movie (@vicemovie) October 3, 2018

- The epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the

Comments

[cheeseasauras]

i genuinely dont understand why anyone thinks this movie isn't going to be making fun of and criticizing both cheney and bush but okay

[espressotorte]

Who's saying that?

[cheeseasauras]

every single time anything to do with this movie is posted (including this post where the OP asked "are you ready for more bush-era glorification, ontd?") people talk about how it's so gross and they won't be seeing a movie that's here to celebrate cheney and his accomplishments.

[espressotorte]

yeah, im never sure how people think because a movie or show is made about someone its automatically about that. I mean, its actually possible for art/media to be critical lol

[lawofcosines]

because i don't expect a biting, sharp takedown of this war criminal especially from hollywood. the big short is like that, too. too much gimmick, less critique.

[peripheralpill]

this

[sandstorm]

^

[deja_vu822]

yeah there's no way this is going to be pro-cheney. it'll prob be more like "wolf of wallstreet", I'd imagine - making fun of him and showing he's a shitty human but also slightly glamorizing his behavior as awful to the point of being ~kind of cool

[lawofcosines]

i'll wait and see for this to surprise me, but hollywood's track record isn't very good.

[espressotorte]

I guess thats why theres another genre of film called documentaries

[locksuperpower]

Lol mte

[rubie_dubidoux]

Did you see W, the movie? It's been about 10 years since I did but no one would call that a sympathetic portrayal