I don't think that you can get better
acting than is on display in Vice
I mean this is next-level stuff even
down to Christian Bale actually gaining
the weight to play Cheney rather than
dawn off fat suit but don't hurt
yourself Christian Bale Tom Hardy had to
stop doing that because it was really
hurting his health I think believe that
I believe that also really hurt Tom
Hanks as well
so last time Christian Bale will forgive
you but what a last time however if only
Adam McKay was as sophisticated as his
cast instead just like with the big
short very similar problems between the
two movies McKay is not just a
sledgehammer of a film maker but he's an
insulting sledgehammer
I mean McKay makes great points but I
don't love having them screamed at me
also his choice to tell the story out of
order and sometimes documentary style is
jarring very jarring and Rob's the movie
of the elegance of say a patent or
Lincoln excellent political biography
movies there's also a Shakespeare bit
now to be fair I don't like Shakespeare
but I don't think anyone would enjoy
this it really kind of took me out of
the movie in fact and Christian Bale and
Amy Adams try as they might could not
pull it off I'd be curious when you do
see the movie come back or if you have
did you like the Shakespeare bit I
thought it was just too too cool for
school Adam McKay but still the movie it
had me thanks again to the powerhouse
performances but also a fascinating
story that what most of us haven't heard
before and that's sort of the point the
Cheney is one of the most secretive men
in history you know a lot of times you
go to see these biography movies and you
know a lot of this stuff but you want to
let's see this filmmakers take on it
this is like all new and what a story I
even forgave the movie for ripping off
house of cards at the very end and I'm
surprised no one turned to Adam McKay
and said you can't do that that's the
signature move of house of cards come up
with something else you're the writer
and the director but what really made me
have a problem with the movie is the mid
credit scene
where McKay is so incredibly insulting
to moviegoers well you know I always
tell you that it's really important the
feeling that movie goers have when they
leave your movie like Napoleon Dynamite
but great ending so everybody leaves the
theater being like wow that was a great
movie but with Vice I think the feeling
that most people will have when they
leave the theater is fuck you Adam McKay
but I still think you should see this
movie it's the I still think it's worth
your time again because of the
performances I mean we all knew that
Christian Bale was a very talented actor
but this transformation I mean this is
like Meryl freakin Streep level Wow I
would cut and then one point in the
movie I was like oh yeah and it also is
in Christian Bale British mind blown
again and I also think the Christian
Bale is very fair to Dick Cheney but
speaking of fair Adam McKay has admitted
that he couldn't hate the Bush
administration more like really like
almost a vendetta level but still there
are glimmers I mean I guess he can't
help himself also here in a good way
there are glimmers of a balance take on
this sprinkled throughout the movie and
the movie is at its best when it's
accurately depicting how not just
politicians but also corporate
executives operate at the very highest
levels and I don't think it's the game
by the way that's bad you might be like
well nobody should do this I mean I
think it's a very exciting game as it is
here but in many cases sadly most cases
the real problem is that the players
have no real moral compass you know it's
not don't hate the player hate the game
I love the game the problem again is you
know and I think that it's people should
want to play it I mean I mean it almost
has a little bit of a wall street aspect
to it you know with Gordon Gekko the
problem should I wish that Adam McKay
would underline this and of course he
doesn't is that it's not the way people
work at these upper levels but that you
know they're they they don't put
themselves in check from again a moral
perspective you know just what's right
and wrong
and I think that that line is
frustratingly debatable depending on how
you view big business
and how you view politics and you know
what the priority should be those are
all really interesting subjects in fact
and this is not the kind of movie to
explore them I don't think Adam McKay
has any I don't a Adam McKay even thinks
that way which is you know kind of the
problem on both sides today I think Adam
Kaye in some ways is just as guilty as
other people that he's trying to you
know nail to the wall here but speaking
back going back to the acting this is
almost also the best I've ever seen Amy
Adams and Amy Adams also is a very
talented actress but this was amazing
and Sam Rockwell well he just is George
W Bush and I know that some people were
worried that this might be too cruel
particularly right after the passing of
george w bush's father by the way George
HW also shows it briefly and they cast
that very well as well but I don't think
that it was mean I think if anything I
don't want I don't want give spoilers
because again this is a story really
very few people know but I thought I
thought it was also fair to George W
Bush also speaking of the cast Tyler
Perry makes for a very convincing : pal
now I think that watching this movie
will make a lot of people angry and Adam
McKay wants to make you angry but I
don't think that he should make you so
angry to the point that you just like
throw your hands up and disgust and walk
disgust and walk away because the real
take away should be that if this is how
the game is indeed being played and it
is well the other side whoever is
against you know whoever you know if
this is how your opponent is playing you
have to play it the same level you just
can't complain and whine about the way
the game is playing being way it's being
done I would say you have to put rules
into effect but Dick Cheney and his
cohorts are shockingly effective at
getting rid of rules and just flat-out
ignoring them and it's on the people who
let them ignore them as well and again
Adam McKay doesn't make any of those
points because this is a very one-sided
movie
I would even describe Adam McKay it's
not just idealistic but idealistic to
the point of naivete a lot of times the
movie what you could get the feeling
that he was like can you believe this is
the way it's done and you know I would
be like oh yeah not only do I believe it
that's really smart I mean again I don't
think that should be discussed it should
be like oh let me get at my own notes
let me copy over your shoulder Dick
Cheney I mean
there's some there's some very unlike
the quote at the beginning of the movie
I love the quote at the beginning of the
movie really really good but I said so I
still enjoyed the heck out of this movie
and I really recommend that everyone
given whirl at some point you don't have
to see it in theaters you can watch it
on streaming I don't know if you want to
watch it on an airplane there's some
September 11 stuff in there which is
very effectively done but um you know
it's just something you should catch at
some point especially well everybody
should be into this because you know
this story is about the world so it
affects the world and so you should be
into it but if you're interested
usually in stories about government or
big business then this is the movie for
you and I love that kind of stuff so
that's my review of Vice I'm very
curious to hear thoughts about it
especially as it enters awards season as
an awards darling share your thoughts
down below if you have spoilers be
careful and mark them as such because
again this movie is chock full of
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