thank goodness VICE did not win. Dick Cheney is a monster

[trueblue2007]

[aeromanKC]

1. I could not finish watching it

Walked out half way through. (I have never done that before)

[liberalhistorian]

2. But that's exactly what

the movie shows, just what dangerous monsters he and his cohorts were and are. It was NOT, by any means, any kind of a "tribute" or positive retrospective or anything like that. Quite the opposite, which was why his wing nut Congresswoman daughter had a childish meltdown over it.
Did you even see the movie?

[trueblue2007]

3. NO!!!WHY WOULD I PAY GOOD MONEY TO SEE A HORRIBLE MOVIE.

i don't have money to go to movies anyway.

i would never go to a movie about someone THAT. I. HATE.

[Beringia]

9. how rude

[Xolodno]

11. I still want my refund's for...

Baseketball and Passion of the Christ.

Those were horrible movies...Vice, not so much.

[Progressive Law]

12. A movie **about** a horrible person doesn't necessarily make the movie horrible itself.

[Docreed2003]

4. +1

Vice is most definitely not a movie that praises Cheney.

[Xolodno]

10. Christian Bale got robbed.

I thought Cheney was playing himself throughout the whole movie.

[dsc]

5. yeah only movies about good people should win

like Silence of the Lambs, Godfather II for example.

[RockRaven]

6. Same with (supporting) actors -- like Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds...

or Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, the year before that...

or Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men, the year before that...


Only nice movies about nice subjects with nice characters in nice circumstances... that's what makes for good art/entertainment.

[mr_lebowski]

8. Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List ...

And Tim Roth was definitely deserving for Rob Roy but he didn't win ...

[RandySF]

7. I might watch when Trump is gone

[lunatica]

13. Man! This is a weird thread even for DU.

[trueblue2007]

14. not really the way i thought it would turn out.

i thought folks would agree that cheney was a monster etc.

[JI7]

15. doesn't the movie portray Cheney as the monster he is ?

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Were you aware Bale thanked 'Satan' for inspiring his portrayal?

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/07/politics/christian-bale-satan-dick-cheney-vice/index.html

You seem not to have found out how the film shows Cheney.

[liberalhistorian]

22. Cheney IS a monster, and that

is EXACTLY WHAT THE MOVIE PORTRAYS. Sheesh.

[lunatica]

23. A movie is a good movie if it portrays the subject matter correctly

Cheney is a really bad person.

The movie showed that Cheney is a really bad person.

Therefore the movie is a good movie.

[DFW]

16. I heard that Cheney's own reaction was something like this:

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[trueblue2007]

17. He is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ugly !!! Just hideous

[Tipperary]

18. Seriously?

Yes , Cheney is a monster. That is what the movie is about lol.

[hlthe2b]

19. Interesting reactions here. I have not yet seen it and can empathize with those who find

the content is still too raw.

But how many movies about Hitler and the Third Reich have been made over the years and resonated with record audiences? Closer to the point, how many movies about GWBush* have likewise gotten good reviews (and I'm not referring to the RW whitewash films that die on the vine at conservative conferences)? Heaven knows we all felt vindicated by Game Change's portrayal of Sarah Palin and the ilk behind the McCain campaign.

My understanding is that this movie does not whitewash Cheney, who he was, and most importantly the nasty and destructive things that he did to all of us. Though he will not face justice for those acts, being humiliated by a movie that sets the record straight seems like at least the start of what he deserves.

I'd agree with the poster who commented on Christian Bale's portrayal. In just the clips I've seen it seems pretty phenomenal

[KG]

20. too bad it wasn't posthumous