The timing is a little strange as W. was released while Bush was still in office, meaning that the story is unfinished and lacks the perspective a decade or two might give. Given Stone's age this is an acceptable oversight. Josh Brolin has certainly arrived as an actor with this role, however no actor no matter how good cannot capture every aspect of a real life person. Overall the casting could have been given a little more attention to help with believability, although I thought that James Cromwell was good enough as Bush Snr. despite lacking his soft-spoken nature.
The structure of the film highlights the contrast between Bush's life before and after getting into office as President. The cryptic dream sequences could refer to Bush wishing to have made different career choices or how he feels things are going (or both).
To me it seems apparent that Stone wanted to make a film that would attract as little criticism from Republicans as possible, and by pulling his punches he has (to my knowledge), but the film lacks any punch as it were.
It gets good marks in terms of entertainment, it is definitely not a waste of time in my opinion to sit down and watch this film.
The structure of the film highlights the contrast between Bush's life before and after getting into office as President. The cryptic dream sequences could refer to Bush wishing to have made different career choices or how he feels things are going (or both).
To me it seems apparent that Stone wanted to make a film that would attract as little criticism from Republicans as possible, and by pulling his punches he has (to my knowledge), but the film lacks any punch as it were.
It gets good marks in terms of entertainment, it is definitely not a waste of time in my opinion to sit down and watch this film.