Vice (2018 film) - Dick Cheney biopic starring Christian Bale

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I actually saw this a week ago, but better late than never:

The performances were great. Christian Bale and Amy Adams work wonders with what they're given and it was interesting to see how their performances change as time progresses.

However, the main problem I have with this is the same problem I have with most Oliver Stone movies where it's trying so hard to be "important" and "provocative" that it just comes off as glib and condescending, especially in terms of the humor (even though I could also appreciate that it wasn't trying to be a deathly serious biopic). And the ending was basically BlacKkKlansman's with none of the impact.

And speaking of Oliver Stone, I can't believe we now have two movies about the Bush Administration that have painfully on-the-nose symbolism.
 
I saw it when the screener leaked. I thought it was definitely better than Oliver Stone's W. but it could have gone into so much more detail. Especially over 9/11 and the 2nd Gulf War. But, as a distilled look at the man, I thought it was good overview of a monster.
 
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I actually saw this a week ago, but better late than never:

The performances were great. Christian Bale and Amy Adams work wonders with what they're given and it was interesting to see how their performances change as time progresses.

However, the main problem I have with this is the same problem I have with most Oliver Stone movies where it's trying so hard to be "important" and "provocative" that it just comes off as glib and condescending, especially in terms of the humor (even though I could also appreciate that it wasn't trying to be a deathly serious biopic). And the ending was basically BlacKkKlansman's with none of the impact.

And speaking of Oliver Stone, I can't believe we now have two movies about the Bush Administration that have painfully on-the-nose symbolism.
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I've decided I hate Adam McKay's approach to editing/structure. It feels super gimmicky, like the kind of shit you see first year film students pull to be quirky and different. Up until the end I wanted to give McKay credit for keeping the Trump sperging out of the movie beyond the (admittedly funny) cameo when describing the 80's boom times, but then he tried to somehow blame neocons for the rise of the Alt-Right/Alex Jones (who was a 9/11 truther and fucking hated neocons) with that montage at the end and I rolled my eyes.

It was also the worst theater experience I've had in quite some time. Some middle aged woman with a "can I speak to your manager?" haircut was next to me and she was cussing out the characters under her breath nonstop. Like, lady, you went to a Dick Cheney biopic, you had to know what you were getting into.
 
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I’d say the biggest problem for me was the movie’s tonal inconsistency: it can’t decide whether it wants to be a political satire or a straightforward biopic, and it keeps it from reaching its full potential. I’m glad that McKay didn’t just go the conventional, stale biopic route, but I just don’t think the execution of his approach was on point.

I will say the movie is worth seeing at a cheap matinee just for Christian Bale’s performance. Overall, I’d give it a 6/10.

Also @Absolutego is absolutely right about the ending: it seemed off for me when I saw it and I couldn’t quite put my finger on why until he pointed it out. I’d go one step further and say the alt-right and Alex Jones a direct repudiations of the Bush/Cheney brand of conservatism, and for McKay to tie the rise of the latter to the former is just plain dishonest or merely out of touch.
 
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