Friday, September 10, 2010

Thompson W





The movie "W" is a movie based on the united states 43rd president, George W. Bush Jr.. George Bush was played by actor, Josh Brolin. In the movie Brolin played a man that greatest desire in life is to be accepted in the things that will make others, practically his father, proud and see him more as a leader. The scene that reveals the most about Bush Jr, character; is the scene were he was joining the fraternity, Delta Kappa. In the scene, Bush was asked to name all of the upperclassmen names. Not only did he name their birth names, but also their nick names. Obviously Bush worked hard and did his homework to be accepted into this group. The viewer then sees that his father, George Bush Sr, also joined the fraternity. So this act of Bush Jr, trying to fit in is a way of also following in his fathers footstep via trying to be like him which he hopes in return will make his father proud and more acceptable to him. It is also revealed that Bush Jr, really has relied on his father for almost everything, even to get him into school. By having to relied on his father, Bush Jr, is not well respected by his father. Matters only get worst when Bush gets thrown in jail and his father once again has to bail him out. Relying on his father is what Bush has done his whole life. As he gets into polecats he remains relying in his father but also two other candidates. When Bush jr. becomes president his two advisors are Dick Cheney and Karl Rove. These two people end up making most, if not all of his descions. In the movie it is told that Bush Jr, actually tries to "bush" his father. Trying to be a better man, preseident, and everything else that his father wasnt, bush jr fails and falls face face. A moment when this was shown was when he declared the Iraq war.

Misc-en-scene is true art. It has symbols and sign that helps tell the story better to the audience. A part of the movie where this was shown was during the hazing in the fraternity scemce. All of the fraternity brothers were shown in darkness, indicating that the director portrayed them as bad or evil company.

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