I don't think Stone knows what he's even trying to do here.
He's trying to release a movie about George W. Bush before the end of his term. I'm convinced that is all he had time for.
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Thrice Oliver Stone shows us George W. Bush on the field waiting for a fly ball. The film ends with him about to jump for a fly ball...that he can't see. Too many lights in his eyes. He has lost track of the ball.
That's all that Oliver Stone says about George W. Bush. Lost track of the ball. The problem is, George W. Bush never saw the ball to begin with. He never did. And Stone refuses to smack him in the face with it. I don't need to see the man condemned, but to understand someone (like in 'Nixon') is to have no choice but to reach a conclusion. In 'W.' the conclusion is that the guy lost his game, but never indicts him for having any understanding of it.
There are two dazzling conceits that are barely mentioned: A) the fact that Alcoholics Anonymous REQUIRES one to surrender to a higher power and in doing so opened up a terrifying chapter in George W. Bush's life where he came to believe that God wanted him to run...which would make for a fantastic black comedy and dark commentary on the perils of faith; and B) the fact that George W. Bush is an obnoxiously perfect Manchurian Candidate. He NEEDS to be told what to think and do but he can't allow himself to know that he needs to be a puppet, making him the perfect puppet albeit an annoying one.