I just saw Charlie Wilson's War. It tells the story of a congressman who guided the US military and CIA to arm the Afghani mujaheddin against the Soviets in the early 80's. Overall I enjoyed it quite a bit despite some flaws. What little combat footage there was consisted of grainy footage from 25+ years ago interleaved with bad special effects; also I felt like I was watching Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts rather than Charlie Wilson and Joanne Herring. The story was decent and had you rooting for the good guys even though you knew "good" would gradually lose all meaning.
The writing for the dialog, however, was spectacular. Aaron Sorkin was the writer for some of the best shows to ever grace network television (Sports Night, The West Wing, and Studio 60) and he brought the same fast, witty, biting dialog he did to those shows. Hopefully we can get the whole writer's strike behind us and Sorkin can get back to plying his trade.
Two other writers who are way ahead of the pack are Alan Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under) and David Milch. (Deadwood)
Who are your favorite writers/directors/actors? Leave a comment!
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Lots of great older actors. Best middle aged male actors are Sean Penn and Johnny Depp. Johnny can do any role and convince you he's that person. His Willy Wonka blew Gene Wilder out of the water and what's eating gibert grape is a modern classic. Too many good directors to narrow down to a few.
I just watched a 2 hour History Channel show called "The True Story of Charlie Wilson." It has interviews with the real Good Time Charlie and Joanne Herring. One thing that struck me is that Charlie was being investigated for cocaine use with national new coverage. And, he committed a hit and run on the Key bridge, but still he remained in office. Spitzer hires a hooker and quits. Sign of the times? Or is it just because Good Time Charlie wasn't a hypocrite? Let me know if you want to see the History Channel show. I can download it to my laptop and burn a CD for you.
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