VICE is, in my opinion, not half-bad. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The good includes Bale's performance; actor-stunt weight gain mimicry aside, it's an impressive look at a truly banal evil.
The bad includes the McCay bag of meta-tricks, most of which worked well in The Big Short but which almost all seem ill-considered here, especially ...
The bad includes the McCay bag of meta-tricks, most of which worked well in The Big Short but which almost all seem ill-considered here, especially ...
... the far too expository, never-needed voiceover, which never justifies itself, even once the nature of its source is finally revealed.
But good to have a reminder of what soulless monsters every Bush-era crony has always been, and how destructive 2000-08 was.
But good to have a reminder of what soulless monsters every Bush-era crony has always been, and how destructive 2000-08 was.
My thought while watching: I don't think the received wisdom that the next Trump will be a smarter, more canny fascist is correct. I think we already had that—it was Cheney (and HW Bush and Reagan).
I think the next Trump will be dumber. That's the direction of this whole thing.
I think the next Trump will be dumber. That's the direction of this whole thing.
To be clear I think a dumber version of Trump is *more* likely to win than a smarter one, not less likely.
https://twitter.com/AlvaradoEglin/status/1336501777869524995
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