Charlie Wilson's War---What a frickin' great and entertaining movie! Seriously, it should have been nominated for best picture. But I guess there is room for only one amusing film in the category, and Juno had already taken that spot.
This movie provokes so many emotions. First, it is subversively and whole heartedly funny. It also provokes drop dead amazement about how our system of government works.
It provokes sorrow in a few places, most of all in the ending.
Tom Hanks has the title role of Charlie Wilson, a congressional representative from Texas who has...let us say, a loose code of ethics. But he gets drawn into the plight of Afghanistan as the Soviet Union invades the country in 1980, and becomes a champion for throwing out the communists. hanks needs to be recognized as the greatest living actor we have today. He can handle any role, play comedy and tragedy and drama and romance...sometimes all at once. And in this, he is superb.
The supporting cast is great, headed by Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who deserves accolades of his own for the variety of roles he can play. Both are amazing in these roles. And Amy Adams demonstrates her versatility as Charlie Wilson's aid.
This movie deserves more recognition than it received. it is topical, and funny and dramatic and suspensful...OK...now I see why the Academy did not nominate it...people might want to see it. LOL LOL!
See this movie and tell me what you thought.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
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