Journeys with George

NOVEMBER 17, 2002

This is the documentary about George W. Bush's campaign for presidency. I'll tell you the ending: he wins. Ha ha.

The movie tells you everything you'd expect to hear about W. He is charismatic, relatively dim-witted, likes to shake hands and tends to avoid important questions. What's nice is that the story is well told. Alexandra, the narrator and director, is very charismatic. She lets the story tell itself, ocassionally interjecting personal notes to keep things entertaining. You realize this is necessary, as there is not enough interesting Bush footage to fill the full 75 minutes. So instead of just getting a story about GW, you also get to live behind the scenes of a press core following a presidential candidate. It's not pretty.

It is a treat to get to see a president grow up (note: this doesn't mean he has finished growing up). Usually you only see what his PR people want you to see, and this gives a chance to see some more. It would be perfect if the documentary had uncovered some unknown political views, but you can't get everything.

Posted in TV at 10:46 pm.