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Originally Posted by J pold
Vice, despite some great acting performances from everyone involved was an incoherent mess. The scattershot style that worked so well in The Big Short really falls flat. It's hard to find humour when they are cutting away making lite of very real incidents of war, torture, and terrorism.
Also despite Bale's great performance there is actually very little development of the character. No exploration of why he does what he does, his morals or ethics. He starts and ends the movie the exact same person save for a worse hair line and 50 pounds.
There are some halfhearted attempts to humanise Cheney but they are over run with unnecessary 4th wall breaking distractions. Sam Rockwell as Bush was awesome though.
Not worth a viewing in theatres. 5.5/10.
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Wow, I disagree. Different strokes, I guess. Personally I thought the story and the character of Cheney was fascinating and horrifying in equal measure, and I think his motivation was simply a lust for power and influence, nothing more. I was thoroughly entertained throughout the entire film. Great movie IMO, and also quite funny. There were plenty of belly laughs in the theatre I was in, and the post credits scene was hilarious.
As for the politics, I think any sane, rational person would find the events and actions depicted in this film pretty despicable, regardless of political stripe. I don't think the cutaways to real life events were meant to be funny at all, and there certainly weren't any laughs during those scenes from myself or the audience I watched it with. The laughs came more from the dialogue and the performances. The scene in the restaurant for example was expertly done.
Is it as good as the Big Short? Not really. But I think it's still a quality film and another solid entry in McKay's filmography. And the performances are killer.