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Western Carolinian Volume 71 Number 06

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  • ead Be EE E_-E_ LE | an 5 Philiope (Cruel intent the main characters: a marine laracters recount their lives before, made it different than the other war he few war movies that is set durin ing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. minded me of another historical piece th g history buff, or someone who e! Man of the Year will not be movie of the year By Ryan Sarda WCnewsmagazine Have you ever heard of the phrase, Dont judge a book by its cover? Well int Man of the Year seemed to look like a hysterical political satire that would was the complete opposite and left many viewers disappointed at how t from this movie and kept it from being memorable. Man of the Year stars Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, and Lau Pretty funny, right? After the independent party member becomes | Tom Dobbs (Williams) is a political comedian similar to that of J viewers and fans nationwide, Dobbs is asked by a fan to run for F create various petitions and to give their opinions on why Dob! Dobbs decides to run for President and somehow wins the ele After a lady by the name of Elanor Green (Laura Linney) di by Delacroy head Alan Stewart (Jeff Goldblum). The glitct real elected President of the United States. Afraid of Gree everything in his power to try and get rid of Green perma and she is in a battle with Stewart and the rest of Dela Who in the world wrote the previews for this mov funny political satire with Robin Williams performing political drama that was sprinkled with little bits of Despite the misleading commercials, Man of : person laugh and think at the same time. The filr plot seemed very realistic as well. The idea of the person that they are truly voting for because of a g While no one will be standing on stage at the Acad well, Robin Williams. Christopher Walken and Jeff Gold really can deliver a solid performance and that her horrible The director of the film, Barry Levinson, has also brought us s another political film Wag the Dog. So, the film was in good hands as far a: cast. Too bad he just couldnt hire a solid ad creator and preview writer. All in all, Man of the Year is a movie that makes its audience think about the political system, and think about the way they vote. If you walk in to the theater or rent the film thinking that it's going to be the funniest movie of the year, youll be wrong. Man of the Year is a good movie that will be affected by its bad marketing. 5 : ase, dont judge a movie by its previews. Based on the commercials, 1ces worldwide on the edge of their seat laughing. However, the film ut. Man of the Years bad marketing is definitely what took away story of a comedian who runs for President and wins the election. igins to unravel with the new voting system. bert who discusses politics in his television show. Loved by rig the episode, millions of Dobbs fans flocked to the web to for the President for the United States. A few weeks later, ect of the United States. mputerized voting systems, she is chased and hunted they voted for in office; therefore Dobbs is not the 1g Delacroy to lose all of their money, Stewart does 5 in to play. The only one Green can trust is Dobbs stem. ne advertisements made this movie look like a inaccurate as the movie was a suspenseful hile the rest of it is suspenseful. is is the type of movie that could make a marriages, and abortion. The movie's / need to think that they might not get the film was not too bad. Robin Williams was.... : m. Laura Linney proved to Hollywood that she He hes di directed Rainman, Good Morning Vietnam, and nd w riting goes. Levinson put together a solid script with a solid
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