Vice

If i can go all Doug Jones for a minute and tell some backstory before giving my thoughts on a film, then i will. Holy fuck  the theatre was cold, someone had a door ajar to the outside. Freezing my nuts off didn't tamper my enjoyment of Adam McKay's latest. Much like the Big Short, Mckay takes what could be boring material and turns it into something interesting & funny. It is shot and edited in a way with meta humor. We get jabs of the Right, we get closing credits midway through, we get a stinger after the real closing credits, the fourth wall is broken several times, all while humanizing Dick Cheney and then making him become the most disgusting individual in the white, well...until now. His rise to power was unmatched, he conned and backstabed his way to the top and committed crimes, we all knew Bush was a puppet but this film puts it in a new light. It is a timely release with the Nazi in office now, but even at his most hardened, Dick still showed respect to his gay daughter(well...sort of) and sort became a monster the further down the rabbit hole he went, by time it was his turn to be VP, he went full authoritarian heel. Great cast, excellent chemistry, sharp script, wicked editing and a genius in the directors chair. This might be about the VICE president but McCay is the DIRECTOR to watch, and one that doesn't forget his roots!