I doubt it. I don't care who she slept with. This is a political drama.

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I doubt it. I don't care who she slept with. This is a political drama.

It matters because it is in direct contrast to her character, and her outspoken values she claims to have. A hypocrite is a hypocrite is a hypocrite.

Do as I say not as I do mentality has no place in politics.

dang...julianne moore looks just like her...I swear they are twins!

I would/will watch it..but like you I'll have to wait. I didn't like her or mccain.

Originally posted by boncho

They should have got Tina Fey

Oh shoot, you beat me to it! I would have love to have seen Tina Fey in this movie, but it would change the whole tone, wouldn't it?

Seriously, I have to admit they did a fantastic job of making Juliane Moore look like Palin. She's a good actress too, so I'm sure she'll do a great job. I just hate that they may be making her look like a heroine here, when we all know she's not.

BH,

Thanks for reminding me that this premieres tomorrow night! When I first heard of this film, I was not too interested. However, since Palin has been in such an uproar over this film, it must be damn accurate; thus I can't wait to see it.

I'll be watching it.

I'm more excited about seeing the behind the scenes work of the campaign more than I am interested in Palin though.

I'm not sure I would say she handled being a VP candidate well...but she did know how to turn it into personal gain and profit.

Movie is very good so far.

I even went so far as to feel bad for Palin a couple of times when they showed her family in distress over the awful things the news and random people were saying about them. It must have been pretty awful to have been a tight, normal family unit one day, and the next your entire family is being scrutinized under a microscope. I can't imaging having to go through that.

Man o man though. When she didn't know that England is governed by a prime minister and not the queen I nearly turned completely white. Could all of you imagine if a woman this completely clueless got anywhere near the White House? She's always been a delightful woman and she's definitely someone to admire for her being a strong career woman and also a mom of five children, but she knows next to nothing about the planet we live on. I don't know how accurate this film is concerning her knowledge of global politics and history, but the scene where the advisors had to come in to coach her about where Germany is and how they were the main antagonist for both World Wars is so alarming that you can't even laugh. You have to think to yourself "Oh my god! This woman could have been running the show if McCain would have been elected and suddenly died or became ill!".

The movie is frightening so far indeed. Good, but frightening. @ the height of her popularity during the race, it was basically 5 minutes to midnight. This country would have gone down faster than a lead balloon

Made for HBO movie – Game Changer I watched it last night. Not because I am a Sarah Palin or McCain fan – I am decidedly not. I wanted to see how it was spun.

Bottom line up front – it was a political hit piece on Palin IMO. I don’t even like Palin and I felt sorry for the way she was portrayed.

First of all the casting was good the actors and actresses chosen genuinely favored those they portrayed.
What I found interesting about the movie was the way they portrayed the individuals and even the groups involved.

McCain was portrayed as fairly vulgar but genuinely concerned with running a campaign free from negativity and putting the country first.

Sarah Palin was portrayed as not only stupid but mentally unstable – I felt sorry for her. The staffers - treated her like # and didn't let her just be herself. To be fair, when they did let her...they indicated that it was a success.

Neither of these characters really interested me though…

The part I found most interesting – the individuals involved in running the campaigns (the Kingmakers if you will) were portrayed as ethical, concerned individuals whose primary concern rather than winning the campaign was the welfare of the nation. Almost non-partisan is the way they were portreyed.

I find this hard to believe – the people behind campaigns are by necessity at best manipulators of facts and people both. People who buy and sell and trade votes and influence in hopes they get a political appointee position.

In one scene at the end Palin’s press secretary even admits she couldn’t even bring herself to vote because she was so convinced that Palin was unqualified for the office… Stupid.

What was the reason behind this portrayal of the pollsters, media managers, and campaign staff as the true heroes?

Curious who else saw it and what your reaction was…

Sure the Obamites can all pile in with how much they agree with Plain hate but that’s not my question.

My question is why they portrayed the Kingmakers the way they did – what’s the agenda there?

She had to be instructed about why there was a North and South Korea, about the detailed implications of the First and Second World Wars and a host of other things. Translation: she's a moron.