Oliver Stone is one of the most controversial directors in the United States. His movies, intended to accommodate a specific audience, have grabbed the attention of many, making him a widely celebrated and appreciated “underground” director.

He first became known because of a series of movies about the Vietnam War. The depth of the movies was easily achieved, given that Stone was an American infantry soldier. The Vietnam trilogy, as he called it, consisted of “Platoon”, “Born on the Fourth of July” and “Heaven and Earth”. Stone is also the director of one of the most controversial movies ever made – “Natural Born Killers”, the epic journey of Mickey and Mallory Knox from anonymity to full-fledged stardom.

Oliver Stone delved even deeper in political issues with such movies like “J.F.K”, for which he was accused of promoting inaccuracies. Similar accusations were forwarded by Jim Morrison’s widow, Patricia Kennealy Morrison, after Stone’s movie “The Doors” was released. “Natural Born Killer’s” screenwriter, highly controversial Quentin Tarantino, refused to appear on the credits because Stone drifted very far from the original screenplay.

Billy Hayes, who inspired Stone to write “Midnight Express”, also said Stone distorted his true story. Oliver Stone was also criticized for his movie “Nixon” and many complained about inaccuracies in one of his most recent movies, “Alexander”, a recount of Alexander the Great’s life.

Keeping in with innate talent of portraying at least one facet of political life, Oliver Stone decided to make a movie about the most controversial man on the planet: United States President – George W. Bush. The movie is entitled “W.” and Stone promised to stick to the facts – as much as possible - while shooting the movie, although satire is bound to play a bigger part than Josh Brolin (cast as Bush).

The movie follows Bush from childhood to presidency, sometimes including contentious scenes about Bush’s struggle with alcoholism. However, Stone stated he never intended his movie to be “anti-Bush”. It certainly isn’t as accusatory and somber as “Nixon”, but it keeps the “behind the scenes” features, trying to make the viewer imagine what it’s like to have been in Bush’s shoes every step of the way. The movie isn’t a documentary or an investigation – you won’t find anything new about Bush if you see Stone’s movie. You will, however, be reminded of what you’ve gone through these last eight years – and this time you’ll probably laugh.

Bush is portrayed as a partying college boy, an alcoholic and a womanizer, but Stone also shows us his “salvation” – Laura and Christianity, making Bush the man he is today. The reason why “W.” is more a comedy than a drama is because it focuses a whole lot more on Bush’s journey to the White House, and less on the President’s more recent downfall.

The movie doesn’t stray too much from what the director has gotten us used to – the Stone genre is a genre in itself, and while “W.” seems to lean more towards comedy, you wouldn’t have any doubts about the director’s identity if you didn’t know it beforehand. “W.” started being available in theatres worldwide Friday, October the 17th.