Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
The massive control of the US media over its population and the rest of the world is uncovered in this series. You will fall to your back with the many under-reported, and omitted facts throughout the history. The abundance of details most of times with the original voices of the protagonists show a very careful research and gathering of material. The narrator if fair towards both parts showing both its achievements, failures and shortcomings. As a history lover, I devoured this material and I confess learning a lot from it. I strongly recommend it.
I watched it knowing it would not be a pro-America take on world events. I am interested in raw truth, even if it offends or challenges my world view. However, this is nothing more than typical anti-American propaganda aimed at dissuading traditionally conservative opinions.There are obviously many opportunities to question the historical international policies of America. Probably beginning with our triumph in World World Two, America and its interests have, at times, been at odds with various parts of the world. I have no problem with reviewing these times through the lens of would be adversaries. Stone goes beyond an attempt at raw truth and wavers into the land of propaganda. It is ironic that he praises dictators, especially Russian communist leaders, while at the same time attacks traditionally conservative ideas of smaller government. Every widespread case of oppression and genocide has been conducted by Governments, so I am at a loss as to why he or anyone else on the side of peace isn't fighting for less Government, less oversight, and more privatization.I was initially excited to watch each episode - but in the end I was disappointed to see an opportunity lost to politics and propaganda.
Oliver Stone has done it again ! In the spirit of Howard Zinn's primer "The Peoples History of The United States " Oliver Stone has exposed the dark excesses of America's history of Militarism and Corporate Greed . Viewers will be educated and entertained while the real story of how US Presidents ,Bankers and the Military industrial complex conspired to fleece the American people and exploit the world's natural resources . This series covers important historical facts and political alliances missed by the majority of standard high school and College text books . This film series is a "must see" for those who wish learn the truth about war and peace .It will open the eyes of those who curiosity leads them to question the decisions our Federal government both past and current !
this is a review of episode 1 because im not sure i can keep watching this the whole episode on ww2 made me cringe...this isn't some revealing piece about how the war could have been easily avoided or how Churchill was a warmonger, or how FDR forced the USA into the war by provoking both Germany and Japan, or how he disregarded all the basic rules of neutrality, or maybe how Britain had several opportunities to simply stay neutral, or how Stalin was planning on invading Germany in 1943, or how FDR knew and wanted Pearl Harbor...or maybe how the assault on Iwo Jima that cost tens of thousands of lives was utterly pointless....none of this is in here....in fact this is just the 'official' kid-friendly version of ww2....what is untold about it? in addition ironically extremely biased against the axis powers and portrays them as one-sided cardboard bad guys...the research that went into this is abysmally inadequate if you want to watch a far better ww2 documentary watch 'World At War'