# Charlie Wilson's War

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wilsons-war/434857>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wilsons-war/434857 "2008-01-24T20:14:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wilsons-war/434857/1 "2008-01-24T20:14:39Z")

</div>

Lovely little film. And a very good performance by all three of the principals. I loved the bugging scene.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wilsons-war/434857/2 "2008-01-24T21:52:08Z")

</div>

Yeah PSH is the best part of a great film. I like him from his yelling in the director’s office, all the way to the chess scene (which includes the bugging scene). Plus his story of the little boy and the monk was great too.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wilsons-war/434857/3 "2008-01-25T12:12:36Z")

</div>

I loved that movie.

I guess I’m not surprised it didn’t really catch on; it never really creates a major source of central tension (is it about Afghanistan, Wilson’s investigation, the CIA, Julia ROberts, etc?). Now, that didn’t bother me. . .it’s a film whose entertainment comes from distinct characters and snappy dialogue, and I’m a sucker for that.

I’m just saying that I know people who came out of it like, “what was the point?”

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wilsons-war/434857/4 "2008-01-25T12:41:25Z")

</div>

I also liked Sorkin’s self-reference at the start.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-wilsons-war/434857/5 "2008-01-25T12:43:06Z")

</div>

I would have missed it. Especially if it had anything to do with West Wing.