Truman

This was an HBO movie about 15 years ago. It was one long before HBO started making the wonderful shows such as John Adams etc but it was still well done.

After having read the book the movie was for me a bit of a letdown as many details had to be left out and of course alot of background was missing.

Gary Sinise was very good in the movie but I found the makeup a little offputting. My understanding of history was that Truman was not as old looking as they made him out to be.

Still it was a good movie. Truman was a great President and left office very unpopular. The issue is that Truman made decisions that were right but not always popular. Presidents today always have their finger in the wind. Truman did not do that.

Truman is still my favorite President.