FIRST MOVIE REVIEW

I am tying in a bit of my politics into my first movie review. Since this whole blog thing was mainly started because of my politics lecture, I decided to tie in entertainment with it. So...I am doing my first movie review on the highly-acclaimed Frost/Nixon, directed by Ron Howard, and adapted from the Broadway play of the same name.

Frank Langella stars as Richard Nixon and Michael Sheen stars as David Frost, both whom played these characters on the Broadway show. Now, for the people who are unaware of the plot, Frost/Nixon is the story of Nixon's post resignation of the presidency. Many media outlets kept trying to get him to do interviews but Nixon would not, unless for the right price. David Frost was a "talk show host", who decided he wanted to snag this interview with Nixon to shape his career, because he felt he could get what America wanted out of Nixon: a public apology.

I will not give any spoilers out here of any of the major plot lines, but know that I will go into details about what went on during the movie. But before I really explain all of that, I just wanted to give this movie a rating out of, let's say, 10 million stars; and I give this movie a 10 million star rating.

You do not have to be interested in politics to enjoy this movie. I am confused as where to begin. I know if I talk about everything, this post will be way too extensive so I am just going to talk about what I loved best and the ONE thing I disliked about this picture.

1. Frank Langella is flawless
He is honestly a magical gem. I can not understand as to why Frank Langella has just recently gotten famous. He has been acting for YEARS and it is so hard for me to fathom how he has not gotten acclaim sooner. This, for certain, will snag Langella an Oscar nod. To me, Langella looked NOTHING LIKE Richard Nixon. Of course, it is not expected to find someone who looks incredibly similar but that is sometimes what I dislike about casting for movies. Sometimes in biopics and what not, they cast these characters that look nothing like the role and yet, also do not capture the personality. Well, Langella certainly compensated. There was never one moment in which I doubted Langella. I actually believed him to be Richard Nixon. I did not doubt any type of sincerity for one second. I caught myself getting so caught up in this movie, forgetting that these situations were not ACTUALLY happening right in front of my face. He captured more than just the essence of former president Nixon, but was former President Nixon. I can not say enough that Langella moved me, in ways I felt I was incapable of being moved.

2. I got to see a different depiction of Nixon
I felt the movie broadened my horizons. All I ever really knew of Nixon, being only almost 20 years old, was that he was scandalous, did bad things and screwed over America. Of course I researched on him thoroughly and in my conclusion, Nixon was someone I never ever thought of looking up to. But in this movie, I found myself tearing up in two of the most pivotal scenes, thanks to Langella, of course. I felt incredibly sorry for Nixon. This huge amount of sympathy created inside of me, and it caught me off guard. A lot more came out of this movie than I expected. I expected flat out rage and sole attacks towards Nixon, but this movie definitely created mass sympathy towards him and the aftermath of the Watergate Scandal. You get to see Nixon in his most vulnerable, and it shocks you to see his guards down. It takes me a lot to cry in any movie but I felt this movie to be so genuine, that I found myself tearing up TWICE during scene with Langella playing this "vulnerable and sad" Nixon character.

and 3. I did not like how they depicted Frost
They depicted Frost to be this "wacky talk show host" type who just deals with comedy and they do mention he did a few political interviews, but they definitely make him out to be the under dog. I understand that dramatizing the fact that Frost was "unprofessional" adds a sense of redemption of his part, seeing as he is the one interviewing Nixon, but I feel regardless of whether Frost was an under dog or NOT, the interviews happened the way they happened. I understand that he was undermined as a journalist, but at same time I wish they would have just kept to the facts more about that, seeing as Frost was a professional person.

Honestly, even though I did find ONE FLAW, that compares to nothing. I think any single person should see this movie and experience what I have. I am a huge fan of the Oscars and always make my pics for who should win....it is too early to tell who will even get NOMINATED, but for me its Langella hands down for the "Best Actor" category...and also hands down for the win. This movie is my favorite film of this year BY FAR and can not wait to see this movie continuously get more and more critical fame. All I can say is, every single actor, actress, producer, director and everyone involved with this production is a GENIUS and you all need to combine together somehow and create another daring masterpiece in film.