AllFrost/Nixon
December 16 2009, 8:30pm
We rented this because we were so impressed by Michael Sheen in The Damned United. He's good here as well, but not nearly as good as he was in TDU. And nowhere *near* as good as Frank Langella as Richard Nixon.
This despite the fact that if you go back and watch the actual Frost/Nixon interview footage helpfully supplied on the disc, Langella is overacting like crazy compared to Nixon. Langella's voice booms; Nixon's was actually much more normal-guy sounding. Langella gets quite agitated & his face contorts; Nixon maintained a much calmer composure right up til the moment when he started talking about letting down the American People.
Anyway, it's a gripping movie, which is a little surprising given that it's the story of the lead-up to a TV interview in which two white guys sat around talking, mostly quite civilly up til the very last moment.
This despite the fact that if you go back and watch the actual Frost/Nixon interview footage helpfully supplied on the disc, Langella is overacting like crazy compared to Nixon. Langella's voice booms; Nixon's was actually much more normal-guy sounding. Langella gets quite agitated & his face contorts; Nixon maintained a much calmer composure right up til the moment when he started talking about letting down the American People.
Anyway, it's a gripping movie, which is a little surprising given that it's the story of the lead-up to a TV interview in which two white guys sat around talking, mostly quite civilly up til the very last moment.
