Over the past weekend I watched Ron Howard's "Frost Nixon", the account of the David Frost interviews with the former President of the United States Richard Nixon. At first I didn't really find myself too into the movie, but like most movies, as it drew on it drew me in further.

Being someone who isn't into politics, I wasn't sure if I'd like the movie. Part of me wonders how accurate the film is to the actual events, and how much of it was built up. Then I look at it from strictly a viewers standpoint and it was very good. The story line was very solid. The most intense scenes were very distinct, being just the two main characters, David Frost and Richard Nixon in front of the camera.

When I was watching the movie, I was drawn to the variations of shots used to break up the interviews. It wasn't just shown from the interview cameras angle, it was split up between many different shots. Then on top of that, the intense lighting set ups and the rack-focus used made it more interesting.

After the movie was over, I didn't really know what to think of the whole scenario. I know that Richard Nixon abused his power as President, and that he got off the hook without any discipline, but strictly from what the movie showed, I feel sorry for the man in a way. Yeah, he did wrong, but he lived with that guilt inside for many years, not letting it out. I think the movie portrayed that climactic moment well, where you could see it in Nixon's face, that he just couldn't live with it any longer. Not feeling that people would forget/forgive him for what he'd done, but for personal reasons, getting it off of his chest.

I think this movie was a very insightful movie for me, and it has intrigued me to possibly buy and read the book. That may alleviate my questioning of the accuracy of the film.