I had the opportunity of catching up 2 good movies in the same weekend. After a really good movie, I got a chance to see another one, same day.
This one was highly anticipated from the time I heard about it being launched. Having read so much about the Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon, I could not wait to see this movie.
Although the interactions between David Frost and Richard Nixon were embellished a tad, the last 30 minutes made up for a boring build up. The role that the body language plays in an attempt to psychologically push the rival on the back foot was so aptly demonstrated in those 30 minutes. At the same time, how to smartly dodge the bullet and still make it look like you caught it, was depicted nicely in the initial exchanges between the two.
The rambling of a soon-to-turn senile Richard Nixon was kind of boring, but it actually turned out to be a ploy to leave the clock ticking. The way the interview ended, making the ex-big-boss look defeated, forlorn and wasted, was poignant.
But the final exchange was very impressive. The graceful manner in which the president interacted with a man, who ended any hopes of resurrecting his lost political career, was so graceful. Courage under fire is admirable, but grace under failure is almost divine. Nixon did that so nicely in this movie.
S slept off when I was seeing the movie for the first time. So, I could catch the last hour all over again, when S caught up with the movie.
Nothing spectacular, but still enjoyable.
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