Frost Nixon, When Finished, Serve With Ice Cream!!

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 2009)

This film focused on the infamous Watergate break in of the Democratic National Committee during the summer of 1972!! As it turned out, the whole Watergate fiasco wound up being, much to the revelation of the American people, something which the Nixon administration was peccant for. When the Watergate incident hit the media, the principle bone of contention was that television was after showmanship, and that the major deception with T.V. was that the news anchors merely simplified disaster. When an onslaught of scandalous theatrics occurred with the Nixon White House, such culpability on the Nixon Administration's behalf was labeled as illicit and nefarious! These actions that the Nixon Administration engaged in were a total exploitation of executive power. Nixon and his cabinet were initially nonchalant about Watergate, eventually, as trouble with the Watergate break-in began to escalate, the Nixon Administration responded accordingly. At best, Richard Nixon and key aids of his expected no higher than a grade of a D- for political containment. When the final verdict of a resounding red F was issued to the Nixon White House for their reprehensible breach of trust with the American people, impeachment proceedings began immediately. The intransigence with the U.S. voters about the Watergate break in resulted in Nixon having to resign from his post as President of the United States. This is something no other President was ever forced to do in the history of our nation. As a result, Richard Nixon acquired a peptic ulcer. The resonating aftermath with the American people was one whereby they wound up delving in dirges of shame and self righteous indignation for a protracted period of time, and the rest, as they say, is history!!. For David Frost, however, this was merely the beginning of his bloodthirsty agenda!! The Watergate scandal was perceived as an instance of espionage, and political corruption that the United States citizens were totally ashamed of. The Watergate affair was perceived by David Frost as a potential for a pique in publicity and soaring ratings for his talk show career. What was identified as pejorative for the American public's codes of decency, became an auspicious endeavor for nationwide television notoriety!! Complications with the Richard Nixon interview were dealt with in an insidiously successful manner. These were the ground rules, simply circumvent the BBC, and, as far as sponsors were concerned; SO WHAT!! Oldsmobile and Honeywell will not sponsor this event, but Alpo Dog Food will!! Bottom line: The show must,and will go on!! Once the interview with David Frost and Richard Nixon commenced, Nixon enjoyed a preliminary advantage. Richard Nixon was very elusive, as a result, he was perpetually caricatured as well as extremely underestimated in terms of his knowledge of the prevailing political arena!! Both Frost and Nixon shared the unnerving proclivity of being afflicted by compulsive behavior. It was the final interview which opened up an ideological metamorphosis pertaining to the purpose of this entire string of interviews. David Frost's intrepid disposition during this interview now made Richard Nixon (the private citizen) capitulate to a heinous admission of guilt yet another time, thus making Nixon the fall guy once again!! The entire string of Frost/Nixon interviews was initially perceived as an ersatz replacement for other ideas such as a banal discussion about male menopause with some Columbia chancellors. Ultimately, these Frost/ Nixon interviews became transformed into a harsh exposure of the myriad of character discrepancies which lurked in the Oval Office while Richard Nixon was President!! This final interview with Nixon was the pinnacle of David Frost's days as a talk show host. This long dissertation about this entire affair was what the movie "Frost/Nixon" centered around. So, how was such a disgraceful event in American history depicted by the producers, writers, directors, and actresses and actors in the movie? The answer is; brilliantly!! The visceral portrayal of the seventies went into relentless detail, particularly with regard to the abhorrent facade in fashion which the seventies possessed!! The accentuated diamonds on Richard Nixon's ties was conspicuously deliberate. The Neanderthal mops, which the seventies referred to as hair styles, were unfortunately realistic!! As far as the suits are concerned!! Put it this way "I can't hear you with that sport jacket you're wearing!!" Surprisingly enough, the film "Frost/Nixon" was directed by Ronny Howard. This is surprising because Ronny Howard (via his role as Oppie Taylor) comes across as the twentieth century version of Hucleberry Finn. The screen writing of William Perry was excellent! As far as the acting goes, Michael Sheen was so believable as David Frost that he got the part of Frost in less than ten minutes. Oliver Platt did a remarkable job in this movie!! Kevin Bacon was excellent as Jack Brennan. the shunned general, I always thought that having disdain for soldiers who fought in Vietnam was a very convoluted line of logic anyway!! Frank Langella (Who was brilliant as William Paley in "Good Night and Good Luck") was simply spectacular as Richard Nixon in this film!! Frank Langella seemed to have a very cogent recognition of Nixon's dubiously painful plight!! Langella's agitated responses invoked a very genuine temerity and insolence, this is a very authentic rendition of Richard Nixon's attitudes!! Movies such as these cannot be noted for original dialog, as they are merely paraphrasing the actual events which occurred. It is about how powerful the delivery on these events is. I feel that this film delivered these ominous events with the Nixon Presidency in an absolutely flawless manner. The challenging approach with the film "Frost/Nixon" puts this movie in a category by itself. The itemization concerning the Nixon Cabinet's penchant for volatility was graphically prolific. The correlation to dire circumstances involving doom and despair with the movie "Frost/Nixon" were extremely gripping!! The directing, screenplay writing, and acting in this movie is emphatically first rate, I definitely recommend seeing this film!! Tremendous films such as "Frost/Nixon" raise the bar on an intensified intellectual awareness in the cinema today!! FIVE STARS! NO QUESTION ABOUT IT!