Good Night, and Good Luck

Rating: 5/10 (21 August 2006)

Don't watch the opening scenes with the lights off. I did and the flashes killed my eyes-they were really more annoying than the lights flickering in Titanic.
I'd recommend doing some research before watching the movie, I noticed that the people talked over each other a lot which made it hard to keep up, so I'd have to imagine that knowing the complete background (or at least more than I knew) of the times would give you a better idea of what they're talking about. It was also kind of difficult to keep the characters straight since they were in black and white, since they didn't really introduce them. I'm not saying the movie shouldn't be in black and white. In fact, I should think the people who lived through those times would argue that there's no other way. The fact that the directors did the movie in black and white is part of the reason the movie got a higher rating from me, considering I was bored throughout the whole movie, it seemed more like a documentary to me.
I didn't really understand why people always started conversations with asking how each others wives were doing.
I thought Alex Borstein and Rose Abdoo were great actresses (Okay maybe I'm just being a little biased because they were both in Gilmore Girls. =P)- it's a shame they didn't get bigger parts.
I really liked the ending, although it was about 15 minutes too long. Overall, this movie isn't the kind of movie that I'd watch over again unless I had to do some in-depth studies of the era and learn more about it.