The best movie i've ever seen in theaters.

Rating: 9/10 (6 November 2005)

This film was one I had been anxiously awaiting for some time, only to be put out of commission for two weeks by Hurricane Wilma. Well what a treat it was when reality was restored. This has to be the absolute best movie I have ever seen in theaters. As an American history buff, I found this a wonderful subject matter. I also found it a bit sad: American television and news in particular today is nothing but a shadow of what it was then. The decision to shoot in black and white made it all seem so realistic, for the times. The lighting was well done and dramatic: it is great to see that the art of lighting for black and white has not been lost to the ages. Is it leftist? if you ask me, I could prove to you it is not. It is against the position of a man whose extreme right wing positions, far worse than all but a few since, destroyed lives. Was the position of the journalists it is about leftist? maybe, but not to the point of communism. About halfway through, three people left. If they could get upset to this degree by a film about actual events, about journalists who helped stop a terrible time in American history, they should have at least found out a bit about it first...they could have saved their money. I loved how the actual footage was so seamlessly integrated into the film. This film was simply fabulous. I have seen few films that can give it any competition, and never any on the silver screen myself. The most recent movie I've seen that I feel may beat it in my book is Gandhi. I was riveted to the screen, captivated by the movie. During the broadcasts my heart beat quickly and I felt jittery, almost as if I were the one on camera. It is good to have a film so completely envelop you without action, without explosions, even without color. This has not happened to me before in a movie theater. Sometimes I will usually drift off into random thought, others i'll talk quietly to a friend, or I might get upset at events I find silly. My eyes couldn't have left the screen for more than a minute total, and that was only to see if i'd dropped any candy. The biggest surprise to me other than the sheer power and excellence was the level of subtle humor and natural-flowing jokes between the characters. Numerous times the audience erupted in laughter. 10/10- and I am going to buy this the minute it is out on DVD.