Continue the Screening: Conversation with Nixon

First of all, don't make any assumptions about linking this movie to the Nixon movie in our Stones, it's too far off. The only thing that can be compared is Frank Langerlla and Sir Tony's performance of Nixon. Both of them performed very well. The difference is that Sir is integrated into the whole play, and the play is also a big one. Frank is supporting the play alone, without him. , or to be more precise, without the colorful monologue on the phone, it is no exaggeration to say that the show would be a shit.

I have to admit, my expectations were too high, I was expecting to see a Copenhagen movie, but I forgot that the director was Ron Howard - thank God this grandson can make an entertainment film smoothly, and sure enough, it is basically according to the entertainment film mode. But there are two things I'm very upset about: First, a 110-minute movie actually took 50 minutes for the interview's foreplay! My dear, this is too extravagant. Even if it takes so long to get wet at first, it will dry up after waiting. Second, imitating documentary techniques. It is mainly used in two places, one is to hold a lot of hands and shake the mirror; the other is to constantly insert fake interview shots, as if interviewing the characters in these dramas again today. What I'm saying is that this method is not only unnecessary, it also limits the play. Make the film oscillate between fiction and the pursuit of historical facts - if it sounds bad, you want to be a bitch and build a torii. Ron Howard is completely swayed by thoughts rather than left and right, which is far from Stone's ease with Nixon!

The only bright spot is Nixon's phone call to Frost before the last interview. It said it was a phone conversation, but it was actually a monologue. It could have taken the whole movie to a higher level. Unfortunately, after hanging up the phone, the cramming mode appeared again. . What is cramming mode? There is a song in the US team as proof: Don't look at me as a rookie now, but I will be very strong in a while, I call this montage, montage... Well, the picture should be darkened now. Then we can see how ex-President Dick is humiliated by a little British rookie...hehe, it's also in line with what the general audience should expect from Ron Howard.

The film is a stage adaptation, and I don't know how much it changed the original script, but if that's what the original script is, then aside from the relatively successful portrayal of Nixon, the entire script is pretty mediocre. On this issue, even if you don't study the Oppenheimer case - that's really boring - at least you can study last year's TV movie Recount, which is very historical and dramatic. Well, unlike this one, I only got to know one great actor.

ps: There is basically no drama in this Olympic bid, except for the male protagonist, but if he gets it, it will be unfair to the Jazz...

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