Saw Frost Nixon last night, and I'm going to have to disagree with Richie. This movie is a serious contender for the top spot this year, and here's why:
1) This is a true event. Unlike Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and Ben Button, there's a lot less artistic license allowed. And that makes it all the more impressive when you can recreate it impressively on the big screen.
2) As the ending commentary of the movie notes, the power of the close-up is incredible. This entire movie is a close up. These guys entertained you with a movie where you learned the names of all of 8 characters, and go to know fewer than that. At least half of the framing of was just a face, and nothing else. There was more silence in the sound than any movie I think I've ever seen. And despite all of these extreme close-ups, they kept everyone's attention for over two hours!
Quite simply, this movie will give the others a run for their money because it is the year's best achievement in filmmaking. It took the least interesting situation of the five - an interview (though it was politically charged) and turned it into two hours of awesomeness.
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I was going to use that picture, but it's for the PLAY!
You make it sound like I didn't like it. I really liked it, I just think it's too small to win. Yes, what it does with it is impressive, but talk to Good Night and Good Luck about its chances to win.
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