Frost/Nixon

As I sat down, anxious about my horrible amounts of homework, I decided last night to take a load off and watch Frost/Nixon which was wonderfully placed on my On Demand which worked out wonderfully. I figured I needed a break and it was time to bite the bullet and start to watch the video. Little did I expect that I would actually enjoy the movie!
First of all let me explain that I entirely did not get into politics until I went on the debate team this semester. I have constantly had my three Right-winged roommates shoving information down my throat, and callously I disregarded it because i am not familiar with much about politics. So when I got into debate, politics are a must. Having already been interested in Watergate when I learned about it when I was younger, the clashing of the two made it very easy for me to watch.
The Watergate scandal has for a long time been a little bit of a curious time in history, only because I did not know much about it, only that Nixon was the only president to resign. Now of course many people looked at Frost as some what of a talk show host, I thought that his job would be entirely too difficult for one to approach. The pressure, the time, the money that went into that interview, all the while as well was Frost so determined to get that interview. as a journalist it seems that one needs to go to the extremes to really buckle down to get the job done. Not only was Frost bashed by Nixon constantly, but Frost also had to outwit his interviewee on a subject matter that Nixon knew about more than him. Frost had to go above and beyond to really get down deep into the subject to outwit Nixon.
In the end, when Frost finally breaks down and out-smarts Nixon, Frost himself is astonished. Frost realizes how much Nixon's "confession" actually means to the American citizens, as well as people around the world. the movie shows how incredible the job of a journalist actually is; losing countless nights of sleep, being away from your family constantly, having the utmost determination. It was a great movie to actually show what journalists have to do to get down to business, and give the people a story worth while.