All the President's Men
I have seen this one a couple times now, and it's one of my favorites. One of the best movies about good journalism (there are a lot of good ones about bad journalism too) and one of my favorite movies based on a true story. And the acting and dialogue are all so very realistic that you almost really believe that if you would have been able to experience the actual events it couldn't be much more thrilling.
I'm not blogging about this movie right now just to go along with the recent presidential hype of yesterday's inauguration of Barack Obama. I actually saw this one a couple months ago when my girlfriend rented it on Netflix, and it's just next on my list of movies to mention. But it's easy to imagine that must worse things went on behind the Bush administration than what happened here with Nixon. And lets just hope that Obama's presentation of being and open and honest administration is for real. After watching All the President's Men, it's hard to know who to trust in the world of the media and politics.
Oh and if you like this movie and the goofier aspects of Saturday Night Live and The Kids in the Hall, I would recommend seeing Dick. Then tell me who is your favorite Woodward and Bernstein paring: Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, or Will Ferrell and Bruce McCulloch? Yeah, the choice is tough for me too.
Rating: 9/10