Reviews

I just wanted to say that I had trouble getting anyone to go to this movie with me because everyone expected it to be dry and depressing. This had mainly to do with the fact that people from my generation remember this era all too well, and it was quite painful at times.

In fact, largely because the movie focuses on David Frost as much as Nixon, there are many humorous moments in the movie. I really expected to see a lot of time devoted to rehashing the events of that era, and was surprised that you saw none of the usual anti-war demonstrations you would expect, hippies being perhaps the only group of people besides politicians who weren't exactly shocked when Watergate exposed a high level of corruption, since they had so often been the target of it. I can't explain why that was left out entirely, though it was referred to obliquely, being the group Nixon most reviled.

Nevertheless, it was fun taking a peek into Frost's world, and his character truly sparkled. Very entertaining movie with a great cast.

I have seen this movie many times over the years. It's just the right genre of creepy for me, interesting old place the girl inherits full of old clothes, etc., it has that grandma's attic feeling about it. A little Psycho, a little sixties scary-movie feel. Then the psychological twist gets folded in, along with a nice little romance and good acting. This movie is not formulaic overall, when you consider that it's almost impossible to make a scary movie of any kind that hasn't been done before. Sure, familiar elements are there, but even though the setting is modern for the period, it has a bit of a Gothic feel to it. If you like suspense and a creepy plot without the gore, this is for you.

I was extremely disappointed with Crash. There were a lot of characters developed in the movie, and all of them said and did things that were more extremely rude or exaggerated than anything I have encountered in real life. In fact, almost every character was just a big jerk, and I didn't care what happened to them. There was one that was someone who seemed consistently nice and that you could empathize with. I can't believe Hollywoodites jumped all over this movie for an Oscar. It was entirely composed of contrived nonrealistic scenarios designed only to please uninformed idealists. And that's not me saying idealists are a bad thing, but I prefer smart ones who can face reality and deal with it while setting their sights higher. I don't see the point of making excuses for and glorifying in media a bunch of jerks in order to try to make them sympathetic when there are so many good people who may have also suffered bad circumstances but still chose to be a nice person instead of a jerk with an excuse. Let's glorify those people instead. And I believe there's many more of them than there is the other.

I am a very late comer to Bernie Mac TV show. I know I have passed it by on many occasions and written it off at first glance as just one more lame formula sitcom. But owing to the fact that it is in reruns at the very time I go to bed and am ready to watch TV at the end of the day, I finally sat through an episode. And I have been a huge fan ever since.

You know, it really isn't like anything else I've seen. The only possible comparison I can make is to the Bill Cosby show, because it leaves me with that same feeling of well-being and makes me laugh. There is some serious sophisticated wit at work in the writing, and they've taken what couldn't sound more like a tired plot and just twisted it into something completely fresh. The writing incorporates some very modern scenarios (example: Baby Girl got on the internet just looking for pictures of some pussycats....you can guess the rest) but incorporates them in ways that seem realistic and timely instead of contrived and trendy with a short shelf-life.

I'm loving Bernie Mac and all the characters on the show. It's just a great balance of unique humor, honesty, and warmth.