"Can I be deep crack?"

American Studies major Brandon spends a lot of time watching the History and Discovery channels, so this type of thing is right up his alley. However, I generally find historical movies a tad on the dry side, so I was surprised how engaged I was with Frost/Nixon. We actually laughed a lot at the interplay between the titular characters, and the credit for that lies in the wonderful performances by Frank Langella and Michael Sheen. They were both so completely committed. The story itself was really tight and the pace of the movie was just perfect. Brandon thought it went a long way in humanizing Nixon for him, but not necessarily in a positive way as Frosts anti-Nixon researchers feared. It just made it clear how difficult being the president is and it magnifies all of a person's best and worst qualities. Nixon's drive got him to that position but his underlying sense of entitlement was ultimately his undoing.