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They finally decided to screen it here. Still no sign of Milk.


I was not entirely convinced this would be good, but I was pleasantly surprised. I had worries about pacing for one thing, which were entirely unjustified. It was pretty darned suspenseful for a movie that was essentially about people talking, this despite me knowing how it would end. I had fun playing character actor bingo during the early set up, but was soon thoroughly absorbed in the actual plot. Langella was fricking stunning. he managed to be terrifying and vulnerable, often at once. He was once one of the prettiest men in America, and now in old age is really showing he was so much more than a pretty face. This is not to take away from any of the other performances, it's just he pretty much stole the show.

It was sad that while watching it I thought, "He only wire tapped seventeen people and ruined two countries. It was such an innocent time compared to now." The scale of evil was so much smaller. Clearly, he didn't think big enough on the scale of self agendaed Republican presidential evil. It's still pretty relevant. I'm sure any number of people would like to see Frost/Bush. Sigh. I want my war crimes trials.