tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post101543146433838890..comments2023-11-07T22:43:36.262-08:00Comments on Notes from the Ironbound: My Nixon Obsession Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-16300049615280459132015-09-04T08:41:08.632-07:002015-09-04T08:41:08.632-07:00It's been a long time. I saw it when it came ...It's been a long time. I saw it when it came out, before my knowledge of the man was that extensive. Hopkins doesn't look like NIxon, but he acts him out very well. I think Stone gave him a surprising (and appropriate) level of humanity. The JFK assassination stuff he threw in was silly, though. I also tend to think that sprawling biopics are never that great. The good ones focus on a particular moment in a person's life (like The Damned United, my favorite biopic.) I would love to see a movie just about the election of 1968 or 1972. Maybe an adaptation of Hunter Thompson's Fear And Loathing on the Campaign Trail. Werner Herzog's Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918845193415571702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-41022606773779601682015-09-03T06:27:17.800-07:002015-09-03T06:27:17.800-07:00Curious if you saw Oliver Stone's "Nixon&...Curious if you saw Oliver Stone's "Nixon" and what you thought of it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com