#77: All The President’s Men
All The President’s Men is the type of detail oriented and tedious film I enjoy too much. I love the feeling of being a part of the situation. I was the third reporter on this story being overloaded with information and details that make sense but do not lead to any rational conclusion.
This film could easily have been further fictionalized to provide more excitement, but in reality, the reliance on the minutia created a higher level of suspense than any higher level of physical danger ever could. Only a few times do we catch wind of the danger all of the characters are subjected and even then it’s a passing subplot to the importance of “story”.
Sadly, we seldom see films of this vein any longer. Partially due to our unwillingness to sit through a two-hour movie on process but mostly because Michael Bay would never fit a half naked woman blowing up aliens into the plot successfully.
[note: I am not a movie critic or a writer of any sort. This entry is only my quick opinion on the movie in question. Click here to see the entire 100 Films in 2010.]