Movie Review:Frost/Nixon

Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the USA....embroiled in the scandals of the Watergate and causing his downfall to continue sitting in the Oval office. In history, he was the only American President who ever resigned from his post.

A pretty much predictable movie for those who know history, although I could not understand why this movie got nominated for Best Picture Oscar 2009. Nothing spectacular about the acting, the storyline, the directing. It's just scenes put forward for audiences to be reminded again of Richard Nixon. A matter of personal opinion if I may say. Much has been known that Nixon was paid $1 Million for this interview, took it lightly, thought this interview would launch him into the public life but instead was put in history records as the political pariah.

I like history. I like historical figures who made their impacts and footprints in defining history. Nixon is not new to the political world and the powers that come along with it. As ex-President of the most superpower house on this planet, his off-guard statement in regard to the Watergate scandal to David Frost:

"when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal"

Such profound statement. Such arrogance. Which is actually not surprising at all if we assess the local political scenes in Malaysia's own backyards. Every other day, we will be reading the behaviours, antics by our own politicians who think that just because they hold the powers in their hands, forgetting those who voted and gave them those keys, they are behaving exactly like Nixon. What they do, it seemingly does not appear illegal to their minds. You know who they are. 2 months from now, we are going to have the biggest tainted question-mark credibility man to head this government's administration.