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Worst Nixon Movie Ever


I guess Ollie Stone loved to hit Nixon in the teeth with this one. He says he even voted for him to end the war which Nixon did.

This movie paints a picture of a torn man who doesn't accept losing to the public and will do anything to have an edge but also shows him as a loser and a deadbeat. This was not Nixon at least in his first term. He really wanted to make a difference and though all politicians come to love power and the double edge sword it wields, Nixon was torn.

I'd like to see Ollie make a move about Bill Clinton or the current POTUS. I'd bet he'd laud them more than criticize.

Nixon may very well have been the last president of his kind but he really did want to make a difference early on. It was only after he tried to fight for public support and more power that he fell into his own undoing.

Nixon just doesn't cut it as a movie. i would have preferred seeing more of his accomplishments but then Ollie would look like he actually liked the man.

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I disagree that Stone "hit Nixon in the teeth" with this movie, or that he was trying to do so. I think Stone approached this film with a good-faith intention of portraying the positives as well as the negatives. Which is not to say that he succeeded all the way down the line. But I don't think the movie was an all-out attack, either. There were definitely some individual scenes (not the film overall) that were designed to portray Nixon in a positive light, in addition to the scenes that were designed to portray him in a negative light.

My problem with the film is that it attempts to cover so much ground -- Vietnam, protesters, JFK/1960, Watergate, resignation, plus Nixon's relationship with his wife, plus childhood scenes with his mother -- that the effect is like skimming the edge of the surface. 3+ hours is a long time to do that.

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The OP is totally wrong. Stone lets Nixon off very lightly if anything!

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Yes like theres so many Nixon movies made that one can be called the worst lol

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Yes like theres so many Nixon movies made that one can be called the worst lol


You've shown your ignorance there...
Well, there's more than one isn't there? So yes!

I can think of:
Frost Nixon
Elvis and Nixon
Secret Honor
Dick

in addition to this one. And this one is not the worst. Or even bad.

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