Good Night and Good Luck (2005)

I have been trying to see this movie for months now, and I finally got to see it tonight. I thought it was very interesting. I thought it was a bit slow in parts, but the topic was more interesting than I thought. It seemed a lot longer than it actually was, but there were a lot of things that I really liked about this movie. Do I think it was one of the top 5 of the year? I don't know, maybe...I liked Walk the Line better I suppose, but I did think this was worth several nominations. I thought it had some amazing cinematography, art direction, etc. The acting was awesome of course, George Clooney even impressed me in a great supporting role, also Robert Downy Jr, always a pleasure to see him. I thought he did a fantastic job as director, deserving of a nomination. David Straithern (that spelling looks wrong, but I don't have time to look it up right now) was just incredible, even though I don't think I have ever seen any real footage of Edward R Murrow, just his voice alone, was different, I imagine that he really worked hard on perfecting the voice and mannerisms. I also thought that in general, this was an important movie for this day and age. The integrity of the news seemed like such an amazing thing back then, and I worry now that we have really gone in the other direction in journalism, it makes me truly sad. I think that most of what he said in his speech for the tribute rang sadly very true for americans and television these days. A story that needed to be told, and seen, and remembered....so we don't continue to make the same mistakes.