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Another issue I have with the film is the lack of mention by Woodward or Bernstein of Nixon's involvement. Their investigation seems to end when they finally get confirmation of Halderman.It doesn't make sense to me that this ruthless reporting team would just stop at Halderman and not link the trail to Nixon. Since the legacy of Watergate is centered around President Nixon, why wouldn't the movie at least allude to the President's involvement? ~Juliann Boyles | Another issue I have with the film is the lack of mention by Woodward or Bernstein of Nixon's involvement. Their investigation seems to end when they finally get confirmation of Halderman.It doesn't make sense to me that this ruthless reporting team would just stop at Halderman and not link the trail to Nixon. Since the legacy of Watergate is centered around President Nixon, why wouldn't the movie at least allude to the President's involvement? ~Juliann Boyles | ||
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| + | I agree with Mallory sort of. It was surprising to me in the beginning that a librarian would be perfectly willing to look up and divulge the for any old person calling up on the phone the requested materials or checked out materials of patron of the library... and the White HOuse library! Really? She quickly gets intercepted and told to change her story but what was she doing giving that information in the first place. Even in regular old public libraries, personal check-out accounts are supposed to be private. Did people not care as much back then? Also in Juliann's point about where the movie ends... I think it gets cut off there not to say that Woodstein stopped their investigation and journalism on the topic but that that was the key piece of the puzzle that lead to the house of cards falling down. Once they get the magnitude of the scandal revealed, other reporters, newspapers, and the public investigations are probably on equal footing with them and the movie can't continue with them as the courageous, lone detectives. But I do find it interesting that, except for in the closing typewriting scene, they really don't go as far as accusing Nixon of being a major conspirator or knowingly involved-- was it because the movie was made practically in the then-present day?--Jackie Reed | ||
I think probably the biggest fault of the movie for me is how it ends. For one, it’s very abrupt. However, the largest issue is that there is no recognition of the other contributions made to the Watergate case. Of course the movie is about Woodstein investigating Watergate, so I expect it to be about them rather than other aspects of the investigation involving the courts and Congress and what not. I don’t even think the other investigations necessarily had to be mentioned during the movie itself. The problem comes with the ending where it’s not even acknowledged that there was more investigation going on other than Woodstein’s. The movie makes it appear that only the ''Washington Post'' reports brought light to the corruption in the White House. All it would’ve taken was an informational card at the end to satisfy me. --Taylor Brann | I think probably the biggest fault of the movie for me is how it ends. For one, it’s very abrupt. However, the largest issue is that there is no recognition of the other contributions made to the Watergate case. Of course the movie is about Woodstein investigating Watergate, so I expect it to be about them rather than other aspects of the investigation involving the courts and Congress and what not. I don’t even think the other investigations necessarily had to be mentioned during the movie itself. The problem comes with the ending where it’s not even acknowledged that there was more investigation going on other than Woodstein’s. The movie makes it appear that only the ''Washington Post'' reports brought light to the corruption in the White House. All it would’ve taken was an informational card at the end to satisfy me. --Taylor Brann | ||
