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Overall, I think the movie was pretty accurate about describing the Watergate happenings and the people involved and their actions. Whether it was right about Woodstein’s investigative processes, I couldn’t really say since we didn’t go too deep on that in class, and I haven’t read Woodstein’s book. However, because the movie was based on their book, I’ll assume it was fairly accurate. Of course we also have to keep in mind that the book likely embellished a few things… for instance, it seems the supposed methods of communication with Deep Throat that Woodstein wrote about are factually questionable. --Taylor Brann | Overall, I think the movie was pretty accurate about describing the Watergate happenings and the people involved and their actions. Whether it was right about Woodstein’s investigative processes, I couldn’t really say since we didn’t go too deep on that in class, and I haven’t read Woodstein’s book. However, because the movie was based on their book, I’ll assume it was fairly accurate. Of course we also have to keep in mind that the book likely embellished a few things… for instance, it seems the supposed methods of communication with Deep Throat that Woodstein wrote about are factually questionable. --Taylor Brann | ||
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| + | I thought they did a great job in using the proximity of the time the film was made to the actual events without abusing it. We could see clearly the disbelief of the general public (well not too much of that actually) and of the editors themselves (not only because of fear of risking journalistic integrity--but because generally people trusted that the government did not do sleazy, illegal stuff, at least not at the Presidential level). I thought the movie approached representing opinions and reasoning behind secrecy and such was really well done-- maybe, again, because the movie and the characters seemed so real, as it was made recently after the events. --Jackie Reed | ||
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