Surely I’m not the only one who saw Michael Douglas praise Frank Langella’s performance as Nixon in Frost/Nixon, declaring that it made all prior portrayals of Nixon irrelevant, and then expected Anthony Hopkins, standing a few feet away, to say, “Really, Michael? All of them?”

Something admirable about Hopkins: Ben Kingsley was introduced as “Sir” Ben Kingsley, but Anthony Hopkins is just “Anthony Hopkins.” Hopkins is a naturalized American, and Americans should hold aristocratic titles in mild contempt.