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In reply to the discussion: JUST got home from seeing "LINCOLN". Trust me. SEE IT. Here is why: [View all]WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)73. Can't Wait To See Daniel Day-Lewis...
...in this role.
After seeing "There Will Be Blood" I am convinced that Daniel Day-Lewis is the greatest actor of our time. I don't believe that there is a close second. I have never seen an actor put so much into the roles he plays. He seems to become the characters he portrays to such an extent that he has difficulty recovering his true personality.
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JUST got home from seeing "LINCOLN". Trust me. SEE IT. Here is why: [View all]
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
OP
Ya, I saw previews online first. All expectations met. He tells a story about Washington's por-
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#3
The ideologies of the parties have swapped over time.The early Republicans were social progressives.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#5
The radical Republian faction wanted to severely punish the South for secession and the war.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#71
I would have supported the more moderate Lincoln 10% plan. We needed to heal the nation. The
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#87
Apples and oranges. Those very deep-seeded attitudes would not have been beaten out of the South.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#119
but they were a very different kind of republican back then...and what the South considered democrat
ceejdre82
Nov 2012
#28
YUP, GO SEE IT. It is really good. So interesting to watch the politics the 13th Amendment.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#75
The ending scenes were something else. Tragedy and triumph. One life can mean so much.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#13
I'm going to see it Sunday. Glad to hear it's good, because it's loooong. nt
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#8
You'll love it. You get so absorbed the time melts away. You'll wish it was longer.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#14
We just got back from seeing it and you nailed everything...especially your last paragraph.
PATXgirl
Nov 2012
#24
Yup. Any movie version of history can't be perfect, but they did VERY WELL with this one.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#59
And the scenes of Lincoln telling his stories and philosophizing were just AWESOME.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#60
Have been looking forward to this. Also have been listening to Cold Mountain. nt
patrice
Nov 2012
#25
I thought I might not be able take Cold Mountain at first; it's a little like reading Cormack
patrice
Nov 2012
#41
I saw Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Presidential historian that wrote the book that most of the movie is
ceejdre82
Nov 2012
#26
Troll. Lincoln would've been DEMOCRAT today due to the Southern Strategy of the 1960's.
Lex
Nov 2012
#30
While there was some split, the D's were MUCH MORE the PRO Slavery party of the time.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#89
Study your history. TODAY he would be a DEMOCRAT. The ideologies of the parties have reversed over
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#61
Wow. And I Thought Any Sentient Human Being Knew The Parties Had Traded Their Historical Roles/nt
DemocratSinceBirth
Nov 2012
#83
Though you do see Lincoln the father as well, which is good. All aspects of the man are shown.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#62
I really like what you say here. The movie shows Lincoln the man, the politician, the husband, the
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#64
First, again, as movies go, this is a DAMN GOOD ONE. Trust me and others and SEE IT. Next, as to
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#66
Overall, you get a feeling of a man who we would say today is "living with depression".
PATXgirl
Nov 2012
#78
I saw it with my brother in law, a staunch Republican, and we both loved it. Just loved it.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#67
YUP, another BRILLIANT performance by Daniel Day Lewis. He is a phenomenal artist.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#69
Don't worry about impeachment or secession. It is all sour grapes blather. Even most R's don't want
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#68
I saw the previews too, and it met all expectations. SEE IT. It's a good one.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#70
Major message was Lincoln=Obama and that compromise brings great changes.
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#77
seriously? the message of the film was lincoln = obama? does compromise bring
HiPointDem
Nov 2012
#90
yes. Without getting help from the other side both Lincoln and LBJ would not have gotten it though
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#91
Governing can not occur without some amount of compromise. Compromise resulted in the CONSTITUTION.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#92
I will agree a bit with your first point, but Jones was fine. In the opening scene I think it was
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#86
I thought just the opposite. I thought this was one of Jones' best performances, but not one of DDL
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#95
I guess so. My two friends felt the same way. It was worth the $6, but not more. IMDB reviews are
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#111
It was a spellbinding performance and a great look at the politics of the issue.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#116
This is a great weekend to go shopping and end the day with a viewing of Lincoln.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#118