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In reply to the discussion: JUST got home from seeing "LINCOLN". Trust me. SEE IT. Here is why: [View all]Catlover827
(191 posts)56. Saw it today and LOVED it. DD-L got it exactly right.
Some people (not here) have complained about the voice he gave Lincoln, but numerous accounts from Lincoln's contempories state that he had a high voice. He also got his gait exactly right - Lincoln didn't walk heel-to-toe, but picked his feet up and plunked them down flat. Just give DD-L the Oscar NOW!! Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones were great, too. The only issue I had historically was the scene in which Mary Todd Lincoln sat on Willie's bed and cried after he had died. She supposedly never again entered that room after Willie died.
I love Abraham Lincoln so much. What a phenomenal human being.
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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