Lincoln: The Movie

The movie trailer looks good. Seems to be have potential. I just hope they don't mess this one up.
I'm not putting too much faith in Hollywood. They're not so good at epic historical pictures.

Lincoln Trailer: Watch Steven Spielberg's Lincoln Trailer Online [Video] - StumbleUpon

 

There is already an old Lincoln movie...was pretty good too.

 

It was an excellent movie. I should have said Hollywood for the last 30 years or so.

 

I hope you're not referring to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

 

Ha! Wish i was...Look out Jugghead will step on us...

 

They had to put Tommy in it, didn't they, they had to, just couldn't resist... dam cheesy Americans.

 

I'll check it out. Daniel Day-Lewis is one hell of an actor

 

Agree...the last Mohican (sp?) was and still is a surprising classic.

 

I agree regarding DDL. One thing I noticed in the trailer was how he voiced Lincoln. From what I understand, Lincoln's vocal tone was high and thin. From the few lines in the trailer, it sounds like he picked up on that.

 

Whatever it was...you yanks were blessed to have him...He and Teddy were amazing men.

 

This was based on a true story right?

 

I went to see Trouble With the Curve last night and seeing the trailer for Lincoln was mesmerizing. I decided I have to see it. I have a great deal of admiration for Lincoln, but it was more the sights and settings in the few scenes I saw that were fascinating. As close to that time and place as we will ever get.

Hollywood may not do well with epic historical pictures, but Spielberg does. And I have to say that "hearing" Lincoln talk - it completely caught my attention in just the few lines he uttered during the trailer. I can't really explain it, but it gave me a chill, the look of the movie and how Day-Lewis carried it off, it felt like you were hearing Lincoln speak.

Also saw a trailer for a movie about Jackie Robinson - it looked phenomenal, as well.


(Last of the Mohicans, I love that movie. Day-Lewis was great, Russell Means, that's some history right there, right? And Eric Schweig was superb....)

 

The reviews are in, it's an epic movie. Some are saying a clean sweep for awards. I have not been in a theater in years, but I will for this.

 

There were interviews with both DDL and Sally Fields on some tv show not too long ago. And it was fascinating to hear how they got "into character", first off Sally Fields had to "test" over and over to get the part, for some reason Spielberg was not all that enthused about her. She tested with DDL, in character and in costume one time and DDL simply told Spielberg "she is Mary".

Then the two actors stayed in character even when they texted and talked to each other before and during shooting, Sally Fields commented that it was hard for her to get back to normal "Sally" at the end of the day as she had become so involved in the speech patterns and words used in mid-19th Century America. This might be the only movie I go to and spend the money on in the near future, I'm not that much of a fan of the "in theater" experience, nor the cost.

 

I'm pretty sure my wife will drag me to see the last Twilight movie (well, not "drag", I have the option to not go....but I'll most certainly pay for it later, so its not really an option). I'm going to keep this one as my "well, I saw Twilight with you, so you owe me one" movie.

 

Oh, RabidAlien, you are so Team Jacob, I can tell.

Clint, I am not much of a movie theatre goer, I can generally wait until a movie comes out and I can catch it on TV, with a few exceptions. This is one of the exceptions. It looked magnificent on the big screen, I want to see this one at the theatre because I really felt immersed in the time period with the little bit I saw. I get a little excited about history though.

Someone mentioned an older Lincoln movie, I'm sure there have been a number of them, up to and including, sigh, "Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," but the one that always comes to my mind is, "Young Mr. Lincoln," with Henry Fonda. Another one of those period pieces by Hollywood that wasn't too long on fact, I believe. But Henry Fonda was a convincing young Abraham Lincoln.

 

Clem, I love ya, but really! The Twilight movies make Baywatch look like Masterpiece Theater in comparison.

The truly sad part is that, though I could never stomach more than 5 minutes of the twaddle while flipping though my channels back when I had a satellite dish, I actually know what being on 'Team Jacob' means.

Oh the humanities!

 

I hope the Lincoln film you are referring to is better than the one Harry and Micheal Medved picked as one of the "Fifty Worst Movies of All Time".

I wish I still had that book. It was hilarious, especially all the "Immortal Dialogue" they picked out from each of the fifty. Their pick for a Lincoln film was an absurdwaste of celluloid for anyone wishing to pick up on the fine details or otherwise of Lincolns famous life. For instance, they laughed out loud at the assassination scene, with many extras mummering on the floor Ford's Theatre, while others ludicrously exclaim, "Mr Lincoln has been shot! Mr. Lincoln has been shot!", as if any witness in Ford's theatre that evening actually needed to be reminded.

I could give you other examples, but I got rid of that book years ago, (stupid of me). The best books always disappear, somehow...

 

Is this it?

Medved & Dreyfuss: The Worst Films of All Time

#1 on the list: Abraham Lincoln (1930)