Posted on 11/17/2012 5:36:12 PM PST by camerongood210
Have any fellow FReepers seen this movie yet? If so, what did you think and would you recommend it?
I have not seen it and probably won’t - that way Hollywood gets less money to use against conservatives and Christians.
I’m looking forward to “Django Unchained” in which a man “kills white folks and gets paid for it”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdM9vrCbow
Amusing... My point, before your knee jerk reaction, is if you fall into the category of that group of Civil War historian/aficionados, you’re not going to like the politics of this film.
Yancy
My friend fell asleep three times and I fell asleep once.
A few comments;
It was half hour too long.
Sally Field’s angst was painful to watch.
If she accurately portrayed Mrs. Lincoln, whoa..high maintenance!
DD Lewis was magnificent. But after a few long stories
complete with pauses and drawls, I was convinced that he was going to win the Oscar and ready to move on to ...some action..of which there was little.
Finally, the recognizable Hollywood Spielberg buddies portraying major characters in the film was a mistake.
Sally Field is Sybil and the Flying Nun. James Spader is the cigar smoking lawyer having a scotch with William Shatner on the roof. Tommy Lee Jones is the Fugitives’ foil.
I did enjoy seeing John Candy and Hal Holbrook, however.
The death scene didn’t fit with the rest of the film and was glossed over.
So those are my impressions for what they are worth.
> Historically, Lincoln doesn’t do well in theaters.
Brilliant and funny!
great movie.
you could hear a pin drop, the crowd was so attentive. (intelligent, non-cell phone users). acting was fabulous. great sound and costumes.
Well it's only been 147 years.
Or ride in a Trans Am.
Tell them about ‘The Fredrick Douglas Republicans.com’’ and really see their heads explode.
“Amazing Grace”, not only an English white guy, but former captain of a slave ship.
“My point, before your knee jerk reaction, is if you fall into the category of that group of Civil War historian/aficionados...”
Ohhhhhhhhhh. Sorry, I didn’t see any /sarc tags. /sarc
Knew you were going to come back with that. Do I want to pay double with tv and a movie? No thanks. I have to drive to the third town over to get to the closest theater so, no, I’m not too worried about my neighbors.
She probably got it directly from LBJ when he sat on the edge of her bed!
Does she have to act? Since I really, really hate her commercials for Boniva, I can imagine that she could play a woman who was hated in her day without breaking a sweat.
Actually, do they still sell Boniva? I know someone who was physically harmed — big time — by that drug.
Well, yeah, that is disappointing.
I'd rather see some more interesting and appealing actress try the role.
But maybe she's not as bad as one would expect.
Seems to be 'type casting' -- they were both crazy b*****s.
God bless old Abe. He had to put up with the Confederates, the Abolitionists, the Copperheads, and Mary Todd Lincoln.
I don't know how he managed. ;~))
Mary Lincoln was insane before Abe was shot. She was beyond insane afterward and was eventually put in an asylum.
I saw the movie on Friday.
If you have a negative view of POTUS Lincoln, the movie Lincoln will make it more negative. If you have a positive view of POTUS Lincoln, the movie Lincoln will make it more positive.
As a Freeper, I found that the movie was NOT good to the democrats. Not one little bit.
Aside from a not-so-vague reference to Obama in the very very beginning of the movie, the movie spends over two hours ripping democrats to shreds. The entire movie is about the battles between republicans and democrats. It portrays democrats as racist, goofy, cowardly and susceptible to being bought out. It portrays republicans as being somewhat under-handed, but for a good cause.
If you’re a movie purist (not a political purist), the movie has some outstanding acting. You’ll leave the theater saying to yourself that its been a long time since you’ve seen a movie made for adults.
In my particular theater in a red part of upstate New York, there was a waiting line to buy advance tickets. The audience clapped and cheered after the movie was over.
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