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Old 12-10-2012, 10:21 AM
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Was tremendous. Best 'in theater' experience I've enjoyed since 'The King's Speech'..

As many plaudits as Day-Lewis receives, he astounds time after time. And the supporting cast was outstanding.
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Old 12-10-2012, 02:13 PM
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Was tremendous. Best 'in theater' experience I've enjoyed since 'The King's Speech'..

As many plaudits as Day-Lewis receives, he astounds time after time. And the supporting cast was outstanding.
Heard Spielberg sat on the film for almost 10 years, because he wanted Daniel to play Lincoln and no one else. Apparently Daniel at the time thought Lincoln was too iconic to be played by himself.

What shocks me is Sally Field, the only one I felt that was miscast in the film, but surprisingly worked.
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Old 12-10-2012, 02:19 PM
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Heard Spielberg sat on the film for almost 10 years, because he wanted Daniel to play Lincoln and no one else. Apparently Daniel at the time thought Lincoln was too iconic to be played by himself.

What shocks me is Sally Field, the only one I felt that was miscast in the film, but surprisingly worked.
from what i saw, spielberg wasn't happy with the first script. that liam neeson was his first pick (they'd done schindler's list together) but that neeson later said he thought he'd gotten too old to play him. i can't see liam in that role. i thought ddl was perfect for the role, and he did a fabulous job. some on set thought it was eerie, that abe had almost come to life.

when i saw sally field, i said wha? but she worked. brilliant casting job. except for alexander stephens-he was too good looking to play that guy!
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Old 12-10-2012, 06:22 PM
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I liked the movie too. I saw it last week. Glad everyone enjoyed it.

It's cool going to the movies and when you really like the movie it makes for a great experience.
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As many plaudits as Day-Lewis receives, he astounds time after time. And the supporting cast was outstanding.
How about Tommy Lee Jones? While I won't go as far as saying he stole some of the limelight away from the out of this world performance by Day Lewis, he owned the scenes he was in.
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How about Tommy Lee Jones? While I won't go as far as saying he stole some of the limelight away from the out of this world performance by Day Lewis, he owned the scenes he was in.
like i said earlier, he did a good job. enjoyed the entire movie, thought everyone did a great job.
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like i said earlier, he did a good job. enjoyed the entire movie, thought everyone did a great job.
Haven't seen it yet but did they show the scene of Mrs Lincoln leaving the theater and the Paparazzi was hanging around and one of them said to her,'Other than that Mrs Lincoln how did you like the play'....old sick joke..
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'Lincoln' leads Golden Globes nominations.


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Steven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" led the Golden Globes on Thursday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.

Tied for second-place with five nominations each, including best drama are Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis thriller "Argo" and Quentin Tarantino's slave-turned-bounty-hunter tale "Django Unchained."


http://tv.msn.com/golden-globes/2013-nominees/story/
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saw the trailer for django unchained, and plan to go see it. looks like a good one, but when does tarantino ever have a bad one?
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saw the trailer for django unchained, and plan to go see it. looks like a good one, but when does tarantino ever have a bad one?
Looks like another winner...don't remember how many times i've watched
Reservoir Dogs. Harvey Keitel a favorite of mine...One terrible movie he starred in was Bad Lieutenant 1992..My wife wouldn't finish watching it after the scene where he was dancing by himself in the nude...lol, she left the room..other gross scenes..Nic Cage made a movie few years ago called
The Bad Lieutenant:Port of Call New Orleans, also bad...
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