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Daniel Day-Lewis is Spielberg's Lincoln
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SCULLIBUNDO
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OrangeGrayBlue
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It would give them the most buzz as well. If DDL wins he'll be the first ever three-time best actor oscar winner.
Culebra 64
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Can't tell you how glad I am to realize this announcement was made years ago, means the wait is shorter. It's like a forum time machine...
..but I digress. DDL is enough to get me to watch a film. Hell, There Will Be Blood is one of my favorite movies of all time.
..but I digress. DDL is enough to get me to watch a film. Hell, There Will Be Blood is one of my favorite movies of all time.
TheKaeptain
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and he is playing the most beloved president ever.
SCULLIBUNDO
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The thing that most got me excited about this film was the re-teaming of Spielberg with Tony Kushner. And by all reports the script for the film is phenomenal. DDL is just fucking awesome icing on the cake.
Mgoblue201
Won't stop picking the right nation
The eventual emancipation of eastern European countries largely came about through the fall of the Soviet Union, so it's not exactly the greatest example to support the proposition that peaceful movements can end tyrannical regimes.
The most difficult task of the screenplay is to condense all of the events into something film-able. I can only guess at what they might include...the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the Republican nomination, the mix-up involving Fort Sumter, Lincoln's skillful manipulation of his cabinet, the emancipation proclamation...I don't know how it's going to handle everything. Seward, Chase, and Stanton aren't very well known, but they are some of the most distinctive figures in American history, so it's going to be interesting to see how they are handled.
Expendable.
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US: Nov 9th limited release and Nov. 16th going wide.
ViewtifulJC
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No DDL, wrong month, sharp knees, wouldn't hit/10
Speedymanic
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So...any reason for the lack of trailer? It's out in a few months and there hasn't even been a teaser for it yet.
Hell, are there any promo pics of DDL as Lincoln?
Hell, are there any promo pics of DDL as Lincoln?
Expendable.
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War Horse trailer didn't hit until August last year. I wouldn't expect it until then, even if this is getting released a month earlier.
Liquidsnake
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Seems strange though doesn't it?
It's getting to be that time. I can't wait to see what this looks like. I know Spielberg's not extremely popular here (well, current Spielberg I mean) but I still have faith that he'll deliver the goods here. With DDL's help of course.
triplestation
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Should have been Idris Elba.
He should be the next Batman.
-Pyromaniac-
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JGL would have been better.
SCULLIBUNDO
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JGL is playing Lincoln's son in this.
-Pyromaniac-
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he should play both though
SCULLIBUNDO
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Speaking of this, I rewatched TWBB last night and I CANNOT FUCKING WAIT to see DDL knock this shit out of the park.
I seriously need to see that movie...
demosthenes
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You do. Drink a milkshake while you watch it.
oneils
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This is terrible. But, I laughed.
Oh shit. I thought this was a joke. haha, can't believe it
It's a shame TWBB didn't win best picture that year. I much preferred it to No Country for Old Men.
Lionel Mandrake
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Lincoln removes his shirt to reveal his perfectly oiled six-pack abs. Mary lifts her skirt and runs her hand along her smooth, milky thighs. As he reaches for his hat Mary calls out, "No. Leave it on."
What the hell in Lincoln's story could not be done in a PG-13 film? Do we need to see a close-up shot of the exit wound in the theater? Do the Civil War battles need to have Zack Snyder slow-mo as cannonballs disintegrate a Union soldiers limbs? Accompanied with the fact that historical subjects are treated with more leniency by the MPAA, I would say it's a safe bet that this is PG-13. It's not going to be reigned in, but it will be PG-13 because they would have to actively try to get an R. And yes, I'm aware of the psychological issues that Lincoln had. Just because a movie will have dark subject matter, doesn't mean it has to be R.
adamsappel
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A Stephen Spielberg film, about America's arguably most-important President, rated "R" and eliminating at least half its potential audience? lol.
Big Baybee
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Why would it need to be R?
-Pyromaniac-
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Meh, I could see some of the vampire kills being gory.
Liquidsnake
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Krauser Kat
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Im sorry lets make this less real for you and sugar coat a terrible time for the united states as it ripped itself apart to rebuild as a stronger more unified nation.
PhoenixDark
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The rating has little to do with it being the typical Spielberg Oscar bait. You can make an edgy PG-13 film obviously. But Spielberg is incapable of that at this point
el retorno
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Munich?
He's only made 3 movies since. None were supposed to be "edgy" or anything more than family fare.
adamsappel
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Did Spielberg sugarcoat slavery in Amistad (didn't see it)? The MPAA gives him a lot of leeway and deference, so I'm sure he'll portray the Civil War battles and the assassination appropriately.
Lionel Mandrake
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"Four motherfuckin' score, and seven motherfuckin' years ago...."
maquiladora
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PhoenixDark
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He has made one good film since 2003 (Munich), how long can people use it to defend him?
Lincoln could be very good, or it could be very sentimental and average. We'll see
/rolleyes
RustyNails
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Samuel L Jackson as Lincoln is the only logical step forward.
If it covers the civil war then well...that part. PG-13 war films are just lol.
Lionel Mandrake
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This isn't storming the beach at Normandy. There aren't machine guns tearing people's limbs off and flamethrowers searing flesh. There are minie balls and bayonets. That's a small puncture wound that can be shown in a simple squib, and a clean stab that, as long as it's not in the face, would be PG-13 material. There's the matter of cannon fire and explosions, but that would really only be gruesome if you manipulated the scene in a way that made it gruesome, which would make sense in a movie focused primarily on the horrors of war, but this movie is about Abraham Lincoln. The only thing that would even come close to R-rated material is the aftermath, with piles of corpses, limbs being amputated, gangrene, and so on. But I really don't see why Spielberg would focus on that since, again, this is a movie about Lincoln.
That's a war movie, not a biography.
Also, that scene got huge laughs in high school.
ClovingWestbrook
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If Phoenix says this may not be great than it will be amazing.
ViewtifulJC
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But what does Konex think?
ClovingWestbrook
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Konex curse only happens with sports. PD happens with politics and cinema.
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