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Comment by wiffledust on December 31, 2012 at 2:00pm

thanks for this review, pamela. i'm so excited to see this movie. i think it's particularly important at this time in our history too. lincoln was certainly a great man, the likes of which we don't see often anymore if ever. i'm so glad spielberg did this movie!

Comment by Pamela Drake on December 31, 2012 at 11:22am

And oh, BTW, Daniel Day-Lewis is just as much an Oscar hopeful as Denzel Washington is for FLIGHT.

Comment by Pamela Drake on December 31, 2012 at 11:21am

I saw LINCOLN last week.  It's the kind of movie my dad would have enjoyed, because it's based on a historical account of Lincoln's deeply troubled and divisive presidency and it plays that way.  Dad was reading Barbara Tuchman's works on American history during the decade before he passed away in 2007.  I came away with greater compassion for our Civil War President as well as renewed respect, because he did the best for America he could with a House of Representatives that made Obama's Congressional issues today look like a garden party.

Comment by wiffledust on December 30, 2012 at 1:27pm

oh i love the old ones, rick. they are so intelligent. isn't it cool to stumble upon a gem you haven't seen yet??

Comment by Rick Reiley on December 30, 2012 at 1:21pm

We saw the movie 'We're No Angels' from 1955, this morning. Fun. Bogart, Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll. Escapees from prison at Devil's Island at Christmas time. Surprised us. 

Comment by wiffledust on December 30, 2012 at 12:27pm

what are you all seeing on your holiday vacaton? it's a big movie week...has anyone seen "hyde park on hudson"? i would love to hear a review of that!

Comment by wiffledust on December 22, 2012 at 9:51pm

the big screen is a wonderful place for both intellgient "play like" stories but also for big cinematic extravaganzas that can really only be done on a big screen. gone with the wind is so perfect for the big screen. legends of the fall. apollo13, etc. i think Cirque will be great! i'm so glad you didn't like the descendants. i felt like something must be wrong with me. there wasn't a likeable person in the whole movie!

Comment by Maryanne Mesple on December 22, 2012 at 9:48pm

I didn't like The Descendants either. It should have never been on the big screen and gone straight to DVD  for my 85 yo mother to watch because she can't see :-)  My next movie adventure is Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away in 3-D I love visually magnificent movies on the big screen!

Comment by wiffledust on December 22, 2012 at 7:00pm

there are so many great movies either out in the theaters or about to come out. i think matt damon in promised land is going to be a great story about fracking. hyde park on hudson is about the royals coming to fdr's  house to get help from the u.s. before world war II. lincoln, obviously. ....i just saw the descendants with clooney. i couldn't stand it. everyone else likes it, so maybe you shouldn't listen to me. but i thought it was depressing and without a good story. 

Comment by wiffledust on November 26, 2012 at 5:41pm

Thanks, Maryanne! ...I'd love to see a bunch of reviews of "Lincoln" here....anyone?

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