LINCOLN 3: Amend This!

**Orlean** · 11-13-2012, 01:11 PM

Tom Hanks was also nominated for Saving Private Ryan.
But three (leading) Oscars in only one decade was just impossible.

DDL and TLJ are in a good position to win. We'll see.

**CMJ** · 11-13-2012, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by Orlean

Tom Hanks was also nominated for Saving Private Ryan.
But three (leading) Oscars in only one decade was just impossible.

Oddly enough, I think if he had only won for one of those, he may have won. The Academy didn't seem to know where to go, which is why I think the exhubarant Italian got the award.

**Atonenent.** · 11-13-2012, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by crazyfists3600

Sad thing is, she was SO CLOSE to an Oscar once.

Ugh, Almost Oscar Winner

I weep. I weep for you. I weep for all humanity.

**BTN** · 11-13-2012, 01:25 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/op...acters.html?hp

Uh oh

**coolinout1** · 11-13-2012, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by Atonenent.

Ugh, Almost Oscar Winner

Makes me wonder if she'll ever try again in the near future.

She did pretty good with her first dramatic role in years with The Killer Inside Me IMO.

**Shy_Hallaman** · 11-13-2012, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by CMJ

Hopkins was nominated for Amistad.

(I actually think Honsou should have been as well)

Honsou is my personal winner in 1997.

**RRA** · 11-13-2012, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by BTN

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/op...acters.html?hp

Uh oh

How many locals will carry that "It's Racist!" banner?

**Eternal** · 11-13-2012, 01:41 PM

Mitch Salem:

Spielberg's 'Lincoln' a masterpiece

http://www.newsadvance.com/the_burg/...a4bcf6878.html

**Shy_Hallaman** · 11-13-2012, 01:45 PM

Review: 'Lincoln' Is A Handsomely Shot, Immaculately Acted & Terribly Dull Historical Biopic
From The Playlist.

Victoria Alexander
Film Festival Today

Long, cheesy political monologues and crucifies the Lincoln legacy. What a torture! Director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner turn the hallowed figure of Abraham Lincoln into a dreary sop.

Tony Medley
Tolucan Times

...historically laughable, it's so boring it makes one yearn to watch grass grow. Original Score: 0/10

**crazyfists3600** · 11-13-2012, 01:50 PM

The reviews are hilariously uneven here. I mean...wow.

**Eternal** · 11-13-2012, 02:05 PM

**Moviefreak** · 11-13-2012, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by GR3

Oprah filmed an episode of her show with Spielberg, DDL, and Sally Fields. It will premiere December 2nd.

Here we go.

Originally Posted by guany

LMAO. I love how she was like, "Academy Award Winner (insert anybody from the cast)" until she got to Kate Hudson... "This is your year!"

LOL, that was so hilarious.

Originally Posted by crazyfists3600

LOL, I've been out of the country for three weeks...so NO...I said seeing the TRAILERS makes me feel that way. It looks so stuffy and boring. I know that the reviews suggest otherwise. I'll see it, but I'm still not looking forward to it.

Uhm, Lincoln is nothing like its trailer like at all. The film is brilliant with one of the best scripts in years. And the reviews are anything but uneven as the 87 on MC would attest.

**Atonenent.** · 11-13-2012, 03:08 PM

It's so weird I can't get excited about this. It just sounds so dull and boring. Well, as my expectations are low, I can easily be blown away, so perhaps it's a good thing.

**RRA** · 11-13-2012, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Atonenent.

It's so weird I can't get excited about this. It just sounds so dull and boring. Well, as my expectations are low, I can easily be blown away, so perhaps it's a good thing.

Oh jeez. Have you read what many of the locals around here who have seen it thought of it?

**Habsburg** · 11-13-2012, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by crazyfists3600

The reviews are hilariously uneven here. I mean...wow.

Well the last three were from like, the Bella Coola Weekly?

**Atonenent.** · 11-13-2012, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by RRA

Oh jeez. Have you read what many of the locals around here who have seen it thought of it?

I know

The reviews are great, everyone says it's great and not at all dull and boring, but I have this preconception that seems like it isn't going to go away until I see it. It will not change my opinion of the film though.

**crazyfists3600** · 11-13-2012, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Atonenent.

I know

The reviews are great, everyone says it's great and not at all dull and boring, but I have this preconception that seems like it isn't going to go away until I see it. It will not change my opinion of the film though.

Yes, I'm in this camp.

**Vincent Blanchett** · 11-13-2012, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Orlean

And yet Phyllida Lloyd has directed an Oscar winning performance before Spielberg!

Clearly Phyllida Lloyd hasn't done any service for Meryl's win. If anything, she did great disservice, the way The Iron Lady was directed (and edited!). Considering the subject, the baitiness of the character and fact that Weinstein was backing the film, Meryl would've won given (almost) any actor.

**McTeague** · 11-14-2012, 01:58 AM

I thought Lincoln opened wide, but it still has only 32 reviews at Metacritic. Didn't it open wide?

**Dent** · 11-14-2012, 02:00 AM

It opens wide on Friday.

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