tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post7341786204272714329..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Devouring Films: LincolnLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23017673743171559722013-02-21T19:58:03.676+00:002013-02-21T19:58:03.676+00:00No, no, if your thoughts are the same as mine, the...No, no, if your thoughts are the same as mine, then you're definitely right that they're perfect (NARCISSIST FOREVS!). Also, thanks for using the word perfect in relation to anything to do with me! :D<br /><br />Anyway! DDL is, well, he just IS Lincoln. Which is perfect. And Sally Field was awesome (I had a tiny bit of trouble with her only because I've seen basically every episode of Brothers and Sisters, so she IS Nora now. But she was still pretty great). But awww, high maintenance? You meeeean! One of my favourite scenes was that bit towards the end where she's like 'they're going to remember you as the amazing President, and I'm going to be the crazy woman holding him back' or whatever and I was like awwwwwww :( And also THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE A WOMAN WITH THOUGHTS AND STUFF.<br /><br />P.S. I did not see that! BUT I went to see Lincoln with my mum, and she was like 'I didn't realise he was shot!' and I was like 'WOMAN ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!' She was not, sadly. So, I mean, it's totally possible for people not to know that. Apparently.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-86658193553922347542013-02-21T19:47:46.347+00:002013-02-21T19:47:46.347+00:00Geography was a part of history. Well. No comment....Geography was a part of history. Well. No comment.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-32603150229046855062013-02-21T15:16:16.806+00:002013-02-21T15:16:16.806+00:00You know, I don't think our geography classes ...You know, I don't think our geography classes were just the US, but that is mostly because I can't really remember any geography classes. I think I maaay have had some in elementary school but after that, any geography was part of history. And THAT is why I have only the vaguest sense of where anything is.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-26780762089184902982013-02-21T15:16:09.252+00:002013-02-21T15:16:09.252+00:00And I also realize that I maybe suggested that thi...And I also realize that I maybe suggested that this was perfect because it was the same things I was thinking but I am definitely not so NARCISSISTIC. Or I'll say I'm not here. I just meant it was well written. Ok, I'll stop while I'm ahead.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572049077903171939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-76738747713757201082013-02-21T15:14:08.959+00:002013-02-21T15:14:08.959+00:00Laura! This post is perfect. Exactly the same thou...Laura! This post is perfect. Exactly the same thoughts I had. Daniel Day Lewis is incredible! I just wanted to squeeze him because he was so awkward and soft-spoken, yet so incredibly intelligent! Sally Fields is also pretty amazing and really brought their dynamic to life. Poor guy! Just kidding but then seriously. High maintenance. Glad you liked it!<br /><br />P.S. Have you seen the shots of that basketball player that made the comment that many of the guys on the team didn't know he was shot. HELLO!?!? It's freaking ABRAHAM LINCOLN. And these bball players were AMERICAN. Anyway. Maybe it wasn't actually real. (But some part of me thinks it was.)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572049077903171939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-21516137135706326972013-02-20T22:29:17.807+00:002013-02-20T22:29:17.807+00:00I've never seen Gangs of New York, which is la...I've never seen Gangs of New York, which is laaaame. But *whispers* I didn't really like There Will Be Blood! As in, I got bored. But, definitely, I was like 'but, where's DDL?!' Have you seen My Beautiful Laundrette? He's all young and GORGEOUS in it, and maybe not such a good actor BUT he still blows ALL of the other actors in it out of the water. <br /><br />The only other actor I can think of who does this is Johnny Depp (mooost of the time). Because I can totally remember going to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and just going 'this is the same guy who is Captain Jack Sparrow... DOES NOT COMPUTE.' Plus EVERY character he's ever played is way different to his actual self, who, from watching many interviews, I can only conclude is a total spaz. In a way that makes me LOVE HIM.<br /><br />Erm... What were we talking about?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-13427248982479006882013-02-20T22:24:43.205+00:002013-02-20T22:24:43.205+00:00Ohhhhh. So, like, the American industrial revoluti...Ohhhhh. So, like, the American industrial revolution as opposed to the one we had about 200 years earlier? Ok, gotcha! But yeah, we never ever learnt about the Civil War, and my entire education on it is basically Little Women VS Gone With The Wind. That's IT.<br /><br />LOL at your world history though. Is it true that your geography classes are all just about America, too? Because if so, you're fulfilling alllllll our stereotypes of you hehehe (By 'our' I mean, my dad's. Cause he's really mean.)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-25131663796468439692013-02-20T21:54:02.271+00:002013-02-20T21:54:02.271+00:00Well we made it to the end of the Second Industria...Well we made it to the end of the Second Industrial Revolution (typically) so 1920s. Mostly cos we spent SO MUCH TIME on the Civil War. So much time. I remember some vague classes about WWII but not much to them. And I remember one year of World History which meant "anything not US" but that was it. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-81021461991635708532013-02-20T20:42:43.976+00:002013-02-20T20:42:43.976+00:00You never really made it past the industrial revol...You never really made it past the industrial revolution? Because... I mean, what about the Civil War?! And the whole Civil Rights Movement? WE even did like the New Deal and the Wall Street Crash and all that...<br /><br />My first 3 years at Secondary school (11-14, if that helps) were kind of like a crash course in English history, 1066-I guess, the Victorians? Although I don't remember actually doing them. And then the last two years we did hardly any English History apart from the Suffragettes and stuff, but also we did Hitler and WWII, and then also we did the US from 1920s-1930s. And the Vietnam War and stuff. And THEN I did an A Level (17-18) in Tudor History and it was like back to England!<br /><br />Basically, what I'm saying is, we mix it up! And I have a vague understanding of the History of England, 1066-now. ish.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-56724806972080623302013-02-20T20:37:30.657+00:002013-02-20T20:37:30.657+00:00DDL blows my freaking mind. He's the only acto...DDL blows my freaking mind. He's the only actor working today (that I can think of right at this second) who completely disappears into his characters. Even with other excellent guys, you're always like, "Heath Ledger is playing the Joker really well." But with DDL it's like "HOLY BALLS, IT'S LINCOLN!" Gangs of NY and There Will Be Blood? I forget it's him in those movies. I love that guy. I have not seen this yet! It's not playing anywhere in my town any more. Curse you, medium-to-small-sized Canadian city.Kayleigh vWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889972089506839071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-49839506745300538822013-02-20T19:38:34.193+00:002013-02-20T19:38:34.193+00:00Maybe it comes from years of focusing on American ...Maybe it comes from years of focusing on American history in class but it is so blaaaaaaaaaaah. And depressing. Also cos we covered the same stuff all the time cos there is waaaay less US history than there is English. How far through history do you guys make it? Cos we never really made it past the Industrial Revolution and we have WAY less material to get through.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-69776850049556840722013-02-20T19:38:07.447+00:002013-02-20T19:38:07.447+00:00Seriously amazing acting!! I know what you mean ab...Seriously amazing acting!! I know what you mean about Spielberg's directing, and I think there were times when he could have done... Something different with the directing, cause like when Mary and Abe were having that conversation about their dead son, I was like 'I totally want to cry, but... It's not really doing it for me.' So there's that. BUT I think for like the action shots, ESPECIALLY during the vote in Congress, his directing was PERFECT.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-6503288610095084212013-02-20T19:36:09.314+00:002013-02-20T19:36:09.314+00:00HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE AMERICAN HISTORY IT IS SO INT...HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE AMERICAN HISTORY IT IS SO INTERESTING AND ALSO BRUTAL! And short, so like, you can pretty much learn all of it in a shortish time!<br /><br />It's kiiind of like The West Wing, but it's not because it's the 19th Century and apparently in those days random people would just go to The White House and be like 'Um, Mr President dude, can you sort this thing out' and he'd be like 'Yeah!' But it's still West Wing-esque. More political than historical? I don't even know what I'm saying anymore, but WATCH IT WOMAN!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-64049315744573037002013-02-20T19:33:42.045+00:002013-02-20T19:33:42.045+00:00I think... Yeah, they definitely slowed the pace d...I think... Yeah, they definitely slowed the pace down at times, and seemed out of place in the situations sometimes, but I feel like... THAT IS LITERALLY WHAT HE DID! It seems like he would have, bless him haha.<br /><br />DDL FTW!! And, y'know, everyone else too!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-85158209538191274332013-02-20T19:32:17.273+00:002013-02-20T19:32:17.273+00:00I did not know that, but how can he be, because JG...I did not know that, but how can he be, because JGL!! But anyway, tell me more!<br /><br />Lincoln totally said to Mary 'Not too much on the flubdubs' in the film, and I was like ALIIIIIIIIICE!! It was an exciting moment.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-43443487146738453122013-02-20T18:28:43.955+00:002013-02-20T18:28:43.955+00:00Did you also know that Robert Todd was a DICK? ...Did you also know that Robert Todd was a DICK? 'Cause he was.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-78158312091032765472013-02-20T16:05:54.507+00:002013-02-20T16:05:54.507+00:00Conicidentally, I went to see this film last night...Conicidentally, I went to see this film last night! I really liked it too but sometimes I thought all of Lincoln's anecdotes/stories really slowed the pace down. And it all seemed a bit fairy-tale-ish. But that's OK, because it's a movie :)<br /><br />And the acting was AWESOME!Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23676276327295327752013-02-20T14:37:00.462+00:002013-02-20T14:37:00.462+00:00"What it's more like is a really long epi..."What it's more like is a really long episode of The West Wing set in the 19th Century" OK, so I do want to see this, but I've put it off cos American history meeeeh. But this description actually made me sit up and go "oh hey now". Even though you then go "but not actually like the West Wing" but whatever.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456600806188531803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-37070700207594600672013-02-20T14:17:06.574+00:002013-02-20T14:17:06.574+00:00I was sooo on board with the acting in this movie ...I was sooo on board with the acting in this movie -- DDL, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, JGL...all stupendous!<br /><br />I was less on board with the very Spielberg-y music swelling, sunset-ish shots. I wish he could hold back sometimes and just focus on the people. It would make, I think, for a much better movie.Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651043049962906572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-88441835793062336332013-02-20T10:49:37.498+00:002013-02-20T10:49:37.498+00:00Hehehehehe, ohhhhhh Ellie! To be fair though, as E...Hehehehehe, ohhhhhh Ellie! To be fair though, as Englishers, we have less images of Lincoln to work off- like, he's not on our money or anything! So, yeah, I *guess* relating him to Night at the Museum 2 is fine (but I would have preferred Legally Blonde 2, when Elle goes and visits his statue.)<br /><br />Oh no, DDL, is totally good enough to be Best Supporting Actress! I just need Anne Hathaway to win that because I kind of need to cry even now thinking about Fantine *sniiiiiiiiff*Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-2336955859589457772013-02-20T10:44:50.561+00:002013-02-20T10:44:50.561+00:00Well, now I want to go see it. Also, is it really...Well, now I want to go see it. Also, is it really bad that on that poster I was like "OMG! DDL LOOKS JUST LIKE THE STATUE OF ABE LINCOLN THAT COMES ALIVE IN NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2!" Which he would really, wouldn't he. Nice way to show off your inner Philistine, Ellie. :(<br /><br />Also, I agree that DDL would not make a good Best Supporting Actress. Even HE'S not that good, y'know?Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246472269477492583noreply@blogger.com