tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post3555356838551970212..comments2024-02-28T12:23:49.991-08:00Comments on Less Hat, Moorhead: ABE PLUSM.V. MOORHEADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15398205168324140929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-50688763111702463762012-11-22T00:07:57.052-08:002012-11-22T00:07:57.052-08:00Interetsting stuff Joe, thanx for sharing. I agree...Interetsting stuff Joe, thanx for sharing. I agree that Day-Lewis was Koufax in this movie, but that doesn't diminish the contribution of the rest of the team for me. I certainly can't agree about it seeming like typical Masterpiece Theatre; I never saw a MT that looked like this to me. I will say, though, that I thought the movie made a few missteps, just none major enough that I could find a place for them in the review.<br />Anonymous--Would love some details about what seemed especially different about the movie you saw?M.V. MOORHEADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398205168324140929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-31249618509942927472012-11-17T14:27:13.289-08:002012-11-17T14:27:13.289-08:00What are the odds that the two guy’s whose show-bi...What are the odds that the two guy’s whose show-biz opinions I most respect both saw a completely different movie with the same name and cast?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2918474934970337247.post-48964612586081968162012-11-16T15:24:13.881-08:002012-11-16T15:24:13.881-08:00Saw "Lincoln" last night and was duly im...Saw "Lincoln" last night and was duly impressed and disappointed. It felt like a Sandy Koufax 13 strikeout, 1 - 0 win when the Dodgers barely afforded him a run. It was all Koufax and the whole Dodger team reaped the reward. Only this time Daniel Day-Lewis was Koufax and Spielberg, Kushner , et al were the Team. At moments it was typical Masterpiece Theatre, other moments shards of brilliance danced in our eyes courtesy of Day-Lewis' riveting portrait of Lincoln. I wanted to love this film, awash in the mastery of the political process by one of our most "political" presidents. But it was all too squared up for me, too perfectly placed and orderly. Nowhere near as chaotic, desparate, and stirring as it may very well have been at the time. The depth of Lincoln's struggle to do what was right at all costs seemed well played out and filmed in respectful and easily understood tableaus of Congress, people and their times. Very much a history lesson and too little a human trial of gigantic proportions given the ultimate horror of slavery as we can only try to understand it. But for the gravitas of the Actor's stillness and resolve, we would have not thought or felt the anguish of the moment or the triumph of the soul that April of 1865. Yes, the parallels to today and this recent election were more than evident and it was extremely wise NOT to release this film before Nov. 6. The Republicans who were so sorely bashed by the electorate may have been even more so given the similarities in the opinions, ethics and morality of people struggling in 1865 with a moral compass gone awry. In the end, LINCOLN was more an event to witness in a fever dream rather than a movie. As a film it might even be ordinary. As an event in our common history as human beings, it can be truly astonishing to witness through the eyes of a Giant made that way by his time and his unwavering belief that this time the end did justify the means. It should be seen by all, if not for its cinema legacy, certainly for its glimpse into the heart, soul and mind of a human being of extraordinary means who we all owe a tremendous depth of gratitude for showing us the way to be human in the greatest possible context. I will most likely see it again for that reason alone.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976440776627782357noreply@blogger.com