Comments on: Daniel Day-Lewis completely disappears into Abraham Lincoln and it's kind of crazy http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 00:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500915 Cowicide Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500915 <blockquote>but I've come to expect more than hype and gushing from Boing Boing posts.</blockquote>I think there may be a bit more than just hype to this.  DDL tends to deliver: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000358/awards

but I’ve come to expect more than hype and gushing from Boing Boing posts.

I think there may be a bit more than just hype to this.  DDL tends to deliver:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000358/awards

]]> By: Mike Harris http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500880 Mike Harris Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500880 He was my seventh cousin, five times removed. He was my seventh cousin, five times removed.

]]> By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500815 flosofl Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500815 Are you certain your sarcasm detector is not broken (or maybe mine is and I missed your joke) Are you certain your sarcasm detector is not broken (or maybe mine is and I missed your joke)

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500724 penguinchris Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500724 You can at least guarantee a nomination for makeup/costumes/etc. Even if the film is terrible, the makeup and costume design on display here is amazing and lots of lackluster films over the years have gotten Oscars for things like that.  Plus, you know, you can count on any Spielberg film getting a handful of nominations no matter what, and considering who else is involved in this film it's a very safe prediction that the nominations will quickly come rolling in. You can at least guarantee a nomination for makeup/costumes/etc. Even if the film is terrible, the makeup and costume design on display here is amazing and lots of lackluster films over the years have gotten Oscars for things like that. 

Plus, you know, you can count on any Spielberg film getting a handful of nominations no matter what, and considering who else is involved in this film it’s a very safe prediction that the nominations will quickly come rolling in.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500702 Brainspore Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500702 Ugh. Too soon! Ugh. Too soon!

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500660 euansmith Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500660  Vampires  Vampires

]]> By: Little http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500638 Little Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500638 Ugh, Hollywood hype always finds ways to reach new depths -- but I've come to expect more than hype and gushing from Boing Boing posts. At least the commenters are having fun with this subject. Ugh, Hollywood hype always finds ways to reach new depths — but I’ve come to expect more than hype and gushing from Boing Boing posts.

At least the commenters are having fun with this subject.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500615 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500615 As soon as that picture of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher was released, she (and possibly the film) were touted as the leading contenders for Oscars  even though the film wasn't even filmed yet. As soon as that picture of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher was released, she (and possibly the film) were touted as the leading contenders for Oscars  even though the film wasn’t even filmed yet.

]]> By: Little http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500590 Little Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500590  Sorry, not getting you.  Sorry, not getting you.

]]> By: rtresco http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500544 rtresco Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500544 Turtlenecks are the new deep V. Turtlenecks are the new deep V.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500523 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500523 <blockquote>Wow, Oscar predictions based on a photo?</blockquote>An unheard of idea!

Wow, Oscar predictions based on a photo?

An unheard of idea!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500498 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500498 Pish. Anyone can claim anything. Pish. Anyone can claim anything.

]]> By: rtresco http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500475 rtresco Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500475 Related to your comment, here is the best (read: worst) comment I've seen around this photo today, posted on another board: "Spoiler alert - someone gets shot in a theater. Are they going to have to delay this film like Gangster Squad? I'm not sure about this film. Every American should already know the history of Lincoln. Maybe seeing it on screen will do something for someone, but if you already know everything that occurs, it is hard to get excited about this (except maybe for Lewis' performance). " So there you have it - history movies and biopics are pretty much useless, per this individual. What's the point when you know what's going to happen? Boggles the mind that Titanic movie made any money back. Related to your comment, here is the best (read: worst) comment I’ve seen around this photo today, posted on another board:
“Spoiler alert – someone gets shot in a theater. Are they going to have to delay this film like Gangster Squad? I’m not sure about this film. Every American should already know the history of Lincoln. Maybe seeing it on screen will do something for someone, but if you already know everything that occurs, it is hard to get excited about this (except maybe for Lewis’ performance). ”

So there you have it – history movies and biopics are pretty much useless, per this individual. What’s the point when you know what’s going to happen? Boggles the mind that Titanic movie made any money back.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500473 Brainspore Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500473 I never suggested that all his contemporaries had good <em>reason</em> to love him. I never suggested that all his contemporaries had good reason to love him.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500471 Brainspore Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500471 I'm sure "losing three children to illness" ranks somewhere on that list too. I’m sure “losing three children to illness” ranks somewhere on that list too.

]]> By: chenille http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500462 chenille Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500462 I am not quite sure where this is originally from, but it seems appropriate. I am not quite sure where this is originally from, but it seems appropriate.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500449 RedShirt77 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500449  So....   Worst things that Happened to Abe: 1.  Being assassinated 2.  Written about by Carl Sandburg 3. Civil war. 4. Depressed crazy wife 5. Vampires killed his mother. Makes sense.  So….   Worst things that Happened to Abe:

1.  Being assassinated
2.  Written about by Carl Sandburg
3. Civil war.
4. Depressed crazy wife
5. Vampires killed his mother.

Makes sense.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500435 franko Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500435 man, it's so weird to see lincoln in a black turtleneck and blue jeans. it's like he's working for apple now. man, it’s so weird to see lincoln in a black turtleneck and blue jeans. it’s like he’s working for apple now.

]]> By: thecardcheat http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500432 thecardcheat Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500432 I heard Lincoln was an excellent wrestler, but would not have made a good boxer ... (get ready for it)... he couldn't take a shot to the head. I heard Lincoln was an excellent wrestler, but would not have made a good boxer … (get ready for it)… he couldn’t take a shot to the head.

]]> By: thecardcheat http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500428 thecardcheat Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500428 Last Thursday.. Last Thursday..

]]> By: lafave http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500410 lafave Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500410 Goodwin overstates the case for the "team of rivals"  But it sounds good in theory. Goodwin overstates the case for the “team of rivals”  But it sounds good in theory.

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500409 Ladyfingers Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500409  Well, if you'd lost hundreds of thousands of men to conscription for a cause you almost certainly didn't care about...  Well, if you’d lost hundreds of thousands of men to conscription for a cause you almost certainly didn’t care about…

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500404 Art Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500404 There's nobody better than DDL :) There’s nobody better than DDL :)

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500357 Brainspore Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500357 I dunno, I actually think this documentary about the assassination was probably closer to historical fact. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvkBvzpbBPs I dunno, I actually think this documentary about the assassination was probably closer to historical fact. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvkBvzpbBPs

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500343 semiotix Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500343 LINCOLN: Emancipaaaaation! Emancipation, Jefferson, you boy. Emancipated dry. I'm so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the Mason-Dixon line, and starts to drink your milkshake. I... drink... your... milkshake! <i>I DRINK IT UP!</i> JEFFERSON DAVIS: Don't bully me, Lincoln!  LINCOLN: Did you think your song and dance and your superstition would help you, Jefferson? I am the Third Revelation! I am who the Lord has chosen! LINCOLN: Emancipaaaaation! Emancipation, Jefferson, you boy. Emancipated dry. I’m so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that’s a straw, you see? You watching? And my straw reaches acroooooooss the Mason-Dixon line, and starts to drink your milkshake. I… drink… your… milkshake! I DRINK IT UP!

JEFFERSON DAVIS: Don’t bully me, Lincoln! 

LINCOLN: Did you think your song and dance and your superstition would help you, Jefferson? I am the Third Revelation! I am who the Lord has chosen!

]]> By: Kevin Carson http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500339 Kevin Carson Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500339 "Completely disappears into Lincoln"? From the title I had visions of Ren Hoek climbing up into the Lincoln Memorial's nose. “Completely disappears into Lincoln”? From the title I had visions of Ren Hoek climbing up into the Lincoln Memorial’s nose.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500337 Nathan Hornby Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500337 I'd forgotten about that film.  Deserves a re-watch, I remember enjoying it. I’d forgotten about that film.  Deserves a re-watch, I remember enjoying it.

]]> By: Mighty Blowhole http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500333 Mighty Blowhole Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500333 HA! So now, with Lee's bullet-riddled corpse in the foreground, he + U.S. Grant ride off into the sunset with Jeff Davis' head swinging from the pommel of the horse they're sharing? HA! So now, with Lee’s bullet-riddled corpse in the foreground, he + U.S. Grant ride off into the sunset with Jeff Davis’ head swinging from the pommel of the horse they’re sharing?

]]> By: DrNobelDynamite http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500331 DrNobelDynamite Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500331 With all due respect, you're mistaken.  Everyone knows that Abraham Lincoln had a pronounced Brooklyn accent, as this documentary re: his invention of the American flag demonstrates:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0hvm10AHo With all due respect, you’re mistaken.  Everyone knows that Abraham Lincoln had a pronounced Brooklyn accent, as this documentary re: his invention of the American flag demonstrates:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0hvm10AHo

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2012/08/07/daniel-day-lewis-as-lincoln.html#comment-1500322 Teller Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175177#comment-1500322 With Babe Ruth in a wig as Mary Todd Lincoln. With Babe Ruth in a wig as Mary Todd Lincoln.

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