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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 584977)

I'm glad to hear that because I was afraid that it might be one of those revisionist type movies that Hollywood often produces. I've already heard from people of a certain political philosophy that Lincoln wasn't really in favor of freeing the slaves and that he did it only for political reasons and all sorts of other nonsense. Some people just want to find anything they can to tear this country down and turn all the great things we have done into negatives. Unfortunately,there is a lot of hate out there.

The book explains the real issues in America in much greater detail. Lincoln genius was in getting others to see the reality of what he was suggesting was the right thing to do.

The part of the book I found fascinating is how some of the people in his cabinet thought they were more fit to be President and initilly looked down on him. After interfacing with Lincoln, they came to realize he was much superior to them.

Great book is "Team of Rivals", by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

But what happened to all the Vampires Lincoln hunted and killed. They never mentioned them in this movie.......oh we'll, guess they just ran out time during the filming.

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Originally Posted by jwrunion (Post 585037)

But what happened to all the Vampires Lincoln hunted and killed. They never mentioned them in this movie.......oh we'll, guess they just ran out time during the filming.

:1rotfl:

I guess some moviemakers are running out of storylines. :smiley:

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Originally Posted by 2BNTV (Post 585044)

:1rotfl:

I guess some moviemakers are running out of storylines. :smiley:

That's from the same writer who gave us-- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Grahame-Smith

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 585074)

That's from the same writer who gave us-- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seth Grahame-Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anything that will make a buck. :smiley:

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Originally Posted by Tom Hannon (Post 584950)

I saw Lincoln also and liked it very much. But as most American who haven't lived in a cave for two hundred years knows, (Sorry if I spoil the ending) Lincoln gets assassinated at the end which didn't surprise me. I saw it coming. Great movie. And I believe pretty accurate. But who am I to say. I wan't there.

Y'know, I just hate when people give away the ending.:1rotfl:

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Originally Posted by Patty55 (Post 585114)

Y'know, I just hate when people give away the ending.:1rotfl:

I heard Lincoln's last words were, "how did the play end". :jester:

Lincoln was a great man and is still revelant. Amazing.

BTW - Lincoln has seen the play, "Our American Cousin", several times and preferred not to go to the theater that night. If only he had stayed home. :(

http://www.ouramericancousin.com/site/history/

Good movie. Should get some Academy Awards would be my prediction even if I have not seen many of the other major contenders yet.

Once the nominations are out we will see how good some of the TOTVers are with Oscar predicions. The Numbers.Com has an annual AA contest on who can predict the most Oscar winners. http://www.the-numbers.com/interacti...r_rankings.php