Daniel Day Lewis as Abe Lincoln
 

Guy is a maniac.

Nah, beard isn't long enough and where is the stovepipe hat?

"...four score and seven years ago...I drink /your/ milkshake!!!"

This is nuts...I was having a conversation with my parents on Saturday night over dinner, and the discussion of the current situation in Hollywood about recycled stories came up. I held the opinion that there are plenty of historical stories that would make excellent documentaries and movies, and pointed to Team of Rivals as an example. I did not know this was in the works.

I'm quite excited for this. It is totally awesome.

brand recognition is the scourge of hollywood. i was talking to someone the other day if any movies from the 70's (taxi driver, deer hunter, deliverance etc.) would get made today.

that's the great thing about day lewis. attaching his name to a project gets shit made.

This is going to be legend....wait for it....dary

The cool thing is he has been using nothing but his Lincoln voice since March.

Hopefully it's 6 times better than J Edgar.

If I was a director, I would call him first every time I filmed something.

What I want to know is...will critics give this movie a four score?

That one made me bang my head on my keyboard

That's an interesting proclamation.

Weird seeing him as Lincoln in blue jeans and sneakers.

At least we know this movie has a happy ending.

Well the side ending is that you traitorous bastards in the South still got yours.

:lol:

And the nation has paid dearly for that tragedy ever since :(

True, things would be much nicer if we didn't have to deal with you all :)

And I'm sure the same feeling the other way around. Only thing we'd be losing out on is athletics.

I'm reading Harry Turtledove's series where the South won so it's something that's been fresh on the mind lately.

Which book series is this?

Starts with How Few Remain in 1881 where the Union and Confederacy get into another scrap and then the Great War Series goes off that one.

Thanks! I think I am going to check it out.

When did Sean Connery start looking like Abe Lincoln?

Great series (or pair of series) which stretches over a long period of time. Off-hand I'd say it's maybe HT's best work with characters, you really get a sense of them aging naturally.

I'm in the middle of American Front right now and I've thought they've both been excellent so far though I'm not some kind of literary scholar or alternate history scholar.

Easy enough to follow but still fairly complex is how I'd describe it.

He goes to an Asian massage parlor at the end? What kind of movie is this!?

You have something against Asians? Well...do you!?

Not when they give him a hand job....

Only when I'm on top of her...

Deadwood: The movie.

Happy endings galore!

Ya, that works.

They sure are milking this "Daniel Day Lewis is Lincoln" thing, but the Poster is pretty much brilliant ...

Wasn't Lincoln some dude who killed vampires?

Depends on which movie you're talking about........

Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (Video 2012) - IMDb

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) - IMDb

But why is Lincoln eating a bunless hotdog and wearing blue jeans?

DDL is incredible

NEEDS MORE FADES

Same thing I thought toward the end of the trailer. Also, if you close you're eyes, it sounds like Clinton doing Lincolns lines during a Green Shawshank Wonderful Life Redemption trailer.

Looks fruity. I do love DDL usually though. I just prefer him angry and deranged.

My only issue with it is that it looks like a copy/paste job by Spielberg on how to get a Oscar nomination. The trailer is very similar to War Horse.

Somehow I don't think Bill the Butcher quite works as the motivation here. :D

I suppose Spielberg could have thrown in a scene at the end where Lincoln meets Davis in prison after he's captured and shouts "I drink your milkshake!"

Im hooked, lined and sinkered

I'm in. DDL is amazing and I'm a sucker for historical movies.

Were there milkshakes in the 1860s?