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Post by BlackCoven on Jan 13, 2005 18:26:46 GMT -5
Four score and seven years ago, or something like that, Steven Spielberg began envisioning a big-screen biography of Abraham Lincoln. That project has now jumped ahead of his Munich Olympics project, and it might be the first thing he does after War of the Worlds is wrapped up. A new screenwriter has been hired, and Liam Neeson is considering the lead role. (Variety)
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Post by TheDarkPrince on Jan 14, 2005 11:59:49 GMT -5
Oh no. They barely managed to make a good film out of Alexander the Great, the coolest guy in history. How are they going to make a decent film out of Honest Abe for god's sake?
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Post by BlackCoven on Jan 14, 2005 15:10:45 GMT -5
They get a better director. Alexander just wasn't done right in my eyes.
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Post by YoshikiRose on Jan 15, 2005 14:34:53 GMT -5
This can be done well. I know it can. Just a hunch.
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Post by TheDarkPrince on Jan 15, 2005 18:22:13 GMT -5
Sorry, but I'm Brittish. I seriously doubt this film will do anything for me.
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Post by YoshikiRose on Jan 15, 2005 18:27:05 GMT -5
What does your being British have anything to do with this movie? That was a bit random...
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Post by BlackCoven on Jan 15, 2005 21:45:16 GMT -5
still bitter  j/k I watched the messenger but you didn't see me complain that it was about england and france |
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Post by YoshikiRose on Jan 15, 2005 22:03:07 GMT -5
still bitter j/k I watched the messenger but you didn't see me complain that it was about england and france I'm still wondering where the hell all this is coming from... |
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Post by BlackCoven on Jan 16, 2005 0:03:50 GMT -5
I'm still wondering where the hell all this is coming from... I was just poking fun about the revolutionary war, but he was just saying that a movie based solely on american history didn't interest him seeing that he is british. I assume anyhow. |
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Post by TheDarkPrince on Jan 16, 2005 5:53:03 GMT -5
still bitter j/k I watched the messenger but you didn't see me complain that it was about england and france That's different. A war is a war, wherever it is in the world. I just doubt a film about American politics would interest me because it doesn't affect me. That's just what I feel. I could be wrong. (I really liked "The Patriot" by the way) |
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Post by YoshikiRose on Jan 16, 2005 6:08:19 GMT -5
I wonder if they'll show both sides of the story. I mean, yes, slavery is bad, but I'd like to see a bit of the myth surrounding John Wilkes Booth. And how he died. Or, if he died. That sort of thing.
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Post by Marccio on Jan 18, 2005 2:05:27 GMT -5
Well I'm british, and I happen to think that Lincoln was a great man. Dark Prince, your quote was a bit random. Just because we're british, doesn't mean we can't connect with someone from the USA. We're all living on the same planet here people!
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Post by TheDarkPrince on Jan 19, 2005 16:23:50 GMT -5
OK I'll come clean. I just don't like the sound of the movie. I don't like biopics because they're too bound by reality. Why do you think LOTR was the best epic ever? Because it was based on something that wasn't real. I think films that are too realistic because they are limited to the harsh un - dramaticness of reality.
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Post by YoshikiRose on Jan 19, 2005 17:48:52 GMT -5
OK I'll come clean. I just don't like the sound of the movie. I don't like biopics because they're too bound by reality. Why do you think LOTR was the best epic ever? Because it was based on something that wasn't real. I think films that are too realistic because they are limited to the harsh un - dramaticness of reality. You haven't seen many good dramas, now have you. Clerks, anyone? |
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Post by Marccio on Jan 20, 2005 0:10:31 GMT -5
LOL, yup, there ya go.
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j/k
