Steven Spielberg's Lincoln Trailer

[JoelB]

I was expecting more of a grittier film but DDL is still going to crush the buildings

 

[Methodical]

Can't wait to see. Abraham Lincoln actually had his own slaves doing some work for him.

 

[Jesus]

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

I'm worried that the film might give off a fictional/revisionist history that paints Lincoln as something other than a racist and a tactical politician. A lot of people in America, specifically low key racists seem to have this image of Lincoln as a voice of progressive reason who actually believed in the equality of all human beings. Dude didn't want to end slavery because he thought it was morally reprehensible and the civil war wasn't just about slavery. I hope this movie doesn't contain singing grinning blacks that are so glad that a white man has given them something rather than blacks who are celebrating freedom they fought and died for and that it contains complexity and nuance that shows just how complicated both Lincoln and the times he lived in were.

I doubt that will be the case though, this seems like it might be one of those feel-good movies for white america like The help or Driving Miss Daisy. I hope I'm wrong though and Spielberg and co. go hard and deliver a deep drama with excellent writing and something resembling historical accuracy from more than just a purely aesthetic viewpoint.

 

[BlackDiBiase]

The voice threw me off a bit, a bit soft ..... looks like a decent film.

 

[THE 101]

Schmaltzy

Only film that matters right now.

 

[Rekkapryde]

He was friends with Frederick Douglass.

...I actually and sincerely wonder how this will be responded to.

the old "I got black friends" argument huh.....

 

[Mr210]

how many years of of Lincoln's life is this suppose to cover

 

[THE 101]

It's only supposed to cover the final year(s)

 

[Fury616]

So they just gonna be doing camera tricks or something? Lincoln was 6'4

 

[Why-Fi]

not sure what lincoln really believed, but his freeing of slaves was to cripple the south's independence force them back into the union and ultimately give the union decisive advantage in the war

yall's schools must be still using those old rand mcnally textbooks or something

 

[Conz]

did Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field completely take anyone else out of this trailer? they just looked out of place. i dont know about this, something else was off in that trailer. I dig American history and all that, but i cant imagine this not being boring and preachy as shyt

 

[JetLife]

I was expecting more of a grittier film but DDL is still going to crush the buildings

did Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field completely take anyone else out of this trailer? they just looked out of place. i dont know about this, something else was off in that trailer. I dig American history and all that, but i cant imagine this not being boring and preachy as shyt

Yes & Yes.

I was expecting the merciless war action of Saving Private Ryan combo'd with the gritty drama of Schindler's List delivered through a timeless Daniel Day Lewis performance.

Instead, this looks like awards bait. The american version of the English timepieces that all look the same during Oscar season.

After looking at Spielberg's movies he's directed recently, I've lowered my expectations a little. Same thing for DDL since he's not playing a maniacal psycho this time 'round.

Still just a trailer tho ...

 

[Conz]

this almost seems like a really well done parody.

and seriously, DDL looks like Lincoln, they did a great job... and then Tommy Lee Jones shows up with a ridiculous wig looking like Tommy Lee Jones in a ridiculous wig.

 

[dtownreppin214]

I was expecting more of a grittier film but DDL is still going to crush the buildings

me too. but you're not going to get that with fakkit spielberg.