Killing Lincoln

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(01-30-2013 07:26 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Erik,

...I just gave up my devotion to Johnny Depp as Booth...

Funny; I had hoped for Depp to play Booth in Spielberg's film. That was prior to learning the procedural nature of "Lincoln" in primarily dealing with passage of the 13th Amendment and subsequently learning that Booth would not be cast at all.

Most folks on the IMDB board for "Lincoln" felt Depp was too old to play Booth but I felt he could have pulled it off. Just seems like a superstar casting of Booth, in a film like that, would benefit an audience trying to appreciate the scale of Booth's charisma and its effect on those around him. But alas, it was not to be.

Although, I must admit, this film, as a docudrama, has found a more realistic casting of Booth with an actor that better fits his age. And it appears to me they hit a home run. The only thing that bothers me slightly is the thinness of his voice. It doesn't quite live up to the bravado that I imagine. That said, the charisma and gestures and overall dramatics certainly do a lot of justice to the character in my mind.