Killing Lincoln

[jonathan]

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(02-14-2013 02:21 PM)Laurie Verge Wrote:  One person felt that Booth was a little too melodramatic (old-time villain) in a few spots

I'll admit that this is a concern I've had also. I enjoyed those clips on the website, but some of the Booth scenes did seem a touch over the top for my taste. That's one of the things that I really really loved about Lincoln, that Day-Lewis seemed to make every effort to play Lincoln as Lincoln really was, as far as voice, mannerisms, etc. The thing is, Booth may have been exactly like that in the way he carried himself day to day, in which case it's not the portrayal of Booth, but rather Booth himself that would be a little over the top for my taste. I'm sure they did their homework, and I'm no expert on what it was like to spend an afternoon with John Wilkes Booth. Regardless, I'm not about to rush to judgement before I've seen the whole thing, and with the reports being so positive I'm sure it'll be just fine. After all, it's completely unrealistic to expect anything of this nature to be all things to all people. I'm just really glad that historical accuracy has been so important to the people who worked on this.

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