BiBottomBoy Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 Just watched Lincoln and it's a dog turd - racist, poorly shot, horrible cinematography and it actually makes James Spader seem like a bad actor, which is hard to do. Quote
Guest NCBored Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 I liked it. Why do you think it's racist? Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 20, 2013 Author Posted January 20, 2013 Because it acts like black people had no influence at all over the passage of the anti-slavery amendment and that it was white advisors of Lincoln who pushed it through, when actually it was mostly the work of Frederick Douglas and other black politicians/activists of the era. Check out this commentary on it. http://stevethepenguin.blogspot.fr/2013/01/thats-how-i-feel-about-lincoln.html JKane 1 Quote
Members JKane Posted January 20, 2013 Members Posted January 20, 2013 That's a good point, it was the typical Hollywood syndrome of not being able to tell any story except from the perspective of a white male. But on the other hand, Lincoln isn't really a movie about slavery, it isn't even really a movie about Lincoln. It's a movie about the 13th amendment. From *that* perspective it's pretty good. BiBottomBoy 1 Quote
Guest hitoallusa Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 Clinton's introduction of the movie at the Golden Globes were well done. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NCrlq34caJE Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 21, 2013 Author Posted January 21, 2013 But black people were also involved in passing that amendment! It's a serious white wash of a film. Quote
