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Elizabeth
Half-elven
Feb 6 2013, 2:16am
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Mainly, I hated the script. Too many characters saying things that were so inappropriate it took me out of the movie. Main offenders: * The earnest black soldier complaining about unequal pay (a totally mid-20th Century speech) * Reciting the Gettysburg Address... it wasn't considered notable at the time, and only became an item for everyone to memorize in school much later. It's wildly unlikely that troops would be reciting it from memory 2 years after the event. It's a shallow movie gesture to say, "yeah, that Lincoln." * Too much exposition by Mrs. L. She explained politics to Thaddeus Stevens, worries about her mental health to her husband, goes on about many things that the movie wants us to know but would never have been talked about in that way. There were historical blunders (I grew up in Petersburg -- I know too much!), but I pretty much expect that in historical films. It was also too long. It should have ended when Lincoln said good evening to his cabinet and left for the theatre. That would have been brilliant. The actors all did a good job, though.
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What movies did you watch this weekend?
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deej
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Feb 4 2013, 3:51pm
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6 nations rugby championship first weekend
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imin
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Feb 4 2013, 5:41pm
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I didn't catch any of the games
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Ataahua
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Feb 4 2013, 6:46pm
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Yeah it was a great game :)
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imin
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Feb 5 2013, 12:32am
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Stagecoach -1986 version
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silneldor
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Feb 4 2013, 5:44pm
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Star Trek; Wasabi; Heaven
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Annael
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Feb 4 2013, 6:44pm
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Watched "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
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FaeLyra
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Feb 4 2013, 6:47pm
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I watch scary
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sherlock
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Feb 6 2013, 9:37pm
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The Impossible.
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Ataahua
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Feb 4 2013, 6:48pm
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I thought I wanted to see this, but now I'm not so sure
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Starling
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Feb 5 2013, 5:04am
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Good point.
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Ataahua
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Feb 6 2013, 6:59pm
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Downton Abbey (vague spoilers)
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Lily Fairbairn
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Feb 4 2013, 8:14pm
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Carson
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Feb 4 2013, 8:39pm
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Yes
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Lily Fairbairn
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Feb 4 2013, 8:44pm
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My favorite Downton lines of the week
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CuriousG
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Feb 4 2013, 10:22pm
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I liked those & also
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sherlock
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Feb 6 2013, 9:44pm
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Finally finished the 2004 BSG series on Netflix! (no spoilers)
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Laerasėa
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Feb 5 2013, 11:13pm
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Not everything went as originally planned.
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Kassandros
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Feb 5 2013, 11:23pm
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I have to say, this episode is one I finally liked!
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Magpie
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Feb 4 2013, 10:29pm
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You sound like an Irish radical; is Tom lurking here? lol/
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CuriousG
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Feb 4 2013, 10:39pm
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well...
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Magpie
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Feb 4 2013, 10:57pm
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I agree for the most part
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zarabia
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Feb 5 2013, 3:10am
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I've felt the opposite
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Lily Fairbairn
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Feb 5 2013, 3:39pm
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your last statement...
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Magpie
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Feb 5 2013, 4:02pm
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I really liked
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Annael
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Feb 5 2013, 1:05am
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Did you think it was realistic, though?
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CuriousG
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Feb 5 2013, 3:15am
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I am more and more impressed with Michelle Dockery's acting..
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Patty
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Feb 6 2013, 9:13am
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Yes
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Lily Fairbairn
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Feb 6 2013, 3:29pm
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Yeah,
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sherlock
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Feb 6 2013, 9:40pm
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Have you seen "Upside Downton Abbey"?
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N.E. Brigand
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Feb 6 2013, 10:22pm
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No, I hadn't seen that. Thank you!
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Lily Fairbairn
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Feb 6 2013, 10:32pm
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I like Jimmy Fallon's Downton Sixbey, which is back this week. Part 2 coming on now.//
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Feb 7 2013, 5:41am
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Zero Dark-Thirty
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squire
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Feb 4 2013, 11:12pm
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Thanks for the review
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CuriousG
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Feb 5 2013, 12:11am
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thanks
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Magpie
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Feb 5 2013, 12:29am
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I really enjoyed
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silneldor
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Feb 5 2013, 2:05am
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The Guilt Trip
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sevilodorf
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Feb 5 2013, 2:07am
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Rain of the Children
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Starling
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Feb 5 2013, 5:13am
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The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 5 2013, 5:33am
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Thanks to you, ADB, I'm totally hooked as well!
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Feb 5 2013, 3:23pm
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Are you following all the videos?
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 5 2013, 4:21pm
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I only watch on you tube.
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Alassėa Eruvande
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Feb 5 2013, 7:31pm
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I haven't watched most of Maria's either.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Feb 5 2013, 11:03pm
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Anyone watching the Netflix original - House of Cards? //
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imin
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Feb 6 2013, 12:44am
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You might think that...
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Starling
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Feb 6 2013, 1:35am
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haha awesome
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imin
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Feb 6 2013, 4:45pm
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I thought you meant the original,
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Starling
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Feb 7 2013, 6:19am
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Yes, it was brilliant.
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Elizabeth
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Feb 7 2013, 7:38am
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I've actually just been watching the original.
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Silverlode
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Feb 7 2013, 2:37am
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Yes, I thought
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Starling
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Feb 7 2013, 6:25am
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Lincoln: very disappointed.
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Elizabeth
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Feb 6 2013, 2:16am
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I will watch this but
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sherlock
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Feb 6 2013, 9:54pm
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