13 thoughts on “MCM: Daniel Day-Lewis

  1. GoNY, a really good film until the half way mark and then it made a sudden turn into ANOTHER film entirely.I thought it was over an then there was another 90 mins.
    Lincoln, I felt like I was watching the real Lincoln with other actors. What a performance!

  2. He’s the hottest thing ever in Last of the Mohicans. I used to think he was such a twit in Room With a View, but then I was a teenager, and now I SO appreciate him in that role. (Also, Francis and Cecil Vyse — separated at birth?)

    In everything else he’s done, he’s driven me CRAZY. Can’t stand him in Age of Innocence (not totally his fault, it’s the character — TAKE SOME ACTION IN YOUR FRICKIN’ LIFE! I know, it’s the Victorian era). Gangs — he was too beardy and there were far too many meat cleavers. Crucible — great acting, but I want to drop him in a bottle of Nair.

    1. Francis and Cecil Vyse — separated at birth? YES. I rewatched that the other night & had the same reaction.

      I wanted to include the pix of DDL at the Academy Awards the year of Age of Innocence. He wore a frock coat & had long hair & was very swoony. I don’t care if the character was repressed, he was SO F-ING HAWT.

  3. I have two favourite DDL historical films: Last of the Mohicans and Age of Innocence. Hawkeye is so very drool-worthy. His smouldering looks are the very definition of passion.Newland Archer is so hot. Men in formal wear is so very sexy. I just want to rip his clothes off. Very properly of course.

  4. He becomes Lincoln more than any other screen portrayal I can imagine, in ways both grand and subtle.

    I would say there are two other actors who are his equal in regards to portraying Lincoln:

    1) Sam Waterston in the 1988 miniseries “LINCOLN”

    2) Hal Holbrook, who portrayed the 16th president twice in “CARL SANDBURG’S LINCOLN” and “NORTH AND SOUTH: BOOK II”. By the way, he portrayed politician Francis Blair in the Spielberg flick.

    1. I’ve seen both of those — tho’ not recently — & while I do admire both actor’s work, I recall them each being a bit more of the typical ‘Lincoln impression.’ (Also, Holbrook will always be Mark Twain in my eyes.) I really loved how DDL found the little things about Lincoln that aren’t usually done, the mannerisms & vocal ticks, the storytelling & habits. It was rich, subtle, utterly captivating.

  5. Not only is DDL totally hot, he has a 20 something year old son who is following in his hawt-steps!

  6. I’ve seen both of those — tho’ not recently — & while I do admire both actor’s work, I recall them each being a bit more of the typical ‘Lincoln impression.’ (Also, Holbrook will always be Mark Twain in my eyes.) I really loved how DDL found the little things about Lincoln that aren’t usually done, the mannerisms & vocal ticks, the storytelling & habits. It was rich, subtle, utterly captivating.

    I can pretty much say the same about Hal Holbrook and Sam Waterston’s portrayals of Lincoln.

  7. I’m coming at this late, but you forgot There Will Be Blood. That’s a historic drama and DDL friggin’ deserved his best actor win.

  8. Oh, this is tough…for me it’s a tie between “The Age of Innocence” and “Last of the Mohicans.” “A Room with a View” is better than those other two movies, but I’m not counting it as a answer because DDL has such a small role. I’m reading this in 2019, so I also have to mention that he looked totally yummy in “The Phantom Thread.” Daniel Day Lewis is one of my very first dream men. I want him to return to acting. Until I read it in a post above, I want him to play a vampire–perhaps he and Jeremy Irons could be vampire brothers at war with each other?? Swoon!!

  9. Just saw “The Phantom Thread.” As usual, Day-Lewis completely immersed himself in the character. It was said that this was his last film before retirement. I thought Woodcock’s designs were smashing.

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