No vampires, just Lincoln

[Odie]

"PS Another note: at my local multiplex, Lincoln was playing on a single screen, while Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 was playing on four. I don't know what that means, if anything. "

I can only speak for my wife and myself, but History, as a subject matter about anything, never appealed to either of us until we got into our late 40's and early 50's (age-wise). Suddenly,
the past was interesting and no matter what the subject matter (WW1 & 2, Civil War, Industrial age, etc.) we found ourselves reading and watching more of that programming than
anything else. It may be an age thing, because when we were younger, we were too busy working, raising a family, and doing life-chores that we were more concerned with getting a good
night's sleep and getting to work the next day than finding out about the past.

My son is 28 years old, married, and has a new addition on the way and I see and hear in his conversations with me, a lot of how my wife and I must've been when we were that age.

Thanks for the review of the film...it's on the list to see.

 

[Eoraptor1]

"PS Another note: at my local multiplex, Lincoln was playing on a single screen, while Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 was playing on four. I don't know what that means, if anything. "

I can only speak for my wife and myself, but History, as a subject matter about anything, never appealed to either of us until we got into our late 40's and early 50's (age-wise). Suddenly,
the past was interesting and no matter what the subject matter (WW1 & 2, Civil War, Industrial age, etc.) we found ourselves reading and watching more of that programming than
anything else. It may be an age thing, because when we were younger, we were too busy working, raising a family, and doing life-chores that we were more concerned with getting a good
night's sleep and getting to work the next day than finding out about the past.

My son is 28 years old, married, and has a new addition on the way and I see and hear in his conversations with me, a lot of how my wife and I must've been when we were that age.

Thanks for the review of the film...it's on the list to see.

In my family some of our young people are very interested in history, and others are more interested in texting their friends about Basketball Wives. We also have quite a few people working in education, as well as a good number of veterans. For most of my life, if I wanted to know what the Pacific War against Japan was like, I could just ask one of my uncles who was there. My father spoke Japanese, fluently. I'm not lying when I say "Why did Gen. Lee launch that attack on the third day at Gettysburg?" was regular dinner conversation for me growing up. So, maybe I'm not the most representative example; I really don't know. I just think it's dangerous for young people to come up thinking ahistorically, and especially bad in a democracy. I do hear what you're saying, however. I have friends who spend 2-3 hours a day just getting to work and back. This doesn't leave a lot of time for comparing and contrasting first-person historical narratives if you've got to get up in the morning and get the kids off to school. I listen to a lot of audiobooks. I don't like a lot of what's on the radio anyway so that really works for me. Anyway, now I'm starting to ramble, so I thank you for your sentiments. If you have the time, please post your impressions of the film. I'd be interested in hearing what you thought.

JAMES