Review of Lincoln (2012) by Leon B — 09 Aug 2013

Review:

Man, this movie took me all night to watch because I kept on falling asleep. The film is nearly 3 hours long and I found it to be quite boring and one toned. Nothing exciting really happens in the film and it seemed like an extremely long political debate about abolishing slavery. Steven Speilberg portrayed the period well and the acting is top class by the all star cast, but the movie just seemed to drag. Daniel Day-Lewis was an excellent choice for the lead, alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Fields who also make the film more believable. The movie reminded a lot like War Horse because its not a badly made movie, but it just didn't work for me. It seemed like the director spent most of his time getting the story correct and true to his findings than wowing the audience which us a shame because I was quite excited about watching this movie. Average!

Round-Up:

Steven Speilberg seems to be coming up with average movies lately, compared to his old days when he was smashing the box office and he couldn't seem to do anything wrong. With movies like War Horse, which I totally didn't like, and Tin Tin, which was another average movie, I think that he need another E.T or Colour Purple to make the audience get there faith back in his movies. Daniel Day-Lewis is another one of those actors that always gives 100% to his roles and its never his fault if a film just doesn't work. Although the film is called Lincoln, it didn't really give an depth look into the man. It concentrated more on the debate about slavery more than his legacy, which was a shame. I'm just glad that I didn't watch it in the cinema because there is no way that I would have stayed awake.

Budget: $65million.

Worldwide Gross: $275.3million (Speilberg smashes it again!).

I recommend this movie to people who are into there period dramas about abolishing slavery in America. 4/10.