Review of Lincoln (2012) by Wvmoviefan — 05 Dec 2012
Too political and too talkative! Stellar performances elevate this film and make it appear much better than it is. It's typical Spielberg......history as he wants us to remember it.....all the characters are literally black or white.
Even the "lobbyists" are good despite devious methods used because they're on the right side. Smacks of Spielberg's earlier work Amistad where he didn't acknowledge that slavery began with people being captured and sold by members of their own race.
The only real moments of connection are made in scenes with Sally Field and Lincoln's interactions with his older son. The opening scene gives us a compass as to where we're headed....these "real" soldiers can remember the Gettysburg address word for word after hearing it once? reading it where? having time to memorize it when? Even those of us who were around in the Kennedy years are forturnate to remember one, maybe two lines of a famous speech.
Spielberg needs to leave history alone if he's not really interested in giving us the true picture.
This review of Lincoln (2012) was written by Wvmoviefan on 05 Dec 2012.
Lincoln has generally received very positive reviews.
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