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I love this movie so much

Captivating movie !

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This movie is well acted and amazingly cast. But the more reasearch I do the more I realize the war wasn't about slaves but about taxes. So if you want to see what are children will believe to be history, then strap yourself in and enjoy!

Film Review: "Lincoln" (2012)Entirely built on Daniel Day-Lewis out-standing performance as the 16th President of The United States Abraham Lincoln (b. 1809) in office from 1861 to 1865 under the most violent Civil War with more than 500,000 soldiers deaths over differences in the way of living between "The South" and "The North", when Academy-Award-Winning director Steven Spielberg summons up the horrors of the independence aftermath in one fulminate shot of a puddle-drowning soldier with an opponent's foot in his face in the striking opening scene for "Lincoln" that then delivers a historically-accurate biopic picture for the ages written by playwright Tony Kushner, who had been sharing the script for "Munich" (2005) with DreamWorks Pictures, igniting on plenty dialogue for literally transforming vocal strings by Day-Lewis in ultra-stark, atmospheric as darkness-striving cinematography and dust and smoke pooling production design to indulge on.Director Steven Spielberg brings passion and skills to the project that paces through a fairly-receivable 140-Minute-Editorial by long-term "Team Spielberg" member Michael Kahn, who then utilizes the elegant visuals conceived by cinematographer Janusz Kaminski in scene-covering Spielberg-signature, shot-combining manners coming from a master-director's hand, whose only flaw has become to shy away from physical violence towards the second half of this highly-dramatic picture on a legendary as biographical-romanticized character of "Lincoln", when 12 Academy Award Nominations at the 85th edition of the Oscars Ceremony in February 2013 are righteously-earned, but can only be translated in two wins for the Leading Actor Daniel Day-Lewis and utmost authentic production design by Rick Carter due to a highly-competitive season, where pictures as "Life of Pi" directed by Ang Lee and "Django Unchained" directed by Quentin Tarantino just had been daring more in their individual film-making executions."Lincoln" must be enjoyed several times to fully comprehend its glory with a sublime supporting cast ranging from James Spader as votes-hunting, scenes-owning character of B.N. Bilbo, Sally Field as close-to a nervous breakdown wife Mary Todd Lincoln, Tommy Lee Jones as reptile-looking Thaddeus Stevens and my personal favorite scene of meeting heart-breaking Jackie Earle Haley's interpretation of historic Southerner Alexander Stephens, when Southern surrenders are nigh in a slowly-received second half of this unless railroading empathetic motion picture, when audiences must realize that fighting for a cause as abandon slavery has only one winner that is the people. © 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

The opening shot is a brutal and devastating look at the Civil War. In the rain, men slaughter each other as blood mixes with the mud. In a remarkably bold scene, Spielberg sets the stage for the state of the nation at the advent of the 13th Amendment, without ever having to return to the bloodshed of the War. (Something I am certain he is capable of, see the first 27 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan") The rest of the film is remarkably tame if compared to that first scene, so the drive must be found elsewhere. Similar to the Oscar-bait films of the past few years, "Lincoln" is driven by passive drama through the struggle to pass the 13th Amendment (a common, yet effective film trope) and awe inspiring character work. The ceaselessly perfect Daniel Day-Lewis disappears into the role of Lincoln, with myself during first viewing taking numerous double-takes to see that that was indeed an actor and not a stunningly crafted CGI Lincoln, a la Peter Cushing in last year's "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". Lewis turns in one of his best performances this time around, perfecting the mannerisms and indescribable subtle awkwardness of the legendary president. Yet even Lewis is eclipsed by the scene-stealing role of Thaddeus Stevens played to perfection by an ever belligerent Tommy Lee Jones. Being of a younger audience, this was a dramatic turn from the straight-man comedic of the MIB series, and Jones blended into the role of Stevens. His crass attitude and defiant stature allows Jones to create a gruff, outspoken congressional legend. Filling out the supporting cast are memorable takes on legends like Secretary Seward (David Strathairn), journalist W.N. Bilbo (James Spader) and of course Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Field). Hal Holbrook as Preston Blair, founder of the Republican Party, was a particularly excellent casting choice. Holbrook had a storied career playing Lincoln and playing the founder of the party Lincoln made famous was a suitable way to round out his career and dance with Lincoln. My one doubt on the casting end was Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robert Lincoln. While Gordon-Levitt is one of my favorite actors and makes every project he stars in sparkle, he seemed to stand out as Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a film which held great strength in its historical accuracy; with the actors becoming their roles and not standing out as the Hollywood legends they are. That one blemish on such an historically accurate film was made negligent by the astonishing costumes and historical set pieces. The focus on the time period did numbers on the plot which revolved around one off the greatest congressional battles in history. "Lincoln" is one of the most accurate political dramas I've witnessed save "The West Wing". The backroom deals were brilliantly filmed and staged as to always seem exciting. Shots of back alleyways and smokey Senate offices perfectly encapsulated the atmosphere of 1860's Washington. The push and shove of swing votes never seemed trivial and stakes, while rarely seen, were well established and brought high drama in what easily could've been a bland retelling of the story. An especially pleasing subplot that placed extra stakes (and humor!) to the film was the delegation from Richmond. Their constant delay and interactions with General Grant found me chuckling at times and their very existence brought serious twists into the congressional workings in the A-plot. One key player, and personal idol of mine, Salmon P. Chase was completely left out of the story sadly. As a Radical Republican like Stevens and a Cabinet member like Seward, it seems ridiculous he was not included within the story. By and by this is a phenomenal historical film which stunningly exceeds the expectations of a seemingly unstoppable trio. Steven Spielberg, 3-time Oscar Winner Daniel Day-Lewis, and our most legendary president, Abraham Lincoln.

Firstly, I'd like to say that the film is not centered around Lincoln's life, as I expected, but more on him and his administration's role in the passing of the 13th amendment. Which doesn't necessarily make it bad! It just caught me off guard. I really did enjoy this film, even though it is not really along the lines of movies that I usually watch. Apart from great content to work from, I thought this movie did a very good job connecting the audience to the characters. It's also very difficult to build the suspense needed in a drama film when the audience already knows what happened in history, and I think the team behind this film did do that very well. I also really enjoyed how they presented the duality of the amendment at every level - for instance, how the Lincolns were divided on the passage of the bill, but presented a united front. This was mimicked in the cabinet and in the house. It shows a more nuanced view of an issue that is usually portrayed as one-sided, whole-heartedly and unitedly supported by the North. Although I sincerely hope that our government actually functions more cohesively than they are portrayed here, this film does create a good sense of the disunity among Republicans and ardent opposition by the Democrats in Congress. One critique that I would really like to focus on (and this is a more personal preference than anything) is that this movie focuses Lincoln the ideal more than Lincoln the man. With few exceptions, this film depicted Lincoln as poised, rational, and morally just at all times. There was no mention of his infamous letter to Horace Greeley in which he claimed, "If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it." It also sort of shows Abraham Lincoln as some sort of mighty rock that stood his ground alone against the masses that called for peace at the price of abolition. While this is true to a degree, this movie doesn't really give credit to the century of foundation that abolitionists had already laid for Lincoln to stand and succeed on. Even the few scenes in which Lincoln loses control of his emotions, it is excused as reasonable and unavoidable. This is a pretty typical thing - we tend to portray Lincoln as an epitome of virtue. At the same time, I understand that in a film, character and effect is often more important than strict historical accuracy.