Really good but tedious

Rating: 8/10 (24 May 2016)

Right at the beginning of the movie, they show us the harsh and cruel side of war with people stabbing and trying to drown each other in the mud. Then it changes to Lincoln who's listening to the soldiers. In the further course of the movie there are a few other war scenes but the majority of the film is Lincoln trying to get 'yes' votes for the 13th amendment. This is the part where it starts getting a bit boring for me because Lincoln sends people to do the talking for him while he sits at home trying to stop his son from signing up to join the army and listening to his wife complaining.
But the way that Daniel Day played as Lincoln was, to me, extremely good. He was humble and friendly but also quite severe and steadfast in his actions. He starts most of his answers with a little tale that mostly contains the answer they're looking for, but Lincoln refuses to tell them directly. This intrigues me, because this is one of the only movies that utilizes stories with life lessons to help solve some problems.
In the end this is a very good movie with some interesting things to tell, but it was a bit tedious at some parts and that made it boring. This aside makes it a must see, in my opinion, for everyone that is interested in the civil war and how Lincoln succeeded in abolishing slavery.