A Great Historical Movie by Spielberg

Rating: 9/10 (30 December 2012)

Most historical films tend to drag on, and seem longer than their play times, however, "Lincoln" managed to keep the viewers interest for the full two and a half hours it was played. This movie actually portrayed the simplicity of the time, but even that back then there were still crooks who would kill just to get their views empowered, such as John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln's traits are shown throughout the movie accurately. He was plagued during his presidency with the war, slavery, and depression, and this movie emphasized these issues. He was also a people's person, and he would talk to many of the citizens unprotected, as the movie clearly shows in the opening scene. Daniel Lewis played the role of Lincoln exactly as it should be played. Since the movie was written like a play, there were some slight changes to the actual events, but most of the information in this film was correct about Lincoln. Not entirely focused on the Civil War battles, but more on the politics behind it, "Lincoln" showed that Slavery was a key issue that the Politicians had to address for the sake of our nation. It also focused on part of Lincoln's social life with his family, and friends. Overall, this movie was a great contribution to the legacy of Lincoln. It not only showed that Lincoln handled the issues of his presidency well, but also that Lincoln was a man who stood up for his beliefs and wanted to end the strife known as slavery.