LINCOLN - A masterpiece from Spielberg and Day-Lewis!

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2013)

Lincoln - Undoubtedly one of the best classics in Hollywood. Steven Spielberg is back with an outstanding epic again. How could any other guy than Spielberg just make a movie with such a massive cast and yet make it a grand epic?
The opening scene of the movie, Lincoln meeting the soldiers, was a perfect start which itself marked it an exceptional class movie.Few history related dialogs were confusing\puzzling and I needed Wikipedia's help for those. Else that, every other scene was spectacular. Especially Lincoln's anecdotes, the voting speech, the search\hunt for supportive Democrats and the Euclid theorem parts were awesome!
Daniel Day-Lewis, man what an actor are you? Couldn't simply co- relate his performance and role in 'There Will be Blood' or 'Gangs of New York' to this one. He has just devoted his heart and soul for this lifetime role. No one else could portray Lincoln in such a honest yet witty way. A President, a philosopher, a family man, a caring father, a fellow companion, a funny guy, Daniel was everything that Lincoln actually was. There should be no other nominations for Best Actor this year when DDL is there. And Tommy Lee Jones, I had seen few of his movie earlier, but never never never dint know that he could act so really well. Sally Field and Joseph Gordon did their parts quite well.
The screenplay was brilliant as usually people tend to doze off during a movie with so much war history. A right mix of humor, thrill and emotion in the drama filled all the gaps to present such a neat movie. As always John Williams' background just blended beautifully to their respective scenes.
I haven't seen all Oscar nominated movies yet, but I hope and guess that this one will win big! Arguably the best of 2012. Cheers to Steve and Daniel!!