Spielberg's best film in a while.

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2013)

Steven Spielberg. I'm sold. Daniel Day Lewis. I'm sold. Sally Field. I'm sold. Tommy Lee Jones. I'm sold. So when I heard that all four of the most influential people in Hollywood were going to be in a movie about probably the greatest president ever, I knew that I had to see it. Now all four of them have Oscar nominations, and Lincoln, the movie, is nominated for 12 much deserved Oscars.
The film focuses on the sixteenth president of the United States in his last months. In his last months, Lincoln (Lewis, of course he's not playing a side role) fought to abolish slavery and to end the war. The movie mainly focuses on his fight to get the amendment passed, in hopes that it may not sway those who love him away. Sally Field plays his wife, who blames him for the death of their son Willie.
Daniel Day Lewis is going to win an Oscar, and Jones is a possibility for his role as Thadeus Stevens. Sally Field will not win because the academy loves Anne Hathaway's fantastic performance in Les Miz. Hathaway is great in that movie, but she doesn't deserve it because she is only in it for about 40 minutes. It belongs to Field, who really knocked me out.
Lewis is, lets face it, the greatest actor in the planet. When he gives a speech or tells a story, he makes you feel like you're in the room with him. If you've ever wondered why Lincoln was so great, Lewis shows you why. You really love him, and his performance makes you feel like you voted for him and like you're living in that time. That's the sort of actor Lewis is. He knows how to freak you out (Gangs of New York), or make you cry (My Left Foot). He always makes it authentic.
Now, will this win Best Picture? I don't know. I still have yet to see Argo, Amour, and Zero Dark Thirty. But until then, this has my vote. Spielberg deserves an Oscar just for being Steven Spielberg. He has made so many great movies and only ONE has won Best Picture? It's outrageous. Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow aren't nominated for Best Director, so he has another shot and he should get it. This is the first great Spielberg film since 2005's Munich. I liked the past few, but none of them were as thrilling as Munich.
John William's score always helps. This is also his best acted movie since Schindler's List. The script by Tony Kushner is extraordinary, considering a lot of the movie is talking. Lincoln does feel a little slow. I know i'm the only one who is going to say this, but I kind of had fun. It's kind of fun watching them gather the votes. I don't know, don't ask. This is a great movie, and if Spielberg doesn't win an Oscar i'm going to gather an angry mob.
A+