A historical drama that drags on for too long

Rating: Null/10 (5 February 2013)

"Lincoln" tells the behind the scene stories of how Abraham Lincoln had to do to push the 13th Amendment through, in order to abolish slavery in America.
"Lincoln" has been nominated in many categories in the Oscars, but I have not been thoroughly impressed by the film. The plot is about how Lincoln lobbied to get enough support to abolish slavery, and this means a lot of talking. The film shows one meeting after another, and there is non stop taking about boring stuff scene after scene. How they can make such an emotional topic of slavery so boring is beyond me. There is not even an action scene to balance the predilection for sedentary activities. There is one scene where Sally Field shines with her emotional outburst, but this one scene is not enough to carry the whole film. I was bored with "Lincoln", because it is far too long and lack emotional poignant scenes. Even the supposed emotional climax falls quite flat, as the voting scene is simply chaos. The ending scene where we suddenly see why the guy took the original amendment away is not as effective as it could be, because there was no buildup to it. I was disappointed and bored by "Lincoln".