I can understand how some people would find this movie boring...It's still a good film.

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2012)

Now I can completely understand how some audiences was bored to tears while watching this movie and I can understand how some audiences actually enjoyed this movie for what it is. It's kinda like the movie "Citizen Kane" how it can come off as a boring movie but you might have to ponder upon it to appreciate it. If your expecting some good amount of action you will be very disappointed. Since this movie is just filled with dialogue that inspires but mainly it's the performances and the cinematography/production is what drives this movie. Steven Spielberg is one heck of a director and this is hands down a very well directed movie. The cinematography with the backgrounds and costumes makes it kinda seem your with the characters as they tried to get the 13th amendment passed. In fact this whole movie isn't a biography of Lincoln but about a big part of his life. When him and some of the members of his cabinet tries to push for the 13th amendment to get passed. I will admit for some parts of this movie I was bored but it did have it's moments, actually it had a lot of them. Although I was bored during some parts of this movie. As it progresses I started to get more immersed into what was going on. And even though most audiences will know how everything goes down there is a bit of tension and that is fine directing. All the cast did a amazing job with there roles which is the main part of this movie and it would take way too long to type all the positive things about there performances. But since Daniel Day-Lewis plays Abraham Lincoln...He was just perfect for this role, especially with his soft spoken manner in this. Since that is how I pictured Lincoln to talk like, cause sometimes the soft spoken manner is more effective than talking with a booming dominant voice. Although it can be effective as well sometimes like when it came to Thaddeus Stevens(Tommy Lee Jones). And although I like Liam Neeson, I am glad Daniel got this role and he most definitely deserve awards for this performance. It would have been a huge waste if this movie was not made because of Daniel Day-Lewis. And I give respect to Steven Spielberg for at least trying to stay in touch with history instead of throwing a whole bunch of stuff that didn't even happen. At first I was gonna give this movie a 7.4 but after pondering about it I personally think this movie deserves an 8/10.
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