Perhaps The Fastest 149 Minute Movie Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2012)

As of the 19th of November 2012, 76 reviews have been posted for the movie Lincoln on IMDb. If I may,allow me to leave the reader with twelve fresh points about this wonderful movie.
(1) Not once did I ever look at my watch. The movie could have played for another 449 minutes and I would have been thoroughly entertained. (2) Daniel Day Lewis was never one of my personal favorite actors. He is now. (3) I never left my seat at the conclusion of the movie. I stayed put and saw it twice. Both times the movie brought tears to my eyes. I was not alone. (4) I saw this film in a stadium style theater. God bless the senior citizens who climbed a lot of steps to see this movie. (5) Both showings I attended were in front of a packed house. The house applauded following both viewings. (6) Spielberg added a dramatic piece of scene setting background music to Lincoln that was also used to great effect in "Saving Private Ryan". (7) I agree with a local review published in Baltimore. The reviewer said that as Lincoln walks, his lumbering steps remind you of how the back half a costumed horse prances on the stage. Actually, I prefer Lincoln's horse to the 2011 War Horse by leaps and bounds. (8) Kevin Kline, in an uncredited role, portrays an wounded soldier. I'm not sure, but I think I was able to pick him out, but I wouldn't bet on it. That makes quite a statement when an actor of Kevin Kline's reputation takes a roll as an extra. (9) How many Academy Awards will this movie win? I would not by surprised if lead male, female, and supporting male and female awards go to this cast. (10) Speaking of supporting actor, how in the world do you pick between Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, and James Spader? (11) God bless Doris Kearns Goodwin for the time she spends building the characters of "Team of Rivals". The characters popped to life in Kushner's screenplay. (12) I wish Abraham Lincoln could have seen the diverse audience, young and old, all colors, who reveled with this movie. Everyone left a better person for seeing this motion picture masterpiece.