For such a dull movie, surprisingly historically inaccurate

Rating: 5/10 (3 January 2013)

First of all, this is probably the dullest movie I've ever seen. This is not because there is no action scenes. One of my favourite movies is 12 which has zero action, black and white, and a steady camera. Lincoln is just dull because the dialogue was boring and awkward. Half of the movie is about congregational procedures which is like watching CSPAN from mid 19th century. It is amazing that even though this movie is so dry, it is largely historically inaccurate. This movie focuses solely on Lincoln during the time when 13th amendment was being pushed through congress. It doesn't go into his childhood at all. It narrows the view of history by portraying the cause of civil war is solely slavery. It paints Abraham Lincoln as lonely hero who is only goal in life is to correct injustice of slavery. In reality the cause of civil war is very complex. Abraham Lincoln himself did not believe in equality of races. This is evident by his public speeches. Spielberg made a movie about the legend of Lincoln instead of the historical person. I think that completely invalidates the film. Since this movie took some liberty in the use of historical facts, it could've went all the way and did something like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. At least that would've been exciting.
The only saving grace of this movie is phenomenal acting performance by Daniel Day-Lewis.