Awful

Rating: 1/10 (14 March 2015)

I had stupidly convinced myself that Spielberg is currently underrated. I was toying with the idea of giving War Of The Worlds and Minority Report a try. Lincoln was mostly a terrible movie. I admit I didn't understand parts of the history being shown. That doesn't make my opinion valueless.
I have been able to like books and movies that I don't understand in full. Not understanding a movie and giving a movie one star are sometimes not related. I loved e.g Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and rated it 10 stars. After I rewatched it a few times, I understood it completely. That moved the movie's ranking to my 2nd most favored film. What would have happened if I had watched Lincoln to the end? I would have been so irked at myself for wasting my time. My review would be hateful. I'm convinced Lincoln would have floundered at one star.
My skills for evaluating actors and rate them are blunt and not trustworthy. I cannot find greatness in Daniel Day Lewis' performance. Like American Sniper, and Captain America, this film is imbued with American patriotism. It's a label that doesn't wash with me. I didn't go far trying to read David McCullough's John Adams. History, when combined with fiction, condenses into a different genre. After having seen Lincoln - for one hour - , I'm more amazed that so many people dare not retell what happened as it happened. Because I abandoned this movie, I cannot be very erudite on the subject at hand. But I'd be glad if some found my review helpful.