Worth Seeing

Rating: 8/10 (2 November 2012)

I saw a pre-showing of "Lincoln". The movie was good- a little slow moving and long. It will make the nomination list for Costumes, Make-up and Set Dresser (what was up with all those packages wrapped in brown paper and tied up with string?). Sally Fields was stellar, in portraying Mrs. Lincoln, as an emotionally devastated mother- and not a crazy lunatic that others have. I am concerned with the opening set-up that may whitewash the truth of the Civil War. (The war began because of taxes placed upon Southerners by Northerners- not because of slavery). However, Spielberg did well in delivering the emotional turmoil of a Nation torn and Lincoln's performance as a Chess Master to find a way to bring the country back together. It is a good movie- you should see it, just not after your Thanksgiving Dinner. :-)