What's with the negativity with this film?

Rating: 10/10 (10 February 2013)

I just don't get all the negativity, people say it's boring, people say it's a weak plot but i don't see that. Yes most of the film is just dialogue but it's intriguing and it really kept my attention for the whole 150 minutes. Daniel Day-Lewis is brilliant as always and i feel they should just give him the Oscar now and put every other nominee out of their misery. I thought the cast was great, Tommy Lee Jones portrayed Thaddeus Stevens to a tee and Sally Field just put it all on the line with her emotions, her and Day-Lewis have great chemistry. Loved the elements of comedy, some people may not see it but when i was at the cinema it good a few good laughs. The dialogue is what really made this movie come alive, every conversation and back-and-forth was interesting and gave a lot of exposition without it seeming stupid and i like that they didn't just go lazy and really dumb it down for people. The people who complain about this movie obviously just didn't get it and didn't like it because there was no huge LOTR style battle. Overall, excellent movie 10/10