Lincoln simple review

Rating: 6/10 (21 July 2013)

Daniel Day-Lewis. Do these actors get any more phenomenal then he? If you were to think of an amazing character actor, who absorbs the script and the background of his character but also adds his own twist and personality to the character. I know i use this word in lots of my reviews but 'Emphatic' he was. What can't he do. Same as the great person he portrays. Abraham Lincoln, an iconic founding-father who would be extremely hard to play for any one to play. I think it was hard for even Day-Lewis to do. But he was spectacular. Sally Fields is the Leading actress but i don't feel that she leads very much. Marry Todd Lincoln supported Abe to the best of his abilities and i feel that Sally Fields did that same thing with Daniel. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was a good surprise as Lincoln's son Robert but the best part other than Day-Lewis was the heartfelt performance by Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens. He was great. But back to the film. I always found it hard to take Steven Spielberg's Directing hard. But he did a fine job with this. Fine like a nice Italian woman who is walking down the street, like that Fiat-500 commercial. Not the fine like "Oh that was satisfactory, that was fine." I'm not calling Steven Spielberg a fine Italian woman, but his directing here was great. I can't imagine having all of those actors portraying congressmen in one room and the camera stands and cranes and all of the crew on one set and having to manage all that. I know he had assistant directors and such but i salute him for even taking the task. The cinematography nomination was well deserved as it was one of the best of the year. Although the film was phenomenal even the smallest acting role was played to perfection. It was neither the crew nor their microphones and cameras that submerge you in the story. It was the acting.