A New Classic – Beautiful!!

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 2012)

When I saw the previews for Lincoln and found out that Steven Spielberg was producing and directing it, I knew I would be in for a treat. What I didn't know was how much of one.
This movie was magnificent. I've not seen anything like it in years. There's so much to like the acting was exceptional (by all!), the set and costume design were top notch and the dialog was clever/wonderful. Lincoln is based on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by author, historian and Pulitzer-Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin who has chronicled the political lives of other past American Presidents. Essentially, "Lincoln" is about the passage of the 13th Amendment (after the Emancipation Proclamation had been passed and he had been re-elected) and how difficult it was for President Lincoln to get members of his party and even of his cabinet to pass it. Cleary much artistic liberty had to be taken with various parts of the movie's dialogue, but the House of Representatives dialog where many of its members would publicly stand to address each other and the issues at hand must have been accurate due to the reporters in the chamber! The reporters were the public record keepers writing down the words of the congressmen and publishing them in all of the popular and well regarded newspapers of the day which are probably available (perhaps at the Library of Congress?) for public viewing.
I don't know what other movies will be competing for movie of the year or who will be competing for an Oscar with Daniel Day Lewis, but I sure hope this movie wins big. See this. I doubt you'll be disappointed!