the great masters

Rating: 9/10 (17 March 2013)

Back in the seventies and eighties I admired Spielberg for Jaws and The raiders of the lost arc, which were among my favorite movies of their time, and I must admit I even now consider them classics. But when I had to choose I would always prefer Carpenter to Spielberg, as much of his cinema suffered, in my opinion, from melodramatic tones I used to consider unwanted (and I still do).In the passage of time, Spielberg moved on, showing his expertise as a director in movies like Schindler's list and, especially, Munich(maybe his best film), but it was only with the last Indiana Jones that he entered my pantheon of most beloved directors.From that point on I experienced his series of movies(Tintin, War horse and now Lincoln)as pieces of pure art, in the way we talk of art when we refer to great painters.In my opinion, Lincoln wasn't simply worth all Oscars;it deserved to be out of competition, as its director has moved to a sphere of his own, there with the great masters.The movie glows from beginning to end with perfection and makes us happy and proud to be human if such an accomplishment can one of us achieve.