This is History gentlemen.

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2013)

LINCOLN is a masterpiece. People will praise Daniel Day Lewis and they quite rightfully should. His portrayal of Abe Lincoln is quite astonishing. He gets into the DNA of Lincoln and he doesn't come across as a cardboard cutout either. There is a overall flaw in human nature to portray historical figures as great. Without bothering to realize they are human. When it is Their Very Humanity that made them great. Lincoln fought the civil War and he suffered greatly thru out the war. He suffered as the country suffered. Here in this film you feel Lincoln's despair and his anguish at trying to end a war. And to free slaves and abolish slavery from America forever. But he faced fierce objections to his 13th admenment . This film focuses strongly on Lincoln's last few months alive as he struggles to create peace. and to free slaves and make them part of the human race. Sally Field not really my favourite actress shines as the tragic Mary Todd Lincoln. Lincoln's wife has always been regarded as Lincoln's crazy wife. And yet here she shines as Lincoln's strongest supporter as well as his wife. there are some very tender moments as Lincoln plays with his youngest son These scenes are the ones that got my attention. Simply because You never view Lincoln as a father to the world or to history he was a president. But he was a father. And this film shows his relationship with his oldest Robert and his youngest son Tad. And it shows his struggles to be both a loving father and a father who wants to do what is right by his sons. Now Tommy Lee Jones simply sparkles like a diamond. Tommy Lee Jones is one of the world's greatest actors and here he shows it. His Thaddeous Stevens comes across As a conflicted fighter for equal rights. All he wants i to make blacks equal under the law to make them free men. and he has a very personal reason to. But in the end all he has to settle for is simply the first step and that is abolishing slavery forever. I viewed this film as a snapshot of historical value because it reminds us it wasn't easy to get from there to here .
That one man's honest struggle with himself and his desire to right a wrong overcame so much. Spielberg should have won the Oscar for this film. He made it seem like we were there. And for people who wanted Lincoln's childhood told well that has been told. This film focuses on more then just Lincoln. It focuses on the times and the people who made it. Incredible film. It's not a action film because it's not meant to be one. You want a action film featuring Abe Lincoln go see Abe Lincoln vampire hunter. This one is about the Real Lincoln and it's so much more enjoyable.