Best Movie... Seriously?

Rating: 5/10 (21 November 2012)

Looking at the reviews, I wanted to be completely blown away by this movie when I went to see it. I saw the new James Bond film and Twilight, and to my surprise they actually exceeded my expectations. The movie Lincoln started off very interestingly. I would say that they really had some good actors, and as far as an Abraham Lincoln... damn did they do a mighty good job. We are all taught as kids that the Civil War is about slavery, though that is pretty inaccurate, I think anyone can play along. But this movie really was depicted inaccurately, that in a way I find it insulting. As a historian, one of the wars that got me into learning about History was the Civil War and how devastating it was for both sides. This movie took away from that and basically just made it a war about slavery. I also thought the acting was so cheesy. You have the big bad southerners who's speech is so unattractive, mean, nasty. Then you have the smart northerners who are just so smart at saying what they are saying, they even make the audience snicker. The Blacks were all dressed in expensive nice looking clothing. Seriously? And now for some reason they all turned out to live in the streets of New York and Chicago. About 80% of the union soldiers were black. If you do a little more research you'll find they were for the most part immigrants. The lines everyone said in this film were all stereotypical, made up, and cheesy. It was like everyone was trying to be poetic every single time they spoke. Lincoln and his wife are fighting and they are basically just arguing poetically. SOOOO CHEEESY!
A few other things I didn't like were how cold Lincoln was made to appear. He actually wanted to end the war and preserve the Union. I also think this movie was pretty long. It was too long. The Gettysburg movie showed a better depiction between north and south and clearly showed how devastating and cruel the war brought one another. It did it in about the same amount of time. What's even sadder is that you only see Lincoln's last few months as President. It hardly gives you a good picture of what he was as a leader.
So in other words, you have a long movie that is historically inaccurate, really unnecessarly poetic and cheesy. WHY DID YOU GUYS SAY IT WAS AN 8 OUT OF 10?!!! Bad taste in movies guys. I will never watch this movie again. I can tell you what, I will watch most movies that aren't so good or even bad for the sake of spending ones time. But this movie really was too extreme to sit through again. I watched Lord of the Rings SO many times. EVEN THOSE MOVIES DON'T DRAG ALONG LIKE THIS ONE!
Best movie of the year? Seriously? Biggest disappointment of the decade! You had wonderful actors, an awesome director, and the story plot was already written out with history books. You also had the best president in the last century. NO WAY THE BEST MOVIE. What the heck is wrong with you guys? My only hope is there will be enough people after twilight that will put this rating at the right rate.