Steven Spielberg dedicates a film to the greatest president America has ever had Abraham Lincoln in this incredibly important and moving film!

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2016)

After the beauty and the overwhelming tear jerking emotion of War Horse Steven Spielberg returned to a subject he loves very dearly and will always be a great passion to him America the country he calls home what Steven Spielberg has achieved with Lincoln is nothing short of a masterpiece of motion picture film making, Lincoln is a film of high importance partly thanks to the towering performance of Daniel Day Lewis who portrays the president with wit courage extraordinary power and incredibly understated quietness and calm still movements of his face and voice it is a performance for the ages as they say at the end of the film Abraham Lincoln will belong to the ages and the incredibly moving performance demonstrates that a performance can be given without overdoing it or going over the top it is a masterclass of acting and one that must be viewed in film schools across this world we all live in this film is such a important historical landmark and a dedication to a man who did the honourable thing the common thing the right thing the righteous thing a piece of history that must never be forgotten and now the film is out there in the world the film has the power to educate the next generation of our children on what intolerance means the burden it still carries to this day still to this day the 13th amendment was signed to abolish slavery to make it a necessary thing to oppose not to commit to to hate on to dispose of because it is a appalling act of injustice which to this day across the world hate crimes and acts of slavery are still be committed against black people and of colour and of different minority's! The film has a very moving message to send to the world and that is this Things that are equal to the same thing are equal to each other that's mathematical law that still something we all must abide by and attend to and although threats of hatred are still as dominant as they were when Lincoln was president shows a great divide almost a split between people's beliefs and opinions which must be shared the people's voices must be heard! Steven I want to thank you for making this film because it teaches me and also the world about an important part of American history but also a part of world history and the film has many rousing speeches regarding the American Constitution and the negativity of someone's actions whether they felt it was the right thing to do how do people react to people's judgements of certain agreements or disagreements and how the power of the right to a free democracy allows us all to make our own judgements ourselves regardless of other people's judgements what matters is your own! Tony Kushner writes an outstanding and witty script worthy of a stage play and the beautiful articulate words are complemented by a score of majesty grace and outstanding respect for the film it accompanies by the Master John Williams, outstanding horn solos complement the character of Lincoln in such a way that it never feels overwhelming to the film or the scenes that the music accompanies which are a very small number of scenes which benefits the film enormously and lets the film breathe which is a huge relief to certain fans of John Williams! Steven, Daniel, the entire cast of Lincoln which I have not got the space to mention and last but by no means least John thank you so much for using your creative talents to make and accompany a film of such high importance and courage I am moved to tears every time I hear the end credits suite at the end of this outstanding important moving unforgettable masterpiece of a film!