Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2012)

We are history buffs and Lincoln is part of the family. Daniel Day Lewis wasn't acting as Lincoln, he WAS Lincoln. I felt like I knew the man by the end and I liked him. There was a lot I'd heard but seeing it on the screen was like watching history. They absolutely could not have picked a better cast. James Spader was excellent, Tommy Lee Jones is Tommy Lee no matter what movie he is in and he always delivers, love that man. The casting person should get an Oscar for their part. It was interesting to envision the white house with gas lamps and fireplaces to keep warm, dirt streets, etc. I have had my children to the historic sites shown on the film and this made even more of an impression instead of just walking through historic sites. I wonder how the movie will do being released the same time as Twilight, but our theater was full and I hope all theaters do the same. Propaganda? Only if history is propaganda. They of course left out some of the reasons he did what he did, I'm sure so as not to anger some viewers, but overall a great adaptation of how Washington ran back then and all the work involved, with a lot of added laughs to boot.