Another overrated U.S. story

Rating: 6/10 (14 January 2013)

I watched Lincoln and Argo just to know what all the hype was about and both let me down.
You cannot surprise us with these historical movies. We know what is going to happen. You should not create fake events around the vote to create tension. You're telling history there. Be aware of your responsibility.
It's not a bad movie but I wouldn't watch it again. I'm really trying to understand what makes people praise this movie. My theory is that everybody is just so satisfied that slavery got abolished. Abe is a national hero - you gotta love everything about him. I'm really sick of these issue related praise and awards. Only because slavery got abolished in this movie, it doesn't mean, it's a masterpiece and the fact that he plays Abrahaman Lincoln doesn't mean DDL gave an amazing performance.
Seriously, what is all the DDL hype about? NOBODY knows how Abraham Lincoln talked, walked, moved and laughed but everybody is so amazed by this pale performance. I'm not saying it was bad. It might be good if Lincoln really was a guy who was above it all and didn't really give a damn about all the concerns his team had. But if so, it is a freaking easy role play and that's all I got here. Not much acting involved, just a tall guy moving around slowly and talking without any temper. There were only 2 scenes where he actually had to show some emotions and one of them (He slapping his son) was just horrible wooden and disqualifies him for any award (especially when there is a Denzel Washington in Flight in consideration].
P.S. Feel free to contact and explain to me why a guy doing nothing is an amazing performance.