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    Written November 24, 2012

    Wow

    by crazygranma

    this is one of the best movies I've ever seen....Spielberg made the audience on with the movie, as though watching the events unfold as we stood on the sidelines.....i'd see it again. daniel day lewis and sally field should be shoo ins for the Academy Awards...but really the movie should take all categories ...nothing else could have made it any better.

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    Written December 3, 2012

    Makes Lincoln accessible

    by boltytoi

    This is a very enjoyable film that displays the incredible performances of the lead actors.

    If there is a weakness, the story over the enacting of the 13th amendment seems a bit melodramatic compared to the real conflict that waged on the battlefield. This makes the film slow at times, much like on of Lincoln's many stories.

    In all, it made this historical man very accessible to people of our age.

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    Written November 26, 2012

    Lincoln

    by barbartistr2

    Fantastic storytelling of history, directing and cinematography. Made you feel you were actually helplessly watching him suffer with the horrors of the civil war while being a gentle caring man trying to govern a unruly nation. Really brought a man from the history books to life. It made you see the origins of the disagreements between the two parties and classes which continues with government today. Great movie - definitely should win many awards but also should be required viewing by our school kids today.

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    Written December 14, 2012

    A realistic portrayal

    by MDGeorge

    This film portrays the reality of democracy in action. Ending slavery was idealist intention and regarded as among the great achievements of the American devotion to. Liberty and justice. But this film shows that ideals are achieved by down and dirty political wrangling. The film should remind viewers of today

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    Written November 26, 2012

    Lincoln

    by derdave1946

    Outstanding portrayal and performance by Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. A stellar supporting cast! Don't miss this one! Probably Mr. Spielberg's best film in a decade.

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    Written January 4, 2013

    Lincoln lovers will be most impressed

    by JeramyMT

    I watched Lincoln with a friend who had read a lot of the history about Lincoln whereas I knew/remembered very little. I was touched by the character of Lincoln but felt like beginning was a little dry. She however was enthralled with the story and accuracy to what she had remembered and how well Daniel Day Lewis portrayed that character. Overall the acting, cinematography seemed excellent. As for the movie as a whole, people with knowledge of Lincoln history may get the most bang for the buck on this one while others may have a harder time. I still however, enjoyed the movie as a whole.

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    Written November 24, 2012

    Lincoln

    by nachristy

    How can you go wrong when Doris Kearns Goodwin and Speilberg collaborate on a film. Her story telling brilliance and his film making magic combine to make one of the best movies I've seen in years!! Some of the negative comments I've read in the adjoining box are ridiculous and must have been written by people who are either 12 or have an I.Q of 12. The movie is a history lesson wrapped in a fascinating story. Daniel Day Lewis, Straithan (sp.), Spader, Jones, and Field are magnificent in their roles. How anyone could watch this movies and not walk away with a good feeling about how our forefathers struggled to make this country as good as it could possibly be, is beyond me. I had many laughs at the anecdotes and behavior of the characters and I had a tear in my eye thinking about the atrocities we allowed against our fellow man - just because their skin was a different color. I also felt sorry for Lincoln and his family for the personal toll this struggle took on their lives.

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    Written November 19, 2012

    AMAZING!!!

    by ReverendRae

    Script = AMAZING!
    Action = AMAZING!
    Oscar Possibility = YES!

    I enjoyed this film so much I felt as if I had been transported back tot he 1800's. I laughed...shed a tear and cheered...this is a must see.

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  • Oh No!
    Written January 4, 2013

    You have to be kidding me!!!!!

    by ewhite1065

    Just went to see this one and with all the Hype about award winning content and performances this is posibly the biggest let down I have ever had at a movie. For starters, this movie is one big bore and I mean that sincerely. This is 2 1/2 hours of Lincoln and his Republican Congressmen twisting arms and bribing people to push through the 13th ammendment. Tommy Lee Jones might be the only saving Grace in this movie as his performance and character portrayal are the only interesting and enetertaining part of this over-rated bomb. If you open up an 8th grade level history book it is more educational than the content here and quite frankly some of the lines written into this are flat out unbelievable, but presented to you as though it were solid fact. The only thing more shocking to me than this dud are the reviews that it has received from people and critics.. My only guess is that most people in this country never learned history in school. Buy a book and get the real truth.

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    Written January 7, 2013

    Emperor's New Movie

    by James_Earl_Jones

    Why in the world are people calling this movie good?!? Is it out of some sort of misguided sense of patriotism? Okay, the cast and acting are good, but the bottom line here is this movie is BORING. Soooo boring. Most boring movie I've ever seen, and I've seen Wyatt Earp.

    It could have been so good, but they turn it into the equivalent of watching 2 hours of C-Span in 1873. What that means is the whole movie is nothing but the political procedure of manipulating men and getting the bill passed. Do you care that the bill is passed? No. They made no attempt to show the inhumanity of slavery or presented any characters with which to empathize with or pull for. Slavery is ended and you couldn't care less.

    Then there's the war going on that's constantly being referred to. I'd like to care that my fellow countrymen are dying over their differences. I want to feel the desire for the war to end by getting the bill passed. But I don't. Because I never see the war. Only old men bickering.

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  • Must Go!
    Written January 3, 2013

    Lincoln

    by dvmoser

    As usual, Speilberg has done a masterful job. Daniel Day Lewis is fabulous! I wouldn't have picked him to play Lincoln, but he Was Lincoln! I really enjoyed this portrayal of these seminal events in our nation's history.

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  • So-so
    Written November 19, 2012

    OK

    by rjhatton992

    I wasn't too blown away by this film. It was not so much about Lincoln himself as it was about politics and passing the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the US. A lot of people liked it, but throughout most of the film, I was just saying "get on with it!" The personal touches with his wife and sons seemed to be an afterthought, and I never really got engaged with any of the characters. Even the war scenes were not enough to engage me. I really don't know why so many people are so knocked out about it.

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    Written November 19, 2012

    Just Like Being There

    by OrangePurpleSteve

    Lincoln was done so well that it made me feel like I was there.
    Daniel Day Lewis was amazing.
    I believe there will be many Academy Award nominations for this film including Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field.

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    Written November 23, 2012

    Excellent Performances, but slow, plodding script

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    Daniel Day-Lewis is outstanding - acting does not get any better. Sally Field is perfection as Mary. Tommy Lee Jones give the best performance of his career.

    The weakness is the script, editing and Spielberg's plodding direction. The scenes go on too long and it becomes self-indulgent and repetitive in it's preachy message.

    I wanted to see more of the persoanl side of Lincoln and not so much the political. We do see how rotten politicians were then and how nothing has changed but only gotten worse.

    The overall feel of the movie is dark, dirty and somber. It lulls you to sleep at times.

    I was expecting a better overall film and not just pieces.

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    Written November 26, 2012

    LINCOLN: FINE CINEMA, DUBIOUS POLITICS

    by richruben

    "Lincoln" is a great evocation of the capital's culture and politics at the end of the Civil War.
    Daniel Day-Lewis is superb as the president, but the real Oscar-winner is likely to be Sally Field, who manages to capture both the neurosthenia and dignity of Mary Todd Lincoln. Unfortunately, the politics portrayed here are far less complex than the characters of the protagonists. The Republican Radicals are presented as patriotic statesmen for betraying their commitments to social and political equality for Black Americans in order to secure a legal reform -- passage of the 13th Amendment. The ghastly century-long consequences of that betrayal, and of the sainted Abraham's unwillingness to actually liberate the South, are never made clear. As a result, the movie remains on the level of hagiography, and another chance to reconsider the hard questions of American history is lost.

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