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Don't know about this one. It seems to have a very mixed message about Lincoln and the Congress debating the 13th Amendment.LDD will probably get his customary Oscar nomination and Steven and maybe a few others but I don't feel the film has that much merit. It is not "movie of the year" but will surely be nominated. Hey, it's LDD AND Spielberg!
LDD gave a very steady and consistent characterization and Fields must have been good because she got on my nerves just like she got on Abe's. The rest were flies around the pie buzzing in and out for their bites and bits.
Not being a history student I can only guess this is close to the reality of the Union at the time. We get the inside skinny on Lincoln's secret negotiations with the Confederacy, his motivation for The Emancipation Proclamation, his logic on pushing the 13th before the end of the war, and the Republicans last minute shift to "equal under the law" rather than "racially equal".
This film could easily offend black people with its emotional rants and language and is tedious to sit through due to its length. Spielberg knows how to pull tawdry emotion and does it with soap opera regularity in this one.
Well, they are off to the Oskies but my ballot won't include them due to the mixed bag of emotional tricks.
PS. This was obviously timed for an after the election release. A lot of people might have confused today's republicans for Civil War republicans.
Edits: 11/16/12
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Topic - "Lincoln": Well, Steven, what are we supposed to think? - mr grits 19:17:04 11/16/12 (27)
- Just saw it... - mkuller 21:02:40 11/23/12 (2)
- Good film w/one caveat: this ain't, as the title implies, a bio. It's about the pig-sticking and dirty dealing - tinear 19:22:50 11/25/12 (1)
- It is a bio... - mkuller 20:02:01 11/25/12 (0)
- I's based on... - mkuller 15:27:16 11/17/12 (7)
- I would never have recognized it as Doris Kearns book. nt - hcman 18:31:15 11/19/12 (0)
- RE: I's based on... - mr grits 19:34:02 11/17/12 (0)
- I've read here before about Outside-where do I find it? nt - oldmkvi 16:14:21 11/17/12 (4)
- Ah, found it. nt - oldmkvi 17:06:42 11/17/12 (3)
- You poor soul. Start drinking heavily. nt - free.ranger 20:50:25 11/17/12 (2)
- Yes, it seemed a bit grim! nt - oldmkvi 07:51:28 11/18/12 (1)
- That book isn't for everybody - violinist3 23:17:41 11/18/12 (0)
- That's because today's Republicans attitudes are INDISTINGUISHABLE from their great-grandfathers'. nt - tinear 21:24:07 11/16/12 (3)
- RE: That's because today's Republicans attitudes are INDISTINGUISHABLE from their great-grandfathers'. nt - colebearanimals 10:01:10 12/02/12 (0)
- You just contradicted yourself and history....take you pettiness back outside. * - mr grits 09:29:07 11/17/12 (1)
- Y'all know what ah mean. nt - tinear 07:50:54 11/18/12 (0)
- Lewis Daniel Day? your review has confirmed my fears on this one thanks anyway - PhilJ 19:48:15 11/16/12 (1)
- Dementia is a bitch....DDL. * - mr grits 20:27:18 11/16/12 (0)
- Nice review, grits. Spielberg can Disney-fy to some degree. - free.ranger 19:39:12 11/16/12 (9)
- Spoilage.... - mr grits 20:34:03 11/16/12 (8)
- You've patiently and frustratingly waited for, "John Wilkes Booth: Patirot" - tinear 07:35:23 11/17/12 (5)
- I thought JWB caused the South to have it hard after the war was over . . . - mr grits 15:05:44 11/17/12 (4)
- No slavery, no Civil War. nt - tinear 07:52:06 11/18/12 (3)
- Lincoln's objectives clarified . . . (spoilers?) - mr grits 08:20:16 11/18/12 (2)
- Northeners have their own sins, sure. Plenty of indentured slavery N of Mason-Dixon. nt - tinear 17:46:45 11/23/12 (0)
- I've not seen the film... - jamesgarvin 09:45:10 11/20/12 (0)
- RE: Spoilage.... - geoff 03:14:00 11/17/12 (1)
- Ascends in fiery chariot with crooked halo. * - mr grits 09:28:03 11/17/12 (0)
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