i did not get that impression that it was about Spielberg, did he make cameo?
Granted, I expecting a Lincoln biography type thing, but it was really about the getting 13th amendment passed, and the measures it took to get enough buy-in to make an amendment like that pass, against the paradigms of the culture that were blocking the simple logic that slavery was wrong. It is was great movie in that regard.
It is a true irony, that the republicans pushed to free slaves, and make the "negro" (term of the day, and better then other terms) equal in eyes of the courts and other laws.
Originally Posted by lostforkate
I was over the top because I'm not a Spielberg fan. He wasn't in it that I'm aware of. I just thought the movie was overly-dramaticized version of exactly what you said it was. I wanted more Lincoln, more Day Lewis, more of how Lincoln, though an outstanding man, did abuse his powers.
I saw the movie as an attempt to make us Americans look grand at a time I want more people pissed about certain issues. I'm not going deeper, this is a movie thread and its Christmas for christsakes, relax JC.
The Descent? Kinda cheese I thought. To each his own. Tell me your top 5 horror. Mine: night of the living dead (original Romero), Alien, high tension, '03 Texas Chainsaw, 28 Days Later. The first scenes of 28 Weeks later might be some of the best ever filmed. Fuck me just thinking of it. So many good movies but I'd stop what I was doing to watch my first two anytime.