Movie #687 ........................."Lincoln"

Movie #687 "Lincoln" --- let me say the first thing that came out of my mouth after viewing this film --- Wow! I feel like I had a wonderful opportunity to spend a few weeks with a true hero in American History --- someone who speaks so wisely but who also is so folksy with his story telling ---- I felt like the film showed how much he was like everyman, but then how much he was like no man that America would probably ever know --- majestic is the word, the way the sun comes through the window and shines on him as he makes one important decision after another --- how he faces divisiveness much like the problems that exist in our Congress right now --- that makes this film so topical. And the two hours and 29 minutes? Go by very quickly for me, but maybe not for everyone. This is a film of words --- this isn't one car chase after another --- this film tests the listener to pay attention to the words and the importance of them --- the high point is words --- the exposition sets the tone when one young soldier recites a lot of the opening of the Gettysburg address, only to be finished by a black man --- such reverence for the words. How I loved that. How I loved to see this man tell one story after another all the while trying to deal with the grief of his dead boy, having to move on because his wife, his little son, his party, & his country depend on him! And when the end hit me, I felt it internally, even with the knowledge of what was going to happen and even with the huge scope of this film --- Spielberg did it right, and a special tip of the hat goes to yet another acting feat for Daniel Day Lewis who WILL win this year for best actor. Can't imagine anything much better than this portrayal, which will linger for years and years and years. I gave it 5 stars out of 5 Lincoln2012PG-13 Director Steven Spielberg takes on the towering legacy of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his stewardship of the Union during the Civil War years. The biographical saga also reveals the conflicts within Lincoln's cabinet regarding the war and abolition. Cast:Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, Jackie Earle Haley, John Hawkes, Jared Harris, Joseph Cross, Tim Blake Nelson, David Oyelowo, Bruce McGill Genre:Drama