Lincoln Movie - Your Reviews

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I thought the movie was excellent. Daniel Day Lewis really brought to life the Lincoln from Goodwin's book. I thought some of the conversations (the Bates and Lincoln, Hampton Roads) were very real and some rather contrived for dramatic flair. I would have liked the film to begin with the second inauguration instead of the scene with the soldiers and end with Lincoln dropping his gloves and walking toward his fate. The scene at Grover's and the Peterson house fell flat for me.

I would have liked to see Booth lurking at times (The second inauguration, final speech at Whitehouse)--never identified but lurking.