Lincoln Movie - Your Reviews

[ReignetteC]

Hello,

On April 14, 1865, Tad Lincoln attended the theater, too. Young Tad went to Grover's National Theatre to see Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp. The manager did indeed announce that "the president has been shot." (The scene at the end of the movie refers to Tad's attendance at Grover's.) The distraught child returned to the Executive Mansion, never to see his beloved papa again.

Cheers,
Reignette

(11-20-2012 09:58 AM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  SPOILER ALERT

I was disappointed that Spielberg did not show the assassination scene because it is part of the story. I don't think it matters that it's been done before; it's what happened. When they showed the theater at the end, I thought, wait a minute, they have swords, that's not Our American Cousin. Then they panned to the box and I thought, wait a minute, that's on the wrong side of the theater. It felt like we were being deliberately mislead.

We watched Lincoln the man throughout the movie. We saw horrible battlefield scenes and it would have been moving and appropriate to see Lincoln killed just as the soldiers were. Maybe seeing Lincoln and Mary from behind, hearing her say as she rests her hand on his arm, "What will Miss Harris think of my hanging on to you so?" and hearing his reply that "She won't think anything about it." Then a hand with the gun, the shot, Mary's scream.

My husband thought that the last scene should have been Lincoln walking away down the long hall.

Did anyone mention that Seward had been targeted that night as well? I may have missed it.

As I said on the other thread, the movie was wonderful. Did anyone else feel disappointed in the ending?