Spielberg's Lincoln

[Liz Rosenthal]

(02-11-2013 10:13 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  I finally got to see "Lincoln" last night and I thought it was fantastic. Daniel Day Lewis really channeled Lincoln, as did David Strathairn with his portrayal of Seward and Bruce McGill's Stanton was great. The actor who portrayed Confederate V.P. Alexander Stephens made me think he was a ghost. Eerie resemblance there. I thought it rather beat the Thirteenth Amendment to death, but all in all, I think it will be the pinnacle of Lincoln films for quite a while.

I seriously doubt that the people whose freedom was guaranteed by the 13th Amendment ever felt that too much attention had been focused on it, nor would their descendants feel that way.