JGL sucked in the movie. What a surprise. He has not had a good movie since he was in 500 days of summer. By the way, if JGL was playing Lincoln's son Robert because I was not sure what he was doing while he was on screen maybe he didn't know either, Robert Lincoln was 22 years old and not in his 30s like JGL is. JGL is the very definition of an overrated matinee idol who, like Ryan Gosling, gets by sheerly on his looks and the cozy relationship his agent has with the butts of studio execs.
This was a terrible movie. Really bad. Chris Stuckmann says the Spielberg is an actor's director. If that means giving the actors no direction and letting them do whatever the heck they want, then yes. He is an actor's director. A good director will make a bad script compelling and stack the scenes with tension. There was no tension movie
JeremyJahns compared this movie with John Adams. Sad. John Adams was good so was Paul Giamatti. DDL was better in there will be blood.
His performance was weak. I never felt like he was Lincoln but rather DDL was caricaturing an archetype. His role adds nothing new and leave much in doubt about who Lincoln was. In fact, DDL's contribution to Lincoln as a historical person in art leaves much to be desired. DDL plays Lincoln as if he's some Holy Man without an arc when the most compelling thing about DDL as Lincoln is when he talked about the tyrannical powers he wielded dubbed war powers. The movie celebrates corrupt lobbyists. It makes me want to read Thomas DiLorenzo's "Lincoln Unmasked" and "The Real Lincoln."
Horrible script
Battle scene was terrible. The script was weak. But maybe the source material was weak as well because if the movie was based on a book, than SS would be better of making Bill O'Rielly's books Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy into movies. And oh by the way, I despise Bill O'Rielly's have it both ways politics.
Spielberg is in decline which is sad. But that's what happens to directors that don't believe in anything and like Lucas have rested rather comfortably on their laurels too long. Do you think Kubrick was or even Polanski in decline? Spielberg is. Lucas maybe in decline. I have not seen red tails.
Wliberforce was better than this really bad movie. The best political talky movie I have seen was the madness of King George. Nigel Hawthorne was King George. There are scenes from that movie that I remember.
