Lincoln Movie Review Essay

The movie I watched is Lincoln. This movie is about President Abraham Lincoln’s struggles to free all slaves permanently before the Civil War ended. The movie is set in 1865, just after Lincoln was reelected. Lincoln is faced with a moral dilemma. His goal is to pass the amendment to ban slavery forever, but if the war ends before he can do this he’ll never get the opportunity. As he pushes to get the votes he needs to secure the bills passing a peace offer is brought forth by the Confederates. Lincoln must now decide to either end the war now and save thousands of lives or to delay the end of the war and have the chance to save not only current lives but also future lives from a life of slavery.

I attended Fuddy Meers on Thursday, October 13th, 7:30pm at the Studio Theatre in the Temple Building. This play was written by David Lindsay-Abaire and performed here in Lincoln by the Johnny Carson School and directed by Dustin M. Mosko. Other people who played a part in this astounding play are Interim Director Harris Smith and Associate Director Sharon Teo-Gooding. When I first read about the play I was unsure if I would enjoy it but by the end of the play I thought it was one of the funniest, most entertaining plays I have watched in a long time. The characters were all great at their roles and I enjoyed seeing them each bring a different character to the play. This play was truly one of a kind and I cannot wait to discuss it more in detail.

Abraham Lincoln’s presidential career was full of questionable actions. Thomas DiLorenzo author of, The Real Lincoln discusses Lincoln’s actions regarding racism, his refusal to emancipate the slaves, his continual tendency to act independently of Congress, and his radical reconstruction after the Civil War. DiLorenzo attacks each of these topics in his book and proves that Lincoln had his own agenda, and was not the picture perfect president everybody thought that he was.

The mythology of Lincoln hasn’t just happened in the world of historians, media has also taken a shot at it. Steven Spielburg even came out wish his own rendition of Lincoln with his 2012 movie Lincoln. Athough the movie was perceived well in theaters it wasn’t perceived as well with historians or did it? The movie takes place during the beginning of 1865 (Mckernie). As Eric Foner points out “slavery died on the ground as well as in the House, due to abolition efforts by feminist leaders like Susan B. Anthony, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the actions of free blacks themselves” (Coker), although missing those facts aren’t really a historical error, it just shows that those aren’t the focus of the movie (Mckernie). The

Lincoln takes it upon himself and his staff to discover the votes required before the end of January, which requires the allowing of numerous political favors to individuals from their adversary party. Lincoln and Seward won't stoop to by and large money renumeration (not purposely, in any case), but rather Seward procures three lobbyists to advance their reason by promising government occupations to Democratic individuals from the House who neglected to win reelection - the intermediaries. The lobbyists are W.N. Bilbo, Robert Latham, and Richard Schell.

Despite the historical accuracy of the film, Lincoln did contain some mistakes. First off, Daniel-Day Lewis portrayed his character very well; He was tall and lanky, spoke calmly, and told many stories, which is true of Abraham Lincoln. As shown in the movie, there was a great deal going on in the country. Lincoln and his supporters were planning and advocating for the 13th amendment and trying to gain more supporters. Also true was the fact that Confederate officials were heading North to make peace negotiations. But in reality, discussion of the 13th amendment and peace occurred at the same time. The movie shows Lincoln would not commence with peace negotiations until the amendment passed Congress. Liberties in the director’s production are few, though. For example, the movie made no mention of the influence African Americans had in advocating for Black rights. Instead, African American characters in Lincoln were limited to domestic jobs. In addition, Mary Lincoln was not at the final voting with the House of Representatives. Despite these very few inaccuracies, Lincoln was an extremely informative film. After watching, the viewer will have a better understanding of President Lincoln’s experience in advocating for the abolishment of slavery and the process of passing the 13th amendment. The film presented a lot of information and had many characters which created confusion at times. It was, at times, difficult to distinguish between characters and their names, political affiliations, significance, and viewpoint. That aside, the characters were interesting and effective in portraying political figures of the 17th century. Any boredom experienced in the beginning of the movie was quickly pushed aside as arguments thickened and the story progressed. Altogether, Spielberg produced a successful blend of information and opinion to

One of the most significant conflicts in the film Lincoln is deciding between peace and passing the thirteenth amendment. For this reason, getting the votes on the amendment to pass is difficult because others think if we let this amendment pass the war will not end. With the Civil War going on year four and the union struggling to keep together, Lincoln decides to try and pass the thirteenth amendment and receive support from the House of Representatives. The thirteenth amendment is the abolishment of slavery and involuntary servitude. Lincoln says that the key to peace is passing this amendment. The only person who truly believes in Lincoln’s vision is Thaddeus Stevens, who was a republican. Stevens did not see eye to eye with Lincoln

Lincoln wondwers when the war will come to an end. He realizes that he must take more drastic measure when his Emancipation Proclamation did not make slavery illegal. It freed some slaves, but it did not have the effect he hoped for. He realized that only makeing a constitutional amendment would truly solve the slavery problem the country faced. Lincoln wants the amendment to be ratified before the end of the war because he realizes that the free slaves in the south are not safe. The amendment is met with mixed emotions from the public as people believe that it will bring peace and an end to the war, but they also worry about having free blacks in the country who will provide competition for jobs and who will have sway in voting. The senate, full of northernors, passes the Thirteenth Amendment, but it does not pass through the house, which is dominated by southernors. Lincoln must

Abraham Lincoln is portrayed as a protector throughout the entire movie. In the opening scene, he tries to protect his friend from getting whipped. As the story continues, Lincoln seeks vengeance on his mother’s killer. He soon finds out that her killer is a vampire and commits his life to destroying these evil creatures. In the movie, the South is represented by the vampires, whom Lincoln must defeat in order to save his friends and family and preserve the Union. He comes up with a plan to use silver ammunition to destroy the vampires, which works, and the Union strikes victory (Bekmambetov, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). This idea of Lincoln being the savior of the Union isn’t a far stretch of how the events played out in the reality of the Civil War.

2. Given this outstanding success, why did the internationalization thrust of the late 1980s and early 1990s fail?

At the beginning of the movie we see Lincoln talking to two African Americans who served in the war, and they went on to say that they loved his speech and one of them even quoted the end of his speech. This movie shows us how much we need rescuing. According to Spielberg, Lincoln and his contemporaries debated the moral merits of ending slavery now or ending the war now. Lincoln was gaining and losing votes. People are looking at it as this: if African Americans are given rights then women are next and people do not want that. A man had said that if we give African Americans the freedom then they are going to want more. Lincoln does not know that there are bribes being made in order to get 20 votes from the representatives. Lincoln is

Using the recent Spielberg movie titled “Lincoln” as a platform, he paints a picture of a rule breaking, tough, lying, manipulative, wonderful, big hearted American hero. He views Lincoln as the best guy for the job, the number one President. Brooks must truly trust the heart of Lincoln because even with the knowledge of Lincoln’s dishonesty, he believes he had the purest of intentions. Of course, Lincoln did have little to gain by passing the 13th amendment, so his string pulling was not for his personal popularity. If anything, he lost popularity by working to abolish the slaves. Claiborne would likely agree with Brooks that Lincoln was an outstanding politician-that is undeniable; but his methods would not be agreeable with Claiborne. Because Claiborne does not like politicians in general, even the greatest and most successful would not be his heroes. I wonder what Claiborne thinks about Lincoln’s methods in abolishing slavery. He changed history for the better, for the people, even though he took a bit of a crooked path to get

The film Lincoln is a decade-long collaboration between the director Steven Spielberg, screenwriters Tony Kushner and Doris Kearns Goodwin, along with cast members like Daniel Day-Lewis, playing the role of Abraham Lincoln, David Strathairn playing Lincoln’s secretary and Tommy Lee Jones playing the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives. Lincoln is a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s intense final months in office in 1865. Having just won re-election in a segregated country, Lincoln pursues a course of action with the purpose of ending the war, uniting the country and abolishing slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical period will change the future of America, and generations to come, forever. Before he could continue to make a bigger impact on the nation, President Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865.

America was founded on the firm belief that all men are created equal; from birth no one man is better than another. Slavery existed, however, and despite this idea of universal equality, the first African-Americans were treated as unequal to their white masters. The only way the slave drivers could justify their backwards mindset was to declare that the slaves were helpless on their own, and that slavery was a righteous institution that kept the slaves clothed, fed, and sheltered. Though it took years, people began to see the wrong in slavery, and some spoke out. The North had stopped using slaves after the Revolutionary War and thereafter had more sympathy with slaves. This caused a growing rift between the North and South, which eventually led to the civil war. Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln takes place during the last four months of President Abraham Lincoln 's life, which coincided with the end of the civil war, and, not coincidentally, the death of slavery in America.

Abraham Lincoln is known for many things: the 16th president of the United States, the man who abolished slavery, a husband, and father, yet he is shown in a whole new light in the movie “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” Abraham Lincoln is shown as a freedom fighter from a young age protecting a young black boy, his friend Will Johnson, from a man with a whip. Abraham’s mother was killed by a vampire because of his father’s debt. His father soon followed in death. Abraham became a heavy drinker and attempted to get revenge for his mother, by shooting his mothers killer, yet he fails to kill him and is saved by Henry Sturges, a vampiric vampire