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Barmymoo:
I expect this film has been out for months in the USA but I just saw it tonight (Les Mis was sold out - by happy chance, as it turned out) and thought it was incredible. I loved the fact that they broke cinematic rules - they shot entire scenes with the light behind the characters, they panned across people's backs, everything was dimly lit and grubby.

My knowledge of the history of Abraham Lincoln's presidency is sufficiently sketchy that the ending was a surprise (I did suddenly think "wait, was Lincoln assassinated?" at one point, but dismissed it as a false memory), so I would be interested to hear from anyone who has comments on its veracity. Does the film reflect the American view of Lincoln?

As an intellectual challenge it was excellent. I will be buying it on DVD.

jwhouk:
If you have Twitter, you could ask him yourself.

(No, not Daniel Day Lewis: Abraham Lincoln. Seriously.)

riccostar:
I have spoke about this film with my history-adept friends and it is actually very historically accurate.  Great by both cinematic and historical standards.

Pilchard123:
"Got to the theater", they said. "It'll be fun", they said.

LeeC:
my favorite Lincoln moment is when Abe and JFK were opponents in an election and JFK put up a smear video of Abe eating a baby by editing a video of Abe eating spaghetti with a baby.  Abe was curious as to how JFK got his spaghetti video, only to find out he was stabbed in the back by his best friend Joan of Arc.

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