Lincoln - Movie Review

[@danieldavis2347]

Not sure how anyone isn't moved by this movie. I get chills everytime I see Lincoln walking down the hallway in his top hat near the end of the film. I tear up every time I see Lincoln lying in the bed after being shot. Wonderful film. Prime example of an acting clinic put on display by so many wonderful actors.

[@lilbit2870]

Ikr?!?! Like how are you going to say that a film based around abolishing slavery doesn't move you?!?! The film was brilliant on all levels. These clowns clearly didn't understand the depth of this film.

[@karstd]

If you've heard Daniel Day Lewis' real voice, heard and seen him in gangs of new york, there will be blood, and my left foot, and then go watch this movie, you won't believe it's the same guy. Incredible talent.

[@ThatBritishGenius]

Daniel Day-Lewis warrants giving this film a 10/10. Amazing.

[@ryanshepard1340]

Amazing to me that in this 7 minute review of Lincoln, no one even mentions Daniel Day Lewis’ performance. How is that possible?

[@reckersworld9351]

So basically if you are intelligent you will like this movie and if you prefer to be spoon fed you won't.

[@mgeek1]

They were talking about the "all-star" cast, but failed to mention Sally Field?

[@NoelDelfin]

I love it when the guy in the leftmost part of the screen peeped into the frame of the guy beside him to deliver a "witty" comment and the camera changed angle and as soon as he's done the camera went back to the original frame again.

[@xHellionWolfx]

Best movie of last year should have won the oscar for best film.

[@schmoab]

I teared up with pride 3 times during this movie. Go see it, but drink caffeine

[@troydunkle8248]

2:07 Holy shit, it's Kylo Ren!

[@AnonRulez]

I can understand her point. I did not connect with it either and would give it a much lower score than she did. At least she appreciated how well done it is and rated it as such,

[@ayayayhuet]

How accurate is this movie?

[@EUSA1776]

Green shirt dude doesn’t understand simple political dialogue while sitting on a TYT desk, not surprising.

[@StephanieL180]

I've never thought much of Daniel Day Lewis - I've always felt he chews the scenery a bit too much. But Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field are excellent. Might give this a shot...

[@Xenu]

Wow. I've never heard anyone compare a work to "King Lear" and mean that as a criticism!!

[@SuperballsSupervidsOnYT]

"The Young Turks" pretty well explains that.

[@jokesterr119]

Been waiting for this all year. But How was DDL's performance?

[@gnewt75]

Limited release this weekend? Where dammitt???

[@CinematicGalaxy]

I respect opinions, but how can anyone not be moved by this movie?

[@theurertobin]

This movie was by far better then those who critized it. A great history lesson for those who thought our history books gave us everything about Lincoln. I would see this movie again The cast was AWESOME, down to Stephen Henderson (Mr. Slade). I give it a 9.3

[@Sighphi]

Why are both of your latest vids edited to be just under 7 minutes? Did you get some tv deal or something that requires a compact timing?

[@Azwel]

are the 2 guys on the left brothers

[@wildhias]

why are the reviews so short now?

[@axeman3d]

I understand Lincoln had a comically high voice in real life. I am guessing Dan has done a nice compromise.

[@atfourothirtythree]

I can understand "Lincoln" not being a huge hit, but It's one of those movies that will eventually grow on you , If you are used to faster pace movies, I would suggest giving this one time , go back to it and you might want to watch it over again. I sure plan on it. D D Lewis and Sally Fields do a superb job .. forgot they were actors

[@manoneal1724]

I agree. As pretentious as this may sound, there was not enough life in this movie. It might as well have been a movie about passing any other controversial amendment. I mean, maybe not quite since the 13th amendment rocked the nation to it's core...but you get my point.

[@ThefightingCelt]

The film does not portray Lincoln as a faultless figure. He could ( as was/is necessary ) be ruthless when required. That aside, Daniel Day Lewis is magnificent and will scoop the Oscar without doubt.

[@TripleViewGaming]

Turn captions on and go to 1:47 and read

[@Belloran24]

I got chills watching the clips.

[@blueeyesaf]

I'm cold and soulless but anything with Lincoln could move me if done well, I have a feeling I would like this movie.

[@gregsmith7329]

It is riveting. Definitely! It didn't move you? You're one cold soul. I was glued to every word spoken in this movie. The review from the guys who rated it 7.and 7.5 did not get the broader perspective of the political upheavals of the time coupled with Lincoln's role as commander in chief burdened by the horrors of the civil war. I rate it a perfect 10!!!!!!

[@AnonRulez]

They all are part of that 91%. Well other than Matt since he works for Rotten Tomatoes. Fresh tomatoes can be a mixed bag as well. The biggest misconception that people have about the rotten tomato meter is that it only indicates the proportion of critics that like the film enough to recommend it to others. It is not a gauge of how much they really like the film. For all we know more of them were maybe leaning towards the middle rather than loving the film.

[@rockndude87]

Movie Reviews don't mean much because they want to highly criticize the good movies and praise the bad ones. This film was extraordinary and had a LOT of personality to it. These guys should just keep their mouth shut because men like Lincoln let their actions compliment their words. GREAT MOVIE!!! I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!

[@whoostino]

Anyone who doubts that the south seceded over slavery should read the articles of secession. Click on the links to the full documents if available, and search for "slave". The war was over secession and slavery. Not taxes and tariffs. Unless you think you know better than the men who waged it.

[@archer1949]

"I didn't like 'cause they was talking too fancy. Duh......" Idiots. And Slavery may not have been the ONLY cause for secession, but it was THE reason that the secessionists were not willing to compromise on. Modern day revisionist Lost Causers fail to mention that in EVERY SINGLE secessionist declaration from the rebelling States, Federal interference in spreading Slavery was specifically mentioned as a primary mover in their reasoning. Let's face it, "States Rights", with these people, then as today, basically boils down to, "No uppity city slicker is gonna tell us how we can treat OUR brown people. They are ours to do as we see fit."

[@Jokkkkke]

I'm usually on the side of revisionists on subjects like Mao, Stalin, and I'm post-revisionist when it comes to the Cold War, but you're pretty much right when it comes to the origins of the civil war. Though, you should remember why confederate soldiers were fighting. Considering most weren't wealthy plantation owners, its hard to argue that they fought for slavery. They might've supported it, but that wasn't why they fought.

[@Dogmeat1950]

BiggestATLAfan stfu commie, I mean you know your a fuckin regard when you say you support those commies while using KZbin lol

[@Jokkkkke]

***** Do you know what being a revisionist means? Its a term used in historiography. Now, if you support revisionist historical views on communists dictators, then you're not automatically communist yourself nor do you implicitly support the doctrine.

[@Dogmeat1950]

BiggestATLAfan so you support Hitler,Franco etc etc. Supporting the idea means you like it.

[@Jokkkkke]

***** First of all, your naming fascists now. If I were a communist, I would certainly not support leaders like Hitler. Second of all, I never said I support 'the idea' as you say (I suppose the idea you are referring to is communism). When you actually decide to read what I had written previously you will discover that I am neither a communist nor a fascist. In fact, I was talking about historiography, not politics. Are you done making irrational conclusions?

[@watermelonygoodness]

I agree with Christy

[@ezekielthemack]

He's a brilliant actor, born and raised in South London like me. South London's finest.... ;-)

[@rag5891]

The movie was to sanitized and staid for my tastes, and it placed Lincoln the man on a near messianic level. He was a man of great accomplishments--maybe the greatest President--but he was not the faultless figure portrayed in this picture. Terrific performances from Daniel Day-Lewis and Tommy Lee-Jones carry the flick, but Sally Field's face kept taking me out of it.

[@immortalfrom90]

Tommy Lee Jones is awesome!

[@stefers08]

I think this movie was great. I liked that it focused on what was, in my opinion the most critical portion of Lincoln's presidency. Amazing cast. Disappointingly, it's the kind of movie large audiences won't appreciate. Matt and Christy failed me this time. Way to go Ben and Alonso.

[@Phi1618033]

The public speeches of that time were far more ornate and Shakespearean sounding than the everyday speech of ordinary people. This is one of the things that bugged me about Deadwood. That pretty sort of speech was reserved for public speaking and the written word. Everyday speech was just normal speech.

[@realTXballa]

this movie was powerful. but there will always be those people who go against the grain just to stand out, get a life. Great movie and great acting

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

It is just uncanny how much Daniel Day Lewis looks like Lincoln! The makeup artists did a marvelous job!

[@qwertyytrewq71]

just saw it today and i was blown away. very emotional too!

[@javierdelvalle4624]

You should have posted the International Trailer

[@AQGOAT24]

All time perspective maybe. In terms of people currently acting, Hell no. I'd even say he is probably the greatest actor of all time at least in English movies.

[@guitarjunkee32]

agreed, the southern economy relied almost entirely on slavery, all of their money came from plantations and agricultural products, and they did not wish to give that up

[@clintbarton5463]

I trust Christie's taste more than any other critic. She's right 90% of the time.

[@donuthaters12]

hmm... i'd do Christie..... oh yeah and also the movie was spectacular

[@ThierryLoa]

An excellent movie, instant classic! Daniel Day Lewis brings Lincoln to life. The trailer doesn't do justice to the actual movie.

[@megawelderguy]

more historical?

[@ripcitiboi]

For some reason I always imagined Lincoln's voice a bit lower. If the movie isn't moving then it doesn't deliver the message well. I'll still watch it though.

[@NickThorbjørnsen2207]

Christy is brain dead man.

[@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

Last time I check he was killing vampires

[@nosuchthing8]

It could have been better but some of the scenes with Tommy Lee Jones were some of the best ever in cinema. So yeah, 8.5.

[@60bigmoe]

I don't know what the hell you folks are talking about. Lincoln was one of the best movies I ever saw. I actually watched it 5 times, and I rarely watch a movie more than once. I guess it's a matter of personal interest and differing moral values.

[@LiquidusFoxalot]

I didn't know they review movies on the TYT Network! Subbed!

[@irferf]

Is there historical backing for the way they executed Lincoln's voice? For some reason I always just assumed he would have a powerful, resonant voice rather than a high-pitched crispy one.

[@cendregaming3200]

Yifeng Tong there’s personal accounts and many say he was rather soft spoken

[@SharpWanker]

I wonder if he prepared for this role like he did with Bill the Butcher, like being that guy 24/7

[@BackRowRacing98]

I guess I would've liked the Democrats a little bit more convincing. They seemed more like generic villains than real, but I guess that's politicians XD, and Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus was so great I wanted a spin-off of just that character. I'm not sure how this movie couldn't move someone, but I wasn't moved by Perks of a Wallflower at all, and everyone loved that, so I should keep my mouth shut I guess.

[@jakejonescomedy]

Oh God if only Daniel Day-Lewis were in more movies! But then that would not give him so much time to create these complex, one-of-a-kind characters...

[@Hipmush]

I do know how offensive it is because I meant to offend. If Lemire saw that comment and felt insulted then no one will ever wipe the grin from my face.

[@Muscari]

Honestly, this is one of my favorite movies, only this and Midnight in Paris are perennially in my Top 5.

[@batterfly49]

what else in your top 5

[@Muscari]

عبد البديع فلاتة Midnight in Paris and Dark Knight Returns are always in there, then it fluctuates.

[@ponch24601]

In this instance, its not so much hating on Christie. But she comes across as extremely smug and almost sophomorically dismissive. I agree with Ben -- who is probably the only real legitimate "critic" here in terms of really understanding film on a multitude of levels that I don't think the other reviewers have a handle on. I wept watching this film. I watch football, I consider myself as "manly" as Cenk -- and I ain't afraid to admit it -- I was moved beyond reason. Christie's kinda scary.

[@kevdav63]

Agreed trailer isn't representative of film, but I'd rather have an excellent film like this be better than the trailer, than have a trailer where all the good stuff is in the trailer but the movie itself is crap. This film was excellent though they should've cut almost everything after the amendment was voted for. I groaned at the obvious foreshadowing of Lincoln's death and the intended shocker scene with TLJ's character.

[@megawelderguy]

no Ive seen the other Lincoln movie box at the video store, I just made a shitty assumption.

[@thePANDEMlC]

They banned "slavery" in the most general known sense. We still have plenty of slaves in jail working for free labor.

[@justclayhead]

I thought I saw Rorschach in there.

[@oldenvye6432]

Spielberg trailer always suck. Saving Private Ryan gave me a bad impression from the teaser but the film was so worth it.

[@Sweetbeariesart]

However, state's rights are not paramount the rights of all people and the union. No one who respects civil liberties is upset about Colorado legalizing pot, but a lot of us our upset about state's that are trying to deprive women of the right to obtain a safe abortion, or back during the Civil War when the Confederacy argued their right to have slaves was paramount over the union wanting to abolish it. Ultimately, the union comes first, and states rights are not superior - thus the Civil War.

[@highwind1991]

I'm more with Christy and Matt on this one but more negative. 6/10 for me. It felt like tinker tailor soldier spy all over again

[@EllisCarver]

It's David Oh-yellow-oh, Christy.

[@ByMonitorLight]

Interesting times when a Bond movie scores higher than a Spielberg biopic. Not that Skyfall isn't thoroughly deserving.

[@Hipmush]

The only reason Christie wasn't so high on it is because Daniel Dae Lewis didn't take his shirt off. She is such a hack. I just came back from Lincoln and it was marvelous.

[@bernlin2000]

Yeah...that was a weak review on her part: Lincoln was a very moving man, and I can't imagine that Spielberg could make a film that is cold and unmoving...that simply isn't his style. Apparently Christie doesn't care for history at all.

[@EpicUXnl]

Absolutely. Did you not watch the review?

[@nosuchthing8]

Truly Epic movie. And yes, I love comic book movies. But this stuff was real people, and apparently they were that close to keeping slavery legal.

[@GodsHouse]

Whell they used old english and that can be hard to understand sometimes.

[@memorygongss]

You neglected to mention how great Lee Pace was as well!

[@rag5891]

I wanted to like this so much, but it was a little too Spielbergian. Don't get me wrong, I like a great deal of Spielberg's catalog (I even liked WAR OF THE WORLDS), but LINCOLN included a few too many of his overly-dramatic and artificially saccharine touches that make me roll my eyes. Also, I find Kaminski's style of lighting in their recent collaborations to be more of distraction than and interesting artistic choice. Giving your "good" characters a literal halo is a little overbearing.

[@ChuckinCho]

They didn't secede over slavery. It was over the heavy taxing of crop exports. The whole country, including the north was dependent on slave labor in the southern states. They didn't even consider freeing the slaves until the confederacy was practically beaten. Northern states still kept slaves. And it never really ended in the whole country until after the industrial revolution. Most blacks had no education and were basically forced back on the farm to sustain themselves with pitiful wages.

[@callowaymotorcompany]

There's a fine line between informative and boring. You don't spent a day out of your weekend as an adult to learn history. As nice a concept it is, its just isnt realistic. Calling someone dull or a sheep or whatever else for preferring action movies is wrong, and at the very least insulting.

[@neverfearchrisishere]

I dislike how the movie skipped over Lincolns Vampire hunting years.

[@FilmFarts]

I don't know why Christie was riveted by Argo it was kinda slow and boring

[@whoostino]

What crap. The southern states seceded over slavery. Most of them declared it right up front in the declarations as to why they were seceding! There were secondary issues, but the percieved threat to slavery was first and foremost.

[@KidPoe]

Oh then I'll try and see that movie.

[@blakefranco7300]

Thank You!

[@IAmAdamIAm]

I will gladly wade through King Lear. (Not one of Shakespeare's histories though.)

[@ChuckinCho]

The Civil War was fought over the south seceding, NOT SLAVERY. The southern states did not try to secede over the abolition of slavery as the movie portrayed. The notion of freeing the slaves wasn't considered until the very end of the war. The Union was completely dependent on the southern crop exports and slave labor. The south seperated from the union because they were making most of the countries wealth and were being unfairly milked for their profits. This movie was pure revionist history.

[@Sweetbeariesart]

It seems like recently there is a push to give Confederate history equal glory, and I have to disagree. A person arguing that Lincoln is a traitor probably wants the Confederate flag. Licoln is one of the greatest presidents we had because he preserved the union, and exemplified once and for all it comes above states rights. This pro-Confederacy arguments are about as silly as people arguing in favor of Napoleon's reign.

[@sebm3029]

why the hell does everyone hate on Christie?

[@BrendanBeckett]

Yeah the trailer is a bit melodramatic

[@koreyak03]

These guys do not like any movie that comes out! This movie is the greatest movie I have ever seen maybe even the greatest of all time!

[@Elizabeththegreatest]

Lincoln was an amazing man in every way!

[@Whatever4009]

Steven Spielberg makes mushy mushy movies where good characters are soooo good that I find them annoying. His movies should come with a rating for ages 10 years or less. They have excellent music and cinematography and that's about it.

[@RagdollRalph]

I adore Daniel Day Lewis!

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Bad news is I'm living in Alabama right now, the good news is I'll have the theater to myself for this :)

[@NerdyLiberal]

Besides Jesus, Jayar, Jayar Jr., Steve Oh, himself (Turks are an Asian people), that Karmela, etc..

[@myndwork]

Hello.

[@ThePinkDaises]

The title of the movie is Lincoln...

[@nathan949494]

Yeah I don't get how that woman wasn't moved. I was moved...

[@zombiefan011]

well she also hated Cloud Atlas so take what she says with a grain of salt