Lincoln: Good Spielberg's Bad Moments

Pseudo intellectual claptrap.  You got it wrong. I understand your need to tug and tear up the mighty Spielberg but in so doing you really do miss the bigger picture. To me, complaints like this sound like the writer is sitting on the therapy couch complaining about daddy.  It's not even close to being true about Spielberg, either his body of work or Lincoln. 

So what happened? Did Lincoln ever turn those Darkies loose on civilized white society?

Some nice points about a surprisingly good movie, but don't you think Tony Kushner deserves some credit for the intelligence and restraint of this film? I mean, Spielberg's not exactly a thinker.

All Spielberg needs is a good producer, which is to say, someone to tell him No.  Someone to curb his schmaltzy tendencies: look how the silly rocks-on-tomb-of-Schindler ruined the overall effect of the "List" film, an unnecessary example of the director's self-indulgence and a trait that allows detractors to claim he makes "Disney pictures."

I enjoy Spielberg films, not all, but most.  They are usually worth seeing. I won't go to this one because I have studied Lincoln and arrived at the conclusion that Lincoln was not what his PR portrays. Most of all, I resent the temple built to the god Lincoln on the mall in DC.  It is a temple. He sits like Jupiter Optimus Maximus in a rather sick setting. All that is missing are cult priests, incense and Vestals.  Of course, Lincoln didn't authorize it. Lincoln, however, was not at all what you think. I would not attend the film, not because of Spielberg, but because of the subject.  Read beyond the worshippers.  You will discover a man you never heard of.