"History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, soaring speeches to quiet deeds. History remembers the battle, but forgets the blood." Abraham Lincoln
This film did what Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters wishes it could have done. It takes a story that we all know and it tells us a different side. This film is very well done. There's a kind of alternate history happening here, where the story could just be hiding behind what we've all read in our history books. My absolute favorite part was Lincoln putting off immortality to go to the theatre. (I audibly gasped, and as I was watching with a non-American who had already seen the film, he didn't quite understand why until I told him.) I'm always quite impressed by actors playing one character over different ages. The human main characters age significantly from when they are first introduced to the film's end. The actors make some really nice subtle changes to the way they move and deliver their lines to really convince the audience that you're looking at older versions of these characters. A very strong testament, in my opinion, to the abilities of our cast. Also, a reason to see other works that they've taken part in.
Rank: 96
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