For me, not being Native American it is a great opportunity to learn and understand political and cultural differences between two-way different countries. On one level, political movies present main facts and history. On the other level, the same movies could let us think about the details and unexpected facts’ importance.
For the audience, who do not know the details about Abraham Lincoln, has been a huge surprise during the Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln” to hear that the president was born in low social standing and little educated family. Abraham Lincoln was born in rural farmlands of Kentucky in 1809, and moved to different states several times: first to Indiana and later to Illinois. The future president of USA had less than a year of formal education, however it didn’t stop him to always feel hungry reading books and educate himself. Abraham Lincoln even wrote on shovel …show more content…
For example, Lincoln’s relationship with his wife - Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Fields). During almost the whole movie the First Lady is grief stricken over the lost of her son Willie and all the stress of a Wartime presidential marriage. Possibly, she was suffering from some mental illness, what is understandable. However, during the scene at the White House reception, she showed all her loyalty defending her husband and herself again political critics.
Another emotional film moment in which Lincoln has to raise the flag outside of naval building, after a short and self – deprecating speech that he wrote on a small piece of paper and kept in his hat. It is a perfectly managed scene: shy, non dramatic and kind of comic.
The film more concentrated on the final months of Lincoln’s era, including the ending of slavery, the surrender of Confederacy and his assassination. Lincoln believed that slavery is immoral and not appropriate, but he also assumed the 13 th Amendment a masterpiece in pushing away the financial foundations of the
For the audience, who do not know the details about Abraham Lincoln, has been a huge surprise during the Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln” to hear that the president was born in low social standing and little educated family. Abraham Lincoln was born in rural farmlands of Kentucky in 1809, and moved to different states several times: first to Indiana and later to Illinois. The future president of USA had less than a year of formal education, however it didn’t stop him to always feel hungry reading books and educate himself. Abraham Lincoln even wrote on shovel …show more content…
For example, Lincoln’s relationship with his wife - Mary Todd Lincoln (Sally Fields). During almost the whole movie the First Lady is grief stricken over the lost of her son Willie and all the stress of a Wartime presidential marriage. Possibly, she was suffering from some mental illness, what is understandable. However, during the scene at the White House reception, she showed all her loyalty defending her husband and herself again political critics.
Another emotional film moment in which Lincoln has to raise the flag outside of naval building, after a short and self – deprecating speech that he wrote on a small piece of paper and kept in his hat. It is a perfectly managed scene: shy, non dramatic and kind of comic.
The film more concentrated on the final months of Lincoln’s era, including the ending of slavery, the surrender of Confederacy and his assassination. Lincoln believed that slavery is immoral and not appropriate, but he also assumed the 13 th Amendment a masterpiece in pushing away the financial foundations of the