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Lincoln (2012) - Nostalgia Check
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This week on Nostalgia Check, we finally watch LINCOLN (2012) for the first time! Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed historical drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln takes us into one of the most important and turbulent moments in American history as Lincoln fights to pass the 13th Amendment and bring an end to slavery during the final months of the Civil War.
But does Lincoln actually live up to its massive reputation?
Brendan and Juan break down Lincoln for the first time, discussing Daniel Day-Lewis’s Oscar-winning performance, Steven Spielberg’s direction, the historical drama, the performances, the writing, the pacing, the Civil War setting, Abraham Lincoln’s character, the 13th Amendment, and whether Lincoln deserves its reputation as one of the greatest historical movies of the 21st century.
Is Lincoln a masterpiece? Is it too slow? Does Daniel Day-Lewis completely disappear into the role? And most importantly, does LINCOLN pass the Nostalgia Check?
We also make a BIG change to the Nostalgia Check wheel of years. Instead of continuing to randomly select movies from 2015 through 2025, we removed the entire 2015 to 2025 range and added the COMPLETE 1980s to the wheel. That means our movie time capsule is getting even bigger, and we could be heading all the way back to 1980 for our next movie.
Nostalgia Check is our ongoing movie series where we revisit movies we remember, discover movies we missed, and decide whether they’re actually as good as we remember. We aren’t just asking whether a movie is nostalgic. We’re asking whether it still holds up.
Watch our first time reaction and discussion of Lincoln (2012), then let us know in the comments: Does Lincoln pass the Nostalgia Check?
Of the Two Abe Lincoln movies we watched for 2012, which was better?
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