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The guy wasn't saying the 13th Amendment was tyrannical, he was saying the way Lincoln was describing his own use of his war powers sounded tyrannical (suspension of habeas corpus was certainly illegal). But that's why they needed the amendment, to make it all legal.

From what I have gathered he was always against slavery, but he was moderate in how he thought it should be ended, preferring to contain it until died out, until the civil war started changing his viewpoint

The night Lincoln was shot, his little boy was at a play at a different theatre in Washington

This screen play was based on a non fiction book called Team of Rivals. As in he filled his cabinet with rivals to ensure he can anticipate the general arguments. Yes. He was very much against slavery. That’s the whole point of the new abolitionist Republican Party. Lincoln was the first Republican president to for that purpose. However, since the civil war, the reunification of the union took the front seat. He did leverage the war to ensure the 13th amendment passed.

It wasn't filmed in the White House or in DC. They filmed it around Richmond, VA - mostly near the State Capitol building (which looks similar to the US capitol and other classic buildings). I remember the film crew putting down sod/grass around the outside. One of my friends was an extra. Always thought it was interesting because Lincoln walked around Richmond and the Capitol after it's fall in 1865, and those same rooms housed Confederate politicians from 1861-1865.

This makes a fun double feature with "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." Also more dramatic than historical. 🙂

Been with you from day 1, best reactor on RU-vid bar none! On a side note, it'd be interesting to see some of your work. Perhaps a weekly upload of the photos you've taken that week 🤔. Keep up the great content on all your channels. Rarely a video I skip 🙌

Didn’t include the “Now” scene?

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THANK YOU. Seriously. Somebody FINALLY reacts to this extremely amazing and important movie. I've been screaming at the rafters on multiple channels to react to this magnificent performance and magnificent movie. So thank you. Seriously. This movie is amazing.

I firmly believe that Daniel Day Lewis is one of the best actors to ever grace the stage or the screen.

The "King Abraham Africanus" had a double meaning. It was both a way to say king of the african population in America and a reference to the Roman general Scipio Africanus who had defeated the Carthigians during the Second Punic War. Hes effectively calling him a Roman-style tyrant in the US (and backing it up by calling him a "usurping Caesar" in the next line). Most educated people were well-versed in classical history during this period

This movie is quite accurate. It was based off a portion of the book "A Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin, the title taken from the fact that his cabinet which filled with people that all thought they could have done a better job as president. It's a great read.

From a classical liberal/free-market perspective, Lincoln was a free-soiler, so he was always against slavery. Even though he personally believed in the abolition of slavery, he was not a radical abolitionist. He believed in the gradual abolition of slavery; so, he was a moderate abolitionist. He made his free-soiler; moderate abolitionist stance crystal clear as early as 1854 & during his entire campaign for the presidency. With that being said, he did not campaign on, or win the presidency, wanting to abolish slavery, all together. He campaigned on, and in part won the presidency, arguing against the expansion of slavery. Because of Lincoln's stance on slavery, as a free-soiler & opposed to the expansion of slavery, the southern states seceded. Eventhough he was a free-soiler & against slavery, his initial goal was to end the war, and bring the southern states back into the union. Only later, was Lincoln persuaded by military necessities & by radical abolitionists to outright abolish slavery.

Slavery was "on its way out" globally, but that only drove up its value domestically. Slavery was more profitable than ever before in 1861.

There is evidence from before the Civil War that Lincoln was against slavery. He was for ending slavery. You have to be born in or near Springfield, Illinois, and grew up there. He was known to be against slavery even in his youth in the 1840's. Locally, passed down from people who knew him like Governor Oglesby, the only Illinois governor based in Decatur, Illinois. The Lincoln Museum in Springfield has rare older documents of people who knew him personally. The movie is more accurate than from the central Illinois perspective than the common but inaccurate belief he was only against slavery later in the war. His Mother's family, the Hanks, are still extant in Central Illinois, I know one of them, she owns a local company. Yes, actor Tom Hanks is part of that Hanks family.

2:25 To say Abraham Lincoln wasn't interested in slavery, that he was a moderate just shows your complete ignorance to his history. Lincoln grew up in a home with parents extremely opposed to slavery. "Early on in life," he gave countless public speeches raging against slavery. He wrote against it very strongly eloquently, and often. He was even voted out of office because of his radicalism. When an amendment was proposed, very early in his presidency to enshrine slavery in the constitution to keep the union intact (states began withdrawing before he even took the oath of office), he said he'd "rather go to his grave than sign it." His entire life he spoke eloquently and strongly slavery. Lincoln was NOT EVER wishy washy on the subject slavery, he wrote publicly, in he early 20s "if slavery is not evil, then nothing on this Earth is." It was his eloquence on the subject and zeal during the first year of the war that drew most of his base supporters! Lincoln PUSHED the abolition of slavery his whole life, and he paid for it.

The reason they are”playing games” when trying to get the amendment to pass is the same reason we play games today. Some people were definitely proslavery. Some people were definitely anti-slavery. And it’s the people in the middle that you have to appease. Too strong, and anti-slavery move will scare them to the other side. and Lincoln was never for slavery. He just knew better than to say he was going to free the slaves. I think he played his cards brilliantly.

Lincoln (2012) is one of my favorite Civil War films ever made! Not to mention it’s distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Did you know, Lincoln was a vampire slayer? He did it with his axe. The same one George Washington owned.

Omg no, Lincoln was not black. He probably had Marfan Syndrome

Congratulations! You're literally the 2nd reactor that has reacted to this film. Great film. I recommend another great Spielberg gem for you to react to: Munich (2005). It was also nominated for Best Picture. Great reaction bro! 👍🏿

If you have not seen Stanley Kubrick's early film "Barry Lyndon" and you enjoy film making or even photography, you will enjoy it. They actually filmed some scenes purely by candlelight and special lenses barrowed from NASA!

Love watching your history loving brain go through this with your cinematographers eye....a highlight while I'm cratetraining a new puppy. Thank God for one headphone in while she cries it out.

8:35 Politicians are free to "flip," or let their true feelings come out, whenever they're not up for reelection. Obama towed the line with gay marriage until his second term, and then was basically "I'm all for it." McCain was dying, and basically said "F-You" to Trump trying to throw out the Affordable Care act without a solid replacement. If he was in good health and up for reelection, I wonder how that may have gone.

"That is a lawyer's dodge!" It's almost as if Lincoln had been a lawyer for 20 years before he was president...

Please watch videos that dispute the view that slavery was “on its way out.” I don’t think it was. If you are saying that over time the states that relied on slavery would be marginalized in National politics, we would like to think so.

Republican Platform of 1856: Resolved: That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign powers over the Territories of the United States for their government; and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism - Polygamy, and Slavery.

A newer version of the CRI, R96, has been developed, but it has not replaced the better-known Ra general color rendering index. Despite the high Ra CRI of candles, they are inadequate for even today's cameras. Lighting gaffers don't want to rely on them for light, however historically realistic they are. Dancing shadows and orange light won't give us clarity as to what is going on. A lot of this film is graded blue, and I don't think we see warm direct sunlight until the end in the open carriage. It's just meant to be cold, wintery and bleak.

Thomas Reed, who was speaker of the house in the late 1800's, hurled some excellent insults while a member of congress. The only one I remember (and my favorite) is "Every word you speak subtracts from the sum total of human knowledge."

The lamps in the scenes historically would have probably been burning whale oil which is a burns whiter and brighter than kerosene, but still not as white as an led.

Since you're so interested in the historical facts surrounding Lincoln, maybe "Atun-Shei's Check-mate Lincolnites" videos would be a good watch.

That commented about his father caving to his mother, and Lincoln's slap, actually happened at a White House dinner reception with many witnesses. And it 's more shocking because the Lincolns famously didn't use corporal punishment on their kids.

1964 had some of the bloodiest battles of the war. The wilderness campaign was a meat grinder, a series of successive battles, each one a bloody harvest and cold harbor being the worst. And that is just one region of the war. So the following spring there was a great deal of pressure to end the war.

Not alot of reactor react to this movie and it's amazing.

Side note: “seafood” at that time was considered “poor people food.” Talk to the Irish about that. Weird, huh?

It should be noted that the late Hal Holbrook, who played Francis Preston Blair (Famous 19th century American journalist, and advisor to several Republican presidents) also played Lincoln in the 1974 mini-series of the same name.

This movie was based on the book “Team of Rivals”, I happen to be listening to it on Audible, it’s very good!

Brilliant movie! The cast was top notch and all gave their best performances in this movie. The scenes with Daniel Day Lewis and Sally Fields were stunning, two icons facing off and performing some of the best scenes in movie history. Brilliant movie!

You say "all the other studies" but there are in fact many documents from the time including letters from Lincoln that demonstrate he was opposed to slavery--the issue was more that when he was younger he accepted it as part of the world he lived in and didn't think it could be changed. The idea that he liked it or felt it necessary seems much more of a stretch.

@MRBOYDMOVIEREVIEWS The screenplay by Tony Kushner was loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, and covers the final four months of Lincoln's life, focusing on his efforts in January 1865 to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude by having the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by the United States House of Representatives.

I love how Lincoln basically tricked them into rejoining the Union and giving up their slaves. He did it so quickly they were hit with a shockwave. They never saw it coming.

This was based off Team of Rivals. Though a small section of it. I wish someone like HBO would adapt the whole thing, it’d be great.

A friend of mine was an extra in this film. When another friend and I went to the movie, we kept an eye out for him. Knowing he was a guy with a big beard did not narrow it down much when we were looking for him in the film.

Thank goodness someone finally reacted to this great movie. Even better that you are a history buff. I would like to praise your keen eye and insane talent for yapping on and on about every little lighting and filming detail. Also, your history yammer certainly is interesting, interestingly naive, but interesting nonetheless. Truly one of the reaction videos of all time. 🔥🌲🔥🌳🔥🌲🔥 (bush)fire video bro!

Fun fact : Thaddeus Stevens was called "Radical" & "Commoner" because he fought for racial justice and abolishing of slavery. He was married to a free black woman , grew up poor , and had a disability called "clubfoot" which is why he walked with a cane .

Fernando Wood had been the mayor of New York city. The only other film I've seen with the actor playing Wood was one about the murder of a soldier at Ft Knox. He played a transgender actress.

Went to see this in theatre with a friend. Almost two hours in he leans over and says "This is fucking bullshit, where are all the vampires?" He thought we were going to the 'other' Abraham Lincoln movie released in 2012!

Black men got the vote long before women got the vote (always noting that for black men in the post-Reconstruction Era South, it enfranchisement in name only).

Thaddeus Stevens is from, and buried in, my hometown of Lancaster, PA. I try to get there at least once a year. Same with John Reynolds, who saved the entire Battle of Gettysburg and died there. He was Lancaster's finest citizen in opinion.

Kushner told Dave Davies of NPR that he read approximately 20 books on the subject. But former Slate writer Timothy Noah, now at The New Republic, has suggested that Michael Vorenberg’s 2001 book Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment was likely the major source for Kushner’s script-which, he told me in an email, he considers “superb,” “deeply researched and well-crafted.” When Vorenberg’s book was first published, several reviews praised it as the most comprehensive look to date at the debate and passage of the 13th Amendment, which is the focus of Lincoln. Goodwin’s book, while also widely praised, has a much broader focus, considering the entire Civil War and the policies Lincoln pursued in its course, and dwelling in particular on the lives of Lincoln and his cabinet members (the “team” of the title), as well as their wives.

LINCOLN, Steven Spielberg's epic film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, was filmed entirely in Virginia at sites in Richmond and Petersburg. Walk in the footsteps of the cast and crew on a self-guided trail featuring actual filming locations as well as restaurants, bars and shops that were favourites of the stars.

The source material is quite accurate. Lincoln was middling with his public stances on slavery at his very worst up until 1862-1863, but he was never an out and out friend of it in public in the proceeding years. But that was the same for every mainstream politician. He was deeply aggrieved by slavery, and detested it privately and personally, especially as he grew older. People cite the Horace Greeley quote ("If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that") as somehow proof that Lincoln approved of slavery, but it's not as simple as that, people focus only on the first part, but ignore the rest of the quote, and therefore sidestep the political reality of the mid 19th century in the United States. Lincoln had to moderate himself -- abolition, even leading up to the events portrayed in this movie, was considered an extreme position. Up until the war, he didn't believe (as many people did at the time) that it could be abolished. At some point, roughly 1862-1863, he understood that even if the North "won" the war, if slavery was not extinguished, there would be more war. It took a considerable amount of political courage, will, and calculation to bring abolition into the mainstream. So, it's not quite correct to say that Lincoln approved to slavery only until the very end of the war and his life (which is the same period that this film covers) -- because he didn't, he didn't approve of it, and to be fair, he was not a fire breathing opponent of it either. Lincoln only publicly advocated for the end of the slavery "near the end" because that was the only time that he could, and still effect change. I mean, it's easy to look back with 21st century eyes in judgement, but the reality of the situation was that for the dance he had to do to engineer the passage of abolition, alone , if you don't consider Abraham Lincoln the greatest US President to ever live, he's in the top three, at least in any credible historian's calculations.

Lincoln was against slavery but the aim of the war was to oreserve the Union. The Union was losing in the Eastern theater and he was scared if he made it about slavery the border States would side with the Confederacy. The tide if the war changed after Antiteam and he used that as a chance to make it about slavery. Making it about slavery also ensured that European powers would NOT side with the Confederacy. Especially Great Britian who were major traders with Southern States. But Lincoln was ALWAYS anti slavery, he was just an Emqcipationiat, not an Abolishinest.

The screenplay by Tony Kushner was loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,

Bro is talking about the lighting of the movie as if he knows better than Stephen Spielberg on how to light a movie. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 And fyi, there was no artificial light used in the movie. Danial Day Lewis does not work like that. He did not even let the cast wear modern sports shoes to come to the set, did not let them wear modern casual clothing on set, did not let anyone use paper cups either, it had to be any kind of porcelain cup or steel cups. Everything on set was period accurate.

Team of Rivals is amazing. A highly recommended read. While the script focused on the final months of his Presidency, the book was phenomenal. Spielberg bought the rights I believe before it was published.

If slavery isn’t wrong, I don’t know what is..,Lincoln said this after seeing a slave market in New Orleans even after being attacked on the Mississippi by African Americans

Lincoln actually has no living direct descendants. His last grandson died in the 1980’s, I believe, without any heirs.

You have such a beautiful voice. I have heard Lincoln was high and squeaky ... good they didn't have TV back then.

Im told the sorce material comes from a huge book called "team of rivals." I bought it a few months ago and im half way through it. Its a very long read.

He was a abolitionist. He hated slavery. But if he ran on just ending slavery he would've lost.

Wow a movie of by and for adults. Damn.

To this day, there's a Confederate enclave community in Brazil

I don't want to go back speaking like that. Everyone has their own speech

Lincoln was a political genius. Needed to take one step at a time so it would be eventually become a reality.

I just watched the movie "Logical"

The main source for this movie is the book "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Its about the struggle to pass the 13th Ammendment

Are we supposed to watch this and be captivated? There are so few reactions to this movie and this isn’t a reaction it’s a demolition.

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This guy is ignorant.

In summary, my high school librarian who was also an historian and Civil War bluff, told us Lincoln was against slavery morally but did not come out against its abolition until the potential to economically devastate the South became obvious and the military ramifications followed.

I would love to go back to speaking that way, so much more subtle, layers of meaning and clever irony......not to wax pedantic...

Do you notice when science popularists like Neil Degrasse Tyson or Bill Nye make videos where they tear a movie apart because a galaxy was spinning in the wrong direction or an object was entering the atmosphere faster than it should? Do you ever notice how despite being correct, most of us consider them sanctimonious, nitpicky, and devoid of the spirit of an honest review? No, clearly not based on your “reaction“.

It was about slavery.. to the higher ups in the confederacy.. but to the normal not rich 95% of people who didn't own slaves, it really didn't matter. It was about a one nation ruling federal government. Which was what they just fought against in the revolution. They looked at it like the English king having government they just defeated to earn their independence. They wanted states to rule each other, not a federal government. Naturally there were racist thinking people that did care. But general Lee and Jackson and others were quoted as saying they didn't care one way or another about if slavery existed or not. And had slaves but treated them like family. But if they fought against their state, then they would be fighting friends and family. And also didn't want a federal government

Also Lincoln never liked slavery but ran on not touching slavery in the south but he was opposed to it spreading.

Has he done Glory?

my main gripe with this film, and its a great movie, is Mrs lincoln being shown as supportive emotionally to Lincoln and not borderline abusive to him

I like watching your reactions but, you are a bit nitpicky when it comes to lighting and cinematography.

I looked forward to this movie very much , and when i saw it , i was very disappointed

please do your homework!! this movie was based on fact , right down to the pocket watch.. this is just one segment of his life.. just one. not his entire life, just shut up for a minute

BEING A BLACK MAN , YOU MISSED THIS BY A MILE BRO !!!

omg!!! next time do your research

Seriously? You are judging the creative standards of Steven Spielberg's lighting designer? What credentials do you have to mouth off like that? Have you even done so much as lighting design for a middle school play? So, I'm 6 minutes into your masterful presentation, and you have claimed superior knowledge of history and lighting tech to a collection of Oscar level film makers. Where is your film making masterpiece? Do you honestly believe Daniel Day Lewis would even step on the set of a film as poorly research as you insist this film is?