Gore Vidal's Lincoln
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Movie Reviews of Gore Vidal's Lincoln
Movie Review: Bland Mini-Series, Very Low Quality DVD
Summary: 2 Stars
I was surprised to find this DVD so cheap, then found out why as soon as I put it in my player. Like other DVDs from the "Platinum Disc Corporation," it looks like someone took a VHS copy of this film and just recorded it to DVD. The picture is not sharp, and the colors are washed out. Some scenes are so grainy and low-quality they look like they were recorded straight from the 1988 TV broadcast. This DVD also does something I've never seen before - it initially shows a running time of just 1:33, which made me think I only had the first episode of this mini-series. When Chapter 8 concludes, the disc resets itself back to 1:33 for the second episode. Total time is a little over 3 hours. The disc contains no special features.The film itself is, unfortunately, nothing special. Having been made after the heyday of the TV mini-series, its cinematography and less-than-stellar cast are almost as bland as the film's colors. Sam Waterston makes a good effort as Lincoln. Mary Tyler Moore is just adequate as Mary Todd Lincoln, although she does go over the top on a few occasions. Most of the other actors are stilted and unbelieveable, not to mention the atrocious accents some of them try to pass off. The battle scenes are short, bare-bones and poorly arranged; it looks as if they filmed all of the battles in one location and just used the same footage over and over, hoping no one would notice.
If you're looking for a really good Civil War mini-series, don't waste your time here. Wait for Warner to release all 3 North & South mini-series on DVD later this year (2004), and watch those instead.
Movie Review: Gore Vidal's Lincoln DVD
Summary: 2 Stars
An excellent made-for-TV film, which is well-written and well-acted. The 1.33:1 DVD has poor picture, hence the two-star rating.Movie Review: Lincoln
Summary: 2 Stars
I enjoyed this DVD very much. Abraham Lincoln is one of my favorite historical characters.Movie Review: HORRIBLE DVD RESOLUTION, SEEMS TO BE A BOOTLEG COPY
Summary: 1 Stars
This DVD appears to be a pirated dvd, copied from a master, verified by my television producing husband. I bought this dvd last year to watch with my homeschooled daughter and because it's 3 hours long, didn't get to it last year. But, when we finally did try to watch it, it's so visually distorted that it seems that you are watching it through a foggy yellow lens.
Awful, awful. And, what's worse is that because I didn't have a chance to watch it earlier, I CAN'T EVEN RETURN IT!
Don't buy this dvd from this source!! Buyer BEWARE!