Pondering 'Lincoln' - The Sweet Spot

David Carr and A.O. Scott talk about Steven Spielberg's latest offering, and whether moviegoers prefer rollicking tales or history lessons.

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[Mooseman327]

Carr is absolutely right here. The word that they're pussyfooting around and not using for some reason is "kitsch." Kitsch is what makes just about all of Spielberg's work, despite it's glossy, technical excellence, all a bit tawdry, cheap and superficial. Spielberg's weakness is the inability to hit a true, emotional moment without signally to the audience, in some way, that "this is a true, emotional moment!"

[IRINA NAGY GYURIS]

Dude is your friend.I'm not your friend,OK?What do you know about vampires?Nothing.Only about from the movie.Go,open the Wikipedia to learn more.

Who make movies with vampires,hunt the succes,nothing else.And infect the mind of the young generation.Nothing more,i'm busy.

[timothyt0102]

Isn't "Catch Me If You Can" also based on actual history and on an actual person- who's still alive as an anti-fraudster consultant? What is David Carr doing by glossing over that fact? -.-

[Joshua Schwitzerlett]

Nice "Pondering". Don't waste your time with this waste of time (this youtube video, not the video on which they're piggybacking.)

[rafaelma]

Dude... What are you talking about?

[IRINA NAGY GYURIS]

Spielberg,or not,i don't like movies with vampires.No one.This is a sick fantasy.