Why so much hype?

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Simply Perfect

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Well, I picked this up on blueray at a local story without knowing anything about it. Unfortunately, it is not what I expected. This is not a theatrical movie. IT's more like a documentary from the history channel or something. It was okay if you like watching TV but don't expect a movie. Historically it is very accurate but I did have some problems with this. For starters,, "from this point Lincoln has 12 days to live." Wow,, seriously? They kept counting this down. Very TV like. Secondly, why does everyone portray Lincoln as the slowest moving man in history? He wasn't that old. I'm pretty sure a guy his age could walk faster than a snail moving through molasses, but every actor seems to think Lincoln moved and walked like a 105 year old man! Finally,, and this is the one that really bugs me. Several times now, including in this movie,, actors doing narration refer to a horse mounted unit as THE CALVARY.. That is wrong. Calvary was the hill where Jesus was crucified. The word is CAVALRY - a horse mounted unit.. the V comes before the L. Does no one in Hollywood or the US. realize this? Why doesn't a script supervisor, set historian, or someone else say,, "Excuse me,, you're pronouncing that word wrong. It just cheapens the whole production.

Unike the highly acclaimed, and deservedly so, Spielberg film "Lincoln", this film goes behind the assassin John Wilkes Booth and his wish not only to kill the president, but also to overthrow the American government. The story behind the shot at Ford's Theater which killed Abraham Lincokn on April 14th 1865. The story is a docudrama, narrated by Tom Hanks, telling about the attempts to kill Lincoln from right months before, until they managed to do so. Interesting film, made for National a geographic Channel, especially for use to historically accuracy and for educational use, based on the best selling book with the same name by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. The film is made as accurate as possible, and that down to where people stood on photos, and it is made as a hybrid movie, which jumps out and in of the story, while also using time to dwell in photos and Tom Hanks as the story teller. Hanks is a descendant of Lincoln, hence Nancy Hanks actually was the name of Abraham Lincoln's mother.Not only Lincoln was killed on this night, but it was a conspiracy not unlike a coup d'Etat, when Booth run up on the stage seconds after the killing shouting "Sic semper tyrannis" from the stage afterwards. (So dies a tyrant.) After that starts the biggest man hunt in American history as well.Well worth a watch, and great stuff for usage for educational use, but also compelling watch off others who wants an accurate history telling.

Just like the forces of al Qaida 150 years later, John Wilkes Booth had visions of decapitating the United States government.This made-for-TV adaptation of Bill O'Reilly's bestseller is an interesting account of the multi-pronged plot against Lincoln, his secretary of state, and his vice president one epochal night in 1865.Though no dead-ringer for the 16th president, Billy Campbell does a creditable job of portraying an ever-humble leader who seemed to genuinely care for the common man. "You are a free citizen; kneel to no one but God," Lincoln advises a freed slave.Jesse Johnson (son of Patti D'Arbanville of Cat Stevens fame) is believable as Booth, whose histrionics bordered on megalomania ("I stand with Brutus!").As in any drama about the assassination, this one might prompt you to wonder whether Lincoln had a death wish. Sure, he spoke of fearing rumors more than snipers, but riding alone at night through an isolated farm field when you are the most hated man in the South does seem a bit suicidal. Similarly, he was a true sitting duck at Ford's Theater. (And why was it initially a mystery who had fired the shot? I thought Booth was one of the most famous actors in America!)This drama mentions a number of interesting side players traceable on Wikipedia. Consider reading about Sgt. Boston Corbett, the military man who shot and killed Booth against orders. Now there's an intriguing bio!

For over fifty years, I have been intrigued with the story of the Lincoln assassination. For the past thirty-eight years, I have lived with it on a day-to-day basis as first a volunteer and then director of the Surratt House Museum in Clinton, Maryland. During that time, I have worked with researchers, authors, journalists, and a variety of film makers from the old In Search Of series, Unsolved Mysteries, History Channel productions, and more - including The Conspirator movie directed by Robert Redford.Through those years, I have waited patiently for someone to give an accurate, detailed account based on the facts of the Lincoln conspiracy. I finally have seen the best depiction to date with Killing Lincoln. Thank you to all the writers, directors, cast members, and production staff who finally took the time to get the story right. It's an event that came at the end of a horrible war and changed the course of American history. With skillful writing, directing, and acting - and with the excellent guiding narrative by Tom Hanks, my waiting patiently has paid off. Thanks to all.