This is one of my pet peeves when watching any historical drama. It´s one thing to be creative and take artistic license when depicting fiction; it´s quite another to mess with the cultural memory of future generations by making inaccurate films. Witness the number of people who have grown up completely unaware of the roots of the conflict in Vietnam and the conduct of the war. Playing fast and loose with the facts is just wrong and lazy, not to mention unnecessary.

This is not the only distortion in the film - it has sanitized Mr. Lincoln, cleansing him of his opinions and actions which would today be considered Racist - nor does it mention his attempts to colonize blacks to get them out of the U.S.A. - and so much more - this film makes history politically correct.

Lincoln and Abolitionist wanted all slaves freed and sent back to Africa. That is not PC.

#2, the movie is a short snapshot of Lincolns last few weeks as President, and centered on only the fight to ratify. It is true that Lincoln had many faults, as does every human but one.

But to insist that his one triumphal achievement, eradicating slavery, cannot be told without invoking all that could be considered bad about the man is just the kind of "History" we constantly accuse the left of teaching. The politically correct idea that all historic figures should be judged not based on their actions in context with the reality of their specific world but by the standards and normative notions of the present day. By through that twisted ideological lens none of our national heros would look very good.

Lincoln lived in the 19th century, had he behaved as we would force him to in 2011 he would not have been Lincoln.

Sorry, this was a MOVIE, not a documentary (the two, however, frequently share a penchant for inaccuracy). For instance, Lincoln didn´t bleed for every slave. He wanted to preserve the union. That was the reason for the war.

On a personal note, I found two hours of Daniel Day Lewis talking to be extremely boring. Plus, 90% of the movie was in 70% darkness. I gave this movie 4 out of 10. I could not see why everyone raved.

Kudos to Rep. Courtney.

Just because it is a MOVIE does not mean that the truth should be ignored or portrayed incorrectly. While I understand the need to eliminate some details in order to meet time constraints, there is no excuse for depicting the facts incorrectly. Most people get their knowledge of history from sources like this.

Hollywood has never been known to let facts get in their way of a big box office.

I sup[pose it is too late for anyone to read, but for what it is worth.There is a country in Africa called "Libria" wich was founded by freed American slaves who started settling there in 1820. If Lincoln wanted to help freed slaves who opted for going to a country that would be their, would that have been such a terrible thing?