Lincoln (2005)

Inside story of President Lincoln

I think most people agree that Lincoln was one of the best presidents in American History, if not the best. This DVD show what was the driving force behind his success and the difficulties he faced. I watched this DVD more than once. It's very interesting. January 2, 2008

History Channel's Inside Abraham Lincoln

I really like this video because it shows you the internal struggles he overcame.

It is very informative. I found it to be very inspiring.

Abraham Lincoln will always be a special American President and this video exemplifies this in great detail. October 25, 2007

Please - buy "Team of Rivals" instead ...

I lost almost all credibility of The History Channel after airing this hatchet job. For starters, the various editing techniques make you feel like you're watching "The Blair Witch Project". Then Using crackpot "historians" such as Gore Vidal as their expert Lincoln scholars, this is not a balanced portrait of Lincoln, who is described as a manic depressive with homosexual tendancies. Please take the time to read Doris Kearns-Goodwin's book, "Team of Rivals". It may take longer to read but it least it is accurate. This DVD is 100 percent garbage. If I could give it no stars I certainly would have. August 19, 2006

A dark cloud over Lincoln:

Lincoln is probably one of the toughest individuals to grasp. Once you think you have him understood, something else about him comes out of the woodwork to make him more elusive.

Interestingly, this production allows us further insight to him in a unique, dark perspective at times. This production probably isn't correctly named as it's not about Lincoln in the complete form, but it takes a much darker, closeted approach to explaining the man.

I think many people were taken back a bit by this production and were expecting something lighter, more cheerful and triumphant about Lincoln but instead this film is the opposite. I can't say it was totally negative, it just offered strange, unusual insight and possibilities to this complex character. What this show tried to convey was just how some of Lincoln's motivations, considerations and mind state were developed from earlier boyhood years and dealing with depression.

I wasn't too keen on some of the considerations of Lincoln and possible suicidal tendencies. Unfortunately, this production focused a lot on negative things about Lincoln shading him in a dark shroud with shocking misery. It does offer interesting perspective, but the opinions stated are simply that. Opinions without fact. I know Lincoln had issues and had a lot of carry on his shoulders throughout life although I don't think he was so distraught, fearing and suicidal as this documentary portrays. April 5, 2006

A very different perspective

i myself have always been very intersted in the Civil War history, read all about it all the Biographies and all the history books, so to me this is great some new version to the history as it was "dectatied" to me when i was in school, so to me this is fresh new look at him, i honestly really always admired the man, what man who went through all that negative things when he was a child to the leading the american civil war
to the death of his son, And in my eye Lincoln will never be a "Loser" with anyone in history theres always the dark side of life that gets dragged out for the public every now and again. March 1, 2006

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