Old Sentimental Irish Bastard

Saw "Young Mr. Lincoln" and "Prisoner of Shark Island" last night. A quite enjoyable double bill. Henry Fonda is an incredible young Abe Lincoln...he has this wonderful, lanky physicality in the film and his hair and make up are fabulous. A couple of awesome scenes and some ridiculously sentimental moments which date the films terribly. But Young Mr. Lincoln demonstrates how a great performance stands the test of time...also serves as a reminder of the mythos of a good and decent America which I much prefer to the mythos of an imperial aggressive and conspiratorial America of today.