Paraphrase Practice

Paraphrase Practice

"But this is, after all, a movie, a drama, an entertainment (if you will), not a documentary. For all of our wailing about the lack of historical knowledge, awareness, teaching, and reading, historical and biographical movies increasingly feel compelled to pay a much heavier duty in period-correct appearances than the costume-dramas of our parents’ generation, and it’s satisfying to see that Spielberg pays his duty so lavishly. But a preoccupation with authenticity at the expense of story has capsized more than a few historical movies at their dock, and Lincoln has not entirely escaped that problem." - A Civil War Professor Reviews 'Lincoln': Daily Beast

My paraphrase of this selected passage is: Although the war professor critiquing Lincoln recognizes that Lincoln is meant more so for entertainment than that of a historical documentary, they commend the director for his dedication to making sure costumes and details are especially perfected to their time. Although they do acknowledge his ability to pay such fine attention to detail, they do not disregard the fact that he also has perfectly kept true to the story of Lincoln. The professor says that many historical films lack an interesting story due to the fact that they are trying to stay authentic to the time. Although they do commend Lincoln for their ability to stay true to the story, they agree that it at some points lacks an interesting story.