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"I have no idea what Spielberg was trying to do."
He's made a lot of headlines in the past taking his Hollywood peers to task, and now Django Unchained's Samuel L. Jackson admits he wasn't a fan of the ending of Steven Spielberg's acclaimed biopic Lincoln.
"I don't understand why it didn't just end when Lincoln is walking down the hall and the butler gives him his hat," Jackson said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Why did I need to see him dying on the bed? I have no idea what Spielberg was trying to do."
Jackson, who was directed by Spielberg in Jurassic Park, added, "I didn't need the assassination at all. Unless he's going to show Lincoln getting his brains blown out. And even then, why am I watching it? The movie had a better ending 10 minutes before."
He's made a lot of headlines in the past taking his Hollywood peers to task, and now Django Unchained's Samuel L. Jackson admits he wasn't a fan of the ending of Steven Spielberg's acclaimed biopic Lincoln.
"I don't understand why it didn't just end when Lincoln is walking down the hall and the butler gives him his hat," Jackson said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "Why did I need to see him dying on the bed? I have no idea what Spielberg was trying to do."
Jackson, who was directed by Spielberg in Jurassic Park, added, "I didn't need the assassination at all. Unless he's going to show Lincoln getting his brains blown out. And even then, why am I watching it? The movie had a better ending 10 minutes before."
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