William Christian, taking the entitative view, contends that God has a single,
unceasing satisfaction, complete at any given time relative, however, to the given finite standpoint (IWM 294 - 300, 375).
In the tradition of many Spielberg films, Lincoln is ultimately a testament to the primal
satisfactions of
unceasing momentum, which, regardless of its satirical intentions, positions the film as a seductive alternative to the tales of political gridlock that currently fill most newspapers almost every day.