Not by any measure worth the price of seeing it in the theater.
The heroes were dull, the villains were dull, the fights were dull, the entire movie was dull, dull, dull....
If I hadn't been watching it with family I would have left and snuck into a different theater.
If I had to say anything nice about the film it would be that at least the fight scenes weren't done with that shaky-cam garbage that's ruined almost every movie fight the last few years (they were still dull), and that I was pleasantly surprised when Mary Todd Lincoln didn't become either a DiD or Action Girl at any point during the film.
In fact, if not for the historical inaccuracy of her character bugging me I'd call Mary Elizabeth Winstead's performance as Mary Todd the best thing in the film.
Doesn't save the film by any means though, definitely a rental at best.
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It was bad enough to be hilarious, we couldn't stop laughing. A great movie if you like bad movies.
I'd definitely say that it's one of those unintentionally hilarious movies. The premise is completely ridiculous. I almost lost it when Lincoln gains the superpower to chop through a tree in one swipe. Or how they managed to get all the silver in Washington melted down into weapons and delivered to Gettysburg before the battle ended.
I'd say if you watch it, put aside the historical inaccuracies and just laugh at the sheer incompetence it took to make this movie.
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It was bad enough to be hilarious, we couldn't stop laughing. A great movie if you like bad movies.
I'd definitely say that it's one of those unintentionally hilarious movies. The premise is completely ridiculous. I almost lost it when Lincoln gains the superpower to chop through a tree in one swipe. Or how they managed to get all the silver in Washington melted down into weapons and delivered to Gettysburg before the battle ended.
I'd say if you watch it, put aside the historical inaccuracies and just laugh at the sheer incompetence it took to make this movie.
Historical inaccuracies? In a movie entitled Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? Perish the thought.
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Haven't seen it, but I do appreciate the look at Lincoln's vampire hunting. It's barely mentioned in history texts.
Not by any measure worth the price of seeing it in the theater.The heroes were dull, the villains were dull, the fights were dull, the entire movie was dull, dull, dull....
If I hadn't been watching it with family I would have left and snuck into a different theater.
If I had to say anything nice about the film it would be that at least the fight scenes weren't done with that shaky-cam garbage that's ruined almost every movie fight the last few years (they were still dull), and that I was pleasantly surprised when Mary Todd Lincoln didn't become either a DiD or Action Girl at any point during the film.
In fact, if not for the historical inaccuracy of her character bugging me I'd call Mary Elizabeth Winstead's performance as Mary Todd the best thing in the film.
Doesn't save the film by any means though, definitely a rental at best.
What is DiD?
Haven't seen it, but I do appreciate the look at Lincoln's vampire hunting. It's barely mentioned in history texts.
I want to see the old TV show "Secret Diary of Desmond Pfieffer" mashed up with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
That would be a win, IMHO....
Firstly, the book wasn't nearly so bad as you'd think and was a bit better than the movie seems to be. Linc in the books is badass but not superhumanly so and he is by virtue of planning, knowing what to expect and ambush. Vamps were never HUGE numbers in the books. They were maybe a few thousand at the most but they pulled the political strings etc.
Of course Hollywood sodded it up altogether - its not enough that the future president is killing vamps? noooo gotta give him badass uber powers and a mass vamp vs human battle.
This deserves emphasis. I felt a big part of the problem was that the movie couldn't decide if it wanted to be largely historically accurate (with vampires) as in the book, or go over the top with the 300-style battles.
I think, that while it would have done a disservice to the book, it would have been a better movie if the filmmakers had decided to chuck "reality" out the window and embraced the lunacy. Just non-stop fights throughout the film, ending with Lincoln leading the charge against the vampire hordes at Gettysburg in a 300-style march to a one-on-one with a vampiric Jefferson Davis.