Hello and welcome! For my readers outside of the US, we here in the states have a big election coming up (actually with the increased number of mail-in and early voters, the election has already started). We will be electing a president, so to honor our big decision I am going to take you back to the year 2012 (the “good ol’ days”) when we got two movies about our 16th president. One of which is based on historical facts the other one is entirely fiction, you can decide which is which. So without further ado let’s begin in order of release date.
Background
This movie is based on the best-selling novel of the same name, written by Seth Grahame-Smith. The movie was directed by Timur Bekmambetov, and it was also produced by, certifiable nutball, Tim Burton. On a side note, this movie was released by 20th Century Fox, making this movie now owned by Mickey.
Plot
This movie starts when Abraham Lincoln was a child, and his mom was murdered by a vampire. Years later, Abe meets Henry, who shows him how to hunt vampires, so he can take revenge for his mom’s death. Henry shows Lincoln that the only way to kill a vampire is with silver. Later on, we find out that Henry is actually a vampire himself and that the vampires are fighting alongside the Confederates in the Civil War.
Opinion
This movie is a complete mess! So let’s start with the parts I like. The acting is actually pretty good, not oscar level but pretty good nonetheless. The choreography in the fight scenes is well done, and the music, while not really memorable, has nothing wrong with it.
Okay, now let’s get into the bad stuff. The costume design and make-up are not the best, Abraham Lincoln looks like a guy in a Lincoln Halloween costume. The cinematography and editing, especially in the fight scenes, has too many jump cuts making it hard to follow and kind of overwhelming. Now for the screenplay, the story jumps around too much making the movie extremely hard to follow and convoluted. For example, in the movie, it is revealed that a vampire can not kill another vampire, but in the climax we clearly see 2 vampires killing each other? The writer needs to read his own writing!! Overall Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is a convoluted mess!
There are some enjoyable parts, but there are not enough of them for me to recommend this movie. I give this movie 1½ stars out of 5.
Join me next time, for hopefully a much better movie with Stephen Spielberg’s Lincoln.
Goodnight and Bee Happy!™
Mr. Bee
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