Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?!

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by listopencil

I don't buy that actor as Lincoln.

But you buy the premise of the movie?

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Frankie

But you buy the premise of the movie?

Of course. I happen to be a vampire slave owner from the South myself, and a staunch defender of States Rights.

[Frankie]

Originally Posted by listopencil

Of course. I happen to be a vampire slave owner from the South myself, and a staunch defender of States Rights.

Heh.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Frankie

Heh.

I admit the Civil War was a tactical mistake. It was unnecessary. We completely missed the Chinese population. It's all good now.

[listopencil]

He does look better with the beard though.

[Deberg_1990]

Anyone interested?? SO for only 39% on RT.....


IMO this summer has been pretty weak so far....lots of disappointing movies.



http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/abra...ampire_hunter/

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

IMO this summer has been pretty weak so far....lots of disappointing movies.

Eh, I dunno. Most of the disappointments were expected to be disappointments, and many of them were actually better than their box-office results. For what they were--and how poorly people expected them to perform after word got out that they were clunkers--"MiB3", "Snow White", and "Dark Shadows" were actually better than I expected; not great, by any means, but certainly worthy of killing 2 hours with a matinee ticket. I loved "Cabin In The Woods". "Avengers" needs no explanation. "Prometheus", while flawed, delivered. And then there's some dude dressed like a bat coming up soon...

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by JD10367

Eh, I dunno. Most of the disappointments were expected to be disappointments, and many of them were actually better than their box-office results. For what they were--and how poorly people expected them to perform after word got out that they were clunkers--"MiB3", "Snow White", and "Dark Shadows" were actually better than I expected; not great, by any means, but certainly worthy of killing 2 hours with a matinee ticket. I loved "Cabin In The Woods". "Avengers" needs no explanation. "Prometheus", while flawed, delivered. And then there's some dude dressed like a bat coming up soon...

Avengers = Great
Dark Shadows = no
Battleship = no
MIB3 = no
Snow White = meh
Madagasgar 3 = decent
Prometheus = great but flawed
Sandler and Rock of Ages = meh


Disappointing summer up to this point

[Frazod]

I expect a lot of the negativity to come from people who can't get past the absurdity of the concept, or those with the mindset of HOW DARE THEY DO THIS TO LINCOLN DON'T THEY KNOW HE WAS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVARR111!!!!!111.

I enjoyed the book, I'll probably give the movie a shot.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by frazod

I expect a lot of the negativity to come from people who can't get past the absurdity of the concept, or those with the mindset of HOW DARE THEY DO THIS TO LINCOLN DON'T THEY KNOW HE WAS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVARR111!!!!!111.

I enjoyed the book, I'll probably give the movie a shot.

I haven't read the book, but it sounds like a cool concept to me. I'll see it, but probably in DVD format.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I haven't read the book, but it sounds like a cool concept to me. I'll see it, but probably in DVD format.

The book is basically historical fiction with a vampire twist. There are numerous factual occurrences mentioned in the books - the author does a good job weaving in his vampire story around them. It was very clever.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by frazod

The book is basically historical fiction with a vampire twist. There are numerous factual occurrences mentioned in the books - the author does a good job weaving in his vampire story around them. It was very clever.

Yea, i heard its a very serious take done without snark or parody.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Yea, i heard its a very serious take done without snark or parody.

Some of the stuff was so well thought out I found myself thinking how cool it would be if his explanations were true.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by frazod

The book is basically historical fiction with a vampire twist. There are numerous factual occurrences mentioned in the books - the author does a good job weaving in his vampire story around them. It was very clever.

That's interesting, because from the title alone, I'd expect it to be very campy.

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by patteeu

I haven't read the book, but it sounds like a cool concept to me. I'll see it, but probably in DVD format.

while heavily inebriated