Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [DVD] [2012]

I never heard of the book before the movie came out. When I saw the first poster for this movie in the lobby of the local theater, I thought this was a joke. When I took a closer look at the poster I noticed this is a Tim Burton film. Burton does have crazy ideas. I do not think I would have gone to this film if it was not done by him. I did not know what to expect because there were not many trailers available for this film either. I found out this was adapted from a book about a week before this was released to the theater so I did not read the book. Within the first five minutes of the film I knew from the style of film Burton did not direct this. I thought this was going to be a disappointment. It was not. What I liked most about the movie is it did not go between a drama and a quirky comedy. There were not any cute puns (which I absolutely hate) to change the tone of the story or the characters. The script stayed on track. Many critics blamed the movie for taking itself too seriously. I think it did the right thing. If it would have gone between drama and comedy it would have not had a purpose. This movie is fun despite the fact it is a drama. It tells the alternative story of Abraham Lincoln. I know there are not vampires and this movie was not attempting to convince people there are. It is clearly a piece of serious fiction like 'The DaVinci Code.' If people want an escape from reality with some fun storytelling and great action sequences this is a great movie to see!

A creative, if bizarre, exercise in secret history, yet not offensive to the actual peoples and events of the period, naysayers' claims to the contrary, as other films take odder liberties with history (did anyone think X-Men: First Class trivialized the Cuban Missile Crisis, by making it an evil mutant plot, for example?), but are harmless. Those concerned with such things have a responsibility to read a history book, and learn how things really happened. Yes, the movie, written by the same author who wrote the book, took more liberties with history than the book did (2 premature historical deaths--no spoilers), but then, this is Benjamin Walker's portrayal of Young Mister Lincoln, not Henry Fonda's. Even with the weird circumstances and motives for Lincoln's actions, as well as the horror and action star elements, it still manages to depict Abe as a noble, honorable icon, not a joke.

Great 3D, no blurring. Story line is what it is but still decent. The CGI was fantasic. Well worth $20.

Timur Beksomethingtov has decided to re-write history. Although I prefer his original films, Nightwatch/Daywatch. This was fun to watch

I went on vacation last year and visited Springfield, Illinois and the various Lincoln related sites there. On the way, I visited his mother's grave and where he lived in Indiana. I also visited his father's grave and visited the site where he was raised in Illinois. During the trip, I read and studied almost everything about Lincoln. It was amazing how the film related to actual history that I had fresh in my mind. I've been to Gettysburg and Washington, DC sites too. History re-written!

Really creative plot based on the book. Some great action scenes and effects . Movie grabs u from the beginning and doesn't stop !!

Bought this for the teenagers and didn't expect to like it, but I must say I really enjoyed it. I thought the plot would be hokey, but it is really well conceived and executed. The whole concept just works.

This was actually an all right movie, the plot was so outrageous that I wanted to see it to find out what the hell it was. Everything was good, axe handling was cool, the only thing that bothered me was how young and nievee they portrayed the younh Abe, thats just my opinion though.