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texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 09:57 PM Jul 2012

Just watched Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, what a weird movie.

I liked it but damn.

This movie put a new spin on Abe and the Civil War.

Worth a look.

I went to the first show for $5.25 a good deal, then went down the hall to see the new Spider Man movie.

I like this Spider Man, also worth a look.

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mucifer

(23,521 posts)
2. I enjoyed the movie, too. To me it felt like a parody of hollywood action movies.
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 10:11 PM
Jul 2012

But, I might be the only one who felt that way. It was so over the top and hollywood action movie formulaic.

mucifer

(23,521 posts)
5. Yeah it was but watching Abraham Lincoln as a vampire slayer was just silly.
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 10:33 PM
Jul 2012

My disbelief could not be suspended. I was amused. Tho I wouldn't see it twice or give it a great recommendation, after reading about Lincoln and taking a great free online course about Lincoln: http://www.academicearth.org/courses/the-civil-war-and-reconstruction-era-1845-1877
it was fun to see something so ridiculous that took itself serious, or did it?

texanwitch

(18,705 posts)
6. What a idea for movie, I needed a break for a few hours.
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 10:37 PM
Jul 2012


I just had to see the movie from title.

It was fun to watch, so silly.
 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
10. The scene were he was monologuing about fighting vampires using the law
Sat Jul 7, 2012, 11:08 AM
Jul 2012

and he was walking in to the senate in his suit and hat with white backlighting so all you could see is the silhouette. . . . that will go down for me as one of the most amazingly cheezy but awesome scenes in movie history.

 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
9. The thing I didn't get about it was
Sat Jul 7, 2012, 11:07 AM
Jul 2012

why did my teachers leave out all that stuff? That's exactly the sort of thing to get a kid interested in history.

mucifer

(23,521 posts)
11. One historian when interviewed about the movie said
Sat Jul 7, 2012, 11:50 AM
Jul 2012

something like " It's scarier that they weren't vampires".

What does that say about humanity?

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