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[UnluckyKate]

God it was amazing. People were notching their heads and facepalming everytime the trailers where screening and theaters and friends were giving me the weird look and saying " no way I'm not going to see that ". But I've been loving with a burning passion every movie from Timur Bekmambetov, from Night/Day Watch to Wanted, his style, over the top yet extremely fine sens of choregraphy and cinematography makes it, of course, not the movies of the year but amazingly refreshing and entertaining movies.

tdlr : Can't wait for Rosevelt, Nazie Zombie Killer and Obama, Taliban Ogre Hunter

 

[NoRéN]

Thank you for reminding me to rent this.

 

[ohhthegore]

Definitely enjoyed it for what it was, I have no problem with taking style over substance every once in a while

 

[NoRéN]

Definitely enjoyed it for what it was, I have no problem with taking style over substance every once in a while

Seriously. I don't understand how people are unable to enjoy a fun movie once in a while.

 

[Oblivion]

Apparently that hot Elizabeth chick is in this movie too.

 

[Candeldandel]

I loved how everything was super serious... and the sepia tone? Brilliant. Just like a documentary.

 

[genjiZERO]

I thought this was pretty terrible.... and not terrible in a good way.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Just watched this today.

Absolute Garbage.

Not even bad in a good way, just bad. The only way it could've been worse is if Tim Burton directed it and Johnny Depp stared.

 

[yamo]

Just watched this today.

Absolute Garbage.

Not even bad in a good way, just bad. The only way it could've been worse is if Tim Burton directed it and Johnny Depp stared.

Dont forget Helena Bonham Carter.

 

[Dabanton]

I've got a thing for Timur Bekmambetov movies so I'll definitely catch this as I missed it when it as at the cinema.

 

[soepje]

I just watched it today too. Why was it so terrible? I found it entertaining, like some Indiana Jones movie. Not awesome in any way, but also not as aweful as the RT rating seems to suggest.

 

[The Outsider]

This movie was complete dogshit.

 

[artist]

It's already out for rent? I might check it out ..

 

[the chris]

I enjoyed the book and couldn't watch the movie for more than thirty minutes before I decided to stop watching. Just didn't feel like the fun movie it should have been.

 

[Lucian Cat]

I watched it last night and wow. Wasn't quite as bad as I expected but damned if it wasn't terrible. Only thing to make me laugh was the axe randomly turning into a gun.

 

[Escape Goat]

The book was pretty terrible but I look forward to enjoying the movie for its ridiculous visuals.

 

[Wiktor]

I enjoyed it. It was dumb as hell, but funny and campy. Plus the action was really well done. I just feel the two parts of the movie (him being young and then president) didn't fit all that well together. The second part was definitely a lot weaker outside of the kickass train scene

 

[Escape Goat]

I just watched it and it was worse than I thought. I never expected it to be good but I thought it would at least be a guilty pleasure but I didn't even get that. Apparently Abraham Lincoln only had one child as well. His life with his emotionally absent father, his courtship of Mary Todd, meeting Edgar Allen Poe and a bunch of other incidents that give the world flavor are removed. we also get a Hollywood ending where Lincoln dies at the theater and isn't turned into a vampire by Henry. They don't live on into modern times fighting in the shadows which is infinitely more interesting than "and teh good guys won".

Bleh. The book itself wasn't a masterpeice but as a movie it just did not work at all.

 

[Polari]

I didn't really like it at all. Strangely humourless considering the concept.

 

[brandonh83]

I thought the stampede had a cool visual style to it. That's the only good thing I have to say about it. Completely forgettable, but that's high praise compared to what I thought about Wanted.

 

[jtb]

I was surprised it played the whole thing straight, but I guess it was so self-evident that the movie was one long extended gag that I'm kind of glad it did. It was fun.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Took itself way to seriously which was a shame.

That horse fight though. Rough stuff.

Still enjoyed it on a basic level.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

I fucking hate vampires movies, and this was a joke rental for the movie night to tease my wife with. The main movie turned out to be crap so I popped in this beauty..

Really good movie. Enjoyed every bit of it

 

[Camp Lo]

I loved the beginning. I hated the middle and end. It needed more hunting and less emancipating, I guess?

 

[Blizzard]

This was actually one of the more enjoyable movies I saw last year. I almost regretted seeing Judge Dredd and Looper, for comparison, but I had fun watching this one.

I really liked the axe, and the sense of impactful blows, and some of the stylistic things they did -- I seem to recall effective slow motion in places.

I actually think it could have been rather a good movie if they had trimmed it down a bit, and not taken some of the later parts quite as slow and seriously. And man, I loved the reading of Abraham Lincoln quotes, even if his real voice was supposed to be high-pitched or whatever. They're rather powerful even today.

 

[Eidan]

The horse scene was one of the dumbest action sequences I've seen. If the movie took itself less seriously, that could have been a recipe for hilarity. As it is though, it's just embarrassing.

 

[imotep]

I enjoyed it for what it was, but there are things from the book that I am baffled why they omitted.

 

[mr stroke]

One of the worst movies I have seen all year. I thought it would be a campy fun 2 hours, but everything about the movie is shit. Surprised since Wanted was awesome.

 

[Alphahawk]

Awful awful movie.

 

[Vazra]

The movie was so great that the day after I saw it I only remember the terrible horse scene and nothing else. It's not a bad movie itself but its a pretty forgettable one. Not because of the movie but because of the direction they went with it that simply was forgettable.

 

[Alphahawk]

Yeah that horse scene was pretty awful.

 

[Zzoram]

I found it quite amusing. I think it's funnier that they played it straight since it's so ridiculous a premise to begin with.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

Awful awful movie.

this. I enjoyed the book as well.

 

[nomis]

God it was amazing. People were notching their heads and facepalming everytime the trailers where screening and theaters and friends were giving me the weird look and saying " no way I'm not going to see that ". But I've been loving with a burning passion every movie from Timur Bekmambetov, from Night/Day Watch to Wanted, his style, over the top yet extremely fine sens of choregraphy and cinematography makes it, of course, not the movies of the year but amazingly refreshing and entertaining movies.

Every second of this movie looked utterly fucking atrocious. The CG coat of paint over anything in the stampede and the train sequence made me want to vomit up shit. It wasn't even good-bad, it was just a chore to get through.

 

[Qvoth]

Disappointing movie, especially since i liked the book and i think the author is the screenwriter for the movie

 

[Lucian Cat]

According to my previous post I watched this in October. I remember absolutely nothing of the movie. I'm ok with this

 

[Wolf Akela]

I just watched this movie and absolutely loved it. I'm surprised there was so much hate for it. I checked out reviews and most of the complaint I see are about expecting the movie to be a parody/joke, not a serious film. I actually really liked the dark and serious tones of the movie. The film really absorbed me into its atmosphere.

If I had negative things to say about the movie, I think it's how Lincoln gets too flashy while flipping his axe.

Really there are so many more movies that deserve the 40-50% ratings this got. I'd give it ~70% overall.

edit: I didn't even notice Mary was Ramona Flowers.