Abraham Lincoln: Underrated Hunter

I can't help but feel that I lack creativity - blame the mediocre title of this blog post. I know I suck at this but you shouldn't care. But you SHOULD care about Abraham Lincoln. 

When the film was announced, I thought that the whole premise of the film was unnecessary, lame, stupid, dumb, and the list goes on. Unfortunately I was oblivious to the fact that it was based on a book - which people still don't know! 

Soon they launched a bunch of epic trailers such as this one: 

             

Lincoln (Benjamic Walker) giving the Gettysburg address. 

As it released unto the masses, Vampire Hunter received a bunch of negative reviews. Everything ranging from stupid to the-director-was-really-drunk - it was clear that half the people didn't know it was based on a book (which was honestly far better) Nevertheless, I for one had the guts to go out there and sit through this movie with a friend in an empty theater (save for that one guy sitting all the way at the front) - it was empty probably because it was nearing it's end at the box office. 

Not gonna lie, I thoroughly enjoyed this gothic and grim take on honest Abe's life. Who would've thought he'd be so bad-ass as a vampire hunter? But then again, I'm not a reviewer so, here's my take on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter's visual effects. 

Vampire Hunter makes good use of the legendary slow-mo effect - regardless that there's loads of slow-mo to be marveled at in this flick. The movie has a comic book feel to it - seeing as how the whole premise of the film is very 'comic-like'. 

The first half of the film was excruciatingly painful to watch because it was so badly paced out (yes, a tad worse than John Carter) but then as things progress, the plot turns ugly and with it comes the intensity and the tension that I was waiting for all along. There were instances where I went, 'Holy Sh*t!'. 

Lincoln riding a horse in pursuit of a fleeing vampire

A lot of the landscape sort of shots - like the horse stampeded as seen in the trailer - look like something out of a Playstation 2 game. But this shouldn't be a problem because the movie needs to be looked at in light of it's premise. In other words, surreal and otherwise absurd plot = surreal and otherwise comic visual style. 

Here's a short breakdown reel: 

             


I was overpowered by the feeling of disgust when I saw those reviews as they missed the point of the film by a long shot. Thus, I will, from now on, avoid taking the ratings too seriously because of their mediocre and false opinions on great movies. TAKE THAT FLIXTER!