Overrated and overhyped

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I had trouble believing Lincoln's mom (Robin McLeavy) was killed by a vampire when I am pretty sure it was a zombie infestation. Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) vows revenge and is taken under the tutoring of Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper) a backwoods Van Helsing. In spite of the vampire's brute strength, our rail splitter is able to keep pace. These are not real vampires, but those new Hollywood "Twilight" vampires that can go out into the sunlight.The events of Lincoln's life is at times out of sequence and incorrect. They put a disclaimer at the beginning of the film saying history isn't always recorded correctly. That is all fine and well, but they should have made it a little closer to demonstrate the writer took some time to do some research. As a vampire film, this has a few good special effects, but nothing we haven't seen before. There are plenty of vampire films out there I thought were vastly superior to this one.The unique aspect of this film is the addition of Lincoln which frankly wasn't integrated into the film that well from an historical point of view. I thought Asylum (Lincoln vs Zombies)did a better job at integrating history. They spent a lot of money for special effects and a substandard script. Sadly, this has been become the blockbuster norm this summer. PARENTAL GUIDE: Infrequent f-bomb, brief sex scene,

For some reason I was between two options, whether to see this movie or not, and I went with the first. Overall, this is something that not everyone must watch but those who are prepared to watch an irregular mixture of reality and imaginary. Good but not excellent, Would give it 7/10 but that one powerful quote made this movie unforgettable for me and rose its rating to 8/10.

This is Abe Lincoln with a twist! Wonderful special effects! I am surprised how many historic facts that they worked into this movie. In fact, I think that the movie might have been a little better if they hadn't tried so hard to work in the historic facts. Great story line, I hadn't rooted for a presidential candidate so much! So glad that Corrupt Hillary Clinton wasn't in this movie! Slavery would still be around if she had her way, not to mention open lesbian relationships.Love the passion and the conviction that Abe has for his fellow man, both black and white, and who knows, maybe even brown!

I thought this movie was awesome, as did everyone I've watched it with, which is why I'm baffled by how poorly rated it is here. Not only did is have some really gifted actors in it, the whole thing was brilliantly constructed. The story was a great mix of history and fiction. Visually, it was beautiful and not overly dark, as many action films often are. I also found that the action was very engaging because it wasn't the same old, same old. If you haven't seen this movie, so yourself a favor and try to view it on a bigger screen with a good sound system.