Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - the movie

Well... well... well... I had finally managed to see the cinematic adaptation of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, a book I had written about  a while back. My expectations were low. I mean they were so low, that I had waited to see it online, than to actually pay and go to the cinema. During the movie I kinda wished I went to the cinema for this one, because a lot of the action scenes were created for 3D and the images were very well done. 

The movie takes about 3-4 main ideas from the book, but the overall feeling is that only the title keeps a constant similarity. Most characters are there, but instead of a historical book with some vampire action, the movie is a lot of vampire action with very little history. I guess the movie makers felt that the book was not as juicy as the public might have wanted. Not even the main ideas, that were borrowed from the book, were not kept close to the original. In percentages I can say that the movie has a 10% similarity with the book (title included).

If you want too see a vampire movie with lots of special effects, beautiful CGI and how Abe Lincoln is swinging his axe a la Blade with his sword, you should definitely watch this movie. If you happen to own a 3D screen, do yourself a favor and watch it in 3D. I did mention Blade because in a way this is the closest vampire action movie I could think of. Oh and the train action reminded me of Priest.  I am still waiting for the following movies: George Washington, cherry tree cutter; Theodore Roosevelt, butterfly catcher; Bill Clinton, assistant fucker and George Bush, pot smoker.

Only one question remains: would Honest Abe kick the shit out of Edward the sparkling vampire? I'd say: DEFFO. :)

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

Sorry for such a late posting but I had been really busy and then went on vacation to a place with no internet. I started reading this book because of the movie, more like because of the movie's trailer on youtube.com. Well... I was expecting a different kind of book - something between Blade (action packed vampire slayer) and Twilight (sparkling teenage vampires).

I was pleasantly surprised to find it more along the lines of a historical read. The entire vampire premise seemed somewhat legit, especially because of the inserted pictures and also because the author managed to integrate it in the era's look and feel. Some parts seemed a bit far fetched and others seemed gratuitous with just a purpose to add up more pages to the book (eg. Elizabeth Battory part).

As I had mentioned before, the vampire premise was nicely inserted in the historical background and I didn't feel it to be over the top. The political part regarding the war between the North and the South from a vampiric point of view was also well thought out. What I didn't like was the end, due to the fact that the author forgot how the book started thus leaving me with a lot of questions, especially because the ending couldn't have been known to the reader of the diaries since Lincoln  had stopped writing them when he died. Read the book and you will know what I mean.

All in all was a decent book, I bet the movie will be more action than a "historical lesson". This one, and the Hunger Games movie are on top of my list of "movies to watch". I promise to update these articles with impressions from the movies.