Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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I'm a huge fan of Timur Bekmambetov's other films (Night Watch, Day Watch, Wanted) and this looks like it'll end up being some good entertainment. I haven't read the book, but I'm assuming that someone around here may have.


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[Ghost X]

When I first heard of the film, I was not interested, but after watching a few promo videos, I am on the fence.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

The book is superb, I have been waiting eagerly for the film adaption of this as well as pride and prejudice and zombies.

 

[Elisa Maza]

I just learned about it and I was: "This is a joke, right?" And then it wasn't and I still don't know what to think about it.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

If they keep it close to the book then I see it being amazing. The trailer does seem to indicate it's sticking to the plot

 

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Longer trailer (cba to find a YouTube link right now).


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[Hisako]

this movie is what i've been searching for my entire life

i just didnt know it yet

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

The only thing that could top this would be if they were bringing out pride and prejudice and zombies at the same time

 

[Dawnbreaker]

The boytoy seems keen on it so I will go with him to see it. It might just be wacky and fun enough to be enjoyable.

 

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Red Band Trailer.

Oh. Hell. Yes.

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[Rumpelstiltskin]

The fight scenes look superb and I'm rather impressed by the level of effects considering I thought this film didn't have an overly large budget.

Really can't wait to see the finished product

 

[X-SOLDIER]

That's why I love Timur Bekmambetov.


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[Max Payne]

When's release date?

 

[Cookie Monster]

June 22

 

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[Max Payne]

I will watch this and I will enjoy it.

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Just back from seeing this.
All I can say is PHWOAAAAAR!

The movie was excellent, was a nice pace and the changes they made from the book were perfect.
The fight scenes were by far the best I've seen in a long time and the effects were superbly done.

I'd recommend this to anyone!

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Saw this last night. Great action, and axe-ninja badassery. The story felt very much like it held to the idea of a secret diary and was executed brilliantly. It managed the time and events and pacing really well without running long, or feeling like there it dropped off, or got stuck over-elaborating on details. Humor, and emotion managed perfectly to fit the tone of the film. Totally loved it. Go see it.


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[anothercid]

Found Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter surprisingly enjoyable. The story's actually a lot of fun and the fact they play such a goofy premise completely straight is quite refreshing. Didn't like some of the action scenes - that whole slo-mo/ramping thing doesn't do it for me - but the stampede scene made up for all that.

 

[Hisako]

I heard somewhere that there's an Australian release date, but I can't find it ;-;

 

[Interslicery]

That stampede scene was awesome. If for nothing else it was creative.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Fun fact about that scene:

Spoiler: minor spoiler

They could use real horses, because getting dust in their eyes could hurt their eyes, so the animal safety people don't allow it. Also, they were originally gonna have the vampire kill one of the horses, but there was a strong objection to it, which is why Abe rides the one that gets thrown at him.

There're more details on that stuff in an interview somewheres.



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[Interslicery]

Fun fact about that scene:

Spoiler: minor spoiler

They could use real horses, because getting dust in their eyes could hurt their eyes, so the animal safety people don't allow it. Also, they were originally gonna have the vampire kill one of the horses, but there was a strong objection to it, which is why Abe rides the one that gets thrown at him.

There're more details on that stuff in an interview somewheres.



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Spoiler

So animals can only die if its to manipulate an audience to cry, but not to portray what would actually happen if a super powered being threw a horse by its legs in the middle of a stampede?

 

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@ Inter: Yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyup.

Spoiler

Speaking of fights, there was one big fight scene in this movie during a horse stampede, in which a vampire throws a horse at Abraham Lincoln, who catches it and starts riding it. Was that difficult to film?

And the other character catches the horse, he protects it. It was a whole conversation with the studio about this horse, and throwing horses. It's the only time when the studio was trying to knock on the door and say, "Mmmmm, let's think about it." And I said, "You see what's happening, the bad guy is mean to the animal. But the good guy, Lincoln, he protects the horse." I changed it. It was not in the original storyboard. He caught the horse and the horse rears back with him, and he continues to fight on this horse.

You have nudity and violence but they said no you can't use the horse?

You can cut a human being in pieces and it will be OK. You can do that easily, but don't touch horses. And all the horses were digital. Did you feel that they were not real?

I thought a few on the outside looked real. I mean, I know the one that they threw wasn't real, I have to know that — I'm an adult. But I thought some of the outside horses looked real. Weren't some real?

No, no there are no real horses. There was a day, when I shot with the horses. And the special organization protecting animals was there, the woman from the organization was with us. And we were shooting the scene and she said, "Eeeh you need to wet down the road." What do you mean? I need the road to be dry, there was no rain in the day. It's not right. She explained that, "No you cannot ride horses on a dusty road." And I said, "What do you mean." And she said "because the dust will hurt horses eyes." So I said, I'm not shooting horses anymore. I understand now why the Western disappeared in this country, because you cannot touch horses. America loves this genre.

Found the link for more details: http://io9.com/5920364/why-timur-bekmambetov-had-to-throw-a-horse-at-abraham-lincoln


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[Interslicery]

Hey, you know where horses love to run? The dirt.