MrPopo wrote:
Did you really think I was suggesting the movie was five hours long?
I was hoping.[/quote]
Don't fret. It feels like five hours. After the intro it drags a bit, but this isn't "check your watch boring", the movie just feels like it goes on and on and on (in a good way).
Without hesitation I'll say this is one of the better Bond films.
Hilarious, surprisingly heartwarming, and the CGI was insanely well-animated. The film trips over it's own ridiculousness a couple times, and the pop culture jokes run pretty thin near the end, but I'd say overall the writing is solid.
I'm not much of a fan of Seth's shows, but I'd check out another film from him in a heartbeat. It's been a while since a new comedy film has made me laugh so much.
as the board's authority on history, I can say that this film was not historically accurate.
...but seriously. This movie sucked. I had pretty high hopes for it. But no. My wife adored the book, and also thought the movie was terrible. She said that the movie takes very little tone from the book. Like the book actually uses a lot of history to make you believe that Abe COULD HAVE REALLY BEEN a vampire hunter and it would make sense historically. But a lot of that was dropped for stupid shit like CGI horse-fighting. (Seriously... they fight on and with horses.) It's hilarious to say "a movie called Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter wasn't believable enough," but sadly that's what it felt like.