And that's a bad thing?[u]RedRiver[/u] wrote:There's almost nothing going on other than ax wielding and heads rolling. The intelligent parts of the story have been conveniently excised. All that's left is the blood. And believe me, there's a lot of it!
Pssst...don't disturb Ray...he's out chasing vampires.Anyone who sees this terrible travesty will not want to read the book. I assure you, this is a case of apples and oranges. Raymond Massey, where are you?
I saw the movie and I enjoyed it. Books, screenplays...two different animals. Did I like the movie 'cuz I didn't read the book? I had fun with it. The young man playing Lincoln looked like a young Liam Neeson. The parts with he and "Mary Todd" were good, quiet...serious, not camped up. I liked Anthony Mackie. Perhaps they could have said a little more on the treatment of Blacks back then. But naaaaaaah, I just want to have fun. I didn't expect Abe to be old though when he reached for the axe again. The idea of the Confederacy loaded with vampires was interesting. (Kind of like now, no? At least three of those Supreme Court judges ARE vampires, right?) The train ride at the end of the film was exciting. ("There's more than one railroad.") I thought the director had a unique p.o.v. Look, nobody here at the Oasis is crazy enuf to see it, but I'm game for different things...and concepts. See, I don't know if I could read the book now, knowing what happens. The North wins the war.
What's the next ( modern ) movie on your list to see?
Hope's character is quite unnerving most of the time, but at the same time he succeeds at making the audience laugh at his stupidity. Dot Lamour is his girlfriend and fellow co-worker at the newspaper and makes a very fine couple with him. I must say I like Bob and Dot alone together, much more than with Bing inn the "Road" pictures. Lenore Aubert plays a sexy spy who lures Hope.
