It doesn’t have to be a President, does it? It could’ve been Edgar Allen Poe: Vampire Hunter or Wyatt Earp: Vampire Hunter. And to be honest, I would’ve seen either of those movies (even if Wyatt Earp was a douchebag).
Wow, you guys really don’t like Lincoln…
What’s to like?
I think that the people who made this movie probably didn’t want to simultaneously go down the road of re-making a significant historical figure into a vampire hunter as well as attempt to revise the established historical view of him as it relates to his use of power and whatnot. They’re just trying to sell some damn movie tickets after all.
Well Autolykos, you take me into the realm of unknown as to why it is a president and not a notable figure.
I think that the people who made this movie probably didn’t want to simultaneously go down the road of re-making a significant historical figure into a vampire hunter as well as attempt to revise the established historical view of him as it relates to his use of power and whatnot. They’re just trying to sell some damn movie tickets after all.
Yeah, I remember how LRC was getting pissed about 300 promoting the neoconservative snake oil back in 07 and Leonidas could have been propaganda for Bush etc. I don’t think the public at large is smart enough to understand this, and the ones that would relate to that already believed these things before the movie.
Plus Lincoln is already considered a God in Public School Religion and thus a God of American secular religion. They already believe far worse things about him than this movie could ever accomplish if it actually had that message; the brainwashing has been done long ago.
Relating 300 to present day military operations is not a matter of being “smart” but one of perspective.
“I, for one, see no lulz in it. I think it’s a really stupid idea for a movie. Also, I’d prefer not to watch a movie where Dishonest Abe is made out to be some great hero.”
That’s too bad. I feel that an appreciation of parody and nonsensical action is very enlivening quite a good experience, as is being able to let go of “hard” issues if there’s no reason to hold such a grudge in the instance.
That. Is. So. Awesome.
The reason is very simple: historical dramas don’t draw money. Blockbusters filled with explosions, vampires, comic-book violence and zombies do.
Also people may be unconfortable when presented with reality. Gods and Generals drew an inordinate amount of flak for portraiting Stonewall Jackson quite accurately instead as an inhuman monster. Say “Neo-Confederate” in your best zombie voice. Directors and producers know this well and have to make choices. Tom Hanks was very brave for giving the green light to portray how “heroic freedom fighters” treated women only guilty of having slept with a German soldier in Band of Brothers. People prefer to see soldiers dying with a single shot, preferibly in heroic fashion, than being presented with the many, many ways a healthy human body may stop functioning. Stalingrad was deemed “too realistic” to be widely distributed in many markets: war movies have to be all about heroism and impossible deeds, not about people freezing to death or being shot at dawn.
I love the idea and can’t wait to see it 
Don’t take everything so seriously ppl, sheesh. Just be glad it’s not ‘Karl Marx Vampire Hunter’ 
Karl Marx, Vampire Hunter is actually a much better concept, and its protagonist a much less despicable character!
I’m not quite sure how to take that.
I enjoyed 300, but mainly for its imagery and cinematography. Some of the lines/scenes in that movie were really cringe-worthy IMO.
Yeah, if anything, this movie would just reinforce his preexisting “godhood”. But I’m still not a fan of that.
Heh, that’s quite a hasty generalization you’re making. Just because I see no reason to watch Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter doesn’t mean I never appreciate parody or nonsensical action. Nor does it mean I’m never able to let go of “hard” issues if I see no reason to hold such a grudge in the instance. Finally, nice try at imposing your subjective values on me.
I also like that concept a lot better, even though it would surely contain anti-capitalist themes.
" Finally, nice try at imposing your subjective values on me. "
I try my best.
Heh, either you don’t think that’s what you were doing or you don’t have a problem with doing it. Which is it?
“I should be paid very little for my service to humanity, for I kill vampires so easily”
LTV anyone?
Saw the movie earlier this weekend.
It wasn’t as bad as expected, but it certainly took a lot of license in history. The Emancipation Proclamation in the movie for example freed slaves in both the Confederacy and the north. What really made me cringe was when Lincoln confiscated all the silver in the northern states under executive order. The logic being that they needed all that silver to make silver weapons to fight the Confederate vampires. Does this mean FDR needed gold to fight off the menance of the werewolves?
Those things aside, the movie over used the slow motion effect. Not really worth seeing besides the sheer absurdity of the plot.