A tall tale told honestly

Rating: 8/10 (30 September 2017)

Good stuff. First off, ignore the negative reviews - I really don't understand what is wrong with those people – were the expecting Fellini or Coppola? This is an action, quasi-horror, quasi-love story that plays on some aspects of history to deliver a curiously entertaining movie.
We follow Lincoln from his youth to his demise. We learn that aside from his politics, he has been drawn into the world of vampires when one of them kills his mother (as an act of revenge because his parents stood up to slave drivers). Sounds ridiculous doesn't it? Somehow it all works. Abe is obsessed with avenging his mother's murder and that's what launches this movie into the land of the weird.
As a viewer I found that I liked Abe, liked his wife (Mary Todd probably did not look this good), liked his friends and enjoyed the high intensity action scenes. There's not a lot of character development but there is enough to make it interesting. Of course there's a "big villain " and a showdown. What I didn't expect was the great cinematography in some of scenes – the show down on horses and the train scene were awesome, almost hallucinatory.
It's a fun movie with likable characters, action, some suspense and some odd twists on history. Much, much better than I expected.
Just put it on, don't overthink it and have a good time. I've seen it several times and it doesn't disappoint.