A great movie, really!

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2013)

I had no expectations for this movie. I anticipated something fairly ridiculous. Much to my surprise, this has become one of my favorite movies. I give it a 10 out of 10. It has everything I want in a movie - appealing main characters, reasonably scary bad guys, a sexy good guy vamp,a good weaving of the supernatural elements into the historical backdrop. I love the action sequences, both on the Civil War battlefields and the scenes of Abe taking out vampires. I also loved the friendship and family moments. The only part that felt slightly over the top was the herd of horses battle sequence. I thought it went on a bit long and didn't seem that necessary to the movie. Everything else I loved! The movie manages to make the premise plausible without taking anything away from Abraham Lincoln's gravitas as a significant historical figure in American history.