Why Not?

Rating: 5/10 (23 November 2012)

Disclaimer: I have never read the book, nor heard of it prior to seeing this movie last night with my partner.
The exaggeratedly surreal and over-the-top sensationalism of the film left me intrigued. Wanting more? Not particularly, but stillThe overall concept for the film was unique. If you take in to consideration all the tripe Hollywood is producing these days, the idea that our 16th President was not only fighting for equality for all people, but was also hunting down and destroying vampires – yes, I was intrigued. Why not? This couldCOULD play-out as a rather "original" idea – solely on the merit of entertainment for entertainment sake.
This movie seemed to refuse to take itself seriously, which I liked. It bent vampire myths, added a few new things to the mix and left the viewer to either hate it, or switch off their brain and just enjoy the visual onslaught of utter nonsense. I took the latter road while watching.
Sure, if I wanted to rip the movie apart, I could do just that. If you just look at some of the scenes depicted in the film: Jumping on the backs of horses during a raging stampede, the idea of vampires being so "advanced" in the 1800's to use sunscreen as a means of going out in the daylight, the fighting styles presented in the film, the entire end battle sequence on the train.I'm just saying, I could spend plenty of words on deconstructing and brutalizing this film. But I digress I left it to be nothing more than purely "popcorn" fun and let it rest.