Either Read the Book or Watch the Movie...Not Both!!!

Rating: 2/10 (25 June 2012)

I saw trailers for this movie and it intrigued me enough to buy and read the book. As subsequent trailers have been released I have been more and more excited about seeing it--so much so that I went to see it opening weekend. HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!!
I liked the book. It is not my favorite, but it was a fun read. For the book, the author did a really good job of researching Lincoln's life (yes, Wikipedia does count) and then "filling in the holes" with the fictional vampire story. While there were some obvious historical inaccuracies in the book (besides the vampires), for the most part, it was pretty historically accurate. The movie was such a huge departure from that philosophy that I found it supremely disappointing.
In short...if you haven't read the book, you might enjoy the movie for the fight scenes, but it really doesn't have anything else going for it. If you've read the book, skip the movie.