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Waste of time

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

A film unlike any I have seen before, if uses live action in combination with actual photographs from the era comma as a backdrop. I think that the makers of this we're going for that sense of realism that is associated with historical photos. And few periods in American history have been more photographed than the Civil War. The premise of the film is the friendship between President Abraham Lincoln and his best bodyguard. The one most loyal and vigilant in his duty of protecting the life of the president of the United States. It avoids any awkward moments that could be easily misconstrued by politically-correct revisionists. As far as I know the makers of this film did their homework.

This is yet another "historical" look at the life of Lincoln (Tom Amandes) as seen through the eyes of Ward Hill Lamon (Lea Coco), his friend and bodyguard. The film starts with their meeting and ends shortly after Lincoln's death.The acting was first and foremost horrible. The reading of the Gettysburg Address was akin to Rosanne Barr performing the National Anthem. The dialogue was unrealistic, at times modern, and mostly fictional. The theological discussion Lincoln has with a former slave had me scratch my head. His kneeling afterwards and belief that he had a divine purpose was Lamon's answer to Herdon's biography which claimed Lincoln was an atheist. I wouldn't put either view into a film.The background was taken from 3D viewmaster pictures and even crowds were still photos with "actors" in front of them. It gave the film a cheap surreal look. Historically I was scratching my head too. Upon their meeting they wanted Hill to perform a song from West Virginia which wasn't a state at that time. The famous picture of Washington which we all looked at in school with its bottom partially burned off from the War of 1812 was fully intact in this film. Edward D. Baker died in Oct. of 1861 but is presented at a time of the announcements of battles well into 1862.There is a constant self glorification of Ward Hill Lamon whose speech was grandiose and yes he was also an Amazing Kreskin at predicting the death of the President. Not an impressive film.

I enjoyed this movie and the new perspective it gave me on the life of Abraham Lincoln. The movie shows many important events during his time as president, but while most movies would only show these events from a military or political perspective, they are shown here from a personal perspective as well. We get to see how Lincoln's friends and family helped him through his presidency, and how they frequently tried to lighten the mood with music. I thought that this in particular made the movie interesting. Another thing that makes this movie unique is that it is in black and white. I liked this aspect because it worked well with the actual photographs from this time period that were already in black and white. Overall, I thought that the film was very good, and I learned a lot more than I had originally thought I was going to.

The movie showed Lincoln's life and his struggles from a very different point of view. You see it from the point of view of Lincoln's good friend Ward Hill Lamon. The movie shows the risks taken by Lincoln during his everyday life because of the threats of assassination. Although Lincoln continued to take these risks, his bodyguard and close friend Lamon kept doing everything in his power to protect Lincoln from all possible threats. The film was done in a very unique way with actual pictures from this time period being used as the background. I enjoyed learning about Lincoln and his life from the perspective of Lamon, which is different from the way you would traditionally learn about Lincoln.