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The Book Of Eli. Starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis.
Now there’s alot to say about this movie. I Found it intriguing. And i for one was looking forward to this movie.
Okay so the trailer for The Book Of Eli was vague. You know Eli has a book. And is willing to die to protect it.
Story for The Book Of Eli:
Eli is a drifter. In a really dark and really depressing post-apocalyptic world. In this word civilization is out. The world is comprised of drifters, murderers and victims. And then theres Eli. An old humble badass drifter, drifting west. Who comes accross this little town run by Carnegie (Gary Oldman). Who has been searching for a book, and wants to use it as a weapon. And Carnegie finds out that Eli has the book that he really wants. And in a post-apocalyptic world with people without hope, this book, being the last one of it’s kind in existence. Could make the owner, in the eyes of the people a prophet. Or even god. Eli and Carnegie both know this. And so the conflict insumes.
As for the performances. I thought they were all good. Gary Oldman shows us that yes, even though he can play top cop Jim Gordon. He can still be a villain. Even though i think he just comes of too polite. I thought Eli was awesome as the silent drifter, with more action than words. At first he didn’t talk much. Like not at all. But Denzel was a badass. And Mila Kunis plays as a solid supporting character. She actually wasn’t as annoying as you think she’s going to be. Anyone could have played her role. But she wasn’t annoying. And she did a couple of badass things herself.
Now what really impressed me about this movie, is that it had a religious tone to it without being preachy. Usually movies with religious tones to it feel like 2 hours of mass. But this movie did not feel like that. And that was impressive. I found it to be an interesting story. That touched on, what i think, a really accurate takes of human nature. I mean without rules, humanity looks a lot less human.
But the movie is far from perfect. See the Hughes brothers (Directors), they did something here that not a lot of action post-apocalyptic movies do. What is the one main question that people ask when a tragedy strikes? ”Where is god?”.
That’s a touchy subject isn’t it? But yes, where is god when an earthquake kills thousands. Where is god when war breaks out and millions of innocent people die? Well these questions are rarely explored in film. The Hughes brothers, they tried to, and they explore this ever so slightly. But the movie begs for them to just go all the way with it. And they don’t. The Hughes brothers flat out ignore the very premise they introduce and opts for an ending that looks to appease the masses, hoping not to offend. This is unacceptable. One does not present an intire idea, and ask the audience to take a leap of faith with you. Only to switch it on them and try to drive home a different message instead. That’s called a cop out. And it’s what seriously hurts this film.
So you can see this movie touching on human nature, faith and religion. Story aside, I found it to be an impressive movie. But it needed more story telling, and less walking. It needed a deeper look into society if we were to fully cheer for it’s main character. Good acting. And badass. So go check it out!
[The Book Of Eli]
The Book Of Eli. Starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis.
Now there’s alot to say about this movie. I Found it intriguing. And i for one was looking forward to this movie.
Okay so the trailer for The Book Of Eli was vague. You know Eli has a book. And is willing to die to protect it.
Story for The Book Of Eli:
Eli is a drifter. In a really dark and really depressing post-apocalyptic world. In this word civilization is out. The world is comprised of drifters, murderers and victims. And then theres Eli. An old humble badass drifter, drifting west. Who comes accross this little town run by Carnegie (Gary Oldman). Who has been searching for a book, and wants to use it as a weapon. And Carnegie finds out that Eli has the book that he really wants. And in a post-apocalyptic world with people without hope, this book, being the last one of it’s kind in existence. Could make the owner, in the eyes of the people a prophet. Or even god. Eli and Carnegie both know this. And so the conflict insumes.
As for the performances. I thought they were all good. Gary Oldman shows us that yes, even though he can play top cop Jim Gordon. He can still be a villain. Even though i think he just comes of too polite. I thought Eli was awesome as the silent drifter, with more action than words. At first he didn’t talk much. Like not at all. But Denzel was a badass. And Mila Kunis plays as a solid supporting character. She actually wasn’t as annoying as you think she’s going to be. Anyone could have played her role. But she wasn’t annoying. And she did a couple of badass things herself.
Now what really impressed me about this movie, is that it had a religious tone to it without being preachy. Usually movies with religious tones to it feel like 2 hours of mass. But this movie did not feel like that. And that was impressive. I found it to be an interesting story. That touched on, what i think, a really accurate takes of human nature. I mean without rules, humanity looks a lot less human.
But the movie is far from perfect. See the Hughes brothers (Directors), they did something here that not a lot of action post-apocalyptic movies do. What is the one main question that people ask when a tragedy strikes? ”Where is god?”.
That’s a touchy subject isn’t it? But yes, where is god when an earthquake kills thousands. Where is god when war breaks out and millions of innocent people die? Well these questions are rarely explored in film. The Hughes brothers, they tried to, and they explore this ever so slightly. But the movie begs for them to just go all the way with it. And they don’t. The Hughes brothers flat out ignore the very premise they introduce and opts for an ending that looks to appease the masses, hoping not to offend. This is unacceptable. One does not present an intire idea, and ask the audience to take a leap of faith with you. Only to switch it on them and try to drive home a different message instead. That’s called a cop out. And it’s what seriously hurts this film.
So you can see this movie touching on human nature, faith and religion. Story aside, I found it to be an impressive movie. But it needed more story telling, and less walking. It needed a deeper look into society if we were to fully cheer for it’s main character. Good acting. And badass. So go check it out!