Movie Review: “The Book Of Eli”
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I saw this on Friday, but had a busy weekend and didn’t get to reviewing it until now. The plot, as you’ve probably gleaned from the trailer, is pretty simple - Denzel Washington as a serious badass roaming a war-torn America, carrying a mysterious book that people, such as Gary Oldman’s corrupt small-town despot, will kill for. The movie itself is both more and less than I expected-the Hughes Brothers spin an awesomely shot and visually slick tale that melds the archetypes of the lone gunslinger, the masterless samurai, and the postapocalyptic nomad into a single narrative that satisfies for much of its length, but eventually collapses under the weight of too much implausibility.
Major SPOILERS beyond the cut. Don’t read if you haven’t seen it yet.
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Click to viewI saw this on Friday, but had a busy weekend and didn’t get to reviewing it until now. The plot, as you’ve probably gleaned from the trailer, is pretty simple - Denzel Washington as a serious badass roaming a war-torn America, carrying a mysterious book that people, such as Gary Oldman’s corrupt small-town despot, will kill for. The movie itself is both more and less than I expected-the Hughes Brothers spin an awesomely shot and visually slick tale that melds the archetypes of the lone gunslinger, the masterless samurai, and the postapocalyptic nomad into a single narrative that satisfies for much of its length, but eventually collapses under the weight of too much implausibility.
Major SPOILERS beyond the cut. Don’t read if you haven’t seen it yet.
Read the rest of this entry »