After the jump I’ve got the trailer for The Book of Eli, from the Hughes Brothers and Denzel Washington. The cool thing about Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is that it’s a post-apocalyptic story that isn’t really about what caused the apocalypse, nor is the plot concerned with saving humanity. Basically, it’s a post-apocalyptic story that isn’t a generic post-apocalyptic story. Meanwhile The Book of Eli looks like it began as someone reading The Road and then going, “hmmm, how can we turn this into a generic post-apocalyptic story?”
Denzel Washington stars as a lone warrior named Eli, who fights his way across the desolate wasteland of near-future America to realize his destiny and deliver the knowledge that can bring civilization back from the brink of destruction and save the future of humanity.
Denzel Washington is “the one,” you see, but the bad guys want to kill him. He’s like a cross between Jesus and Keanu Reeves! Haha, “a cross”, get it? Biblical references, everyone! (*fart sound*)
[Also in HD at Apple]
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I’ll watch this simply because Mila Kunis is in it. she’s the only reason i sat through American Psycho 2 and Max Payne.
I blame sitcoms. No matter where the story starts, people aren’t comfortable unless everything is back to normal by the end.
Basically, one of the most interesting things about it is that it’s a post-apocalyptic story that isn’t a generic post-apocalyptic story
No free passes here today, sir. Where was this praise back in the days leading up to Death Race? Generic? I should say not.
I want a post-apocalypse movie that ends with the protagonist triggering Apocalypse 2.0, and actually getting the damn job done right this time
Oi, did one a you’s cunts say Deff Raice?
Are Mila Kunis’ tits in it? B/c if not neither am I.
Oy vey, Vince. Would it kill you to spell Denzel’s name right? Everytime I see an extra L on the end of his name, I feel my anus tighten.
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I thought the implied sex in the car whilst firing machine guns and dropping napalm was a nice touch. Shows the Stath’s brute prisoner sex powers, yet stays classy.
And I blame my Denzel misspelling on Vince.
I see a black dude carrying his belongings on his back and wearing unnecessarily heavy clothing walking along the side of the road. How is this different than the pre-apocalyptic world?
SPOILER ALERT – It’s a cookbook.
Josef Mengele also had a book of Eli. Don’t take his word for it when he says it’s leather bound though…
Sorry, poops, I must’ve had him confused with the Bristol Denzells.
Oh, thank God. My bumhole is relaxed again.
God, I’m getting sick of post-apocalyptic loner shit. It’s a shame that The Road will get lumped in along with all of the rest of these.
So this is Fallout the movie then?
I read the script, there is no real ‘saving of the world’, so fear not. It’s more of a saving of hope than anything. Trust me it’s not gay, it’s totally cool and…ahhh, fuck it.