“Book of Eli” is the movie I’ll be doing this week. I haven’t done a movie yet that I didn’t really like so this is the first. Denzel Washington is the star of this movie and normally his movies are exceptional. The disappointment with this movie isn’t his fault though. The action in this movie, when it happens, is pretty good along with Washington’s acting. Story is where this movie really isn’t any good.
When the movie first starts out you don’t really know what’s going on and that confusion kind of follows you through the whole film. They don’t tell you how the world got to the way it is and they don’t give any mention of how people survived. There are a lot of things that happen from beginning to end but some of it doesn’t seem necessary to the story. It’s mostly just thrown in to add a little bit of action and keep you at least somewhat interested.
The movie did get good reviews from a lot of critics but I don’t know what it was they saw in the movie. I for one had a hard time understanding and even paying attention to the movie. How it ended was even confusing and a little anti-climactic. I wouldn’t really call it a waste of time to watch. Maybe I just didn’t understand what was going on well enough. If you like that type of movie then you might like it. I personally wouldn’t have given “Book of Eli” very good reviews.
For more information on Book of Eli go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037705/
Hmmm...I've heard mixed reviews, too. I also heard it was violent. Yes?
ReplyDeleteWhat did you think about the surprise at the end?