I have been looking forward for this movie for a long time.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered the movie sucked. And by sucked I mean it F-ING SUCKED.
It had so much potential. There were so many points where the movie could have been good. Yet it took the wrong path every time and just got worse and worse. It was a long drawn out walk through a wasteland with one or two pretty nice fight scenes mixed in.
One of my friends felt that I just didn’t like it because I am an Atheist. However I felt the religious parts, both he good and the bad views of it, were the only good parts. Although I will say it got a bit to preachy in a place or two.
I can not say I recommend the movie. It could have been one of the best movies of the year. But instead it is just a waste of 9 bucks.
Saw it yesterday. Sort of an amalgam of Mad Max, The Postman, and Farenheit 451. My expectations were fairly low so we saw it at matinee prices.
He did run out of ammo for the pistol in the street shootout but I don’t think he missed a shot…only in Hollywood. Not to mention impressive work with his snickersnee.
Sucks to hear. I always expect Denzel Washington action movies to be like Man on Fire…same with Russell Crowe I expect his movies to be like Gladiator. I guess I’m wierd like that haha I’ll probably watch Book of Eli when I’m in Vegas anyways. I won’t be expecting much now.
Whereas I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It’s not any more of an action movie than Traitor was, had a good (if slightly predictable) plot and ending, and had a pretty good handle on few-decades-post-apocalyptic America.
Honestly, I liked it a lot…right up until 2 minutes before the credits. The chick put on his stuff and it sucked. They ruined a good movie in the last 2 minutes. DVD alternate ending?!
It was a C at best. I love post-apocalyptic movies (and zombie movies) and this one let me down just a little bit.I wouldn’t consider myself an atheist, but I definitely don’t practice anything, and I don’t think it was too preachy. There were a lot of cliches and the ending was predictable. For a good chunk of the movie, I was more involved in trying to figure out what the townspeople were eating, if not each other.
POSSIBLE SPOILER BELOW!!!
I don’t want to spoil it, but Gary Oldman was right about the power the book had, for one reason or another. That’s as vague as I can be.
Saw it last night. Good movie. Bleak landscape. I think the old couple could be most anyone on here:p
I’m agnostic, and thought it was good, even with the religious overtones, it didnt really affect the presentation of the movie too much.
I cant believe they left the old couple’s house and didnt grab a single darn toy out of that place on the way out, though…very unlikely to be the case in a real situation like the one they were in.
I wonder if anybody knows who the war was between. They said the war was brought on by the books, but I cant imagine any group having that many weapons available (seems like every few miles down that highway there was another scorched crater. Some the size of a house, some the size of a suburb)
The impression was that it was a religious war. Perhaps between Christianity and Muslims, perhaps someone just using Christianity to try to assume power. We don’t really know. That is part of what was good in the movie, the not knowing. The survivors were all to young when it happened to have a good idea of the causes.
I don’t want to spoil it, but Gary Oldman was right about the power the book had, for one reason or another. That’s as vague as I can be.
That was the real catch. Both he and Eli were correct about the book.
Honestly, I liked it a lot…right up until 2 minutes before the credits. The chick put on his stuff and it sucked.
I am curious as to why this ruined it for you?
She had her own quest to go on. Although I don’t think she stood a snowballs chance in hell of making it back.
I thought it was a very good movie. For one, I like the DW and the Hughes brothers who directed it, even though they only have one other movie to their credit. I think Denzel played the character well and the cinematography was pretty nice. I’m heading back to see it a second time.
My teenage son is hot to see it but I’m on the fence. The wife and I probably won’t go since it is not her kind of thing. Probably just wait for it to come out on video.
If you’re looking for an action-packed movie filled with gore and a lot of killing; this isn’t the movie for you. I was disappointed at the movie because I was expecting just that.
But I really did not think it was that bad. It may have been slow at some parts, but I would have no problem recommending the movie to MOST (not all) people. I actually left the theater feeling good. Plus I felt that at least the movie actually had a story that made sense (especially the ending).
I may even buy the DVD just so I can see it again without any such mistaken, pre-conceived ideas. YMMV.
From my perspective, the head thug mayor was trying to get the bible to use as a power base, to manipulate people and control them through it. Like what some societies in the past has done. The head thug guy said himself “It’s been done before”.
I liked the Hurt Locker. Not so realistic, but by hollywood standards “not bad”.
How they come up on the short end of the stick when they have a Barrett .50 and the bad guys got an ak at 350 meters. The first shot missed by three feet, must have been Barretts early smooth bore “Brown Bess” Barrett. Sorry, Im off topic but what the hell.
