One of the biggest selling points in this film is that it gives you enough essence of a character to make you care about that character. You may want to see the character live or die, but you have an interest. The story’s ability to involve you is what makes it stand out
from the growing list of post-apocalyptic survivor films of the “Mad Max” genre.
Denzel Washington’s Eli is not a cartoon hero, early on he sees a woman in distress, what he does tells you this is not your standard superhero at work.
The outstanding talents of Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis ( the voice of Meg on “The Family Guy” TV show), Jennifer Beals and Tom Waits, helps make this a movie worth leaving the house to see.
They don’t quite know how to handle the end of the movie, but that is a forgivable sin, in a story that concerns the possibility of the entire world coming to an end.
I was at the early show and I had to sit in the second row, I think this level of large audiences will be the norm for quite awhile.
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COMMENTS: R. K. IN BROOKLYN ---
Just back from seeing BOOK OF ELI, Denzel at 55 still rules the screen. Suspend reality in a dismal, daunting presentation & enjoy the focus on the power of faith & the stellar performances. Is there a better screen villain in recent time then Gary Oldman?
Remember his famous line from "The Professional" where he was the drug fueled crooked narc & he yelled to an underling during the climatic confrontaion, when he needed help with
the well armed hitman:
BRINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG EVVVVVERRRRRYYYYBODY!!!
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THIS ANONYMOUS COMMENT WAS GIVEN:
The one negative I read about by the critics....a few major flaws in the plot. Denzel wearing a long raincoat in the hot desert....gangsters lying in wait next to a road when victims come by seemingly once a year....the ending, as you said, was called out. Can't wait to see it however.
*** THE TEMPTATION TO COMMENT ON A FILM BY PIECING TOGETHER ELEMENTS FROM VARIOUS
CRITICS IS NOT REALLY PRACTICAL UNTIL YOU SEE THE FILM FOR YOURSELF AND THEN YOU CAN
GIVE VALUE TO THE OPINIONS.
I SAY THE PICTURE WAS HOT AND BIG - ANOTHER CRITIC SAID IT WAS COLD AND SMALL - UNTIL YOU SEE IT AND THROW THE WEIGHT OF YOUR EXPERIENCE TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER OR DECIDE THAT WE BOTH MISSED THE POINT -- NO REAL PURPOSE IS SERVED BY RECOUNTING DIFFERENCES IN RANDOM COMMENTS MADE BY OTHERS. ONCE YOU SEE THE FILM, YOU CAN BE THE JUDGE - UNTIL THEN, AND I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A NEGATIVE WAY -- YOU ARE MERELY MENTIONING GOSSIP.
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