post-apocalyptic Denzel Washington fighting evil Gary Oldman, and hooking up with hot Mila Kunis. doesn't look like the best movie ever, but looks like it could be good, with some nice action, has a pretty good cast.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037705/

trailer:

http://www.trailerspy.com/trailer/5541/The-Book-of-Eli-Trailer-HD

9/25/2009 11:24:44 PM

Looks like they took the artists from Fallout 3 and told them "MAKE US A MOVIE"


Seriously. Some of the same images are used, line for line, angle for angle, shot for shot.

[Edited on September 27, 2009 at 10:01 AM. Reason : I will still go see this]

9/27/2009 10:01:15 AM

looks awesome

9/27/2009 10:12:26 PM

this looks kinda bad.

9/27/2009 10:17:22 PM

this looks kinda bad.

9/28/2009 2:11:34 AM

Denzel Washington is one of the most overrated actors around.

I haven't watched the trailer but I'll see this for Gary Oldman alone. Especially evil Gary Oldman.

[Edited on September 28, 2009 at 2:53 AM. Reason : .]

9/28/2009 2:52:25 AM

Lucas Simms: The Movie

10/25/2009 1:06:22 PM

^ Pretty much.

10/25/2009 2:35:57 PM

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"looks awesome"

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"this looks kinda bad."

in my estimation, both of these assessments are accurate

i will be watching this movie with low expectations, but watch it i will

10/25/2009 4:56:30 PM

This looks absolutely fucking terrible.

I always give Denzel the benefit of the doubt so I will see it, but damn, it just looks hooooorible.

1/6/2010 3:25:01 AM

Denzel Washington always plays the same role in movies, but I still like his acting. Gary Oldman is always the shit as the bad guy though so i'll watch it for that.

1/6/2010 4:35:34 AM

Will watch with no expectations assuming I will be surprised.

1/6/2010 7:50:36 AM

shrug, probably worth a netflix

1/6/2010 8:17:42 AM

I'll give it a shot, with very low expectations. The only reason I'm even mildly interested in it is because it was written by a former EIC of PC Gamer magazine.

1/6/2010 10:03:13 AM

Surprisingly, Mila Kunis is actually the one that tips me in favor of watching this. Denzel has now become "meh" to me...and I like Gary Oldman as a bad guy, but he's not going to make me watch a movie in the theaters. Mila Kunis is hot as fuck...and she actually did a good job being a bad-ass in Max Payne. So I think I'll check this out.

1/6/2010 10:39:30 AM

Gary Oldman is always the shit as the bad guy

(imo, he rocks every role he gets)

1/6/2010 11:48:35 AM

Why does Mila Kunis do action movies? Why do directors cast her? WHY

1/6/2010 12:05:24 PM

probably because she looks like this.

1/6/2010 12:07:56 PM

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"Gary Oldman is always the shit as the bad guy (imo, he rocks every role he gets)"

I thought he was pretty underwhelming in The Dark Knight.

1/6/2010 12:12:49 PM

He pretty much had to be

That was Ledger's show, and everyone else was just along for the ride

1/6/2010 12:17:06 PM

I realize she is hot -

but there are other actresses that can be both young eye-candy and strong, dramatic females.

Ellen Page
Reese Witherspoon
Hilary Swank
Keira Knightley

1/6/2010 12:18:39 PM

^^Oldman was almost as silly as Ledger.

^
1. wat
2. wat
3. too mannish
4. maybe

1/6/2010 12:22:00 PM

1/6/2010 1:30:43 PM

haha

Reese Witherspoon.

Her chin would be too distracting.

1/6/2010 2:23:10 PM

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"Why does Mila Kunis do action movies? Why do directors cast her? WHY "

shes done this and like 1 other action movie, not like its her main genre

1/6/2010 2:51:34 PM

Her main genre is reruns of That 70's Show.

1/6/2010 2:52:50 PM

Ellen page as an action hero?

LOL

1/6/2010 2:54:27 PM

that bitch annoys the hell out of me

1/6/2010 2:58:01 PM

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"Mila Kunis is hot as fuck...and she actually did a good job being a bad-ass in Max Payne. So I think I'll check this out."

I wanted to walk out every time I heard her cuss-out some hard cop or villain in her squaky mouse-voice. Might as well have cast Renée Zellweger.

1/6/2010 4:02:03 PM

And Ellen Page and Reese Witherspoon would have sounded better in that role? At least she "looked" the part (dark hair, dark eyes...small, but so are the rest of those girls you listed save the mannish Swank).

1/6/2010 4:13:26 PM

Natalie Portman is the name you're all missing here

and for someone slightly lesser known, Emma Stone

1/6/2010 4:44:07 PM

^^yep. Granted, the role itself was pretty outrageous: super-young, stick-like Russian girl is a gun-wielding assassin who wants revenge for her sister; made it difficult to suspend belief. It wasn't a Tarantino film. I'd have made the character older - like late 20s or early 30s; makes for a stronger heroine.

You know what, Milla Jovovich would have been perfect.

1/6/2010 6:56:13 PM

would remind be of resident evil 3 to much

1/6/2010 7:25:53 PM

Oldman really only works well as the protagonist

1/6/2010 9:05:11 PM

This is based on a book yes?

How was this book?

1/6/2010 9:15:12 PM

i enjoy post-apocalyptic settings.. hope this one is good.

1/6/2010 9:21:59 PM

comes out this week right?

1/6/2010 9:24:19 PM

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"i enjoy post-apocalyptic settings.. hope this one is good."

1/6/2010 9:59:00 PM

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"This is based on a book yes? How was this book?"

It wasn't based on a book.

1/6/2010 10:40:23 PM

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"Oldman really only works well as the protagonist"

Nay. See: The Professional, Air Force One, True Romance

He's an awesome bad guy

1/6/2010 10:51:48 PM

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"Oldman really only works well as the protagonist"

i hope that was a joke, or a bad attempt at trolling, he is one of the best movie antagonists ever

^add to that list 5th element, Dracula

1/6/2010 11:38:41 PM

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"Oldman really only works well as the protagonist"

No

1/7/2010 12:34:09 AM

ya sorry bad sarcasm.

he sucks at it.

1/8/2010 9:41:48 AM

just got back. i _really_ enjoyed it.

more later

1/16/2010 12:35:17 AM

This movie was awesome. Saw it tonight.

1/16/2010 12:44:20 AM

It was pretty damn good. Go see it.

1/16/2010 12:48:40 AM

Does any one know what the deal was in the first part of the movie asking to see fingernails/hands? It was liked they stopped talking about it all of a sudden and never explained it.

1/16/2010 1:48:16 AM

I think it had to do with human meat eating, as the guy followed right up with something along the lines of they were a civil group of people and don't eat people. Your hands shake if you eat too much of it, remember the old lady and man in the house and her hands were shaking and he told the girl that they were people eaters?

[Edited on January 16, 2010 at 2:16 AM. Reason : /]

1/16/2010 2:15:41 AM

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"Oldman really only works well as the protagonist"

Clearly someone has never seen "The Professional". I had a hard time believing it was him after watching Prisoner of Azkaban.

1/16/2010 3:07:26 AM

yea, apparently your hands shook if you eat too much human meat, so they'd make everyone show their hands to show they weren't cannibals.

anyway, i came in with extremely low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. i thought denzel's performance was great. one of the better post-apocalypse movies, IMHO. ha, don't know if it was intentional or not, but definitely reminded me a bit of fallout -- scavenging through wasteland, random encounters with bandits

but if you're a fan of the genre, definitely go see it. will be a bluray purchase for me, i'm sure.

1/16/2010 3:18:40 AM