the BOOK of ELI rekalled...

The BOOK of ELI is the newest film from the Hughes Brothers(a brand name that holds no special spot in my heart) and Denzel Washington. This post-apocalyptic film set 30 years after an event that makes the world that is what our hero travels through. This film was very stylish and had a very muted pallet which seemed to really work and the score was also perfect and original feeling for the story. I had low expectations heading into this but not completely negative. I am a fan of Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis so that was a draw. Denzel Washington is hit or miss for me, I love some of his films and others I find painful. This film stayed with me after I saw it and my admiration grew afterwards. They really did a good job of surprising me at the end, I had a completely different surprise than what I expected. So much so, I want to see it again to see the signs I missed. I did have a couple of problems with the post-apocyptic world the BOOK of ELI established, people did not seem to concerned with food, there were heavy set people and relatively healthy looking. Also some of the outfits seemed rather nice and stylish for a world with 30 years of no new clothing made. The ROAD really set the bar high for a terrible post-apocolyptic world. Other than that, the action was cool and just gory enough to be entertaining without being gross and Denzel does give off a believable bad ass vibe. Not a prefect film but a fun post-apocolyptic adventure.