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It's difficult to determine exactly what the problem is with The Book of Eli, Gary Whitta's nonsensical, twisting without purpose story and dialogue or The Hughes Brothers' relentless dedication to stressing the importance of every word, every action with such plodding intentionality that it feels like we're watching a two-year-old reading "See ...
Jan 17, 2010 · The Book Of Eli review. ... Not that the script is bad; it’s actually quite good considering it’s Gary Whitta’s first sold screenplay (apparently, he was an editor of a technology magazine ...
Gary Whitta: But the first ten minutes of the film is just the bad guys waiting for the train with Charles Bronson to arrive. Nothing happens. I think the most interesting thing that happens in that is a guy flicking a fly off his nose, but the way it’s filmed and the way it’s set up it’s absolutely gripping.
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A survivalist at his core, Eli (Denzel Washington) fights his way through the barren wasteland that now covers a desolate America. After finding what could be the last remaining Bible and hearing a voice calling him to take it west, Eli does whatever is necessary to protect the book. His journey is halted by a power-hungry man named Carnegie (Gary ...
The movie’s first images paint a bleak picture, foreshadowing the world that Eli is about to see on screen. A dead man, with a single bullet wound on his head, lies on his back beneath the smoky light of a petrified forest. As Eli walks the road to the west, he comes upon a burned through car that holds the skeletal remains of its driver. With no d...
The Book of Eliis rated R for some very good reasons, namely an excess of violence and language. Who knows what would become everyday life in a post-apocalyptic world? One thing’s for sure, the Hughes brothers didn’t hold back on the violence. Good and evil had to be portrayed, and they showed every little bit of it. Women are taken advantage of by...
The Book of Eliis a strong story about a God-fearing man determined to obey the will of the Lord. However, the violence and language is too much for families. If the studio decided to release an edited version of this film, then it might find a bigger Christian audience flocking to the theaters. For more stories like this one, sign up to receive En...
Garry Whitta wrote the screenplay for the post-apocalyptic thriller THE BOOK OF ELI, starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman, and also worked on the script for AFTER EARTH, an SF adventure starring Will Smith and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Gary has also written for video games and comics and he also worked on the upcoming feature film STAR WAR: ROGUE ONE, which (unfortunately) he is ...
Jan 14, 2010 · The Book of Eli Review A book worth reading, cover to cover. ... The Book of Eli is a painterly film, ... But Gary Whitta's script -- with some help from Anthony Peckham -- offers the pair a ...
Jan 15, 2010 · THE BOOK OF ELI was written by Gary Whitta, his first feature to be produced, drawing from and reveling in parallels to a very specific body of text. The story has Denzel Washington playing a mysterious wanderer named Eli, walking the country for many years on a path to the west. Carried with him is a book.
