Now I really don't wanna see it. Not the trailers did, either.
Denzel's best movie will always be "John Q", in my opinion.
Denzel's best movie will always be "John Q", in my opinion.
Escape to the Movies: Book of Eli
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Well Bob, I was kinda' hoping you could tell us more about it as a movie.
What I got out of that was that a guy has the last Bible, and is on a mission from God to bring it to a predetermined location. And that was mostly it, aside from some acting footnotes.
I know everyone else has said it, but Bob, we need to know what else you thought of this. Because there's really nothing wrong with that premise, it's how it's carried out.
We want you to complain about the what, not the why.
What I got out of that was that a guy has the last Bible, and is on a mission from God to bring it to a predetermined location. And that was mostly it, aside from some acting footnotes.
I know everyone else has said it, but Bob, we need to know what else you thought of this. Because there's really nothing wrong with that premise, it's how it's carried out.
We want you to complain about the what, not the why.
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Tarkand, you don't really have to see the movie to notice that he is only talking about the religious plot.
All MovieBob did was make me want to see the movie. So... either he did it wrong or I'm doing it wrong.
Hell, he LIKED Punisher: War Zone. that really says all that needs to be said.Haakong said:
Never heard about this movie before now i want to see it
I thought the premise is good... Movie Bob=Atheist much?
I know it has spoiler warnings but i thought i would be mild to medium spoilers not who's going to win :/
I thought the premise is good... Movie Bob=Atheist much?
I know it has spoiler warnings but i thought i would be mild to medium spoilers not who's going to win :/
I'm not religious, but I'm starting to really hate atheists.
I mean just because YOU think it's funny that the guy is ( or thinks is) on a mission for God, doesn't mean it is.
Next time you review a movie, cast your religious views aside, they make you look unprofessional and ignorant.
I mean just because YOU think it's funny that the guy is ( or thinks is) on a mission for God, doesn't mean it is.
Next time you review a movie, cast your religious views aside, they make you look unprofessional and ignorant.
You know what my big problem with skeptics (and agnostics and atheists etc) is? Very often, they are as smugly arrogant and sneeringly dismissive as the religious nutbars they make fun of. It is the same elitism, just with a null-value as the focus.
I've got no problem with the fact that some folks don't believe in God, but I have a big problem with people who immediately discount and attempt to discredit anything that involves faith or religion in any way whatsoever. A real intellectual does not make assumptions such as that.
I am EXTREMELY disappointed in this review Bob: you spent the entire time complaining about the premise and how silly it is, and aside from saying that Denzel was good as usual, Kunis was good, stevenson was good, but Oldman's character was a bit one-note, you have given me no useful information about the film itself. Instead, you have wasted 4 minutes of my life illustrating your distaste for religion.
So you don't like religion. I get it. But why can't you lay that aside for a moment and tell us about the story. After all, the book he is carrying shouldn't matter in a fictional story-- I mean, did you hate the Lord of the Rings because elves, dwarves, and orcs aren't real?
And the real sad part is that a lot of the 'intellectual' snobs here are going to use your attitude is to 'justify' their dismissal of anything that has even a hint of faith as being garbage.
News flash: Narrow-mindedness is NEVER a good trait to have, regardless of the subject matter.
EDIT: Just for the record, I'm not religious at all. Haven't been inside a church in more than 20 years. So no one should write what I'm saying off as me being a member of the 'Christ Brigade' just because you don't care to face up to the unpleasant truths that I've pointed out.
I've got no problem with the fact that some folks don't believe in God, but I have a big problem with people who immediately discount and attempt to discredit anything that involves faith or religion in any way whatsoever. A real intellectual does not make assumptions such as that.
I am EXTREMELY disappointed in this review Bob: you spent the entire time complaining about the premise and how silly it is, and aside from saying that Denzel was good as usual, Kunis was good, stevenson was good, but Oldman's character was a bit one-note, you have given me no useful information about the film itself. Instead, you have wasted 4 minutes of my life illustrating your distaste for religion.
So you don't like religion. I get it. But why can't you lay that aside for a moment and tell us about the story. After all, the book he is carrying shouldn't matter in a fictional story-- I mean, did you hate the Lord of the Rings because elves, dwarves, and orcs aren't real?
And the real sad part is that a lot of the 'intellectual' snobs here are going to use your attitude is to 'justify' their dismissal of anything that has even a hint of faith as being garbage.
News flash: Narrow-mindedness is NEVER a good trait to have, regardless of the subject matter.
EDIT: Just for the record, I'm not religious at all. Haven't been inside a church in more than 20 years. So no one should write what I'm saying off as me being a member of the 'Christ Brigade' just because you don't care to face up to the unpleasant truths that I've pointed out.
I'm not sure why some people seem to think movie bob is being anti-religious, or why they seem to think that there's something wrong with focusing on a plot in a review.
He did mention the characters and acting.
He said they were one note, and underused respectively. With cliche universe,and straightforward banal plot. A pathetic and shallow attempt at the Faux profound, an empty shell with no true depth or substance.
At least that's how read it.
He's not promoting burning crosses.
He did mention the characters and acting.
He said they were one note, and underused respectively. With cliche universe,and straightforward banal plot. A pathetic and shallow attempt at the Faux profound, an empty shell with no true depth or substance.
At least that's how read it.
He's not promoting burning crosses.
uhg....the last punisher film was crap...the one made in 04 was alot better....
Oh and the plot to the star trek reboot is a million times worse....
Oh and the plot to the star trek reboot is a million times worse....
He seems genuinely disappointed that the plot holding everything together is so flakey. He sounds like he liked the action sequences and other things, but that without a compelling story to tie it alltogether, it's just a bad remake of "The Road Warrior" with a bible instead of oil... It's not the McGuffin he's complaining about, it's that it's badly used (Why is this particular copy so important? Isn't it the content that's important, not the physical book itself? Why can't the bad guy just write his own crap and just slap "Holy Bible" on the cover? Why is Eli just carrying it and not trying to spread the word? Who is he supposed to deliver it to if he's not a walking preacher?)sargeant15 said:
You know, it would be refreshing to see a story in which the idealistic faithful God-fearing protagonist is ultimately defeated, tortured and murdered, wondering in his final moments if God really exists.
Dude, he spent more than half the review saying "Yeah, it's a bible; just a bible. He's on a mission from God" in an incredulous 'How stupid is that?' voice. He devoted about one sentence for each character. It's pretty clear that the entire movie was spoiled for him by the premise, and as I said above, even if you don't believe in God, why should that impact your ability to watch a film about faith and its power? Nothing there saying that YOU have to believe in it.Nazrel said:
