Despite the dreary weather we’re having these past few days, my brother, mother and I still decided to treat ourselves for lunch and movie today. My brother suggested the movie. I never heard of Book of Eli and when I skimmed the review on the movie theater website, the positive reviews got me interested.

Book of Eli stars Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, and Gary Oldman. The movie opens with Denzel Washington, aka Eli, looking like a scruffy nomad walking on this deserted and dusty highway. All around him it’s either deserted or littered

with ravaged cars and skeletons. You never really know what’s the story is about until the next 20 minutes when Eli is attacked by ruffians asking for a book. There was this awesome but gory battle scene that took place with Eli surviving unscathed. Then he resumes his walking until he arrives on this dirt-poor small town.

Now the story begins to unfold: it appears that the timeline is 30 years after a meteor fell down into the earth and almost completely wiped out humanity. The surviving people blamed it on the bible (go figure!) and all bibles were destroyed. Eli possessed the last bible and he’s heading west to complete his divine task. The “mayor” aka Gary Oldman or Carnegie, wanted the bible for the power it will bring. When he learned that Eli got the last bible, he chased after this dangerous sword-wielding, trigger-happy man. Mila Kunis got mixed into the fray and she sided with Eli and actually helped him accomplish his mission: to safely deliver the bible to the place where it can restore humanity. You need to watch this to find out where that place is…and you’ll be surprised where “WEST” is.

I don’t know why this got rave reviews. The storyline is simple, unbelievable and unoriginal. It’s not even entertaining. I mean some movies their story sucks but at least it’s entertaining. This one left me bleh. The action scenes are gory and for some cool! but hey I can get that from zombie movies and it will leave me satisfied. Ironic things I picked up from this movie are:  a) I assumed the apocalypse hit earth on 2008 when plaids and skinny jeans are in and ipod is still the best mp3 player! b) Even though the people don’t have the basic necessities they’ve got the coolest shades c) if this is anarchy why is Carnegie powerful? d) who cleans up the dead people?

Anyway, for me this movie is just 1 out of 5 stars.

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