RELIGION IS POWER! (my priest said so)

The Book of Eli

Usually I don't buy it when ANYTHING tries to force religion down my throat, but I always like things that piss off the executives at Vatican Inc.

I was on my way to see 'Daybreakers' with my sister and a friend. We got to the theater and the line was OUT THE DOOR! The line was so long, that we missed the beginning of the movie, so we decided to see 'Eli' instead, the movie that I wanted to see more than 'Daybreakers'. I didn't realize that it was going to be focused on Christianity...scratch that, the Bible. In a post-apocolyptic world, Denzel Washington, or Eli, is making a journey west. Where exactly he is, is beyond me. Oh, and he's REALLY good with a machete. He finds himself in a town where he is forced to be a guest with Gary Oldman or Carnegie, the man who runs, well, almost everything. (It's so great to see Gary Oldman as a villain again, I must say). Mila Kunis (yum) or Solara, is forced to prostitute herself on Oldman's behalf, as he has her blind mother captive as his love slave. Interested yet?

Eli has the Bible, Carnegie wants it, Solara wants to join Eli's one man team, insert awesome gun fights here.

The film is unique and interesting (vague enough for you? Okay how about this...) Denzel brings a fresh and dry perspective to this character. He's not someone I've been particularly fond of, but either he was very well directed or he's realizing that he's THE SAME CHARACTER IN EVERY MOVIE (or both). Mila Kunis has grown even more on me since her 'The 70s Show' days, and Gary Oldman is simply incomparable. There is also a very interesting twist that you won't want to miss. Check this one out.