The Book of Eli - an upcoming Post Apocalyptic movie. - General

I'll think about watching this, there's something about this movie that makes it very Fallout.

I'm not getting my hopes up for this. Only good thing about this to me would probably be Denzel Washington's badassery, everything else looks pretty generic to me.

When I first saw this I was like, "Fallout? :O"

He's gonna save the world through religion :geno:

[QUOTE=BlackBirdNL;19423109]He's gonna save the world through religion :geno:[/QUOTE] [I]oh no[/I]

When I First saw Eli, I thought it was based on the Half-life series. The Eli in this film looks similar Eli Vance

[QUOTE=emPiRe14;19419552]What the book actually is hasn't been announced and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Whitta]the guy who wrote the script[/url] isn't some crazy Christian.[/QUOTE] It even said the word "Genesis" and "On the 'whatever' day god created" I'm pretty sure it's the christian bible.

In the second picture he does actually look a bit like eli vance.

I don't know what to say.

At least it doesn't have zombies.

It looks pretty good and I'll give it a chance.

intro reminds me of S.T.A.L.K.E.R, with the gas mask and forest [editline]llooll[/editline] oops i mean the intro of trailer 1 [editline]llooll[/editline] [hd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKfZrbS79To[/hd]

I'm digging the Post Apocalyptic Western setting.

[QUOTE=BulletofHell;19414613][img]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/9bec00bookofeli.png[/img][/QUOTE] [img]http://errur.com/New/Uploads/185.jpg[/img]

Seen the trailer several times on TV. Looks pretty good, might go see it

The only part of the trailer that I don't like is when this chick shows up [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/rage.PNG[/img] This shot just looks terrible. It reeks of green screen and just looks terribly out of place. She's clean as hell and, I don't know, just doesn't look right.

I stopped watching when I saw it was the Bible. It immediately gives me the feeling I'm watching church propaganda

[QUOTE=Hammertime;19426630]I stopped watching when I saw it was the Bible.[/QUOTE] Why would you care if it's the bible or not are you one of those atheists that blindly hate anything that's associated with the bible or something?

Eli himself sort of reminds of of Three-Dog from Fallout 3.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;19414079]I want to see it. It has a god among men, Gary Oldman in it, and Denzel Washington is pretty badass most of the time too. I've never gotten over Man on Fire(I think that's the movie, memory fails right now).[/QUOTE] Name an instance where Denzel Washington isn't badass.

[QUOTE=Erthys;19423053]When I first saw this I was like, "Fallout? :O"[/QUOTE] When you go in they give you an intelligence test that plugs in to some headphones. Get below 90 and you get an alternate soundtrack where everyone speaks in sentence fragments. [editline]10:35PM[/editline] [QUOTE=UberDave;19431082]Name an instance where Denzel Washington isn't badass.[/QUOTE] Most of Pelham 123

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Book_of_eli_poster.jpg[/img] The poster is just too badass

Looks kinda stupid "30 winters ago..." 30 winters? what are you, a native american? even in fallout they say years. [editline]10:53PM[/editline] [QUOTE=LoserMan255;19432764][img_thumb]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Book_of_eli_poster.jpg[/img_thumb] The poster is just too badass[/QUOTE] because every post apocalyptic nightmare needs a buttless shotgun strapped onto your back and sunglasses. [editline]10:54PM[/editline] [quote=t2l_goose;19426592]the only part of the trailer that i don't like is when this chick shows up [img_thumb]http://filesmelt.com/dl/rage.PNG[/img_thumb] this shot just looks terrible. It reeks of green screen and just looks terribly out of place. She's clean as hell and, i don't know, just doesn't look right.[/quote] she too needs sunglasses and a shotgun strapped to her back! [editline]11:01PM[/editline] I'd like to set things straight with movies: ZOMBIES: It is debatable whether they can run or not because slow zombies would make a great game but a terrible movie. But they cannot climb like they can in left 4 dead. that means no latters, no grabbing onto ledges and pulling themselves up. They CAN however climb over low fences or walls like in zombieland, because that's some pretty basic muscle functions right there, and they kind of throw themselves over the wall anyway. POST APOCALYPTIC: You may not have cars, you may not have a seemingly unlimited supply of ammo or food, that is the whole point of an apocalypse, you're surviving off of what you find. Not everything needs a sickly green color (IM LOOKIN AT YOU FO3) Not everything needs sunglasses, the nukes went off years ago, it's ok to open your eyes now. Not everyone needs a shotgun strapped to their back, and not everything needs to have a leather vest.

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It looks like a quest from Fallout 3... [indent]QUEST RECEIVED - RETRIEVE THE BOOK OF ELI[/indent]

[QUOTE=XD!;19414049]I'm calling that the book's the bible. After watching the trailer, I was right.[/QUOTE] Well fuck this movie then. The goddamn Bible is responsible for more human suffering than anything that's ever been written. It never saves humanity, it just makes shit worse. The book should have been a fucking Farmer's Almanac or Plato's "The Republic"

[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;19426650]Why would you care if it's the bible or not are you one of those atheists that blindly hate anything that's associated with the bible or something?[/QUOTE] No, I don't blindly hate the Bible. Hell I even take the effort to type it with a capital B. I just think it's a stupid idea. If there's one thing I hate, it's the "God saves us" attitude in the tons of blockbuster movies that passed the box office for the past two or three decades. I've had enough of it. Why not take another religion? Maybe show the Koran from a different point of view, one that tries to temper lots of people who say "LOLNUKEMIDDLEEASTLOL"for example, that would make the movie have a lot more impact. Everyone knows the Bible, nobody knows the Koran, including me. And okay I might have judged this movie too quick but I just can't stand lots of the Christian winks in all those Hollywood films.... Or maybe even the movie Dr. Strangelove, to show that wisdom is not only something of the past. Just WHY the Bible? This horse is dead and they're beating it again.

[QUOTE=Warren Holzem;19433408]Well fuck this movie then. The goddamn Bible is responsible for more human suffering than anything that's ever been written. It never saves humanity, it just makes shit worse.[/QUOTE] I fucking hate people like you. Running around bashing something because you don't like it. You're no worse than a Homophobe, Racist, or a prejudice cunt.

[QUOTE=Mr.2007;19433488]I fucking hate people like you. Running around [B]bashing something because you don't like it[/B]. You're no worse than a Homophobe, Racist, or a prejudice cunt.[/QUOTE] Lol why else would you bash something?

[QUOTE=Mr.2007;19433488]I fucking hate people like you. Running around bashing something because you don't like it. You're no worse than a Homophobe, Racist, or a prejudice cunt.[/QUOTE] How would the Bible save humanity? What practical knowledge does it contain that would help anyone in a post-apocalyptic setting? Try using your brain to understand why this is a shit concept for a film instead of blindly attacking people because they disagree with you.