The first time I watched this movie I was at a loss for words. At first I did not want to watch this film at all, my friend was begging me to watch it with him. I was dreading the first couple minuets of the movie until I actually started paying attention and in the first couple of scenes that took my breath away. The movie The Book of Eli Is an amazing movie that will blow you away. The movie is so outstanding and above normal standards because the movie has a suspenseful and constantly action-packed, the plot, the actors in this movies are fantastic, and because of all the cliff hangers and moments that make you say “what just happened” that leave you questioning and deciding how the movie ends. The movie takes place in after a nuclear
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One of those reasons is because the movie is constantly action-packed. This film will keep you on the edge of your seat. For example in the opening scene Eli is seen in a toxic zone wearing a gas mask hunting a small cat type animal with a bow because food is really scarce. Right off the bat it shows Eli’s uncanny survival skills. The movie one second will be calm and then in the blink of an eye the movie will intensify profoundly. Such as another scene Eli is walking and stumbles upon a starving, dehydrated, and homeless women she simply asks for water and then a gang of raiders pop out and ambushes him. As skilled of a fighter as Eli is he takes out a couple of gang raiders no problem. A lot of the action and high intensity in the film comes from violent breath taking scenes. Anne Bartsch did a study on why people enjoy watching violent films with a group of 482, ranging from 18-82. They showed multiple trailers that varied in violence to these people to see if they are attracted by the violence or suspenseful movies. Janice Wood wrote about this study and some of the results are “Some types of violent portrayals seem to attract audiences because they promise to satisfy truth-seeking motivations by offering meaningful insights into some aspect of the human condition.” Also she said “Hedonistic pleasures” are another reason why we willingly watch violent gory movies. Book of Eli is directly under …show more content…
The protagonist and my favorite actor of all time is Denzel Washington, he plays Eli. Denzel is a great actor, he has been in various other great films such as Flight, Training day, Remember the Titans, Glory, and Malcolm X. Denzel also has received many rewards for his work, he has received two golden globe awards, a Tony Award, Academy award for best supporting actor for Glory, and Academy award for Best Actor in Training day. Along with his great acting skills he is also a producer and helped produce The Book of Eli. Another great actor in this film is Gary Oldman, he plays Carnegie. He Also has been in a bunch of other movies such as Harry Potter in the Prisoner of Azkaban. The Dark Knight, RoboCop, Leon the Professional. Other great actors such as Mila Kunis and Jennifer Beals. Mila who stared in that 70’s show, Family guy, and Forgetting Sarah Marshal. Actors are key to every movie, if movies had bad actors no one would want to watch the film. Laura Deerfield said that “A decent line will fall flat in a bad actor's mouth. An average actor may disappear when playing an average character - but a good actor, like a good photographer, may make even and ugly baby look beautiful” actors are one of the most important feature to any film because they can change a film from boring and normal to
One of those reasons is because the movie is constantly action-packed. This film will keep you on the edge of your seat. For example in the opening scene Eli is seen in a toxic zone wearing a gas mask hunting a small cat type animal with a bow because food is really scarce. Right off the bat it shows Eli’s uncanny survival skills. The movie one second will be calm and then in the blink of an eye the movie will intensify profoundly. Such as another scene Eli is walking and stumbles upon a starving, dehydrated, and homeless women she simply asks for water and then a gang of raiders pop out and ambushes him. As skilled of a fighter as Eli is he takes out a couple of gang raiders no problem. A lot of the action and high intensity in the film comes from violent breath taking scenes. Anne Bartsch did a study on why people enjoy watching violent films with a group of 482, ranging from 18-82. They showed multiple trailers that varied in violence to these people to see if they are attracted by the violence or suspenseful movies. Janice Wood wrote about this study and some of the results are “Some types of violent portrayals seem to attract audiences because they promise to satisfy truth-seeking motivations by offering meaningful insights into some aspect of the human condition.” Also she said “Hedonistic pleasures” are another reason why we willingly watch violent gory movies. Book of Eli is directly under …show more content…
The protagonist and my favorite actor of all time is Denzel Washington, he plays Eli. Denzel is a great actor, he has been in various other great films such as Flight, Training day, Remember the Titans, Glory, and Malcolm X. Denzel also has received many rewards for his work, he has received two golden globe awards, a Tony Award, Academy award for best supporting actor for Glory, and Academy award for Best Actor in Training day. Along with his great acting skills he is also a producer and helped produce The Book of Eli. Another great actor in this film is Gary Oldman, he plays Carnegie. He Also has been in a bunch of other movies such as Harry Potter in the Prisoner of Azkaban. The Dark Knight, RoboCop, Leon the Professional. Other great actors such as Mila Kunis and Jennifer Beals. Mila who stared in that 70’s show, Family guy, and Forgetting Sarah Marshal. Actors are key to every movie, if movies had bad actors no one would want to watch the film. Laura Deerfield said that “A decent line will fall flat in a bad actor's mouth. An average actor may disappear when playing an average character - but a good actor, like a good photographer, may make even and ugly baby look beautiful” actors are one of the most important feature to any film because they can change a film from boring and normal to