The Book of Eli

The Book of Eli

1-18-10

If forced to describe this film in one word that word would be "tight". Its the films lack of "epic" that seems to be its ultimate strength. It manages to tell one well paced "tight" little story and tell it well. I sorta had to use the bathroom the whole time but around every turn the film had something interesting to do that I didn't want to miss. I even stayed to listen to the obligatory "heroes origin" exposition scene. It also doesn't hurt that everything was so well photographed and that all performances are extremely well played. 

I could easily see this film becoming a favorite of mine over the years.