tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6743129782777461725.post2551419188922814471..comments2014-11-02T20:10:04.434+00:00Comments on Celluloid Word Slick: The Book of Eli; The RoadMonsieur Le Capuchinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927917854738455114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6743129782777461725.post-5474212389229587132010-02-28T20:07:45.690+00:002010-02-28T20:07:45.690+00:00It was the visuals I was talking about, something ...It was the visuals I was talking about, something about the saturated colour, the ash and the forest gave that scene a feel I've had in things like House of Flying Daggers.<br /><br />Thematically yeah, it's a samurai movie and the Zatoichi thing cements that. He's not even a Ronin as he is working for a Lord.<br /><br />As for spoilers, this whole blog is spoiled, surely? Very few of the reviews don't give something away. I thought the "There Will Be Spoilers" tagline covered that, but when I spoke to Davey recently he thought it was just there as a play on the movie title - seriously, is the style of that phrase so distinctive that content gets divorced from it?Monsieur Le Capuchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927917854738455114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6743129782777461725.post-75935051233195958552010-02-17T00:53:29.172+00:002010-02-17T00:53:29.172+00:00The Book of Eli doesn't have any major Wushu r...The Book of Eli doesn't have any major Wushu references or influences that I can see. Its a samurai movie. That final twist - and you really should give spoiler warnings, its an Internet law - just makes it clear that its been a Zatoichi movie all along. Yes, a Zatoichi movie with some massive plot holes - I was convinced for a long stretch that his iPod was some sort of satellite-connected GPS with an inbuilt forcefield but no, he just liked Al Green and was good at shooting people he couldn't see while they all missed him - but a Zatoichi movie nonetheless.David Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289610966074361701noreply@blogger.com