THE BOOK OF ELI * THE LAST STATION

The Book of Eli - We had a family movie night last night, and Peter joined us in watching Denzel Washington. Denzel plays Eli, a wanderer heading west 30 years after a "flash" destroyed civilization. I don't want to give too much away; we all loved the movie; Peter is still thinking about and processing it. He doesn't watch many movies since he's in his own movies playing video games. I told him this one might be sort of like the landscape and story in Fallout, so he decided to give it a try. There's an of an obscure cast of great supporting actors. It's a story to make you think.

The Last Station - I rented this one from the library when Inception wasn't in, and Steve and I watched it the night before last. It's a good enough movie, although for me it could have waited until it was free to watch. If it's a true story then we learned something about Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenenna. (Neither of which this avid reader has ever read - started War and Peace years ago and gave up early). Maybe I'll try Anna one of these days. ANYWAY. The movie is about Tolstoy's last years, trying to live a quiet country life while espousing a Tolstoian way of living - passive resistance. His wife isn't into it, though, and she's a bit excitable which really goes against that hope for a quiet and peaceful life. There's another love story in there, and some watchable characters. If you're a Tolstoy lover you'll probably enjoy this more than I did.