[Delphis]

Trailer

[eastbay]

Wow. I can't wait. I wouldn't be surprised if more doomerish movies appear.

[green_achers]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'W')ow. I can't wait. I wouldn't be surprised if more doomerish movies appear.

[mos6507]

Haven't you all read this article yet? Enjoy.

[TheDude]

Bleak-Off!: Book of Eli vs. The Road - Topix

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')or fans of barren landscapes and interminable joylessness, anticipation runs high: In October, the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's ultrableak The Road hits theaters, followed just three months later by The Book of Eli, a grim, postapocalyptic drama starring Denzel Washington as a nomadic loner in possession of the titular book, "which provides knowledge that could redeem society" (or something). This morning's USA Today has a first-look slideshow at some promotional photos from Eli's Albuquerque set, and if you're into despair, we'd highly recommend it. But can Eli possibly be as depressing as The Road? This calls for a Bleak-Off!

[kjmclark]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'I') just tried. Read the first web page and gave up during the second. It's kind of endless, like the book.

[Nefarious]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a')nd no god damned zombies

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nefarious', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'a')nd no god damned zombies

[TheDude]

Forgot to mention that I trawled through the comments for the trailer on YouTube and people who've actually seen advanced screenings say the trailer, as usual, has little or nothing to do with the film itself. Many complained about that bushwa suggesting the disaster was caused by global warming - apparently that isn't in the movie at all, as in the book, where you're left wondering what the hell went wrong and given scant clues.

They say it's a pretty solidly made film all around.

Looks like the flatbed truck towed by slaves with the pregnant women on board will make an appearance, isn't that zombie enough for ya?

Reading Julian Comstock, and will review when done - damn good yarn so far.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') Comstock has been in the presidency for the past 30 years—and that’s just one of the changes and new ways of life in the 22nd century. In fact, this post-apocalyptic 22nd century is closer to the 19th century. The 20th and 21st centuries—the time of “Secular Ancients” and “Years of Vice and Profligacy” —are viewed as a period of hedonistic prosperity, a blighted age of peak oil and starvation where cities and the entire nation fell to ruin due to oil, water and arable land problems as well as the depletion of our natural resources. The population is now dramatically reduced. America has incorporated Canada into its territories. The flag features 13 stripes and 60 stars. People have a very limited and inaccurate knowledge of the past. The only surviving movies and books are stored away in archives. Society is broken up into three classes: the Aristos, leasing-class and indentured laborers. Small generators are the only (and scant) source of electricity. Such 20th and 21st technologies as computers, electronics, etc. no longer exist. The world has gone back to the values and social mores of the 19th century. And piety and religion govern the land and the people.

[Grautr]

I thought the cause of the disaster in the Road was nuclear war.

Doesnt he have a memory at one point of being back in his house with his wife and hearing two distant rumbling explosions and then he tells her to fill the bath up with water?

Its been a while since I read it.

[manu]

Another movie 2012 will also be out this fall. But come Sept. many may be living these movies in real life. Things will really start to spin out of control by then. A major solar eclipse will happen on July 22 and the effects of that will kick in soon after.

[Grautr]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('manu', 'A')nother movie 2012 will also be out this fall. But come Sept. many may be living these movies in real life. Things will really start to spin out of control by then. A major solar eclipse will happen on July 22 and the effects of that will kick in soon after.

[manu]

I'm not saying it is the end of the world. But soon whether its 2012 or 2020, life the way most people are living will change. That change will not be a depression or temporary downturn. It will be a change that will last thousands of years. People will be forced to live simple or they won't make it at all. For people in the mode of goodness it will be a welcome change. The change over may not be very fun, but it will be interesting.

[AgentR]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('manu', 'T')he change over may not be very fun, but it will be interesting.

[deMolay]

Any movie reviews on this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KcI0gLq1A