The Book of Eli

You know, I liked it.  It wasn't earth-shatteringly great, but I enjoyed it.  I did know the spoiler and I'm glad I did, because I liked watching it unfold, knowing the secret.  My son said he heard the best thing about it was the spoiler at the end, though, so I don't know.  But I'm still glad I knew.

The only thing that *really* bugged me, and this bugged me a lot, was the sepia tone to the landscape.  I get what they were trying to do with the post-apocalyptic world, but it was just annoying to me.  Because they kept shooting the sky, and you could tell it was a regular blue sky with fluffy white clouds, but they'd taken the color out.  I think if the sky was post-apocalyptic, it would either be more like low clouds, high fog, or else more bright than usual, to the point of washing to whiteness.  All the people wore sunglasses or goggles outside, like the sun would burn, so why would the sky be sepia-toned, then? 



Okay, looks like the cut isn't working.  So don't read further if you don't want to know.  Ok, now it's working!  I think.



( Movie spoilerage under the cut -- if the damned thing will work )