tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post1303210464197995601..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: The bibliography of Eli: 10 other books that Eli could carry aroundThe Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-4106347196894558122010-01-24T05:03:26.170-05:002010-01-24T05:03:26.170-05:00Thanks, Craig. I meant to invoke Costner's hu...Thanks, Craig. I meant to invoke Costner's hubris. I was thinking of that basic movie star request: "Make me into a God," and how Washington is too talented to fall into that solipsistic trap.<br /><br />Otherwise, this post is just silly, and I don't entirely know why I wrote it. In an earlier draft, I led off with Dr Seuss' <i>One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish</i>.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-78805404536641785592010-01-23T23:12:07.251-05:002010-01-23T23:12:07.251-05:00Thanks for the laugh. I don't remember much ab...Thanks for the laugh. I don't remember much about "The Postman" other than it being the nadir of Kevin Costner's hubris. It takes chutzpah to end a movie with your characters erecting a statue of yourself.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01450775188328918558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-77533259550563529122010-01-23T21:43:04.885-05:002010-01-23T21:43:04.885-05:00Thanks, Hokahey. I hear, though, that The Book of...Thanks, Hokahey. I hear, though, that <i>The Book of Eli</i> is doing well in the box office, so it has something that <i>The Postman</i> didn't. More action scenes? Mila Kunis? I doubt that it has much to do with the King James Bible.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-38373478241881303472010-01-23T10:14:43.882-05:002010-01-23T10:14:43.882-05:00Very funny, FilmDr. I enjoyed your allusion to The...Very funny, FilmDr. I enjoyed your allusion to <i>The Postman</i> - the <i>Heaven's Gate</i> of post-apoco-cinema. Or maybe that was <i>Waterworld</i>. Ah, Kevin.<br /><br />Great suggestions here for post-disaster reading. Something juicy like <i>Valley of the Dolls</i> might come in handy too for those lonely nights out on the gray wasteland.Richard Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12397053921647421425noreply@blogger.com