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Conspiracy!

I’ve been wondering for ever so long why movie studios always manage to release odd films with roughly the same premise at basically the same time. Two volcano movies, two asteroid-destroys-the-Earth movies, two Victorian illusionist movies, and now – now! – two guy-wandering-through-desolate-post-apocalyptic-wasteland movies. First, The Road:

And now The Book of Eli:

I ask you, dear reader: What the dickens?

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4 Responses to “Conspiracy!”

  1. daniel silliman Says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 00:52

    What about the three (!) out right now about dead daughters haunting desperate dads? Three!

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123122932

  2. Nathan Says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 21:17

    You should note that Eli has Gary Oldman as the villain. It doesn’t matter what the movie’s about after that – I refer anyone back to The Professional as evidence.

  3. pjk Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 07:45

    Hat trick?

  4. Dave Says:
    February 6th, 2010 at 00:44

    The Book of Eli was a martial arts revenge movie in sepia. I think at one point when Gary Oldman gets mad that Denzel has again escaped he, surrounded by his goons, shakes his fists at the sky and yells, “Get Him!!!”