Book of Eli

[greenstorm]

Sure it was pretty, but how the fuck can an entire theatre full of people look at the lovely panning shots of desert wasteland and hear about water scarcity and not once think 'there is no sign of an agricultural base anywhere in any of those shots, not even a token, not even a badly explained one, they sure as hell aren't trucking their food in from California, so what are they eating?' Come on. People have turned to cannibalism for food and other people haven't so food scarcity is a semi-acknowledged issue, they are congregating in towns, but no sign of anything. Sure, ten years after a nuclear apocalypse, twenty years after, you're still eating canned food from supermarkets, I'll buy into that suspension of disbelief... but thirty years after and not one shot of agriculture anywhere? I guess if you magically have the fuel to scavenge for days in every direction we're supposed to believe you can find food that's been missed, but that each and every bible's been burned?

Yeah, sorry. Nice movie, but it loses. So does our society-- because it ain't gonna cross anyone's mind that suspension of disbelief is necessary in that area of the film. Don't you realise that food comes from a place and an activity that frequently leaves traces of its existence? Collecting bibles? Not agricultural info? The promised land full of urban density with people bustling around but placed in the midst of totally uncultivated land? You lose, guys. Game over.

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[dark-sphere.livejournal.com]

Towards the end they drive further west and up a hill into some green land. Maybe the farms were over the hill. To the side. Out of view.

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

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Take a look at Alcatraz island where they're living, there. There ain't a whole lotta room.

[dark-sphere.livejournal.com]

But in 30 years or so, after bringing tons of soil over on rowing boats, they made enough room to support their small collective.

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[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

You are awesome. :D

[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

I mean, we could talk about seed stock, etc, but you are still awesome.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_greenwitch_/]

Every time I see an apocalyptic movie, I have those thoughts....though as your post-apocalypse friend, you know I would be finding an out of the way spot and hiding my garden and chickens from theft and vandals :)

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[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Lookit Gavin's picture above! :>

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and it's semi-defensible! :)

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[greenstorm.livejournal.com]

Well, there we go!

[kindelingboy.livejournal.com]

I focused more the feasibility of using the Bible as the cornerstone of a new society in the wake of an apocalypse, and what that said about Christianity. In that regards I would argue that it was excellent food for thought. Must admit the whole agriculture thing really slipped my mind, but those are good points.

To each their own :)

[hundun.livejournal.com]

You might like this aspect of The Road: nothing's growing and even the handful of surviving cannibals are starving.