Denzel Washington's movies are a delight to watch, at least to me that is. From the first of his that I watched, portraying as an angry moslem American in Malcolm X, to Cry Freedom - as an oppressed South Arfikan Bantu Steven Biko in an Apartheid ruled S.Africa and to the present - The Book of Eli portraying as a machete and gun back-packing ruthless messenger of God have never had a failed-formula. Beautiful in its own genre.
This six-footer hunk of a man has never failed to incite the little wonderment of his acting prowess in uncowardice roles. This is an actor who does roles to wake up the dead spirit of humans and conscience un-outspokenly. This is also an actor whom I have never heard of receiving any Oscars.
His latest - The Book of Eli along with thespian-old horse Gary Oldman, though stark, and the movie plotted against a world gone chaos, was a delight to watch. DW, scruffy back-packed and in dark light is something you don't see that light of him much.
With the Book of Eli, DW has now played conjugal roles both as a moslem and a christian championing both religions. It is not an easy role to take on less the money is good. Gary Oldman as they say 'good for any role' plays a gang lord boss who is after a rare possession owned by DW.
This may be not be the best of DW or win him an award, but for its cinematography, many will enjoy this movie. Jennifer Beals playing a blind mother and mistress makes it all the lunatic Gary Oldman more loveable.
I don't wana give away too much of this movie. Denzel is darker than dark.
Btw, The Wolfman is up for watch.
I think I wana go to the movies.
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