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Machete and Humanity
Mariela 2022-04-22 07:01:04
I've always wondered what the "West" that calls "Denzel Washington" is! However, in the end, it is an island "library", which is too low for "Denzel Washington". Rather than just leaving texts, it is better to preach among the surviving humans of animal nature, so that the story can be end-of-life. Christ, Moses, etc., so my expectations for the "West" in the film are quite high. But then again, people have turned into beasts, and they still have a bird's way! Just like the "Denzel Washington" in the film, he should pick up the machete, ah--, and it's gone! ! Legends are legends, and the hope of humanity still depends on John Hillcoat's "The Road".
Extended Reading
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Eli: They say the war tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories.
Solara: Yeah.
Eli: The war tore a hole in the sky, the sun came down, burnt everything, everyone, I wandered, I didn't really know what I should do or where I was going. I was just moving from place to place, trying to stay alive. And then one day I heard this voice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like it was coming from inside me. But I could hear it clear as day. Clear as I can hear you talking to me now. It told me to carry the book west, it told me that a path would be laid out before me, that I'd be led to a place where the book would be safe. It told me I'd be protected, against anyone or anything that tried to stand in my way. If only I would have faith. That was thirty years ago and I've been walking ever since.
Solara: And you did all this because a voice told you to?
Eli: I know what I hear, I know what I heard, I know I'm not crazy, I didn't imagine it
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Hoyt: [seeing two dead hijackers] It's like he's protected somehow. Like there's nothing that can touch him
Carnegie: Oh, he's just a fucking man. You put a bullet in him, he'll go down like any other.