Haha instant spoiler from the blog caption ;p Sorry folks.SPOILER ALERT!!!:
Not much of a spoiler anyways. The plot takes place 31 years after an apocalyptic war that tore a hole in the sky and brought down the blinding light that devastated the world (I'm assuming it's a nuclear holocaust). After the blinding light survivors burned all Bibles by the bushel for becoming the source of the war, in hopes of preventing another holocaust. However not all copies are lost. Eli (Denzel) found one intact. He's been keeping it safe to himself. He's been reading it everyday. And he's been walking West for the past 31 years to find a place of salvation for the Bible, as instructed by the voice only he can hear.
Along the way he came across another man, Carnegie (Gary), who runs a town of survivors. Carnegie wants the Bible because he knows faith will give him more power. Of course Eli don't give a damn about Carnegie's vision because he just wants to go West as instructed. This sparked the conflict and the pursuit between the two in most part of the movie. Carnegie got the Bible in the end and left Eli for dead. However after arriving back in his town Carnegie can't read it because it's in Braille (the popped dots wording system for the blind).
At the end, Eli finally arrives at his destination in the West; the Alcatraz Island. There he meets Lombardi and other survivors, who were busy recovering all the knowledge of the world in the Alcatraz Prison (used to be a prison). Turns out Eli is blind all this time and he reads out the Bible to Lombardi so it could be printed out and preserved. Eli then dies of his mortal wound obtained from Carnegie's pursuit. The End.
See the trailer:
Controversy:
There's a hubbub about the ending of the movie, where the Bible is shown being placed between the Torah and the Koran, and the screen zoomed towards the Bible.
I don't see anything wrong with it. Chronologically this is correct because Lombardi wants to sort the Holy Books in order of appearance. Torah was first to be descended from the Heavens, followed by the the Bible, and finally the Koran. In terms of movie-making, this is appropriate because the movie revolved around the Bible so it makes sense to zoom the screen towards it instead of the Torah or Koran. I won't cover further controversies such as people ranting why they put up NKJV etc online. I find it ironic because the movie's war was started because of such Biblical controversies :S
Ham rates The Book of Eli:
The movie gives a perfect typical post-apocalyptic theme and mood. It's kinda reminiscent of Will Smith's I Am Legend, although unique in terms of "save-the-last-Bible" plot. The movie is violent, but Eli only resorts to violence in self-defense (which is good). Eli can be heard quoting the Bible in several scenes such as "And to the dust, we shall return" followed by a bloodied hack-and-slash gore fest ala Blade. Awesome? Or has Hollywood decide to poke at the Bible for instigating violence.
Arguably not one of the best movie for Denzel (I don't feel the umph! from his in this movie), but the portrayal of social decadence after the lost of faith gives a gritty reminder to what's happening to our world today.
Official Website: The Book of Eli
Along the way he came across another man, Carnegie (Gary), who runs a town of survivors. Carnegie wants the Bible because he knows faith will give him more power. Of course Eli don't give a damn about Carnegie's vision because he just wants to go West as instructed. This sparked the conflict and the pursuit between the two in most part of the movie. Carnegie got the Bible in the end and left Eli for dead. However after arriving back in his town Carnegie can't read it because it's in Braille (the popped dots wording system for the blind).
At the end, Eli finally arrives at his destination in the West; the Alcatraz Island. There he meets Lombardi and other survivors, who were busy recovering all the knowledge of the world in the Alcatraz Prison (used to be a prison). Turns out Eli is blind all this time and he reads out the Bible to Lombardi so it could be printed out and preserved. Eli then dies of his mortal wound obtained from Carnegie's pursuit. The End.
See the trailer:
Controversy:
There's a hubbub about the ending of the movie, where the Bible is shown being placed between the Torah and the Koran, and the screen zoomed towards the Bible.
I don't see anything wrong with it. Chronologically this is correct because Lombardi wants to sort the Holy Books in order of appearance. Torah was first to be descended from the Heavens, followed by the the Bible, and finally the Koran. In terms of movie-making, this is appropriate because the movie revolved around the Bible so it makes sense to zoom the screen towards it instead of the Torah or Koran. I won't cover further controversies such as people ranting why they put up NKJV etc online. I find it ironic because the movie's war was started because of such Biblical controversies :SHam rates The Book of Eli:
The movie gives a perfect typical post-apocalyptic theme and mood. It's kinda reminiscent of Will Smith's I Am Legend, although unique in terms of "save-the-last-Bible" plot. The movie is violent, but Eli only resorts to violence in self-defense (which is good). Eli can be heard quoting the Bible in several scenes such as "And to the dust, we shall return" followed by a bloodied hack-and-slash gore fest ala Blade. Awesome? Or has Hollywood decide to poke at the Bible for instigating violence.
Arguably not one of the best movie for Denzel (I don't feel the umph! from his in this movie), but the portrayal of social decadence after the lost of faith gives a gritty reminder to what's happening to our world today.
Official Website: The Book of Eli
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