The Book of Eli (2010)

The Book of Eli has an interesting ring to it that makes the viewer think one thing when the meaning is something else entirely. The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic film with a very neo-Western, action, dram ties to it. Directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington (Eli), Gary Oldman (Carnegie), Mila Kunis (Solara), Ray Stevenson (Redridge), and Jennifer Beals (Claudia). The story itself is creative and resonates around Eli, a nomad in world ripped apart by nuclear war. We come to find out he travels because he feels it is his destiny and a voice says a path will be laid out for him to deliver a book. The history of the post-war world is explained along the way, as is the importance of Eli's task. He is a warrior, a voice of the voiceless and will stop at nothing along the way to bring the book to where he feels it belongs. Tremendous performances from Denzel and Gary Oldman. The editing was a little choppy in places but does not take away from the story. The film relishes in it's pivotal message as to do more for others than you do for yourself. All in all a good film for it's length and pace. I give it a solid 7 out of 10

I just love Mila Kunis. This movie is about an apocalyptic future, where only the strongest is going to survive. Every single book can be rarely finded and the one man is keeping the only copy of Holly Book with himself. Ofcourse, in this situation, where the human rase is nearly to be extinguished, every place is full of outlaws, killers and rival gangs. One of their leaders is Gary Oldman with his ruthless female bodyguard Mila Kunis. Gary's time is nearly to be overed, because organized criminal groupes can't be loyal in their own rangs, if there isn't the only one "Charlie" which stands for name of the Queen and Country. Frankly, I don't believe in sacrament of church, but I can say that in some hand, I'm a believer. I have to say that I don't prefer the law, but the order, because that is the only thing which matters in civilized countries of today. Sincerelly yours Dushan Petrovich, The Goblins, Red Star sport club from Belgrade, Serbia.

The story is set after 30 years the war took place on planet earth. Every copy of Bible has been burned as it was considered reason of war. Now Eli a blind man (who also gains vision) sets on journey asked to him by God himself. He carries copy of Bible written in Braille. Across his journey he comes across Carnegie who himself is in search of Bible. By violent means he gets his hands over The Bible Eli carries. His wife is blind, but she will not help him with reading that holy book because she knows he will only use it for bad. On other side Eli reaches his destiny and by now he has learned the sayings and Quotes given in The Bible. He gives them for printing so that it would not be out of reach from anybody else. Although the summary is written you have to watch the movie to see how engaging and great it is.Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography: War torn cities, villages, states, countries all without much of growth in field of development. Cannibalistic nature, destruction, getting hands over things of past, everything has been captured well.Tone: War torn earth after nuclear destruction has been the tone and it is captured well.Music: It is average.Acting: It is good.Final verdict: It doesn't matter which holy book it is. It's the theme you will get attracted to. It is worth watching again and again.

I was just curious about his movie, I had no idea what it was except the apocalyptic theme. It's been a good surprise for me. You could expect a lot of violence from post-apocalyptic movies, and there is some, but it's very moderate and beautifully choreographed. The story is about Eli, who carries the last Bible, and walks faithfully towards his destiny. I know it sounds really boring for non-religious but it's not. I am not a believer myself, and I would say it's more poetic than religious. The story is just beautiful.The pace is slow and contemplative, with some action scenes as I said, so it's a very nice twist from your typical end-of-the-world action movie.Visually, there is way too much emphasis on lighting, it looks too artificial. It does gives a special atmosphere, though. But the artistic photography is well-directed and coherent. Eli might be a little too bad-ass sometimes, but really not as much as the typical strong apocalyptic scavenger. I appreciated this movie, it's a nice poetic twist from the stereotypes of the genre. Denzel Washinton is quite good at painting this mysterious character.