Elain-ee ...is what this movie wants us to believe. It strides off boldly in that direction without a second's reflection of its basic, flawed assumption that people are feral, rapacious, murderous and greedier than the worst animals are. Opening scenes show us women who willingly collude with misogynistic highway robbers, men killing each other for water and a supposed bible basher slaughtering a dozen people at a time. The 'hero' doesn't intervene when someone else's neck is on the line, though - for example, when a couple is being beaten and raped - oh no, fulfilling his quest is more important! Presumably, the additional message here is that preserving the alleged word of God is more important than the lives of innocent men and women, who are mere pawns in the quest to ensure 'something greater' survives. What could be greater than the human mind that creates these stories? Isn't destroying people to preserve a stupid book what countless inquisitors and jihadis believe to be right? How is putting a book above human lives meant to make the world a better place, when it apparently led to the near-annihilation of the human race just 30 years earlier? None of these questions are addressed or even asked. Many of the other assumptions that are made in this film are so gross, it seems like they must have come from someone who was raised with no other education aside from the bible. People never thought of sitting down and sharing food before the bible was written? Seriously?? Ancient artefacts from Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Meso America and all across the planet would beg to differ. Even monkeys and gorillas share their food, for crying out loud (even dogs do). Countless other civilizations have managed to survive huge calamities and upheavals and survive, without a bible. The directors ought to crack open a real history book sometime. They may be pleasantly surprised what they find there. I've personally also seen better use of this sort of black n white scenery in other graphic novel adaptations, like for instance, Sin City.

torstensonjohn 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

funeralfortheliving May contain spoilers...I don't know how to rate this film...Why couldn't he have saved the Constitution, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, Naked Lunch, The Outsiders, no the one book that gives us hope...because it leaves the imagination with little else... Now if he got to the end and read it and was like "Hell Naw" "Some one played the Li for a damn blind fool." and then he slashed it and the table in half and it said: To Be Continued, like the matrix... it would have been interesting at least.

bondguy77 the book of eli will keep you interested until the very end with it's post apocalyptic story and great actors who do not fail to entertain. denzel washington is one of my favorite actors and he didn't disappoint me after watching this again interesting denzel movie which i can honestly say may be one of his best yet.good film.