Stream it now The Book of Eli 2010

 

Wow i really enjoyed this movie denzel washington did a really good job in this film, if you belive in god i really recommend this film, some people will understand it and some yeah it wont really make and sence too,

didnt really catch my eye

Why the long drawn out explanations... It's a religious film about the survival of the last Bible. And Eli is not the last black man on earth bra... Crap with the comments you idiots leave there is no reason to watch the movie except for the action scenes. Learn hoe to leave a decent comment...

i liked every bit of the movie except for the part where Mila Kunis almost gets raped

i liked every bit of the movie except for the part where Mila Kunis almost gets raped

Another apocalyptic film with a religious flair; Denzel is Eli that carries the very last Bible on earth that follows a voice to tell him to find a safe shelter for it, the category of the film changes as you realise what is really happening, and the ending was surprising enough to make you realise you just saw an decent movie.

I was expection lot more of this one. Is not really bad, but its not good neither. An OK movie if you like post apocalyptic films.

This is a movie for people that, at least, believe in God, so if you don't believe, or don't like Christianity, you'll be very disappointed with this film, although you may admire it's action scenes.

Eli (Denzel Washington) has been on a journey for 30 years, walking west across America after a cataclysmic war that turned the earth into a total wasteland. After the war and the "Big Flash", Eli was guided by a higher power to a hidden book and given the task of protecting the book and taking it to its final destination. Eli guards the book with his life, because he knows that the book is the only hope that humanity has for its future.

The cinematography of this movie is extremely well made, and has some great takes, like the first expectacular fight scene where we only see their silhouettes, or when Carnegie opens the book for the first time, and we see how the lock works (Which remembered me of David Fincher's "Panic room"). But some unnecessary shots, like the first scene where the bow splits the dust (Which is there for no reason).

The Hughes Brothers's direction is very stylish and sometimes elegant, we can see that by noticing that they don't spent a lot of time explaining why the world is like that, that would take a lot of time and was not really necessary.

The acting is brilliant, which is almost superfluous considering that the main characters are played by Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman, but there was some surprises, like the short appearance of the old couple Martha and George, that although seem that they were there for nothing, it was good just to have funny scenes, like when someone asks Martha what they were going to do, and she answers "I know what the @$#% I'm doing!".

Although the movie has some great scenes where Eli is reading the book to Solara, it has some clich

Denzel Washington plays the last black man on earth in the post-apocalyptic "The Book of Eli", a film that borrows heavily from those which have gone before it, including old spagetti westerns and the Mad Max films (I swear I even detect a little Planet of the Apes thrown in). The earth looks like a burnt desert, although it's never disclosed whether this is due to nuclear war or the greenhouse effect. Whatever the case, Washington's Eli is bad mutha, handing out justice at the point of a blade or the barrel of a gun, he seems to attract the raiders and cannibal bandits that haunt the wastelands and don't know any better than to mess with him. As he travels west (something he's supposedly been doing for the last 30 years), he stops off in Carnegie's (Gary Oldman) town to re-charge his ipod and buy some water. Carnegie's goons attempt to rough up Eli, and he slaughters a roomful of them. Carnegie is so impressed, he tries to lure Eli into working for him, first with Claudia (Jennifer Beals), then with her daughter, Solara (Mila Kunis). Carnegie's real goal, however, is to find a particular book, and he has motorcycle hooligans scouring the wastes in search of it. He believes this book will give him the power to control the minds of the world's remaining population, and eventually make him ruler over all. It's no small coincidence then, when he discovers Eli has the very book he's been looking for, and the two engage in a battle of wills over it.

The book is religious in nature, and through it, the film somehow simultaneously arouses the christian faith and the longheld atheist notion that religion is nothing more than a means of bringing about order in a society of savages. People who are unable to obtain their morality through logic must be scared into morality by threat of eternal damnation by a higher power. Carnegie believes religious manipulation will help him gain a greater control over people, and controlling people is all he does. Eli is the opposite, but his goal is not really any different. He knows the power of faith, and how it can shape civilizations. This is why he wants so desperately to deliver the book into the hands of people who can best spread the word. The biggest difference between Eli and Carnegie is faith: Eli believes in the God behind the words, Carnegie just sees the words without context.

Eli believes he's the chosen messenger of God, and at times his survival seems nothing short of miraculous. The Hughes brothers are smart enough to leave this concept ambiguous, and somehow the film doesn't suffer from their not having chosen a side. Of course like any film that combines kung fu westerns with Road Warrior, post-nuclear apocalypse morality, "The Book of Eli" is way over the top. Gary Oldman is incredibly hammy in his role as the chief bad guy, but as far as ham goes, it's delicious. Mila Kunis is, well... adequate, but she should probably steer away from these types of films in the future. Washington is pretty captivating in his performance, and as producer he's helped bring a very interesting action picture to the big screen.

The Book of Eli

Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, and Jennifer Beals

Director: The Hughes Brothers

Run-time: 1hr. 58min. Rated-R




Denzel Washington back playing another bad ass mother fucker, in The Book of Eli. The movie takes place in a post apocalypses world,
were Eli (Washington)
has a mysterious book that he keeps on him at all times. while Eli is walking
to the west side of america, he runs into a small town run by Carnegie (Oldman)
who wants the mysterious book that Washington has. Oldman will stop at nothing
to get the book, but Eli himself will stop at nothing to make sure that his
book is safe.


I liked this movie, and one of the reasons why I liked it was for some reason everybody wanted Washington's book, and I like it because
you don't even know why throughout the hole movie why the book is so important.
Even in the trailer you cant even figure out why the book is so important. I
thought it was pretty hilarious. Other then that funny reason, the fight scenes
with Denzel Washington are so fucking amazing, the camera shots of the scenes
are shot far away from the action so you can see everything that is going on in
the fight. witch is amazing to see because in most action flicks the camera is
so close to the action you don't even know whats going on. So I give big props
to the Hughes Brothers for shooting those scenes like that. Denzel Washington
had the best performance in the movie, Definitely the kick-ass Training Day
Denzel,not the soft Taking of Pelham 123 Denzel. Gary Oldman I thought at times
over acted, and Mila Kunis is very hot, but that's about it. Denzel Washington
over his career has played some really bad-ass mother fucking characters,
Training Day, Man on Fire, and Crimson Tide, but I will have to add the Book of
Eli to those bad-ass roles because Denzel Washington was one bad mother fucker
in this movie. I Haven t seen him act this bad-ass in quite a while. Now
that I mentioned all the good things about the movie, let me mention some flaws
to the movie. the ending throw me off big time. now I don't want to spoil the
ending so I wont say it, but when you see the ending your just thinking (wow
are you kidding me, that's the best you can come up with). About half way throw
the movie it slows its paste down a lot, and it gets slightly boring during
those scenes.


Overall if the ending wasn't a big piece of shit, The Book of Eli could have been one awesome action flick. Now saying that I did like the
movie a lot, specially the kick-ass performance that Denzel gives us.

My grade 7/10