The Book of Eli: What are your impressions?

Very well shot action. Decent characters and development, nothing special (There were flaws but nothing to detracting, except maybe mila kunis. I liked the change in eli throughout the narrative)

It was just to well presented for me to get caught up on the small flaws. The ending was...dissapointing (More mila).

7/10

I thought it was well done, and I dont feel like Christianity was forced upon the watcher. They just made it so that the Denzel believed what he believed they werent saying how horrible or how good Christianity is. I must say Ienjoyed Avatar much much more.

I think it was a bit too preachy towards the end, but the twist was pretty well done.

[QUOTE="PistolGripPump"]I enjoyed it up until a certain part: ***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS*** When you find out that the book Eli is carrying ends up being the bible, the whole movie seemingly has the whole "religion is cool, it kicks ass, so you should believe in god now!" thing going for it. I'm an atheist personally so having that happen almost destroyed the movie for me. The fact that he ended up being blind proved that 'god guided him to the west' and I feel that this was incredibly ridiculous. Game__Raider

Ok don't take this the wrong way, its your choice to be atheist and that is cool imo, but never bash a movie cause it has a religous message to it. People act like there are a ton of these religous movies out there but there really aren't. If anything there is a ton of anti-religion movies out there that claim that god isn't real and if so why does he sit by and let people die and stuff like that. There are barely any religous movies these days so using this as an excuse to why a movie won't be/isn't good is completely stupid. No offense to you, like I said its your choice its just you shouldn't judge a movie based on religous/anti-religous aspects.

It was crap. Such obvious Christian propaganda. I mean, I'm ok with a religious movie so long as it isn't shoved right in our faces. They could have at least used a metaphor to get the point across. When religion is an underlying theme or metaphor, it's ok. But when it's the staple of a movie that's when the movie starts sucking. On top of that, the movie had a very predictable plot, 2-dimensional characters and in general was kinda boring. To it's credit, however, it did have some kick-ass action scenes. hamstergeddon

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[QUOTE="PistolGripPump"]I enjoyed it up until a certain part: ***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS***SPOILERS*** When you find out that the book Eli is carrying ends up being the bible, the whole movie seemingly has the whole "religion is cool, it kicks ass, so you should believe in god now!" thing going for it. I'm an atheist personally so having that happen almost destroyed the movie for me. The fact that he ended up being blind proved that 'god guided him to the west' and I feel that this was incredibly ridiculous. peaceoutmedusa

Ok don't take this the wrong way, its your choice to be atheist and that is cool imo, but never bash a movie cause it has a religous message to it. People act like there are a ton of these religous movies out there but there really aren't. If anything there is a ton of anti-religion movies out there that claim that god isn't real and if so why does he sit by and let people die and stuff like that. There are barely any religous movies these days so using this as an excuse to why a movie won't be/isn't good is completely stupid. No offense to you, like I said its your choice its just you shouldn't judge a movie based on religous/anti-religous aspects.

I thought it was pretty good. Different than what i thought it would be but still enjoyable.

[QUOTE="peaceoutmedusa"][QUOTE="Game__Raider"]

Ok don't take this the wrong way, its your choice to be atheist and that is cool imo, but never bash a movie cause it has a religous message to it. People act like there are a ton of these religous movies out there but there really aren't. If anything there is a ton of anti-religion movies out there that claim that god isn't real and if so why does he sit by and let people die and stuff like that. There are barely any religous movies these days so using this as an excuse to why a movie won't be/isn't good is completely stupid. No offense to you, like I said its your choice its just you shouldn't judge a movie based on religous/anti-religous aspects.

hamstergeddon

I agree for the most part. The problem with Book of eli is that aside from that ridiculous ending, it doesnt have much else that stands out. The story is nothing special, the acting is pretty good other than Mila Kunis who I never liked. Religous films can be good though, for example The Rapture is a very good film because it isn't one dimensional. Book of eli is way too forced and ridiculous with it's religious ideas.

[QUOTE="peaceoutmedusa"][QUOTE="Game__Raider"]

Ok don't take this the wrong way, its your choice to be atheist and that is cool imo, but never bash a movie cause it has a religous message to it. People act like there are a ton of these religous movies out there but there really aren't. If anything there is a ton of anti-religion movies out there that claim that god isn't real and if so why does he sit by and let people die and stuff like that. There are barely any religous movies these days so using this as an excuse to why a movie won't be/isn't good is completely stupid. No offense to you, like I said its your choice its just you shouldn't judge a movie based on religous/anti-religous aspects.

[QUOTE="hamstergeddon"]

You are 100% correct Game_Raider.peaceoutmedusa

I agree for the most part. The problem with Book of eli is that aside from that ridiculous ending, it doesnt have much else that stands out. The story is nothing special, the acting is pretty good other than Mila Kunis who I never liked. Religous films can be good though, for example The Rapture is a very good film because it isn't one dimensional. Book of eli is way too forced and ridiculous with it's religious ideas.

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[QUOTE="hamstergeddon"] I said it once and I'll say it again.

When religion is an underlying theme or allegory it can only add to the quality of the film. But when religion is a staple, or integral part of the plot of a movie all it does is become cheesy and alienates viewers.

peaceoutmedusa

I agree for the most part. The problem with Book of eli is that aside from that ridiculous ending, it doesnt have much else that stands out. The story is nothing special, the acting is pretty good other than Mila Kunis who I never liked. Religous films can be good though, for example The Rapture is a very good film because it isn't one dimensional. Book of eli is way too forced and ridiculous with it's religious ideas.

I am fine with the film having an overall idea, in fact I thought the film was decent overall. I just thought the whole thing with the revealing of the book was a bit overly obvious. I know the movie is called Book of eli so I wasn't surprised, it just seemed poorly written and ridiculous as if that book could save humanity. It almost became a parody of itself in the end. Many better films speak about hope, faith, and determination, but they don't throw in a ridiculous plot twist. The blind thing wasn't a big deal, I actually kinda liked that part. Many films have religous metaphors, A Serious man for example has been called a retelling of the book of job but it manages to be great because the film itself is unique with it's dark humor and clever writing. The Coen brothers are much better directors than the Hughes brothers. Book of eli however had a very forced moral message, which to me didnt work very well. Still a decent film though, so dont think I hate it.