Comments on: The Book of Eli – review

By: Jack Smith

Jack Smith — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:23:11 +0000

Awesome Movie i love Denzel he is a great actor and played his roll much better blind man. There was too much eye movement. I really enjoy this movie message was delivered i need more like

By: Truth

Truth — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:15:30 +0000

Stop being ignorant to the truth, humanity must break free we will no longer be their slaves.

By: marcus

marcus — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:59:29 +0000

Great movie. I dont think he was blind. Denzel is a great actor and would’ve played a much better blind man. There was too much eye movement. Now the mother you can tell is blind. But I did enjoy the movie, the message was delivered and we need more like it.

By: Daniel'smom

Daniel'smom — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:47:46 +0000

I also believe Eli was blind, maybe not totally blind as Sam has stated. This is a great movie and after seeing the ending and watching some of the action scenes it does seem that he could be blind and that just makes him even more badass. At the beginning he’s looking for shoes, but he doesn’t look for them on the skeleton in the car he feels for them. When he reads the bible his eyes are closed. He does seem to use his other senses a lot. I also agree that there is no way that Suburban would be driveable after being flipped. This movie is amazing and I was trying to find out the answer of if Eli was blind or not when I came across this blog. I say watch for yourself and take from it what you want.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:02:49 +0000

I really do believe he was blind although i do think that being he was blinded by the flash that in very bright light he could see a little. They make comments throughout the movie about the brightness of his rooms and when he wakes up in the mornings its usually to the sun shining brightly on him. But throughout the whole movie he says he smells or hears or feels something never sees. Example would be in alcatraz he says it “feels” like a museum, not looks like one.

By: weeds season 6

weeds season 6 — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:03:24 +0000

Great movie review, this is definitely one of my favorite movies out today! I really enjoy watching movies with Denzel Washington!

By: Eli

Eli — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:04:07 +0000

What is the name of the song he sleeps to?

By: brainwave entrainment

brainwave entrainment — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:22:50 +0000

I still haven’t had a chance to see this, and it is looking to be a great movie.

By: Deckster

Deckster — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:47:34 +0000

Great fictional movie about the salvation of a great book of fiction! Well a great book of twisted truth atleast! Denzel has done a great job portraying a prophetic figure with a mission from the almighty to carry the last bible accross the states blind! A mission that most sighted persons would find difficult under the best of circumstances!
I hope that the vatican view this film and consider writing a new chapter for the good book!

By: essays

essays — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:32:36 +0000

I love this Book of Eli. I am so amazed by the movie….Denzel Washington is still the best.

By: Eli

Eli — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:46:39 +0000

The girl spent a long time in Alcatraz, as the transcription of the entire Bible would have taken many months. It wasn’t a couple of days, so maybe she had some time for machete practice.

Senzala, you have a good point, Eli was just a guy who worked at K-Mart, and look at the damage he caused!

By: Senzala

Senzala — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:11:27 +0000

I guess if the idea that a blindman can be given a gift from above to travel across the country killing off bandits and highjackers (on blind faith alone)to complete a mission from God then a girl can walk out on that same blind faith to pickup his sword and pass on that same message.

Ultimately I love the idea of this blind faith that you have to carry in order to be an Eli or to be anyone that would be willing to follow him.

Harvestr I agree. I really enjoyed this movie. It wasn’t perfect but it’s easy to just let the imagination go and appreciate the message. Definitely wish it was longer to give more detail on the whole story.

By: MAC

MAC — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:28:40 +0000

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH JEFF H. I JUST COULDNT BELIEVE THE ENDING WHEN THE STUPID GIRL WALKS OFF LOOKING ALL TOUGH AND COOL SUPPOSEDLY TO CARRY OUT ELIS TEACHINGS AND I GUESS REVENGE. SERIOUSLY WTF, AFTER NO MORE THAN PROB A COUPLE OF DAYS SHES SUPPOSED TO BE THE EXPERT WITH THAT KNIFE? WHEN JUST A FEW HRS AGO SHE WAS SO STUPID THAT SHE ALMOST GOT HERSELF RAPED AND GOT EVERYONE KILLED? (ELI AND OLD PPL IN THAT HOUSE) I JUST DIDNT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD HAVE A GIRL THAT ACTED LIKE A 5YR OLD IN THE FIRST PLACE? BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM HOLLYWOOD I GUESS…

By: harvestr

harvestr — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:13:28 +0000

just my take on it, but i think he was blind but since he was on a “mission from god” he was granted sight so he could fulfill his mission. That or he had some supernatural hearing and smelling kinda like the guy from daredevil, which kinda makes sense cause he smelled the road bandits that tried to ambush him and he heard the buzzard he shot.
Well anyway I liked the movie, wished it was a half hour longer so they could have expanded on more of a story regarding the war and the like.

By: Eli

Eli — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:02:13 +0000

Jeff, my apologies about the gyrocopter pilot mixup. I stand corrected (damn they look alike).

By: collin

collin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:53:25 +0000

Jacque, I am aware of the deep creative ability that you must have in order to ponder such a series of events, namely the fact the he is, in fact, a 6th grade braille instructor. Though this would normally seem absurd, it does hold some weight. The one flaw with your argument is the fact that most public schools only begin teaching Braille 1 in the 8th grade.

It is not uncommon for this misconception to be made, so you can rest assured that you are most likely not only the most beautiful woman in the entire world, but possibly the most intelligent as well.

And yes, he was blind.

Sincerely,

By: Nerd of Noir

Nerd of Noir — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:35:05 +0000

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

By: Jacque

Jacque — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:34:34 +0000

Of course he was not blind…he was a 6th grade braille teacher along time ago.

By: nobody

nobody — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:56:23 +0000

i dont think he was blind, how did he shoot the cat with the bow n arrow?

By: jeff h

jeff h — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:15:52 +0000

The gadget shop owner is played by Tom Waits, a musician. The gyrocopter pilot in Road Warrior is Bruce Spence.

I pretty much agree with the review, but in addition to the horrible green screen, I wasn’t very impressed with the wide CGI vistas.

***SPOILERS***

I also didn’t believe the set up at the end. There was nothing that made me believe that Solara could do any damn thing with that blade, much less carry on Eli’s mission. Hell, she couldn’t even run away from those two dirt balls out on the road. She’d have been killed before nightfall.

By: patb

patb — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:30:49 +0000

was he blind thru the entire time?

By: Eli

Eli — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:54:27 +0000

Jukes, you can’t be serious. You can’t just ignore every single one of the Beatitudes, which came straight from Christ’s lips, with a single quote from Revelations.

You also can’t extrapolate my religious beliefs from a review of a B movie action flick. You’re right, how could anyone get any kind of a peaceful message from the New Testament? It’s all blood and guts and murder, thats what its all about.

Is this movie about Revelations? No, it’s about Denzel chopping people up; take your ridiculous self righteous posts somewhere else.

By: god

god — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:02:19 +0000

There are many copies of revelations, some written by insane folk, dont quote what you read on websites, you know nothing of religion.

By: Jukes

Jukes — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:44:03 +0000

Ecclesiastes 3:1-3 — To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Rev 11:3-5 — And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

By: Jukes

Jukes — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:39:15 +0000

To the writer of this review, the time for peace has come to a close…Read revelations 11. The end time prophets are not peaceful. Thats the problem, people like to discuss the Bible without understanding.