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The Book of Eli

In Reviews on February 5, 2010 at 6:29 pm

I saw “The Book of Eli” the night before I flew back to Quebec from British Columbia. I was very tired, so I may have many things wrong about the movie, but a few observations (warning, spoilers follow):

  • This is not a Christian movie. The central message of the Bible is not the Golden Rule, but instead that we have broken the Golden Rule and need a savoir.
  • At the end of the movie the Bible is placed alongside the Torah and Koran on a bookshelf. This also points away from the conclusion that this is a Christian movie and confused me a fair bit. Eli has a supernatural voice telling him to take the last bible on earth to a place where it will be respected and this is the respect? To be placed among multiple options? I just didn’t get it.
  • Eli is tough, especially with that sword. The action scenes are pretty good.
  • The sense of despair is palatable. I thought the atmosphere of the movie was great. Denzel Washington is quite good as Eli.
  • Overall, I liked the movie. Be careful if you don’t like blood, the movie has some dismemberments and at least one decapitation.

If you can’t read…

In Books on December 3, 2009 at 7:10 pm

You could still listen to one of the greatest novels ever written: The Brothers Karamozov. Christian Audio is giving away the audio book of The Brothers Karamozov for free all this month. It is abridged, but even in abridged form it weighs in at over 19 hours. After I finally get started on The Adventures of Augie March and work through The Border Trilogy, I am going to re-read The Brothers Karamozov. If anyone feels up to read any of these with me and discuss them let me know.

Go check out Pam’s blog.

In Uncategorized on December 2, 2009 at 3:54 pm

Pam has a new blog here. You should check it out.