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.