The Book of Eli – My two cents (contains spoilers)
This movie very cleverly is comparing and contrasting religion and faith, as they are two very different things with Denzel representing faith while Oldman represented religion. Faith will set man free while religion imprisons. Faith is relationship between man and God and religion is a political organization designed to control people. This movie illustrates the difference. I’m not sure this was a movie about Christianity, specifically because at the end of the movie, the Bible is placed on the shelf next to the Koran and other religious books. The book shelf scene is a pinnacle moment of the film.
Denzel represented all of us, metaphorically, blind to all around us, seeing only our selves and not what is truly important...Treat others better than you treat yourself. Faith can only be experienced blindly, that’s what faith is.
You can tell if you pay attention to the movie that he is not only figuratively blind but literally blind, if only partially. For those of you who didn't catch it the first time, go back and watch the movie a second time. Watch for all the things he does, and doesn't do. Ask me what I saw, and we can exchange lists…smile
There is nothing through the whole movie that he did that he didn't do blindly, figuratively and literally.
As for those who think his ability to sense things to be ridiculous, my first response is; it’s just a movie. Did you not notice the silky hair and stylish long cut, and, compared to others, the extremely white teeth on Mila Kunis? My second response is to tell them to ask a blind person to describe a sound or a deaf person to describe a smell...it is more vivid than any description a seeing or hearing person would describe.
Some have said to me that there was a lot of violence by the main character considering his was Christian. Did he ever once proclaim he was saved and sanctified…smile.
I thought it was a good movie even if it was a familiar plot. So far, the only people that have told me they didn’t like it are those who quite possibly missed much of message or maybe they feel convicted….smile
Clearly, my opinion…and my blog
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I could not have said it better. It is also hard for me to understand, why some refuse to view the movie because of the violence and some strong language. The Christian movie, The Passion of the Christ was the most power movie and yet,one of the most violent movies ever made,Rated R.The Ten Commandments not as gory but violent. Throughout the Old and New Testament, people and some Christians died horrible deaths, it's in the Bible. At the end of the movie, when placing the Bible next to other religious books,that too was a message.Seeing how Eli was led by Faith,God is not going to force us to seek Him,He wants us to choose and embrace Him.
ReplyDeleteWow Cousin nice. I thought the movie was going to be good and give one something to think about. You are right religion are chains that are political nonsense that bind. Faith will set you free and is a direct relationship with a person and God. You know that not all leaders of religion want to tell people this because that will give a person Control of himself or herself, you know their mind, free will. Now I have to go and get this movie and watch it. Not because you wrote such a wonderful piece about it.....Cause Denzel is Fine. LOL.
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