Can the written word have so much power? And if not the written word, what about oral recitations? That's what you learn from this film that I saw yesterday called "Book of Eli" starring Denzel Washington.
Set is a post-apocalyptic future, this film centres around Eli who is trying to head west with a copy of the Holy Bible. No surviving copy exists, except for his. This book has so much power that there are factions trying to capture the book, in a bloody tangle.
I thought the movie was just okay. It has a hidden meaning, with layers. I was tired though, Delhi was burning with a temperature of 43 degrees celcius (100 degrees fahrenheit) and there was no electricity in Gurgaon for around three hours. Needless to say, I was really tired at the end of the day, and all I wanted to do was curl up with a good book, which is what I did. I'm reading Into the Wild right now, and it's pretty good.
But my husband wanted to watch a film, so we did. I was kinda tired, but I stayed awake throughout.
I give it a 2.5/5.
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