Book of Eli

Just watched the our family's Saturday night movie, and it was amazing! We get good movies, we get bad movies, but occasionally, we hit upon a movie with a plot that lasts you a lifetime, mixed with realistic characters, fight scenes and just the right amount of heroism. That is what we consider a great movie. Here goes - the Book of Eli.

I'm sure we've all started having enough of those post-apocalyptic stories. There was Children of Men, although that's kinda old now, and probably not considered part of the rise, unfortunately, considering it's worth more than every Twilight copy in the world put together. No, we really started off with the admirable I Am Legend. That was really worth the watch. But then we all wanted more, so of course, Hollywood spewed them out. We've had the Plague, the Road, and, of course, 2012 (which is arguably just an apocalyptic movie, but still). There are more, there will be more, and we're getting tired of these movies which usually end with either 1. the world ending, or 2. all the main characters dying (or both). Or they just end, and you're left wondering what happened.

So when my sister said we should get the Book of Eli, it took me a while before I was convinced. Trusting my sister, I settled down happily in our sitting room, and began to watch.

30 years ago, the world was ruined. Now, a man is travelling across North America, walking and walking. He holds in his possession a book, the last of it's kind. And somebody else wants it. But Eli is a man on a mission, and nothing will hold him back.

It's a movie with guts. It dares to mention the Bible, and God, in a very real way. One of the first (possible) Christian movies I've watched that wasn't cheesy. It's plotline was intricately designed, not rivalling Harry Potter's, but only because Harry Potter is a series seven books long, while the Book of Eli is a movie.

The characters are both bad and good, but the evil guy doesn't stroke cats or have the classic 'evil laugh'. He is a learned man who wants to restore the world - or at least, so he says. The main good guy leaves people to be raped and kills, in defense of a single book. Very much 3rd dimension. And although the ending isn't the type where the world explodes (hint hint, the Knowing is a terrible movie), it doesn't end in smiles... or tears.

Now go watch it. It is worth every minute.