Book Of Eli, religious pandering

[Sick Of Sickness]

Didn't see it,but for those who have, or have not but want spoilers:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/1397-Book-of-Eli

(quick video review)

 

[borrofburi]

Hmm, guess I won't be seeing it.

 

[RichardMNixon]

Eh, we mentioned this in the 'Does Religion affect your taste in Media." I think it sounds badass in a cheesy kind of way. As a dungeons and dragons player I have no qualms with god's champion beating the stuffing out of people in fiction.

Plus it has Tom Waits. I am now obligated to watch it. Probably won't pay to see it at the theater though.

 

[nasher168]

I think I'll just watch The Road. Same kind of thing, but probably better.

 

[Sick Of Sickness]

Plus it has Tom Waits. I am now obligated to watch it. Probably won't pay to see it at the theater though.

He was good in Wristcutters: A Love Story...very convincing.

 

[scalyblue]

It's zardoz with new actors..

Yes, the book is the bible. Oh, wait...yeah there will be spoilers in this thread...but they don't actually say that it has all of this importance, they just believe it. If anything, the bible is more of a macguffin in this movie, about as important to the plot as the briefcase in pulp fiction, and whose contents are about as important as said briefcase.

 

[RichardMNixon]

Plus it has Tom Waits. I am now obligated to watch it. Probably won't pay to see it at the theater though.

He was good in Wristcutters: A Love Story...very convincing.

Indeed. I just saw Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus yesterday and he was great in that too. I also thought he was great in Bone Machine, Rain Dogs, etc. though (to the great dismay of my roommates) so I may be biased.

It's zardoz with new actors..

Yes, the book is the bible. Oh, wait...yeah there will be spoilers in this thread...but they don't actually say that it has all of this importance, they just believe it. If anything, the bible is more of a macguffin in this movie, about as important to the plot as the briefcase in pulp fiction, and whose contents are about as important as said briefcase.

The wiki article made it sound like he's bulletproof though, so he might have some kind of magic Jesus power.

 

[scalyblue]

The wiki article made it sound like he's bulletproof though, so he might have some kind of magic Jesus power.

No, he's just that badass ^.x I mean, hell, his ipod only needs a charge every six months or so because his brass balls act as capacitors.

He believes that he's on a mission to bring this book somewhere, and an antagonist believes that the book is a weapon...and he's sorta right

I mean, think about it. Post apocalyptic world, and somewhere during whatever armageddon happened all religious texts were destroyed. The antagonist wants the bible because it is the most effective weapon of all history, it can make zealous followers out of people...it can destroy nations.

 

[Gnomesmusher]

Wow, other Tom Waits fans eh? I knew there was a reason I liked this place.

I haven't seen the movie, but I already figured it was religiously themed from the movie title. Although, I think it can also be seen as pointing out how easy it is to manipulate people with religion if some book could be used to gain followers and power just because it's the last religious text on earth and not through any practical knowledge that could help them like finding water or such.

 

[5810Singer]

This thread is in the wrong forum. It should go in the TV&Film forum of the General Discussion section.

 

[xman]

Hmm, guess I won't be seeing it.

yup

I just saw Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus yesterday and he was great in that too.

yup

Wow, other Tom Waits fans eh?

yup