The Book of Eli (2010) ☾ MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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I think this was a fun movie but it wasn't super exciting for me. Yes he was blind but it still doesn't make me think this is a wow movie 😅💕 Anywayyys if you to support my content further? I also have a second channel where I will be posting mostly gaming and my study vlogs 🧡 youtube.com/@kamillaa
Thank you for your honesty! Always a fan.
I agree, I was pretty underwhelmed by the reveal of him being blind, it's an ok movie but not one of his best. Thanks for not pretending you loved the movie.
You definitely have to lean into the mysticism BS of the movie to really love it. Otherwise it's really just kind of a poor man's M. Night movie where the twist is interesting in that it makes you reconsider all the crazy action before - but only a little bit, because again it's in the context of the supernatural/religious. I know personally when I first saw it I was kind of in awe of it but these days I've become a great deal more honest about the power of belief...and how it's really just insanity.
A very good, very underrated Denzel movie is "Man on Fire".
:) Kamila :)
the craziest part about this movie is that he's been blind the whole time, literally walking living and fighting by faith
or he could just read brail and be partially blind and not fully blind.
the movie never explicitly states that he is blind. would be cool if it did.
it implies it at times and then shows the complete opposite at other times.
what it does SHOW and TELL is that he has FAITH which is more than seeing.
@@drewskiwest5284they show his milked over eyes closeup. Hes blind.
I like how they showed us that over and over but nobody saw it. He tripped up the step and ran into a table in the very first place he loots.
He wasn't blind
Remember the finding the boots on the guy hanging and he saw the boats or how about when he was looking in the cars for people's feet to find boots or how about he saw the mouse. He wasn't blind. In an interview thy Eveb said he wasn't blind. A lot of people just like you thought it was blind but it was not bit shows That when people have faith in the bible they can memorize Things in their head to keep the faith in their heart
@@BM-hb2mr technically he could be 90% blind or still unable to se the body but 100% smell it.
I like to think he's not 100% blind because opening scene shows him hunting a cat from range and 1 shooting it with a makeshift bow n arrow..
Now I know losing one of the core 5 sensed strengthens your other ones..
But him being 100% blind implies he's supernaturally protected AND enhanced. In combat and survival.
Which is why I believe he can BARWLY SEE shadows n shapes. Cuz he wss pre war.. perhaps losing majority of sight from the mukes radial light blasts.
It has tons of contradictions regarding his vision...
In the end it only matters to KJV Bible Christians believing he's blacked out blind and one of the gods in the old or new testaments imbued him with powers.
So trying to look for logic n practicality is difficult when religion is involved.
43:17 “that could be also that I am blind" - @Centane 😂 funny because I think you missed the reveal that Eli was blind the entire time. It’s alright that this one wasn’t for you, movies are subjective! I think you’d really enjoy "Man on Fire", it’s a very good Denzel movie.
Agreed 👍🏼
I think she would love man on fire, definitely my favorite Denzel, Washington movie of all time
as a person who loves filmscores, this one is so underrated! I LOVE the filmscore!
Why don’t you start a cult where you can worship the word “underrated” since it seems to be everybody’s favorite word nowadays
@@nsasupporter7557 dafuq?
@@nsasupporter7557 This comment is so underrated!
Atticus Ross is the name of the guy responsible for the soundtrack, he is a very talented film score producer. He captured the feeling of holiness and being in an apocalyptic landscape. All is lost, but also not lost.
@@Rubiks_LIVE That guy is going through his anti-theist phase, don't worry he will grow out of it and cringe at it in retrospect like the early sceptic community on RUclips that worshipped Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris, and Dennett. Looking back the "New Atheist" movement... yikes did they get it wrong. There influence is almost dead and most of their ilk devolved into radical leftwing cultists and they shat all over the secular beliefs they thought would flourish in the absence of religion.
Eli quotes verses from the Bible in this movie.
In the bar fight scene he quotes Genesis 3:17-19 where God curses Adam for disobeying Him by eating the forbidden fruit.
In the scene with Solara he quotes the first part of Psalm 23, which is one of the most famous passages in the Bible.
During the walk before they find the old couple's house, he quotes 2 Corinthians 5:8 "for we walk by faith not by sight".
In the final scene, he begins to quote the entire Bible beginning in Genesis 1 with the creation of the world.
And just before the credits he quotes 2 Timothy 4:7 where the Apostle Paul is about to be executed for his faith in Christ "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith".
The scene where he fights the highway gang with the woman with the cart, before he fights them he backs up into the overpass so he can hear them better.
Really good insight
Visually it was outstanding , all that slipped by you . Gary Oldman was outstanding , Denzel Washington was outstanding , The 'style' of the movie evaded you . I am not a Christian , in fact I am an atheist , yet I absolutely loved this movie .
I read that Gary Oldman was considered for the Truman Show, before Jim Carrey was cast
That was my experience with "Prince of Egypt". Just because I don't consider Christian mythology to be non-fiction, doesn't mean the story can't be emotionally powerful or awe inspiring. Heck, The Matrix was critically acclaimed but I think most people didn't consider it to be true.
Civilisation has collapsed. You are charged with saving human knowledge. You must select one book. What do you choose? The a to z of agriculture, medicine, science or engineering? Nah, the bloody bible! 🤦
Also atheist and I agree with your statement. My biggest issue is the fact the book is the King James Bible which is considered a very inaccurate translation. I guess it was chosen over the NIV or ESV bibles as they aren't as well known.
@@hingethunderchristian here, the Kjv is not inaccurate, but it does contain more verses than a regular, more recent translations like the niv, esv, lsb or my favorite nasb because throughout the time of scribes copying manuscripts there were additions of other verses, and wording, some think out of malice but others don't based on the fact that most of those verses are from another one of the gospels that contain them and they think that these verses where written so that people without access to the other ones may know something that was really said by Jesus and not quoted there or something written by the authors. but overall the kjv is one of the closest literal translation, the guy who wrote the kjv wrote it from more limited manuscripts (you can check James White's videos on the kjv) as oppose to the ones that produced the newer translations. but today there are available 6,000 to 5,800 manuscripts and portions of Greek (original translation) manuscripts (depends on how they're counted) and although there are many variations (millions) those variations according to textual critics like Dan Wallace and James White plus more, those variations don't affect majority if the text, Dan Wallace spoke of 99.9 or 98.9 percent of the meaning or essential doctrines are not affected, but the variations are spellings of names differently, different ways of wording the same thing in greek, and misspellings from scribes, also where there are at times "Christ" they put "Jesus Christ" or vice versa (that's considered a variation) but overall there are thousands of other manuscripts of just the new testament in other languages. plus (i heard Bruce Metzger argues for this from Voddie Baucham's "why i believe the Bible") argue that 95 or more percent of the new testament can be reconstructed based on the quotations of the early church fathers from their writings. check out James White debate with Bart Ehrman and Dan Wallace's debate with Bart also, along with Dan Wallace's video "is what we have today what they wrote then?". but overall the Bibles today contain footnotes that speak to different wordings or what other manuscripts say, etc.... also Mike Winger has a video on the addition of verses or different wordings on his channel called "how the Bible was changed"
The movie is great when you rewatch it knowing he is blind. He never does anything without hearing or smelling it first. There are times he wasn't afraid of something happening around him because he couldn't see it.
I do think that it is a different experience once you know, but I think there's a couple times where he reacts/acts like a sighted person (which the movie infers to be divine intervention). I don't want to sound critical at all since I really do love the movie and these things were portrayed this way to make it seem as though he was sighted.
In the beginning there's two things: he is able to strike the cat with a bow and arrow perfectly from like 30 yards away despite not being able to see or hear clearly since he is wearing a gasmask and the film shows how loud his breathing was (to him inside the mask it would be even louder), and when he reacted to the corpse hanging in the closet as a jump scare. He 100% should've smelled that and not reacted that way.
In the town shootout, he snipes a guy that was behind him and on a rooftop effortlessly (divine intervention). Really any time he fire a gun and hit someone would be impossible, but can be chocked up to divine intervention.
@@primary2630 The only times that Eli acts as a sighted person, is when his eyes are shifting or looking directly at people when he hears them, but that's because he used to have sight. He still unconsciously activates his eye muscles to "look" in the direction of interest, unlike people who are born blind and never needed to develop the muscle activation to look in any specific direction.
Gas masks are masks, not helmets. They're made to protect the eyes, nose, and mouth. They cover the face only. So, his ears are still exposed to the natural enviroment. He was able to strike the cat, and the goons in the shoot out, later on, due to his hyper-developed senses, empowered by his faith. Making his actions implausibly successful.
The corpse serves as both a jump scare and as misdirection, to make us assume that Eli reacts to what we as the audience see. In reality, it's the door that fell off the hinges that make Eli jump. The sudden loud noises made him think that there was more going on than he expected from the smell alone. If you look closely, you can see his head shifting back and forth between the doors, as he's frantically tracking the sound.
It´s pretty obvious in the first time, if you use your brain.
An apocalyptic movie, trying to keep the faith alive after the end of civilization. Nothing much deeper than that. I'm not religious at all, but i still enjoy this movie 🍿
The fact that Denzel didn’t get at least an Oscar nomination for this is criminally underrated
Lmao this movie is alright at best😂😂
@@7avannah L take
Did you realize that Eli was BLIND the whole time? Rewatchimg it is like rewatchimg The Sixth Sense after knowing its secret. The whole movie takes on a very different feel.
That's the biggest plot twist that I love about this movie
No he really wasn't
@@BM-hb2mryes he was as per the screenwriter Gary Whitta in interviews
Song is "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?" released by the Bee Gees in 1971 -- what you hear in "The Book of Eli" is the version by Al Green, recorded in 1972.
The spiritual themes in this movie sets it apart from so many others, that's what I loved about it the most.
I'm not very spiritual in general or religious at all, but whenever a hard ass mf quotes a line from the bible you know shit is going down
47% on rotten tomatoes... bullshit
The song at 4:58 is "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by Al Green
In case you still wanted to know.
Wether you liked the movie or not I believe it makes you think about your faith and spiritual beliefs. I personally know my true reason for being here on this planet. I didn't realize my true purpose until a few years after my father's passing in 1985. I am not a church goer, for me wherever you are is the Church after all God created the Earth. This movie is one of my favorites because the Book of Eli was taken out of the KJV Bible along with several other books. I'd like to get a Bible or two that was printed before the KJV version just to read for myself what was written back then.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Pretty good review dear, thank you for this.
Wow, she really had no idea what this movie was about going in.😂
A treat for every Fallout-Fan.
Yeah it is a reaction channel, but it's your reaction channel and we're here for your reaction.
Denzel & Oldman were just superb individually and their interactions together.
Shot in sepia really set it up in it's tone, a heavy Apocalyptic movie, that from the 1st scene of the cat, which I willed he'd decide against doing what he did, but as it's a raw, brutal survival film, even as an animal lover, the film let us know it would do what the movie needed to do.
The positive ending of how strong the human spirit is in some of us, to pevail, to do the right thing, no matter the odds.
The score! Was haunting in its magnificence.
You might not like it this movie, and that's completely fine. But if you watch it second time, you start to notice signs from the start that Eli was blind, we just assumed he wasn't and completely ignored it. That is the magic of this movie. It gets better the second time, you just need to look closely. Give it a try second time, remembering Eli was always blind. If you watch second time don't forget to tell us.
this is a great movie. i don't care what haters say :P
Honestly, people just need to accept that not every movie is for every viewer.
Your absolute favorite might just be an average one or disliked by someone else.
This! but if I know RUclips right, I'm probably gonna get around 200 comments saying how wrong I am, which is why most reactors just say we like every movie we've reacted to 🥲
@@CentaneYou don’t have to explain yourself. Many of us appreciate the honesty.
@@Centane Why would comments cause reactors to lie? Isn’t the whole point of a reaction channel to show your reaction and opinion? Btw, we can usually tell when they are lying and that is when we move on to someone else. Too many started out good but turned in to phonies
@@MrMpa31 I've spoken to several reaction creators, and they've mentioned that it's alot of hate comments if u do not love a movie. And I notice it myself now too 😂 It's also a reason why people have turned off comment notification so they do not read new comments, since it gets quite overwhelming
@@Centane Don't worry about it.
A lot of people including myself didn't think it was that great and it has all the stuff I love.
Love Denzel.
Love apocalypses.
Love Gary.
It was visually cool.
Didn't think Mila should have played that part though. She seemed more like a spoiled kid than an indentured servant.
26:00 I think there lies a misconception: The character Gary Oldman is playing doesn't "believe in the words in the book". He wants the book to show people that he has it, and to claim things he tells them to do are written in the book. Basically he only needs to have it, to have power over people.
Basically he only wants it as legitimation of his power not because of what actually is in there.
Edit: As it looks like at the end he wants to actualy read it: He needs people to know that he can read it or to know what is in there still.
Not exactly.
He wants to do what people have done since the start.
He will use the actual words to gain authority and then bend the people to his own will.
He will preach the actual powerful words and then twist their meaning to fit his own means.
@@kroanosm617 valid point, i can see that explanation too.
I just think it would be easier for him to just make the rules up himself, so he wouldn't have to justify why it's ok to kill for him, despite the words saying "though shall not kill"
The song at the beginning was how can you mend a broken heart by Al green
😍😍
Wow. I had to check IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes after hearing the rating you reported. IMO this movie is more like 9 out of 10. And no, I am not a religious zealot, quite the contrary. But it is a damn good film better than 95% of movies put out in the last 10 years.
I enjoyed watching the second time and seeing all the clues that he was blind. Especially the sounds at key moments being so profound. Thought it was a cleverly done film.
I like your channel and your reactions. I wanted to mention some films that I think you and your subscribers might like but often get overlooked: THE OTHERS (2001) (NICOLE KIDMAN) horror/supernatural; LOST IN TRANSLATION (2003) (BILL MURRAY, SCARLETT JOHANSSON), written and directed by Sofia Coppola, unique dramatic-comedy; MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) (George Clooney), Drama/suspense; PARIS, TEXAS (1984) (Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski), Directed by Wim Wenders, Existential Road Film; FIELD OF DREAMS (KEVIN COSTNER, JAMES EARL JONES), 1988, Fantasy; APOCALYPSE NOW (MARTIN SHEEN, MARLIN BRANDO), Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. (1979), War.
Apocalypse Now would be great to see
Fun is probably not the word , maybe good .
A very good move and a message or two. You had strong feelings at different points in the movie and you understood what the meanings of the book , the war , life , redemption.
GOD BLESS
A 4?! I'm going to assume that's the critics' score. If it has a Christian in it who isn't villainized, they'll give it a lower score than it deserves. If he was a Jew carrying The Communist Manifesto, this would have gotten 9s or better.
0:44 .....You drink the leftovers of the two bottles, plus the can, and you'll go supersonic.......
funny she says " maybe im blind" because so was ELI. he spent 30 years walking to find the place to keep the book. just as jesus spent his 30 years =D. when you watch it back you see from the first scene the signs you missed that he was blind. as he felt the legs of the person to feel his boots. Every other sign from him not looking people in the eye to him hearing and smelling things. the twist is fantastic.
I just noticed...when Eli saves Solara and she hugs him, he keeps his arms apart and doesn't touch her because he can't tell if she's naked or not. On first viewing people will probably think it's because he's very standoffish, but it's more likely that it's because he knows he's stopping a rape and she could probably be naked.
Sorry sweetheart but if you lived is a post-apocalyptic world you would happily eat a cat
This so underrated for such a good movie. Sound track is wonderful.
There's a great (and challenging) movie called Glory, starring Denzel Washington AND Morgan Freeman AND Matthew Broderick AND Cary Elwes AND Andre Braugher (and with some other actors whose names I don't know). It's about a black regiment in the U.S. Civil War. I highly recommend it.
a great choice... denzel go an oscar for it... not an equalizer.... but so much better... and based on real events....
11:24 This movie is very dark, brooding, and introspective but this one moment from the reaction is a shinning beacon of our humanity that we can all relate to.
When he had the guy writing word for word what he said you notice the camera zoomed in on his eyes where it shows that he was blind this whole time
Lay off the fizzy drinks 🙌🏻yourl feel so much better after a few weeks 🥤💯try flavoured water or Aloe Vera drinks 😌
no thank you! 💕
Its Al Green. Broken heart ol school
An honest reaction is all we ask for...and you deliver. Thank you.
Such a good movie
Here's something to ponder... Why did Eli read brail? Was he blind when he got his "calling"? Was he blind all along? I believe he was.
I've heard some people assert that he was blind through the whole movie, but I can't agree with that. His eyes simply appeared to be too functional at many points throughout for me to believe that. Others say he can simply read braille, having learned it for some unspecified reason before the War, but that doesn't sound like a very interesting story. The theory I like the best is that Eli was blind, but God gave him sight when he charged Eli with his task.
He was blinded by a nuclear blast.
There are many subtle clues that he is blind, or at least mostly blind. He didn’t see the sign at the cannibal couple’s house. He didn’t know that all the lights were on in the room until Solara told him. He only shoots at a target once they’ve shot at him. He only takes down the guy at the bar after the guy touched him. I agree, he probably wasn’t born blind, though.
@@batbrick3949also at the beginning when he opened the door to the hanging body, the door fell scarring him, he didn’t see the body he smelled it, and had to feel the body to find the boots. And when he came across the trap at the bridge with the high jackers, he moved into the shadow to fight them because its harder for them to see him, people say how would he know he is the the shadow? Because he wouldn’t feel the heat from the sun on his face. Thought that was a nice touch when I rewatched it
The soundtrack for The Book of Eli is absolutely incredible & was composed by Atticus Ross; long time collaborator of Trent Reznor’s & for the past few years and touring member of Nine Inch Nails.
As a Christian what made this movie great to me was its ability to tell a decent story, deliver decent action scenes, and all while being respectful to Christian beliefs. Eli was an imperfect man that sinned and failed to live by what he read in the Bible he was tasked with delivering, just as many of the Christians you read about in the Bible.
And in the end Eli realized his mistake.
It not special it's just beautiful the cinematography was amazing scenery the music was soothing
8 thousand views in a few hours see and you thought no one was gonna watch your reaction
Yes,...... Burn The Davinci Code book!!
I did!! Lol
He was "blind" all the time!!
I really hated this movie when I saw it. The basic premise of the story is deeply stupid. So don’t worry about disappointing your followers.
Lots of deeper meaning to this movie, I guess you missed it.
The deeper meaning still doesn't make it very exciting to me, why is it a problem that I didn't give it a big rating 🥲
@@Centane it's not a problem, shouldn't have made it sound that way. My bad.
As far as Denzel Washington movies go, The Book of Eli isn't very highly ranked. I'd start with the one he got an Oscar for as leading man, Training Day.
Cries several times “idk the movie was aight” what? Lol
My favorite thing about this film is the visuals and the color palette.
This is my favourite Denzel project. Thx for reacting to it!
I’m sad you didn’t like it. It’s one of my favorites.
I said that I liked it like 5 times in the outro 😭😭 I just didnt find it super exciting
Love watching your reactions. Used to be a huge fan of Coca-Cola stop drinking it a couple of years ago. I wish I could say it was for health reasons. Because as we know soda pop is not exactly good for us. I drank Coca-Cola and their products for a couple of decades. But then I saw a company released training memo for their staff to undergo training for them to be less white. I found this to be extremely racist and morally repugnant. So I haven't bought their products since. Now this is not aimed at you but you might want to look into their actions and maybe reconsider your drinking choices. If you like me and stuff like racism and morally repugnant behavior bother's you perhaps another brand of soda. If you're not bothered you do you.
The Book of Eli is ultimately about the power of ideas and how they can be wielded for good and bad purposes. Carnegie wanted to use the Bible as a means of controlling the minds of those around him, while Lombardi and Eli were keepers of knowledge who only wanted to benefit humanity.
This film is incredible. The way they managed to make him act blind believably without making it too obvious and giving it away till the end. Also the action and style and vibe is so well done and atmospheric and the acting is perfect.
The only thing I would complain about is the random bits of like slapstick comedy and random tone shifts, because it seems weird and out of place in an otherwise quite serious and grounded movie. Like the one guy gets shot with an arrow in the dick??? And the scene with the old couple at the house randomly has a different tone. But they didn't ruin the film for me.
Also at 30:54 that is a good point i have no idea where an elderly couple would get a bomb 😂
Never lose faith is what this movie is and the world will end up like this it’s too bad the woman wasn’t allowed to join him
I was worried that the movie would be a straightforward "yay we have the bible now, time to rebuild mankind _" type of affair, but I was pleasantly surprised by how nuanced the story was. You have Carnegie, who hasn't even read the bible - Solara's mom lets us know at the end that he'll die without ever having read it - all he knows of this book is that it has the potential to give him a great deal of power and control. He is also the villain, and receives a most delightful and satisfying comeuppance as he feverishly watches his empire crumble.
Denzel's character, on the other hand, has actually read it, and when he's in the car with Solara he sums it up in one quick phrase - the golden rule, do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. "That's what I took from it, anyway." He recognizes that at the end of the day it's basically all about "don't be a dick." And his mission leads him to people whose desire for the book doesn't stem from dreams of power and control, but the desire of recapturing lost human knowledge. Not to mention that their base is in godless liberal San Francisco, of all places.
So I felt like the movie was saying a few things about religion. People, leaders, like Carnegie have completely lost touch with what the bible (or any other holy text) are actually saying, and are purely after the power and control that religion can provide. But buried within the book is a simple, straightforward message that everyone, even us on this youtube can get behind - don't be a dick. And, furthermore, Malcolm McDowell and company demonstrate that the bible, along with the other holy books it's nestled between, are a part of our history and on some level are worth preserving.
So yeah that's kind of a lot of words about a movie, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. Not to mention that first fight scene with only silhouettes, that was brilliant.
The message of the movie essentially was that the book was not responsible for the end of civilization, it's those that use the book(s) and pervert it's message to gain power. Plus the idea of controlling people by denying "books" or knowledge.
Song in the beginning of the film
Song: "How can you mend a broken heart"
Artist: Al Green
May i recommend a couple of movies for a reaction:
True Romance - Slater, Pitt, Arquette, Walken, Oldman, Gadolfino
Scarface - Al Pacino
Predator - Arnold Swazeneger
9:08 .....Sweet christmas, I forgot Tom Waits and his raspy voice were in this flick.....
This is my all time favorite Denzel movie .I saw it in the theater and didn't realize he was blind until the reveal of the Bible being in brail .I'm a little surprised you didn't really enjoy it ,but different strokes for different folks !😀👍,guess you were just Meh about it .
well, you didn't get it at all. Eli was blind.
doesnt change the fact that it was a fun movie but not a wow movie to me. i dont have to say this is the best movie in the world
@@CentaneTrue, but, like The Sixth Sense, knowing the twist totally changes the movie The first time I watched it was meh, but after knowing he was blind I rewatched it and liked it MUCH more!
You should watch Man on Fire next
I think you might like "Man On Fire" a lot better with Dakota Fanning and Denzel
My favorite Denzel movies are American Gangster with Russell Crowe & Training Day. He plays a scary bad guy.
I saw this movie 3 times, but it wasn't until I checked its IMDB page that I found out the guy was 😎.
She doesn't know he's blind. Funny reaction. Still love you though.
great movie.
Did she just miss the plot twist at the end?
If you want to do more Denzel Washington movies Man on fire is a must-see
He is a holy man protected by God to fulfill a task.
If this movie didn't do it for you, maybe you should check out The Road that one might be more up your alley!
Hahahahahaha! The best thing about this reaction is that you understand how much most of the viewers of the reation like this movie, and you can still admit you thought it was meh.
If you want to see great movies with Denzel, I would recommend The Pelican Brief, with Julia Roberts or Philadelphia, with Tom Hanks.
13:00 If movies have taught us anything, it’s that you don’t want to mess with the guy who quotes scripture right before a fight.
With 8 billion humans on this planet, it is neither good nor bad that you didn't get _"wowed"_ by the film.
_"Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe."_
Your feelings are your feelings. Personally, I believe your situation is more a case of having the film hyped too much by others. I would think you would run into that often here on your channel. 🤷🏼♂️
Here are some recommendations, if interested…
*_Deja Vu_* (2006) with Denzel Washington.
*_The Fisher King_* (1991) Directed by _Terry Gilliam,_ with _Robin Williams_ & _Jeff Bridges._
Be well. 🙋🏼♂️
like for TROY
The Hughes Brothers did a "ok" job with this movie overall & i still love it but only mainly because of the cast & its plot but this plot is like so unique & amazing & deserves soooo much better , it deserves to be like atleast a 3 hour film epic & story & told in extreme details & should be remade by atleast one of our greatest writers & directors!!!! If nobody remakes this film , i promise u that i will remake this movie into a real actual 3 hour epic because this plot is far too good to just be 90 minutes long & just throw in Denzel & Gary Oldman just to try & cover up the ok script that they wrote ❤️
To continue the streak of Denzel Washington movies, American gangster is by far my favorite of his. Incredible movie.
Try also glory hes with morgan freeman
This is one of my Favorite Denzel movies. My top three are Man on Fire , Fallen, Book of Eli..
Fallen is such an underrated movie!
This is why I like HONEST reaction channels. I don’t like it when people say they like a movie or song just because it was recommended & they feel like they must say they like it so they don’t hurt anyone’s feelings.
We all have different tastes in what we like to watch & all movies aren’t meant for everyone to like.
I appreciate you watching & giving an honest opinion. This is one reason I like your channel. Another is because you don’t feel the need to constantly comment & ask a million questions nonstop like some do.
I feel the constant commenting & questions (that are all answered shortly) takes away from the reaction because they can’t be paying any real attention to the movie. You stay focused on them so you understand what’s going on. I’ve seen some that talk so much they have to rewatch portions to know what’s happening.
So, please, keep being honest about what you like or don’t like. It makes for a better reaction.
Look forward to more from you!
thank you so much! this was truly a very nice read 🥹❤️
FYI - If you want to stay on the Denzel train of hits, then Malcolm X would also be a great watch to react to as well...
I really love this chanel for this reason. I feel like this is the only honest reaction channel.
Your emotions are real. And not fake... Love this channel ❤ keeep it up.
This movie is amazing. You truly won’t understand how powerful the Bible is until you read it cover to cover (66 books). Jesus really does speak to you through His word. He’ll change your life. You’ll have a ton of peace, comfort, and hope once you’re born again. God tells us how the world will end as well. Read the book of Revelation.
”Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”“
- John 3:3
“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,“
- 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
”Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.“
- John 14:6
”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.“
- John 3:16
The movie The Book of Eli explores the power of ideas and how they can be used for good or evil.
Why did the Lord lead a blind man to a brailled Bible? The Lord is all knowing and knew well of the evil in man Eli would encounter on his journey. After thirty years of walking west, Eli reads, prays, teaches others to pray, quotes Scripture, and walks by faith in God. He eventually memorizes the Bible in that time.
Carnegie wants to use the Bible as a means of controlling the minds of those around him. What stands out is Carnegie’s false interpretation of the Book’s power. He saw it as a tool to manipulate the weak and gain control, but he had it all wrong.
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly, they are ravening wolves." Matthew 7:15. Jesus uses this verse to describe enemies of his kingdom. It is, in fact, the strongest among his flock who believe in the power of the Book because we stand strong in our faith!
Think of ”Doubting Thomas” in John 20:19-29, and how he refused to believe in the resurrection of Christ until he could not only see the imprints of the sacrificial nails in his hands, but he had to feel them and the holes in his side as well. The Lord said that Thomas believed because he saw, but blessed are those who do not see and yet still believe! Faith is the very catalyst of our walk, and it ”comes by hearing and hearing from the Word of God.” Romans 10:17. Thus, the movie gave us Eli and the Good Book. Eli is both Gabriel and Michael in this story.
Gabriel is an archangel in the Bible who is often called the "messenger of God" and is said to have the power to announce God's will to mankind.
In the Bible, Michael is an archangel who is often depicted as a warrior. He is also considered the helper of the church against the Devil.
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Ps: I hope this information will help you like the movie a bit more.
The movie mirrors the period after the fall of Rome (The Dark Ages) when the world fell into chaos. The Benedictine Monks collected and saved the great works of art and literature, most importantly the Bible, which they reproduced by hand (famously). They used these treasures to help rebuild western civilization using the Bible's teachings and wisdom to plant seeds of Goodness in the world. When Solara leaves at the end of the movie, she is God's new messenger and she uses what she has learned to rebuild the world. God will guide and protect her now as was done for Eli. That is what the movie is about.
I think I’ve watched it 3 or 4 times. Fairly underwhelmed. Not a complete waste of Denzel and Gary, but not enough there there. ‘The Road’ is a better ‘post-apocalypse walkabout with Viggo Mortensen.
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Nobody seems to get the scene where everyone in the bar is killing one another and Gary Oldman was rotting away. That scene meant to be the wrath or a Damnation from God for messing around with one of his chosen one. When Denzel gets shot you can clearly see a bolt of lightning signifying that God got mad at that moment.
Can you do This is 40 please
You crazy this is one of the most original plots ever! A badass blind guy traveling to preserve The Bible after civilization has collapsed? C'mon now! 😊
I think I know where you're coming from tho. This was a fairly low budget film and its hard to deliver on apocalyptic films even with a big budget, let alone a small one but this wasn't supposed to be an over the top action thriller either.
When you consider what the team had to work with this is a great film but I agree there are things they could've done better to drive the theme home. That said I love apocalyptic films and Denzel Washington. This is one of my favorite films.
If you want another dystopian type film Waterworld is a MUST. It's only the greatest film ever made. 😄✌️
More Denzel Washington for you: Devil In A Blue Dress! And also Deja Vu! And perhaps also Heart Condition!
Oh, and since you said "Without further ado", why not also Much Ado About Nothing?
42:26 So, I'm one guy - an old guy. And you are so young. But...I think you got it. Perfectly appropriate reaction.
It's a fine movie. Nice little twist at the end. Nice cast. But, yeah, there's not a whole lot to it. It IS a nice way to pass the time.
Sure, there's faith as a theme, but the film doesn't really seem to be saying anything in particular about faith. There's a guy, who has faith, and he feels he has a supernatural calling, and in the end he succeeds. Okay. Oh yeah, and he's blind. So, when you re-watch it you notice some little things in the dialogue about blindness. I guess it's mildly clever at times.
Yeah.. I think this is a terrible movie with beautiful cinematography and music. The book could have been something important.. like "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" by Isaac Newton that could help rebuild society instead of the old book of Jewish fairytales.
He was blind the whole time!!!
Films are great as they are different to everyone, Denzel Washington is my favourite actor but this is the worst film he’s done in my opinion, I know you don’t do recommendations but a very good Denzel film is Man on fire, really good along the line of the Equaliser
Just been going through your channel and watching some reactions recently. I love the reactions you put out.
For me this movie was fun specifically because of Denzel and Mila. Their performances and dynamic are what make the movie for me. I do think that the making of the film is really interesting. Knowing that he is blind if you go back and watch again you can see how there are clues in his behavior throughout that point to that.
I’m going to be honest I firmly believe at least a third if not half the people in the comment section is hating on the movie, or simply not giving it the credit it deserves, because it really is a faith based movie and they have something against religion. Especially the Christian religion what with the Book of Eli itself being the Bible.
I bet if it turned out to be some kind of secular-based textbook the comment section would be bending over backwards jumping through fiery hoops to defend it.
That or if it were the Quran or the Talmud or some kind of Hindu or Taoist book or some other inconsequential philosophical book they’d still be quiet because that would sociopolitically acceptable.
Let’s just be flat out honest here folks.