I recall atheists on IMDB thinking it was stupid to preserve the Bible. As if keeping one of the most influential books ever created is stupid because god doesn’t real. That said, bible should be easy to find.
At least in The Day After Tomorrow the librarian insisted that the one book they don't burn to keep warm was a Gutenberg Bible, not so much for the religious aspect but because it was a piece of history.
"Hey, while you all are arguing over that, there's a whole rack of law books over here we can use"
That's fair i suppose, though I think they handled them well enough.
It came off to me more like he could see, but only very poorly, and he slowly learned to compensate over the thirty years of wandering. it's also implied he was "divinely protected" thoughout most of the film.
there probably were other bibles, but the one he found was the only one anyone in the film knew about. it's not really surprising that there would have been such a reaction after such a cataclysm, though. people already want to blame the bible for every war in history.
not trying to fight by the way, just enjoying the back and forth.
I think it’s one of the dumbest movies ever made. Both of the big “twists” are laughably stupid.
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The main character was blind the whole time? Really? That’s what you’re going with?
The ultra rare, virtually extinct book that everyone desperately wants is… The Bible? The most printed and widely disseminated book in human history?
Denzel’s one of the good ones.
Hasn't he been the focus of various raceswaps from original material?
AFAICT, The Book of Eli was an original script.
It seems like a post-apocalyptical world that starts in the middle and leaves out a lot of lore.
But the movie doesn't seem to be based on any source material at all.
I recall atheists on IMDB thinking it was stupid to preserve the Bible. As if keeping one of the most influential books ever created is stupid because god doesn’t real. That said, bible should be easy to find.
At least in The Day After Tomorrow the librarian insisted that the one book they don't burn to keep warm was a Gutenberg Bible, not so much for the religious aspect but because it was a piece of history.
"Hey, while you all are arguing over that, there's a whole rack of law books over here we can use"
That's fair i suppose, though I think they handled them well enough.
It came off to me more like he could see, but only very poorly, and he slowly learned to compensate over the thirty years of wandering. it's also implied he was "divinely protected" thoughout most of the film.
there probably were other bibles, but the one he found was the only one anyone in the film knew about. it's not really surprising that there would have been such a reaction after such a cataclysm, though. people already want to blame the bible for every war in history.
not trying to fight by the way, just enjoying the back and forth.
Agree completely.