Do you remember what it was like ? I mean the previous world-People
had more than they need. We had no idea what was precious and what was wasn't.
We threw things that people would kill for now We don't know what is worth cherishing. We squander those things that people are fighting desperately for now.
——I walk by faith, not by sight. I walk by faith, not by sight.
——What does that mean? What does that mean?
——It means you know something, even if you don't know sth. That is to say, even if you don't know sth.
——It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make any sense at all.
——It doesn't have to make sense. It's faith. It's a flower of light, in a field of darkness, giving me the strength to carry on. Understand? It doesn't need any meaning, because it is faith.
It is the flower of light in the dark, giving me the strength to move on. Understand?
Without any religious or political prejudice, "The Book of Avery" can be regarded as a good film describing [faith].
The deserted and dilapidated background is permeated with the smell of musty, and the grayish tones almost run through the entire film. Like all the worlds in the post-apocalyptic movies.
The "new world" of bartering seems to have returned to the primitive era. People rob and kill for the most basic survival items (it is only natural for the Highway Party to appear here) and everything seems so desperate and decadent. The silent traveler ELI has walked for thirty years, from east to west, just to the WEST. Young people don’t know what the world was like before, can’t read (and no books to read), no music, no APPLE, no KFC (but There are advertisements...) The heroine is very confused when praying with ELI for the first time. She does not understand the meaning, but imitates it in front of her
mother—— Dear lord, we thank you for this meal, we thank you for a warm bed, and roof over our head on cold nights, such as this, it's been too long. we thank you for the gift of companionship, in hard time like this. AMEN. "Dear Lord, thank you for giving us food, thank you for giving us warmth In the cold night, the eaves above our heads, just like this, the Lord’s grace lasts forever. Thank the Lord for this hardship in the world, and still not forsake us. Amen.”
But setting aside and the skills of action, the real meaning of this movie should lie in its seemingly random but thought-provoking lines. The protagonist Eli finds Denzel Washington, a black man, to play the role. It should also have a special meaning. (The word source of ELI is My God, which appears in the gospels. So "The Book of Eli" is the book of my Lord. In other words, this book and even the meaning of the book, their true owners are not black or white or any mortal , But God. Only those who have the permission of God have the right to read this book.) PS The mulatto beauty Jennifer Beals appeared here as a blind mother and surprised me.
The bad guys who want to rule the new world are eager to use the Bible to dominate people's thoughts. They exhausted everything to find the Bible and finally seized it from Eli. But what was wrong was to find that this is a Braille Bible! Before that, the mysterious book that the protagonist struggled to protect his life is probably easy to guess is BIBLE, but I believe the audience will not notice that the agile and invulnerable ELI is a blind man! ? No wonder he can smell the salt in the sea from far away.
When ELI dictated all the Bible, he really clicked on the book of Eli, because it doesn’t matter who the book belongs to (not to mention braille...ORZ). At this time, ELI is the Bible. People become one. When the last eli of the film recites the passage of "Genesis", it also means that the old era has passed and the new era is coming. (It is customary in the Bible to use the book of + NAME to describe the story of the Lord’s messengers who have experienced many hardships and spread the Lord’s thoughts. The title of the film is the book of eli, which indirectly reflects the protagonist’s choice to come to the world to spread him. Messenger of thought.)
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