chaos, human nature

Ettie 2022-04-20 09:01:14

I read Eli's Book a few years ago, but I wasn't very impressed at first. During that time, I was searching for movies about horror, sci-fi, apocalypse, and the most impressive thing was Doomsday, where the twisted side of human nature was vividly displayed. The book of Avery, I watched it again recently. I feel that this film is very ironic. The story mainly summarizes that after a black man sent the last Bible in the world to each other and went through all kinds of difficulties and obstacles along the way, the Bible came to life again. The Bible is the foundation of Christianity and the source of all beliefs. In the end, it was a black man who experienced Jesus Christ-like suffering and preaching, and turned it into people's beliefs again. The irony is very explicit. The status of the Bible in Christianity is the same as the Quran in Islam and the Buddhist scriptures in Buddhism. It enslaves all people. After the war, people broke free of this shackle, but now they voluntarily put it on again. The absolute evil in the world is as fundamental as absolute justice. No difference, but the color of human nature is gray, human beings will always be this chaotic nature, war and famine will always be the theme of human history, so here is this silent fury, cheers.

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The Book of Eli quotes

  • Eli: They say the war tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories.

    Solara: Yeah.

    Eli: The war tore a hole in the sky, the sun came down, burnt everything, everyone, I wandered, I didn't really know what I should do or where I was going. I was just moving from place to place, trying to stay alive. And then one day I heard this voice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like it was coming from inside me. But I could hear it clear as day. Clear as I can hear you talking to me now. It told me to carry the book west, it told me that a path would be laid out before me, that I'd be led to a place where the book would be safe. It told me I'd be protected, against anyone or anything that tried to stand in my way. If only I would have faith. That was thirty years ago and I've been walking ever since.

    Solara: And you did all this because a voice told you to?

    Eli: I know what I hear, I know what I heard, I know I'm not crazy, I didn't imagine it

  • Hoyt: [seeing two dead hijackers] It's like he's protected somehow. Like there's nothing that can touch him

    Carnegie: Oh, he's just a fucking man. You put a bullet in him, he'll go down like any other.