History Headscratchers / TheBookOfEli

** It's TruthInTelevision. Other animals can eat our flesh with no problem, but human cannibalism results in degenerative brain disease.

* Why would frequent consumption of human flesh cause your hands to shake? Isn't human meat pretty much the same as any other meat?

** You have to have a keen eye, but you can see the bullet barely (we're talking ''millimetres'') misses him, and instead tears a hold in his hoodie.

* I'm quite sure why it happened, but I want to be sure: Did the second bullet that Carnegie's dragon shot actually [[ImmuneToBullets Bounce off the back of Eli's head?]] Cause Divine Protection is one thing, but that would be awesome.

* Is it me or will Carnegie's town wind up worse than it was now that there's no authority keeping people in line? When he's looking out onto his bar being looted, we see a guard tied up and hanging by his ankles from the ceiling, the bartender dead and all of Carnegie's hookers are trying in vain to fight off some would-be rapists. InferredHolocaust on a miniature level, perhaps?

*** Do you know what bugs me? That this movie was Fallout with Fundamentalism mixed in.The world has ended and the BEST book to save is the Bible?Really?No history of science?No the complete history of the World,What about Adam Smith? Plato? And, no the collection in the end does NOT compensate, actually that makes it worse, because we didn't see a movie about any of these book we saw a movie about the Bible. Oh and by the way, I agree with Carnegie, that book would be a tremendous advantage for conquering because it has already used for that countless times. And the Torah and Quran. Really, I hate book burning, but if 2-3 books have destroyed the whole planet in the wrong hands again and again, I would at least lock them up,somewhere really really safe. NO REPRINT THEM AND START PREACHING AGAIN!
**** Because clearly countries have never been conquered through knowledge of chemistry or biology.
*** Finding out that the oh so important book was the Bible and not something actually useful to a post-apocalyptic society, like a book on medicine or agriculture, killed any desire I had to see this movie.
**** Except the harsher UV rays from the hole in the Ozone layer would probably make old knowledge about agriculture less useful and it's not like a book on medicine is gonna help when you're in the middle of the desert with a bullet in your head. Rather, I think they chose the Bible because they wanted to highlight the importance of faith when all hope seems lost.
**** The movie makes it very clear at the end that the group at Alcatraz are all about spreading information, not faiths. If Eli had had anything else, it would have been just as precious to them. Being a religious text made the majority of the movie's plot, or was the farmhouse fight not worth Carnegie going after a book that could be used to influence others by faith?
*** Uh... Eli isn't perfect, and Carnegie could have used it for bad. '''THERE ISN'T A PARABLE THAT'S SIMILAR TO ELI'S'''.
*** Someone's ComplainingAboutThingsYouHate.
*** Talk about HollywoodAtheist.
*** Whoever said it was the "best" book to save? There's only a few characters who even know what it is, and of those Eli himself is a believer and certainly wouldn't agree that the Bible is evil, Carnegie WANTS to use it for evil, and the librarian at the end clearly does NOT see it as THE one book, but one out of many.

* is it just me, or was GaryOldman doing his best [[{{Deadwood}} Ian]] [[{{Kings}} McShane]] impression for this movie? Not much of a complaint as I like both actors, but when I look back on any given scene, I keep picturing McShane in Oldman's place.

* Umm..isn't Tanak (which is shown on the same shelf that Eli's book is placed upon)also 77% of what Eli's dictated? And if it survived,why didn't the B****?

** That's the same as asking how 6 million people can suddenly start being shipped into furnaces and ghettoes. Systematic elimination is possible with persistence and time, and religion is a touchy subject. Isn't there at least one Real Life example of a highly populated secular nation that has pretty much eradicated religion from its borders?

*** No, no there is not. such a thing would be utterly impossible. A few have tried, and failed with varying degrees of magnitude.

** That's the same as asking how 6 million people can suddenly start being shipped into furnaces and ghettoes. Systematic elimination is possible with persistence and time, and religion is a touchy subject. Isn't there at least one Real Life example of a highly populated secular nation that has pretty much eradicated religion from its borders?

*** Whoever said it was the "best" book to save? There's only a few characters who even know what it is, and of those Eli himself is a believer and certainly wouldn't agree that the Bible is evil, Carnegie WANTS to use it for evil (actually supporting your point, if you weren't blind enough to see it), and the librarian at the end clearly does NOT see it as THE one book, but one out of many.

**** Finding out that the oh so important book was the Bible and not something actually useful to a post-apocalyptic society, like a book on medicine or agriculture, killed any desire I had to see this movie.

* How in the shit is there only ONE copy of the best selling book of all time, ever? I mean, even if the world's largest religious faction suddenly lost faith, I'm certain that SOMEONE is going to have a copy.

*** Do you know what bugs me?That this movie was Fallout with Fundamentalism mixed in.The world has ended and the BEST book to save is the Bible?Really?No history of science?No the complete history of the World,What about Adam Smith?Plato?And, no the collection in the end does NOT compensate,actually that makes it worse, because we ddint see a movie about any of these book whe saw a movie about the Bible.Oh and by the way,I agree with Carnegie, that book would be a tremendous advantage for conquering because it has already used for that countless times.And the Torah and Quran.Really, I hate book burning, but if 2-3 books have destoyed the whole planet in the wrong hands again and again, I would at least lock them up,somewhere really really safe.NO REPRINT THEM AND START PREACHING AGAIN!

* [[DidNotDoTheResearch There already is a]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_King_James_Version New King James Version.]]

*** Uh... Eli isn't perfect, and Carnegie could have used it for bad. '''THERE ISN'T A PARABLE THAT'S SIMILAR TO ELI'S'''.

*** Do you know what bugs me?That this movie was Fallout with Fundamentalism mixed in.The world has ended and the BEST book to save is the Bible?Really?No history of science?No the complete history of the World,What about Adam Smith?Plato?And, no the collection in the end does NOT compensate,actually that makes it worse, because we ddint see a movie about any of these book whe saw a movie about the Bible.Oh and by the way,I agree with Carnegie, that book would be a tremendous advantage for conquering because it has already used for that countless times.And the Torah and Quran.Really, I hate book burning, but if 2-3 books have destoyed the whole planet in the wrong hands again and again, I would at least lock them up,somewhere really really safe.NO REPRINT THEM AND START PREACHING AGAIN!

*** [[spoiler:This troper took it to mean he really is divinely guided. Not in all actions, as he does for himself what he can, but when necessary, IE: blowing away people shooting at him with a pistol some 20 yards away with a single shot after they shoot at him. With the light handed way in which the movie delivers its biblical messages, such as, "God helps those who help themselves". Could count as more fridge brilliance.]]

** Indeed, he was already dying from the moment Carnegie shot him. God kept him going long enough to complete his mission. And he was able to die peacefully, which in the [[strike:FallOut]] BookOfEli Universe, is rare. And he's in Heaven, which is pretty good too.