The Book of Eli

'you don't understand'

those were the first words of the movie we heard as we entered the screening...because we arrived late. I was afraid that that would be it as far as catching up with the story but it seemed very easy to follow.

It is a post apocalyptic tale of when the world is in turmoil when things like water are a luxury-bad times, and even books! So this is were Denzil Washington comes in (although he looks slick you can tell hes getting on in years), he has the last bible on earth.

Enter the bad guy-hes been looking for this book because he wants to use it to control people through it. Just shows what happens when it gets into the wrong hands and is handled incorrectly.

As a Christian, someone who trusts and follows Jesus, i didn't walk into the film thinking it was going to evangelise to the world (even though movie mag Empire said that at times it felt like it was preaching, I didn't think so)-so I wasn't disappointed-with classic clique verses being used (if he had of mentioned 'as the deer pants for the water' I think he would have said them all), no mention of Jesus-the one whom this book is all about and a reference to faith being a special feeling rather than based on historical fact did grate me a bit but what did i expect?

What I did appreciate however, was the high standard it gave to the bible and alluded to the power the word has and leaving me with highly hypothetical questions such as-if you had the last bible on earth, would killing people to protect it be justified?

A great movie with the real gritty post apocalyptic feel through stunning background sequences and a fantastic set (at times I thought the screen wasn't as bright as it should be until I realised it was to get this feeling across), but for me they loved their slow motion camera a bit too much but I got over this annoyance through superb camera work for the death of a bird-and a fight scene at a house-superb.

The big thing about the film is the twist which is......well I'm not gona tell ya, not only because it would spoil it but because you should go and see it for this very reason-enjoy!

Daybreakers

'sure it passed the time, didn't it?'

that is the comment that was said after the film finished so hopefully that will tell you what was thought it.

For me, having not got into the whole twilight saga, it was quite an interesting story line considering being a vampire was a central plot to the whole thing. But for me, the one character that kept you on the edge of your seat was Willem Dafoe-great one liners that kept you laughing the whole way through (even if they weren't meant to)-Steven Seagalesc some might say.

But with great considerations on what the vampire world would look like ten years on-it had interesting attention to detail, obvious parts were included such as no exposure to sunlight and teeth marks on the neck, but in this picture it included having a camera as a car mirror so the vampire can check themselves out, and also most vampires smoked with the whole immortality thing.

For me, it was an interesting mix of immortality (living forever, which everyone seems to want), yet when they have it, still hoping for a happy ever after-it just shows what immortality would be in this self-centered, damaged world.... not much being the answer-still looking for the answer to the main problems. (not lack of blood but self-centered ness)

As for the special effects, they went from incredible gore, to ridiculous bore and not really knowing at times if you were in a serious movie or a vampire spoof-all in all, it wasn't a great watch, but sure... it passed the time, didn't it!

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Did C.S Lewis write this film?

that was the film posed to me as I watched the film. With ideas such as; hope, new world, service, prayer, teaching and training, hell, trust, relationship, rescue and many others-it does beg the question what director james cameron had in mind as he wrote the film.

What stretched my mind:

Was it that the leader of the rescue was both fully human and fully avatar (go with me on this)

Was it that once you have been born again you are part of 'The People'

Was it the training that got my mind thinking of apprenticeships and ministry and the importance of sharing life together while having the source of life at the centre

Was it the hostility shown towards 'The People' and their source of life-the way the world tries to rid the world of the true source of life

or was it wondering what James Cameron had smoked and drank to write the story of random blue people and to produce amazing special effects?

A man named Augustine once used the phrase 'visible words' and this film certainly got me thinking about so many different biblical themes in a visual, tangible way.

I went to the movie to experience the 3d, to see good special effects and avoid the fact it was about blue people but as the movie went on, my mind was racing with various ideas and being part of God's people, sadly for me, I really got into the story line and so came out with the experience of 3d, saw unbelievable special effects and loved the blue people.

Seeing is believing, and I suppose this rang true for me with a lot of hesitation and doubt before seeing this picture, but I was not disappointed by the end.

Whether you like blue people or not, this is a movie to definitely watch on the big screen with those geeky looking glasses on, it could get your mind racing about so many things, not just the phenomenal graphics and design, or it could have you wondering what Cameron was smoking when he wrote it?

Either way, it beats sitting in and talking more about the weather....