As put by Ebert, “at the end [he] throws in several WTF! Moments, which are a bonus. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible — but, hey, WTF.” Was it pro-Christianity? pro-atheism? pro-faith-based religions? None of the above? Was Eli’s trek “miraculous”? Was it just luck? These are the fun questions you ask when you walk away from this movie. In spite of Carnegie’s dialog and the final scene with all of the sacred religious texts, I say it was pro-Christianity (and not even just pro-faith-based-religions, in general), but what do I know?
“Eli has been walking west across the devastated landscape of America for 30 years, on his way to the sea. I haven’t walked it myself, but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t take that long.”
This was lost on me, but apparently noticeable to many others.
“a catastrophe has wiped out most of the Earth’s population and left ruin and desolation behind, the remaining humans are victimized by roaming motorcycle gangs of hijackers and thieves.”
I appreciated that they didn’t actually elaborate on the destruction caused by the catastrophe (which was referred to as “The Flash”). They left it to the audience’s imagination to explain the inconsistencies in the post-”Flash” world.
My thoughts:
1. I want the soundtrack. It was awesome.
2. A lot of Solara’s dialog and action was unnecessary and took away from the film. At the end, when she said that she was headed home, I turned and looked at my date and said “I give her a day.”
3. I’ve never seen Denzel be so bad-ass. I loved it.
4. So much was cliche, but humourous because of it.
5. When the Alcatraz printing press started pushing out copies of The King James’ Bible, all I could think about were Dawkins’ Memes, the analogy to a virus that was almost extinct, and how close they were to a world without it. (So close, so close.)
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