Denzel. Washington is a black actor I really like. He has a very strong aura and superb acting skills, wearing sunglasses to look cool is his best play, this "Book of Ellie" is one of Washington's masterpieces.
Time magazine said of the film: "In the Book of Ellie, Washington is a god—if not the Son of God, at least the man before God." He plays characters who are both a taciturn John Wayne-esque hero and the impeccable fighters of Japanese samurai films (such as Akira Kurosawa's Heart Stick and the Japanese Blind Swordsman Humpback series). All of this borrows, and at the same time, in turn gives back to, Hollywood-style concepts of solitude, supernatural heroism. The new film harnesses the power of Washington's accumulated body, turning it into a weapon and giving him the opportunity to go on a killing spree in the name of justice. ”
In the movie, the earth is already an apocalyptic scene. Thirty years later, a final war broke out in the world, most of the human race died in the war, the atmosphere was broken, the city became a ruin, the environment was destroyed, there was no civilization, no law, no highway, and the surface was as hot as fire. For the tiny fraction of humanity that survives, they face the danger of extinction at any time. The civilized generation born before the war is gradually aging, while the new generation of people know nothing about civilization, and even cannot read.
After the world war 30 years ago, huge holes were created in the sky, radiation caused blindness and death, cities were destroyed, rivers dried up, and only a few humans who stayed underground to take refuge escaped. Humans believe that books are the cause of war, so they destroy books in large quantities. This is the background of the film.
The protagonist, Ellie, is a lone walker. Hungry by hunting, looking around for water and utensils, he had only one goal, to go west. He has a book, which is the only surviving Bible in the world. He said it was God's voice that guided him to the book and told him to take it to the West. Carnegie, who controls the town by controlling the water source, will stop at nothing to get the book in order to control the villagers ideologically.
From the beginning of the film, Ellie shows his strength. When besieged by robbers, he kills several robbers in an instant with a long knife, and the movements are extremely clean and clean, with a certain violent aesthetic in the blood. In the town, he killed more than a dozen enemies with only one pistol and no false fire. He was so powerful that the book-snatcher who had read the Bible said that he seemed to be blessed by something, as if no one could hurt him. It is also because of his strength that these people who come into contact with it have also produced some psychological changes.
But it was not God who supported Ellie's body. God did not help him stop the bullet, and his motivation to stand up and move on was nothing more than faith. Carnegie was right, he was just a person. He would give food to the little mice, would turn a blind eye to the woman, and would like to listen to mp3s.
Unlike everyone else at that time, he had an incomparably strong power of faith. People after the end of the world are helpless and desperate, like those who cannibals, it is the result of not having any faith, and the world after the destruction of books is so terrible. Ellie, on the other hand, is completely different.
I heard that in the cinema, when Ellie brought the "book" to the West, many people stood up and applauded at the end of the movie. People often admire the persistent, and this persistent belief is the power god has given to Ellie.
Of course, from our point of view, the religious background of the Book of Avery is not acceptable to too many Chinese. But the film currently has only 6.7 points on Douban, which is also somewhat unexpected. After all, from the action scenes and human settings, this movie is quite wonderful, and the creation of the apocalyptic atmosphere is also quite beautiful, leaving aside the religious part, it should not only be the current evaluation.