The Book of Eli

I’m still trying to deconstruct this one, but I’m not sure it deserves any attention.  I saw the trailer for the new Denzel Washington movie before Avatar.  The movie is getting a lot of press, but the reviews are generally not favorable.  As the Hebrew students out there should know, Eli means “my God” and from what I gather, the gist of the movie is that Denzel Washington wanders through a post-apocalyptic world in possession of the last Bible.  The antagonists are attempting to get the Bible from him in order to place it in the kingpin’s collection of rare artifacts.  I’m puzzled at the motivation for the premise of this plot, but I fear the movie may be too gimmicky or shallow for the effort.