The Book of Eli

Plot hole: In one of the last scenes when the scribe is putting the newly published bible on the shelf you can see next to it a big green book with the word Tanach written on it. That is actually a translated bible with the Hebrew and English, including the five books of Moses and psalms plus much more. He had the Bible the whole time. (01:47:50)

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Suggested correction: From the internet movie database... The Hebrew Bible, or The Bible or "the Chumash" in Hebrew, is already in the library. The Christian "Old Testament" is the Chumash with some variations (reorder of books and reorder of the 10 commandments, depending on religious denomination). The New King James Version is an Old Testament with the Christian Gospels added at the end, some of which the main character, Eli, quotes. These two books would be considered separate and unique in a library.

Factual error: Eli uses an apparently moist KFC wetnap to clean himself in an early scene, yet it's been at least 30 years since the apocalyptic event happened. Unopened wipes only stay moist for months, even big packets of baby wipes only stay wet for 2-3 years.

zendaddy621

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Eli: Stay on the path. It's not your concern. Stay on the path. It's not your concern.

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Trivia: When Eli and Solara are in his room for the night there is a movie poster on the wall behind them for a similar post apocalyptic movie. "A Boy and His Dog". In Eli the survivors protect themselves from the sun's rays and in "A Boy and His Dog" they flee underground to hide from the sun.

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Question: Throughout the movie at different times there were references to people's hands. Like when Eli takes off his gloves to show the engineer his hands and says I'm not one of them. Did anyone see an explanation for this in the movie?

Answer: Kuru, a disease caused by cannibalism, causes victims to shake.

Answer: He was showing them he wasn't a cannibal. He didn't have the shakes they get.

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