Blood stains can be seen on Eli's shirt as he leaves the saloon after his fight with Carnegie's henchmen. When we next see him wearing the shirt, the stains have vanished.
After locking Solara into the spring cave and securing the door behind him, Eli talks to her through the door. The sunlight on that door changes between shots.
After serving Eli his dinner and water Claudia left the room and the door was locked behind her. But a few scenes later when Solara enters Eli's room to offer her body, she just walks in without unlocking the door.
The bodies of two dead men near a large cement pipe change places as Eli approaches.
Eli's shirt constantly changes between scenes.
A wind-up record player would run at 78 rpm - too fast for a 70s disco single and way too fast for a 70s LP. Also, the needle would almost certainly gouge the record rather than follow the vibrations in the groove.
Eli and Solara spend the night in one of two cooling towers. These are completely closed down to the ground. A real cooling tower is open at the bottom to let the air go in.
In the movie, Book of Eli, he and Zalora, remove the string from the bow he uses, way too easily. A true bow, has to be bent over quite a bit, to put on and remove the string. It has to be that strong to shoot fast enough to be effective.
The Gatling gun is shown as a weapon superior to other firearms used in the movie. However even in best case, the muzzle energy of the Gatling gun is only 10% higher than that of the 7.62 x 51 NATO (used in HKL G3 MG 3, M60, M240) and only roughly one fourth of the .50 BMG (used in the M2 Browning).
So the Gatling gun is rather inferior to assault rifles and medium machine guns.
When the convoy goes after Eli and Solara, they are going west. From behind, the shadows are to the left which would mean the Sun is on the north side of them when it actually shines from the south.
When Eli and Solara fell into the trap in the front of old couple's home, it can be clearly seen that Solara is smiling when she hit the floor. clearly, they should be in shocked condition rather than smiling.
Incorrectly regarded as goof: It looks at first glance that she is smiling but her mouth is actually contorted with pain.
Incorrectly regarded as goof: It looks at first glance that she is smiling but her mouth is actually contorted with pain.
When Eli is rowing to Alcatraz, there is a half-sunken ship grounded under the Golden Gate Bridge. That would be impossible since the water is 300 feet deep under the bridge.
However this isn't a mistake as it isn't known that there isn't something else between the ship and the river bed. It could be that other debris has piled up, hidden below the surface, and the ship became grounded on that.
However this isn't a mistake as it isn't known that there isn't something else between the ship and the river bed. It could be that other debris has piled up, hidden below the surface, and the ship became grounded on that.
In this post-apocalyptic society, most cars are 1970s models rather than models from more than 40 years later.
-Likely reason: with the Earth's atmosphere effected after "the flash," solar weather would have wiped out computers. Older model vehicles would be the only ones that could still operate, with just gasoline and other basic fluids, because they do not rely on computers.
Eli wielding an ax after using a sword is not a goof, because:
Eli disarmed his last attacker then struck him with it.
In a filthy, violent, post-apocalyptic world where humans struggle to survive, Solara has shaved legs and armpits.
A mere campfire in the base of a hollowed-out water tower would not create a massive light out the top.
Eli has been wandering the land for 30 years, but he looks well-fed and fleshy. He should be thin with no 'muffin top' when he takes off his shirt.
When Solara begins her journey home she's walking straight into the Sun, which means she's heading west when she is already in San Francisco on the west coast and "home" is back east.
- If the sun is rising, she is walking east. Only if the sun was setting would she be walking west.
When the cast are lined to the left and to the right, CG clouds over them move then don't, between shots.
When Eli and Solara are approaching George and Martha's house, the sounds of their footsteps do not match their feet.
When Eli enters Carnegie's bar, Mars gulps liquor but a sipping sound is heard.