Had potential, but disappointed that so many modern "agendas" are interjected into the series, just like every Hollywood movie and major TV series. These include: 1) Cheeky, precocious children who are smarter than Mom & Dad 2) Restless, unhappy feminist wives / daughters 3) Homosexuals who are clever, cultured and stylish 4) White heterosexuals who are buffoons and brutish 5) Minorities who are eloquent, compassionate and willing to assimilate or die trying, but are unfairly persecuted anyways
Further criticisms include many miscast characters (Comanche chief who owns young Eli, Comanche brave who tosses young Eli from cliff, older Eli's grandsons, many Mexican neighbors), horrendous dialogue, terrible accents, a time-line that doesn't add up (81-year-old Pierce Brosnan?, when did Texas become a state?), misplaced cultural references for mid 1800s, unbelievable consequences of violence (young Eli survives fall from cliff, old Eli survives getting shot in torso, Eli's grandson survives getting shot in torso), comically bad relationship between young Eli and Comanche girl, etc. etc.
Further criticisms include many miscast characters (Comanche chief who owns young Eli, Comanche brave who tosses young Eli from cliff, older Eli's grandsons, many Mexican neighbors), horrendous dialogue, terrible accents, a time-line that doesn't add up (81-year-old Pierce Brosnan?, when did Texas become a state?), misplaced cultural references for mid 1800s, unbelievable consequences of violence (young Eli survives fall from cliff, old Eli survives getting shot in torso, Eli's grandson survives getting shot in torso), comically bad relationship between young Eli and Comanche girl, etc. etc.