The book of eli continues hollywoods obsession with postapocalyptic tales, and in many ways feels like it belongs in the same world as the road. These kinds of people are quite common to the inhabitants of the world of the book of eli, even to the extent of people being able to tell that they are cannibals due to a quivering in their hands caused by kuru, a disease spread only through cannibalism. The biblewhat it is and what it sayslies at the heart of this cinematic book. This movie deserves its r rating based on extreme amounts of violence and.
So yes in the end he does become blind, probably due to the exposure to harmful rays of the sun remember its post apocalyptic. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. She didnt do anything that could of given away that she was blind. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle.
Indeed, its something of a sunday sermon wrapped in a mad max adventure. And as she watched the awakening of hope in the eyes of those who listened to her mother, she began to hear it. Why does denzel washington not kiss white women on the big screen. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. He asks eli to stay and serve as one of his assistants. The book protects eli, and carnegie wants that power. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent.
Eli refuses, but carnegie tells him to think it over and locks him in a room. Denzel washingtons speech will leave you speechless one of the most eye opening speeches ever duration. Awesome blind characters fictional works that feature realistic, positive or just plain awesome portrayals of blind and visually impaired people. Now, with book of eli screening, were putting it back up. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her. In the movie the book of eli we discover at the end that the bible eli has been carrying the entire movie is written in braille. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb.
Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. She tries to get solara to leave quickly, not pleased with the idea of a young woman being subjected to more than just robbery. Jennifer beals, best known for her main role in the 1983 film flashdance, has been last seen acting in the 2010 film the book of eli where she plays the role of the claudia, the blind mistress. Those are just some of the points that would indicate that eli is not fully blind for the majority, if not all, of the movie. Advanced search watchlist sign in the book of eli 2010 poster. I plowed through my pile of to be read books, until december, a month off book club, fewer school days, fewer activities. Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test. But there are other people who are after the book so eli has to protect it from falling into the wrong hands. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter.
There, eli also meets solara mila kunis, daughter to a blind woman and a. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. The book of eli written by gary whitta june 21, 2007 a civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed. Elis actions when it comes to women parallels with jesus. In the first house eli holes up in, he looks at the mouse, he roots through his bag, while moving his head to see better into the bag. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family, resulting. Shes amazing almost scream when i saw her on the screen anyway, i went to watch it in the cinema the first day it shows. The book of eli dvd 2009 this is probably one of the most highly underrated movies of 2010 due to the overwhelming surge of 3d films brought on by avatar which was out around the same time of this film. The script, by gary whitta with a rewrite by anthony peckham, centers on a lone hero named eli washington who must fight his way across the wasteland of a nearfuture. It is not a good idea to wander alone in postapocalyptic america if youre a woman as the good book says natch, given what the book is.
Unlike the road, the book of eli does not linger on the bleak, morose and desolate dying earth. Eli was blind before the war and after finding the bible and hearing gods voice he regained his sight until his task was completed finding a safe place for the bible this is why he did things a blind man would do and could read braille and also why is eyes were normal at the start of the film and clouded and the end. When hannah came to shiloh to pray for a son, eli initially accused her of drunkenness, but when she protested her innocence, eli wished her well. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last remaining bible. Yes he was blind at a certain point in his life and he was a. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. This would explain why eli never traveled at night and was not totally blinded by a nuclear flash, if he was completely blind night would give him a much larger.
The woman eli meets at the tunnel represents mary magdalene. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neo western action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, and jennifer beals. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. At the end of the conference i purchased his book, eli, for my husband and had bill sign it for him, secretly knowing i would also benefit from this gift. Claudia, who is blind, hates carnegie, but she puts up with him for the sake of her daughter, solara. This same concept can be seen for many biblical characters in the book of eli. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. Already the riots were calming, quieting as men came to hear the words of the blind woman, taken from the spotted book. Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind.
Jennifer beals is returning to the feature film world with a turn in the book of eli, the denzel washington action thriller from warner bros. Dare devil sucked so they made the sequel with denzel and set it in the apocalypse. If you have yet to see this awesome flick, then i hope this article encourages you to finally watch this rrated christian movie about what would happen if the world was devoid of the bible watch the original trailer here. Villain carnegie, hamfistedly forced in a way that only gary oldman can do with a vein of legitimacy, has been sending his minions out to find the very book that eli has brought into the hornets nest. The trees stripped of their bark and white like ghosts. Also subverted when eli is trying to explain the concept of faith to solara with the metaphor flower of light in a field of darkness. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. Lets go back to the blindreveal thing for a moment, since im not sure the movie really understood how eli was blind. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she. He comes across many dangerous men, including one woman hijacker, and finally comes across a small city that has resources to keep the small public alive.
Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. Later he sends claudia, his woman, to elis room with food. Like in the bible there was a priest named eli who was not born blind but later did become blind. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. The book of eli is, perhaps, the most explicitly christian film ive seen come out of the secular film industry since the passion of the christ. You have a high concept easy to understand story with a badass hero and lots of martial arts type mayhem. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire.
Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. Hes just as obsessive as eli, only foaming at the mouth with intensity, whereas elis devotion is more of a focused and passioned energy. I let it sit on my hubbys shelf with his other to be read books. He dotes on solaras mother, a blind woman named claudia jennifer beals. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. But during the scene where he realized the woman was blind. He puts eli up for the night and sends his blind, commonlaw wife, claudia jennifer beal, in to see that he is comfortable. She asks if he got that from the book, and he admits that its a quote from. The world in book of eli while barren and hot, is also filled with brutal killers and savages, but there always appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel.
There is an aura of calm and assurance about this outsider that intrigues carnegie. As for the plot, it is still being worked out amongst a few of the people involved but you can expect that it will feature her going from san francisco to new york to deliver some of the special news and information that they had gathered. Does this imply that he is blind and has been living completely by faith his entire life or is the punchline of the movie that he is the simply the last living man on earth who can read braille. The book of eli and postapocalyptic women allison nash.
In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book.
The book of eli sets itself up as an enjoyable mad max meets i am legend romp, but the disappointing nature of its. Eli was gods prophet and messenger and therefore was under divine protection. The book of eli is about eli, a blind man that is trying to get the bible to a specific destination to save mankind. The book of eli is about to celebrate its ten year anniversary on january 11, 2020. Its probable that she was in solaras position once, and became part of a. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. The makers of the film have incorporated this into the character of denzel. In the book of eli, allen and albert hughes, place biblical characters in a postapocalyptic society. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. Eli uses a machete, a bow, and a number of guns effectively despite his blindness.
Not sure about this last one, but when eli and solara make it to alcatraz island, im pretty sure eli says something like, this looks like a museum to me when theyre being given a tour of the inside. Book of eli 2 2021 rumors, plot, cast, and release date. Was there an eli in the bible that was blind answers. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the the book of eli article. Carnegie is obsessed with finding a copy of the bible. The legend of solara walker afalstein the book of eli. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text.
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