Thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of the former united states. He is thrown into a world where jesus christ was not born 2,000 years ago, but born in todays society. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel. Now, eli might become blind at some point in the movie but not in this scene. If eli was blind all along, how could he have won all those gun fights.
I personally loved each bloody battle, because of their smoothness like that oneshot bonanza at the house, and that they contributed to the idea this was meant to. Eli tells another character that he meets on his journey that god showed him where the book is and told him to travel west with the book and that god will have his back along. Why was there never a sequel to the movie the book of eli. 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. They will survive and go to a protected colony where he will dictate the whole bible for them to write it up. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in. Thats the thing at the end we kind of left it a bit open. This book by bill myers, eli follows the story of a tv journalist named conrad davis. A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. At this point, he knows he s dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Its a quasimystic raging volcano of horseshit with a silly story, an even sillier surprise ending and a message as offensive and hypocritical as a priest standing up with his mouth smeared in feces to sermonize about the evils of shiteating. Eli is blind and if so, he either trained himself to be able to travel, hunt, shoot, etc.
He heard a voice in his head to carry the worlds last bible west, and. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. Eli tells lombardi that he has a king james bible with him. The book of eli is hampered by faithbased sermonising and at least two hamfisted final act twists, which. The gospel according to the book of eli popmatters. Any people he sees along the way are either cannibals, rapists, murderers or their victims. The cooling towers, in which eli denzel washington and solara mila kunis take refuge, are most likely the cooling towers of the former rancho seco nuclear power plant outside of sacramento, california, given the apparent travel time on foot and by vehicle before eli and solara reach the golden gate bridge, and carnegie gary oldman returns to his town.
Just because the bible is written in braille doesnt mean he is blind. He gets out of unspeakably dangerous scrapes and when some of carnegies men shoot at him, the bullets misssomething. Albert hughes, who directed the movie along with his brother allen, said, the book of eli takes us to a future that is decimated. The book of eli was directed by twins, albert and allen hughes. Eli then must try to escape along with a young woman solara. The book of elis storyline is strong, with only a few mishaps. 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. He is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, and jennifer beals. Jan 01, 2000 this book by bill myers, eli follows the story of a tv journalist named conrad davis. Mar 03, 2017 i thought he was blind when i saw the movie. As eli is speaking, the camera zooms in on his eyes, and we see that eli is blind.
Rewatched the book of eli 2010, when he leaves the house he. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. They will survive and go to a protected colony where he will dictate the. Its a quasimystic raging volcano of horseshit with a silly story, an even sillier surprise ending and a message as offensive and hypocritical as a priest standing up with his mouth smeared. How did he navigate the roads and find his way alone in the wasteland. Feb 05, 2010 the following day solara prays with her mother, and carnegie realizes that eli has a copy of the bible, the book he has been looking for, as all copies were destroyed after the apocalypse. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last remaining bible. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret.
The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. The book of eli believable except for this one small thing. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the. Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. Their next work, uncensored videos was broadcast on. When carnegie is overthrown, the people breaking up the room are shown looting the place and forcing themselves upon the women. Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli. The book of eli and the road to redemption catholic stand. The book of eli, with its enterprising journeyman and marauding cannibals, at least initially looks like a futuristic samurai western featuring a hero with quasisupernatural or, as he.
The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe location on the west coast of. A moment later, eli opens a closet and finds a young man who has hanged himself. Eli, who was nearly blind, was sitting at the front gate to hear the returning soldiers return was unaware of the event until he asked about all the commotion in the city. Elis book that he is transporting the book of eli is actually the holy bible, the king james version, the only copy that has seemed to survive the war. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire. Jul 05, 2019 it didnt really leave itself open to a sequel. He also knows his way around unfamiliar territory all too well for a blind man well for a sighted man, in fact. The first being when he was in the house at the start where the body is, he bumps into the table. The book of eli is the latest aftertheendthecannibalswillgetyou flick. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire movie. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Eli by bill myers goodreads meet your next favorite book. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her.
The book of eli official 1080p hd movie trailer youtube. But id like to imagine how different the world of tbol will be, now that the king james version of the bible has been made extant again after somehow being totally wiped off the face of the earth by. When hunting the cat, for example, he was sitting in a position where it didnt seem like he could actually see his target at all. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book. They made their first short film, how to be a burglar shortly after freshman year. Eli replies pay for what, since he cant see all the visual clues that solara is. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. Not all the time, because that would get suspicious. 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. The book of eli stacks the deck in favor of good warrior eli, who only deploys his killing skills against those deserving punishment and turns down the temptations. Yes, all the way at the end of the movie, it is revealed that not only is the book of eli a samurai film, but it is in fact a western, twistfilled zatoichi remake. Despite all that happens, solara walks through those gates and carries the word on forward.
Whilst the road cleaves to mccarthys novel, and is defiantly literary in structure a voiceover complements the nonevents of the plot, the book of eli clearly owes more to the videogame, fallout 3. A postapocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across america in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Is denzel washington blind in the book of eli answers. Thank you for your protection and for many signs along the way that is a metaphor saying that he is blind, but was led the right way by god, plus. Yet, as in the book of eli, background details are paramount in the road. In this respect, the films stand toe to toe, in their ability to. Their parents divorced when they were two years old, and they began making movies at age 12. Jan 14, 2010 albert hughes, who directed the movie along with his brother allen, said, the book of eli takes us to a future that is decimated. At one point, eli is injured, yet he continues to walk down the path he started at the beginning. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman.
Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. A soldier had returned through the back gate and given the news of the battle to the people. Jan 07, 2020 eli walks alone in postapocalyptic america. The bible eli had on him was written in braille all along, because eli himself is blind. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting elis canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in.
Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. All believable, albeit maybe a little bit of a stretch. The book of eli a lone man denzel washington, the taking of pelham 1 2 3 heads west in a desolate landscape. We learn that a voicea voice he takes for godsled him to the book and told him to take it west, and that hed be protected along the way. Its not until shortly before the film ends that we learn the most remarkable thing about eli. I think along the way, hes got sort of distracted and he may be. The devastation is total and that allowed us to speculate about how the world would look and how people would manage if the whole grid was wiped out and we were thrown back into a primitive way of life. Eli was blind, if you didnt understand at the end of the movie, there may have been some parts that didnt make that clear. If you watch the movie for a second time you can catch on. Hes guided by a voice in his head that told him that he must protect this book and he is personally lives by the message of the bible, basically to do more for others than for yourself as he puts it. He asks lombardi to get paper and pencil and, with his dying breath, dictates the entire bible, verse by verse, as lombardi writes it all down. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a. Atticus ross, the producer and musician who collaborated with trent reznor on four nine inch nails albums, founded the group 12 rounds and produced the perry farrell single go all the way into the twilight for twilight, is the one chosen to supply the original score for the hughes brothers much anticipated postapocalyptic adventure the book of eli. He is thrown into another world after a car accident.
Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. Most importantly, eli realizes along the way that hes been focusing too much on keeping the book safe, to the point that he has failed to live by it. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james. My feeling all along was that these kind of movies dont need to be a zero sum game.
Eli is partially blind and been memorizing a braille bible for the last 30 years, his word is safe. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the movie eli was blind or at least partially blind. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. The seeing blind man that was eli is a clever borrowing from the bible, and really rounds up all of the religious ideas that are interwoven with inbetween bloody battles. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. Carnegie gets the book, which is the bible, and elis been blind all along. He heads west along the highway of death on a mission he doesnt fully understand but knows he must complete. The following day solara prays with her mother, and carnegie realizes that eli has a copy of the bible, the book he has been looking for, as all copies were destroyed after the apocalypse. Along comes the second postapocalyptic tale to hit uk cinemas in the last month. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. We here at cinapse have written extensively about the wandering blind swordsman who is unknown to most us filmgoers today, but who is perhaps one of cinemas all time greatest heroes.