He had to physically defend not only the book but himself. The book of eli and postapocalyptic women allison nash. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Eli is a wanderer, but the film does not center on his life.
The director is acutely aware that gary oldmans character is much more interesting than eli, and the focus of the film substantially shifts for the better to what he wants the. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. The book of eli stars denzel washington as a lone wanderer, making his away across a postnuclear holocaust america, scavenging and scraping to survive and well adept at it. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. The final plot twist is creative, unexpected, and poetically just.
Yes he was blind at a certain point in his life and he was a. Eli warns the man that he wont get his hand back if he does that again, and proceeds to chop that off with one quick slice of his blade with bloody results and views of the stump and severed hand. The book of eli begins as eli is engaged in one of his regular affairs. His wife, finally tired of elis extracurricular activities, puts a gypsy curse on him. If so how was he such a badass fighter and more specifically a really good shot. Denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli. Various men then come out and surround him, with one shoving him. With jennifer beals, derrick clyburnballard, tommy lee edwards, jon farhat. Jun 16, 2010 eli continues on his journey to a town where he runs into carnegie, the movies antagonist, who has been scouring the country looking for this one book, the book eli just happens to be carrying.
But even if he started on the east coast, would it take him 30 years to reach san francisco. He was also a video game and entertainment journalist which explains the manga feel. 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 in. He did not fire until the cat meowedmade a sound and in the fight he stepped into darkness for the advantage. Claudia whose name means lame is blind from birth and has named. The book of eli is not mad max, nor is it the road of recent release. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to.
Eli is blind and if so, he either trained himself to be able to travel, hunt, shoot, etc. Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she. Aug 07, 20 in this powerful book, a teen girl has lost her sight after a tragic 4th of july accident. The book of eli was directed by twins, albert and allen hughes.
The postapocalyptic backdrop has been portrayed very realistically in the film and serves as a perfect setting for the desperate need for the holy book. Unless youre particularly observant its not outright apparent that he s blind when watching the first time until the very end of the movie when the camera zooms in and you can see his eyes are clouded. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Eli was not blind while kicking ass and taking names on his journey. Jan 15, 2010 what did you think of the book of eli. The book of eli us message board political discussion. 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. If eli was blind all along, how could he have won all those gun fights. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her daughter, solara mila kunis, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. 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.
After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questions whether or not he is. After the first time i wandered if he was blind or not. He was blind before god healed him so that he could carry the task to deliver the bible west. Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli he is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall biography thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of the former united states. Sure he has a good sense of smell and hearing ability but at no point in the movie does it imply that he is blind. But even if he started on the east coast, would it take him 30 years to reach. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Was denzel washingtons character in book of eli blind. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired.
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. Screenwriter gary whitta develops this christian hero well as he takes this incredibly difficult journey to protect gods word. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. The purpose of the journey of a blind man, his adherence to the right path, reaching his ultimate destination all these make the book of eli different than many other anals of gory. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. He s just going from point a to point b, and plowing through obstacles. People believe he was blind throughout the whole movie. Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. Like a man of god, eli never seeks evil but he does take it down.
Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist the book of eli starts out with 10 minutes of dialoguefree imagery depicting the type of postapocalyptic wasteland made familiar in recent. It was his first and foremost mission to get it safely to its home. Being a loner, eli prefers to go his own way, but he may not have a choice. The book of eli s storyline is strong, with only a few.
I thought of this independently while conversing with a friend. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire movie. He heads west along the highway of death on a mission he doesnt fully understand but knows he must complete. Pauls first missionary journey begins, and he strikes elymas the sorcerer blind. 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. 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. Back in town, carnegie tries to open the bible but realizes that he didnt take eli s key to the book flap. Their next work, uncensored videos was broadcast on. The biblical eli is blind at the end of his long journey through life, but not at the start. Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. I posit that its titled as such because its the continuation of the bible. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Jun 26, 2018 despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. A woman pleads for eli s help, but he recognizes its a trap and calls it as such.
Too intense, i whispered when the book of eli crossed the screen, although he had already read my mind. The book of eli should shoot to the top of your netflix queue. Eli travels his lonely journey one step at a time, hunting for food, searching. From not shooting the cat until it meowed, to having a heightened sense of smell and sound to smell the cannibals in the first fight scene, to not shooting redridge in that big fight in town because he wasnt moving, to being able to hear the cars long before they showed up, and finally, to the braille bible and his foggy eyes. Solara joins eli on his journey, and they are chased by carnegie and his men. He is blind at the end, as he no longer needs sight.
Book of eli, the rpkgbd eli walks alone in postapocalyptic america. Is denzel washington blind in the book of eli answers. They made their first short film, how to be a burglar shortly after freshman year. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her. 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. Journey separate ways worlds apart official music video. As he slept, delilah had his hair cut and betrayed him.
Washington does what he can as eli, serving up a pleasing performance despite the inexplicable incorporation of numerous slomo scenes, absolutely unnecessary facial closeups seemingly designed to stress the importance of the moment and the simple fact that eli seems to spend most of the film either going whupass or simply reading the book. The other interpretation is that eli, blinded by the events from the apocalypse, after finding the book in his youth, is somehow blessed with hysterical sightedness, all the way until he finally find his way to alcatraz and does his verbal dump, and afterwards, his blindness returns, but only after his mission was completed. Eli was blind, if you didnt understand at the end of the movie, there may have been some parts that didnt make that clear. He squints in the bright sunlight near the end of the movie, and he has to look down to step up on the side of the.
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. At this point, he knows he s dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. The main character, eli denzel washington, wanders the wastelands. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. As eli is speaking, the camera zooms in on his eyes, and we see that eli is blind. Provided to youtube by reprise the journey atticus ross the book of eli original motion picture soundtrack. 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. The characters are very well acted, the action is fluid and well choreographed, and the setting seeps into your skin, immersing the viewer in a world devoid of faith but in desperate need of salvation. He was, however, blind in those flashbacks before the fall of civilization.
Within the saloon resides claudia, a woman blinded before the war. Now, the stakes could not be higher, eli has both the book and solara with him. Jan 16, 2010 it becomes a battle of the wills, which eli prefers not to fight. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret zatoichi remake. In other words, this supposedly deeply spiritual journey is really mostly about kicking ass. He prays to god, and carries the bible around with him and reads it everyday. Mar, 2015 the book of eli is about eli, a blind man that is trying to get the bible to a specific destination to save mankind. It is true that people get heightened senses at the loss of others. We experience her journey of relearning her world as a blind girl. So unless the story was to imply that god was providing eli with a different book of the bible to memorize, its hard to imagine how eli was able to memorize the entire bible from that book he was carrying. On par with some of the most critically acclaimed action movies of the past decade. He was captured, blinded, and enslaved by the philistines, but in the end god granted samson his revenge. Washington, all the action and, perhaps, the christian. Eli protects this book at all costs, meeting obstacles along his journey.
A wound from eli s gun has infected his leg and he has little time to live. Read denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli and more of the latest on movies and films from a christian perspective. This book moved me on a personal level, my brother at the age of 40 lost 99% of his vision due to a genetic disease. He calls the engineer in to unlock the book and once its unlocked they see the bible is in braille in alcatraz, a closeup of eli s face shows us that he is blind as well. This short looks at the films visual schemes and its characters, the quality of the actors, the films themes of faith, the design of crucial props, and more.
We see elis faith remain steadfast as he faces many trials and tribulations, including. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. Was denzel washington suppose to be blind in the movie. Jan 16, 2010 eli doesnt take long to make a mark in town. Eli may have divine protection, but it is limited to keeping him alive. But really the words in the book were the fire, a fire that could burn.
Furthermore, that book did not have nearly enough pages to be a printed bible, much less a bible printed in braille. Most importantly, eli realizes along the way that he s been focusing too much on keeping the book safe, to the point that he has failed to live by it. The book of eli is a stylish film that is reminiscent of i am legend and other postapocalyptic stories, though it carves out a niche for itself due to its strong characters and its central theme. Since the bible he carries around is in brairil and at the end his eyes looked cloudy. 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. The book he carried was the most important thing he saved. One pacific scene shows eli explaining his calling to his friend solar where he stated that he was led on this journey because a voice in his head told him to head west find a safe place to store the bible he walked and walked as he. He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do.
The bible he had with him was in braille and is of no use to carnegie, who finds his city falling apart now that he no longer has his soldiers to maintain order. The movie is trying to convey that god restored his sight for the mission. Okay i have watched the book of eli about 10 times now. The book of eli has an incredible biblical message, which tells the story of elis unwavering faith as he honors god with his life and follows gods will no matter how hard the journey may be. This leads to carnegie finding out that eli has the book he is looking fora.
The book of eli was scripted by gary whitta, a comic book writer and graphic novelist death, jr. Their parents divorced when they were two years old, and they began making movies at age 12. I do not claim any ownership rights to the soundtracks or images presented in this video. Eli wakes up to find himself in heaven talking to god.
Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from eli, but the man proves to be a formidable foe as he makes it more than clear that if they want the book, they must first take his life. The book of eli is one of those postapocalyptic action movies that. Jan 22, 2010 we believe that god entrusted the book to eli as he was blind when he was guided to it, but upon receiving the book god imbued him with sight and his divine protection. But i want to note a number of elements which make the book of eli stand. By every thing that is shown in the movie i simply cannot accept that eli was blind. Farenheit 451 and book of eli are set in the same universe. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her. The book of eli features countless incredible action sequences. If eli was actually blind then thats one of the crappiest shyamalanesque twist ive seen.
Jan 15, 2010 a leatherbound book to read every night. The book of eli original motion picture soundtrack atticus ross. After that he walked up straight to the cat to pick it up. The film opens with a really riveting scene, slowly panning across a wooded area covered in ash, and with more ash still falling from the sky. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. Solara wants to travel the journey that eli is on, so against his wishes, she follows him. The book of eli claude hobbs cwv101 christian worldview. Sep 21, 2014 after watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. The road, however, is a far deeper, more serious and bleaker film than the book of eli. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. Does this imply that he is blind and has been living completely. Denzel washington thumps his bible and slices through bad guys in.