In the book of eli, when eli opens the zippo lighter, he hovers his. Eli was protected by god, because he sought only to follow and act upon his faith. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. God guiding his every move and him simply faithfully following him. The book of eli works, even if the preservation of christianity isnt high on your personal postapocalypse bucket list. The book of eli is an exceptionally engrossing film. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. If you just knew the order of the books in the bible, you could learn braille by just. The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure.
The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. He s just going from point a to point b, and plowing through obstacles. For instance, to protect themselves from the harsh sunlight, all the characters wear sunglasses or goggles, but rather than rendering them impersonal or distant, they only ramp up the movies cool factor. Eli has several conversations with people while looking right at them. Eli came out in 2010, just a year after the road starring vigo mortensen. It was one of a spat of post apocalyptic dramas with washed out color and characters who care more about surviving to the end of the day than dental hygiene. 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. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her.
Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. Eli is headed west, but on the way, he passes devastation and squalor, and occasionally he must mete out some devastation of his own with a sharp blade. She too is intrigued by this man but discovers nothing about a book. 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 of the nomad eli. Mar 22, 2011 he even feels the body before being sure of what he is dealing with since he cant see anything. Carnegie then forces his beautiful stepdaughter, solara mila kunis, to offer to sleep with eli and find out if he has the book. One night eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. Jan 15, 2010 eli was definately blind, i rewatched this movie many times and picked up on every subtle nuance that explains he was absolutely blind.
Jan 16, 2010 he puts eli up for the night and sends his blind, commonlaw wife, claudia jennifer beal, in to see that he is comfortable. When he was hunting for food in the very beginning and he shot that stray cat. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. Washington and the hughes brothers do a good job of establishing this man and his world, and at first, the book of eli seems destined to be solemn. Establishing its storytelling rules clearly and well, the film simply is. In the bible, eli grew gradually more blind, from partial sight up to the stage of his eyes were set so he could not see. The book of eli movie plot holes and funny quotes reimagined. If eli was blind through out the movie then the movie is of the same genre as godzilla just plain camp, because ive known quite a few blind people with. 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. Before it was revealed he was blind you thought he may have been slightly delusional and obsessive in his mission to deliver the book. In the book of eli was denzel washington blind the whole time. It fantasizes a world in which everything has been.
Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. Was eli from the book of eli fully blind or partially blind. With unflappable cool and surprising gentleness, denzel washington strides a bleak and barren world in the book of eli. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a re. So i compiled a few of the theories on eli and his condition.
A woman pleads for eli s help, but he recognizes its a trap and calls it as such. The book of eli 00h 01min minutes movie 2010 in a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. But during their brief interlude, eli introduces solara to the concept of prayer a concept that quickly draws carnegies attention. 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 movie plot holes and absurd quotes in a fun 100 things i learned format. The original soundtrack and score for the motion picture the book of eli, was composed by atticus ross, who has worked with the hughes brothers on two previous occasions, as well as artists such as nine inch nails, korn, and janes addiction.
The lord calls samuel the boy samuel ministered before the lord under eli. The book of eli is kind of like watching the book of mormon filmed and rewritten as a futuristic action movie, except with fewer hot bitches. Various men then come out and surround him, with one shoving him. Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. The book of eli 2010 official trailer denzel washington. He was practically feeling his way around using his other senses. Eli is blind and if so, he either trained himself to be able to travel, hunt, shoot, etc. He sends a young girl, solara mila kunis, to elis room in an attempt to seduce him. In the postapocalyptic biblical thriller the book of eli, denzel washington plays a blind man who feels he s been called by god to carry the last remaining copy of the bible across the country. He heads west along the highway of death on a mission he doesnt fully understand but knows he must complete. He never fires his weapon first, needing to hear the sound of shooting at him to identify the location of his target. Carnegie has a mother and daughter, claudia and solara in his entourage, claudia was blind from birth, but solara is sighted.
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. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. When he approaches the car in the beginning he almost walks by, but stops, backs up a bit and walks over to it, hitting the side of the car with his bag to get a reference of where it was. On book of eli, the main antagonist believes he could dominate other cities and people with a. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to. The book of eli on the surface looks like a prochristian deal but if you pay attention, its actually blaming the end of civilization on christianity, and is directly referred to. There is also an oral tradition of eli, which i have on good authority, and which has helped guide me in the writing of this book. 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.
Denzel washington plays the warrior monklike eli, who balances blade against bible. He is later greeted with a full rainbow as he leaves the prison. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. Mar 03, 2017 i thought he was blind when i saw the movie. Washingtons character is called eli, although i dont think he ever actually says that. God gave him sight that is the premise of the movie. Yes, eli became blind, presumably with age 1 samuel 3. Throughout the film he makes references to his blindness, as he shows examples of how he smells and hears things much more than the others. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not.
He recognizes that claudia is blind and asks her if she was blind her whole life or blinded by the flash, an event which occurred during the last great war. Throughout the movie, eli shot animal s for food including a flying bird with a bow, and defended himself with blade and gun, and yet was blind the entire time. Eli closes his eyes every time he reads the bible in order to more focus his sense of touch and cut off the visual stimuli. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questions whether or not he is. At george and marthas house, he kicks forward by the first step of the stairs to the porch with his boot so he knows where it is.
Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire. Jan, 2010 he s got one of those knives that makes a snickersnack noise all by itself, and is a oneman army. 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. If eli was blind all along, how could he have won all those gun fights. Check out the book of eli original motion picture soundtrack by various artists on amazon music. Ill be honest with you, the book of eli panel at last summers san diego comiccon garnered little attention, despite having stars denzel washington, gary oldman, and mila kunis in attendance, as. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube.
Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. The book of eli, which we will call eli, reproduced in the preceding pages to this introduction, is a book of prophecy, written by the anonymous author eli. The cinematic art work of the film makes it all the more presentable. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. Not like he knows exactly where he s going, and he. Im not sure that would happen over the brief duration of the film, but maybe he wasnt fully blind in the film, but had learnt brail in the world before so as to better be able to read. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. Just because the bible is written in braille doesnt mean he is blind. It is as though this guy weve been watching is twice as badass as he was before because he was straight jackin fools while totally blind.
Sep 21, 2014 after watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. The person renting this film will not waste his or her money. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. There was a dead man hanging that dropped as he entered. 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. Feb 22, 2014 jesus and the book of eli part 1 remember the book of eli. Despite his extensive work in television and cinema, this marks ross debut into feature film scoring. Why doesnt redridge kill eli at the end of the first shootout. Your thoughts on the movie if you have not yet seen the movie and dont want it to be spoilt for you then wait until you have seen it before you read any further.
He has honed his hearing to allow him with echolocation clicking of his tongue when needed to be able to tell where a shooter is, he knows approximately how many men hes against. In the book of eli, when eli opens the zippo lighter, he hovers his hand over it to make. May 30, 2010 yes he was blind, which was revealed at the end of the movie to reinforce and bring home the divine nature of his missionquest. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret. If you havent heard of it yet are interested then continue if you dont mind the plot being told though i recommend you see it first, good movie. Asked in the bible, old testament, eli whitney was there an eli in the bible that 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. Book of eli asks the everyday viewer to jump through in order to fully. 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. Eli tells carnegie that he has no interest in staying but carnegie forces him to stay the night. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. But if you watch again with the sole purpose to see if he is completely blind.
Jan 15, 2010 theres one in particular hes desperate to find, a book with the power to rally people under his leadershipand eli just happens to have the worlds last remaining copy. Watch the book of eli online full movie from 2010 yidio. Book of eli, the eli walks alone in postapocalyptic america. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last remaining bible. A soldier had returned through the back gate and given the news of the battle to the people. And we learn that eli is blind and apparently has been for 30 years. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 worldviews, worship.
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