Falling for eli is a deeply touching memoir, a refreshing and lyrical homage to love and new definitions of motherhood. Solara mila kunis attacks carnegies gary oldman men and makes an escape, killing redridge ray stevenson in the process. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. So yes in the end he does become blind, probably due to the exposure to harmful rays of the sun remember its post apocalyptic. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. The book of eli is the hughes brothersa follow up film to from hell. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810. In the early aughts, a wealthy, chipper, blonde 20something with a purseconfined chihuahua took the world by storm.
The film presents some religious subthemes, which might find differing interpretations by different viewers. 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. As he sees carnieges people rioting after most of his men are killed, he just warily sits back and doesnt try to stop them, due to seeing hes outnumbered. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle. When solara mila kunis attempts to help a woman at the side of the road, she is attacked, but eli denzel washington arrives to save her just in time. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. Thirty years after war turned the world into a wasteland, a lone warrior named eli denzel washington marches across the ruined landscape, carrying hope for humanitys redemption. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. But getting back to book of eli, i think the town and the ruthless bully boy gangs seemed a bit too much. Redridge fired one shot at eli with his pistol and by the sounds of it, completely missed. Eli denzel washington has been on a journey for 30 years, walking west across america after a cataclysmic war that turned the earth into a total wasteland. She too is blind, which obviously moves him, and he pays her a compliment about her shampoo eli never. Denzel washingtons character eli is blind in the movie book of eli. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the.
Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. And if shes inspired you to pursue your own studies, youre probably ready for the 40 facts. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to lombardi, the sanctuarys leader. Lil ditties from my life as a vision impaired person. The book of eli written by gary whitta june 21, 2007 a civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
But the book of eli, a grownupsonly film, stands on its own as a gripping, entertaining story with a couple of nifty twists thrown in at the end. Thank you lord for a warm bed to sleep on, thank you for the food we are about to eat, thank you for a roof over our heads on cold nights such as this, thank you for companionship in. Here you will find different jokes, riddles, pick up lines and insults. Its certainly uneven, and many viewers will find that its reach exceeds its grasp, but the book of eli finds the hughes brothers injecting some fresh stylish fun.
When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family, resulting. 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. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. One night eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west.
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 is like a fly throwing itself at your closed window it means well. As far as i understand, you can essentially put any book on any public list, unrelated or not. I knew about people being able to put books on the lists, but i had no idea they werent able to be edited. The lord calls samuel the boy samuel ministered before the lord under eli. It is not a good idea to wander alone in post apocalyptic america if youre a woman. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal.
At this point eli turned around and a shootout with carnegies men ensued. He asks her whether it happened after or during the war, which may give the reason for his blindness. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. His bible is written in braille, which is that dotanddash language books and signs meant for blind persons are written in. The second shot, he took his time, gripped his pistol properly, aimed, fired and if you notice he hit eli in his backpack. In a postapocalyptic america where the oncepicturesque countryside has become a desolate and violent wasteland, one man denzel washington fights to protect that sacred tome that could hold the key to the survival of the human race in this futuristic thriller from filmmaking duo albert and allen hughes from hell and dead presidents. 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 was eli blind the entire. Their cheerful approach to the apocalypse is a huge contrast to the rest of the film.
And denzel washington isnt exactly kirk cameron, either. The book of eli is a movie telling the story of a post apocalyptic world in which the main character morgan freeman is a blind man who has one of the last books in the world. Read a blind man from the story funniest jokes by bashfulblue76 with 3,317 reads. When you see a stranded woman in trouble and she tells you to go and that she doesnt want you to help her, you should go. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation.
Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. The world has become a lawless civilization where people must kill or be killed. The book is also known as harbuts story of the bible told for young and old. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. The lamp of god had not yet gone out, and samuel was lying down in the house of the lord, where the ark of god was. He can see that the pawn shop owner hasnt detached the battery leads. Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test. The book of eli is an oldfashioned western dressed up in postapocalyptic rags. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube.
Feb 2, 2020 blind mystic baba vangas and nostradamus predictions for 2020 stay safe and healthy. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. We have divided and organized all the jokes, riddles, insults and pick up lines into different categories, to make is easier for you to find your favorites pieces. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. 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.
The old cannibal couple eli and solara are a huge source of funny moments. Like in the bible there was a priest named eli who was not born blind but later did become blind. Eli is the man with one name who ambles into a backwater burg in search of water and comes face to face with evil in the form of carnegie gary oldman, who is involved with the blind claudia jennifer beals while he pursues claudias nubile daughter solara mila kunis. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. Book of eli movie quotes meet your next favorite book. Blind mystic baba vangas and nostradamus predictions for. All of the men seemed to take orders from carnagie unconditionally. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. At the very end, when the camera zooms in on eli as he sits at the table on the ship, you can clearly see his eyes are covered by a white film, a.
But after eli, 2012, and the road, if i never see another endoftheworld movie between now and the end of the world, it will be too soon. The book of eli a fabular, postapocalyptic confrontation between good and evil by patrick ivers, film critic 2010 thirty years after a hole opened in the sky and the sun fell through nuclear war or ecological disaster, scorching the earth and its inhabitants, a lone warrior denzel washington walks a committed path westward led by faith, not by sight, carrying. It is funny that one of the last shots shows the printed bible being put on a shelf among important books of other. 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.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, 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. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. 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. The makers of the film have incorporated this into the character of denzel. Is behind the wheel of carneiges truck during his pursuit of eli badass beard beard of evil. 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. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. Eli has in his possession the last surviving bible in the world, and he is on a mission he believes was given to him by god, to head west to where it will be safe.
Sports a thick beard and is one of carnieges more notable and resilient henchmen know when to fold em. If you havent heard of it yet are interested then continue if you dont mind the plot being told though i. The trees stripped of their bark and white like ghosts. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. 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. If your looking for a funny in sight into crap sight youve found the right page. See more ideas about the book of eli, denzel washington and books. However, i would recommend seeing the entire movie, it is really great. This puzzled me, especially after the first town shootout which killed 10 or 12 men and the melee in the bar which slew 15 people. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. 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.
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