Only one other man gary oldman understands the power of what eli carries, and he is determined to take it for himself. Eli came out in 2010, just a year after the road starring vigo mortensen. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. The book of eli repeats atop the dvd and bluray sales charts jul 1, 2010. Eli and solara are surrounded and dragged out of the house. Gary oldmans character finally gets the book, only to get pissed to find out he cant read it. World ends, word goes on in the book of eli 2010 18 jan. The story may turn on a book, but finally this is just another hollywood hymn to a loner and his guns. Cassandra ihsl on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move. The book of eli is a sequel to fahrenheit 451 spoilers. Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it. Jessica baxterin the new film by the hughes brothers from hell, its 30 years postapocalypse and things are hella not cool, you guys. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. Bishop barron comments on the death of billy graham duration. The book of eli stars denzel washington in a postapocalyptic thriller set 30 years after a final war has turned much of earth into an ashy wasteland. Im sure the ending to book of eli will raise a lot of issues and debate, so well be curious to hear your thoughts on it if youre posting comments here, assume that anyone in the. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. Alcon entertainments action adventure film the book of eli is a warner bros. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. 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.
Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Eli passes through a town and encounters the big dog in charge a man named carnegie played by gary oldman. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and. The twist at the end of the movie is that you find out that eli is blind, and the bible he has is written in braille. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 worldviews, worship.
With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. The book of eli takes us to a painful place a place where humanity loses its humanness. By patti maguire armstrong patti maguire armstrong is an awardwinning author and was the managing editor and coauthor of. The book of eli falls prey to several of the problems that the road had, and while it wasnt as big a failure as that film, its still a lot of apocalyptic wasteland to get through. Somehow, he has even managed to win gun fights when his opponents were standing on top of buildings far away. The book of eli 2010 ending spoiler movie mistakes. The movie does have a significant amount of violence however, the violence is analogous to situations in the bible where the israelites were commanded to annihilate their enemies on the way to the promised land. The world is a scorched junkyard full of pockmarked and begoggled road warriors ready to rape, pillage and eat you.
Jesus and the book of eli part 1 remember the book of eli. The ugly get uglier and humanity splits into the hunters and the hunted. Bishop barron comments on the book of eli spoilers. Eli and mila kunis continue on to the west, until they finally reach alcatraz prison. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. 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. In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. Watch the book of eli online stream full movie directv. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. Eli knows the couple eats people because of the rattling tea cups. 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. We hear a baby crying in the background and redridge lifts his pistol to make a third shot, but then slightly tilts his head and doesnt fire. 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.
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. On book of eli, the main antagonist believes he could dominate other cities and people with a certain book, and has some sort of devotion for them, just as someone that would hoard books on fahrenheit 451. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. The role of denzel washington brings a positive message about obdedience, faith and perseverance. The book of eli, although another post apocalyptic tale in a growingly crowded genre landscape, is artistic as well as entertaining and as such earns a 3. Eli bumps the bottom step with his foot before going up the porch steps of the couples house, presumably to gauge where the steps are credit to jeremyogles. Somehow eli has been walking in the right direction the whole time.
Apparently, this is what the world looks like without god. The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure. A video clip of the prayer from the book of eli, with emphasis on leaving a legacy by fighting a good fight, finishing the race, while keeping the faith. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. Last prayer from the book of eli june 20, 2010 in movies tags. We enter into in a gritty world devoid of either protection from the elements of nature or a government. 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. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. 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. 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. Thebook of eli cant have a sequel actress mila kunis speaks about her forthcoming gary oldman, denzel washington starrer. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton.
Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. The book of eli certainly brings to mind that other monstrosity among american postapocalyptic films, i am legend, which also weds the genres conventions with religious nonsense. Book of eli, end of the world, and the western the. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. 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. So, eli is journeying by a drifting, wandering path into the western half of the former united states, on a mission from god. Washington plays eli, a laconic man journeying westward across america to carry a sacred book to safety, hoping that it will restore mankind and bring a. The book of eli 2010 the braille bible scene 910 movieclips duration. What elevates the film from the mediocrity is a twist ending that is. Quote dear lord thank you for giving me strength and conviction to complete the task you entrusted to me. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Ending spoiler for the book of eli 2010, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli. In the book of eli, after eli denzel washington has shot most of carnegies gary oldman henchmen and redridge ray stevenson has already missed killing him twice, eli and redridge are facing each other in the street.
Though eli prefers peace, he will risk death to protect his precious cargo, for he must. So, there are two things i need to do before the end of the world as. This type of story has been done many times before but washington and oldman, in combination with the hughes brothers spin on things, make this one of the few january. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. 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. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. 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 continues the string of apocalyptic tales. For the most part, eli is a moral man doing all the things that are expected of him. Yet the book of eli isnt the end of days, or even schwarzeneggers end of days. 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. Having now recently watched the road and the book of eli, the two big postapocalyptic movies of the holiday season that time of year when families get together and think warm thoughts about the end of the world, i can see that ive learned a couple of things about how to prepare for the apocalypse from hollywood films. Now by the time of the movie, books are extremely rare and eli has the last copy of the bible, that happens to be written on braille.
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