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. Denzel washington has stepped it up for his role in the book of eli. The book he carries with him is a brail bible which he literally guards with his life. But then eli arrives at a western town ruled by carnegie gary oldman, who, like all the local overloads in westerns and gangster movies, sits behind a big desk flanked by a tall bald guy and.
He also knows his way around unfamiliar territory all too well for a blind man well for a sighted man, in fact. I dont think were seriously expecting anyone to root for gary oldman even though hes extremely cool laughs. A few weeks ago i was in the drugstore downtown during my lunch hour and the guy at the front desk was going on and on about how wack the book of eli was. Eli the book of eli vs daredevil mcu battles comic. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. Is the character eli blind in the movie the book of eli.
Jesus in this book is a man named eli shepard, who goes around d oing what jesus did but in a white shirt and blue jeans. 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. Matt on the otherhand has sent grown flying with his kicks and even someone bigger and stronger than that guy. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. The only thing i disagree with was the sightedness of eli, he wasnt blind. He finds solace in a unique book which he carries on his person and guards closely, whilst surviving by hunting small animals and seeking goods in destroyed houses and vehicles to trade in. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family. 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 closes his eyes every time he reads the bible in order to more focus his sense of touch and cut off the visual stimuli. At the same time it is revealed that denzel eli is, yep, you got it, blind. He had memorized the whole thing and dictated the contents to that dude. Sure it has been debated, but was eli blind in book of. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west.
The book of eli does depict a postpocalyptic world that has suffered a sgnificant decline of civilization. The world in book of eli while barren and hot, is also filled with brutal killers and savages, but there always appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Gary whitta on book of eli genre screenwriter gary whitta geeked out with the wondercon crowd friday, relating his artistic struggle to bring the book of eli to the big screen, embarrassing moments with denzel washington, and more. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. 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. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. When she got out of the truck and tossed that grenade with super accuracy i said to myselflook outboom. I talk about the ambiguity in the film about how i want people to take different things from it, but i guess in terms of the good guy and bad guy relationship thats the most unambiguous part of the film. The book of elis storyline is strong, with only a few mishaps. 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.
Hes been reading his braille bible every day for the last 30 years so he has it memorized and proceeds to recite it to the san francisco guy so they can print it on the ancient printing press they have put in working condition. It could be that the movie was meant to highlight that despite even a fatal wound eli was supernaturally protected so that he could complete his mission. 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. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of elis task. The book of eli written by gary whitta june 21, 2007 a civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed. At one point, eli is injured, yet he continues to walk down the path he started at the beginning. Unlike the road, the book of eli does not linger on the bleak, morose and desolate dying earth. 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 united states. We basically have to take eli at his word that his is the only copy, but hes a blind man with no news from europe, africa, or south america. Both the road and book of eli have numerous allusions of cannibalism. Bishop barron comments on the death of billy graham duration. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. After looking around i saw that im not the only one.
And he knew that the older woman had the shakes because she hands him the coffee cup and he can feel the movement of the cup. 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 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. He was practically feeling his way around using his other senses. This was particularly the case for me since i saw this movie on a plane, which had been edited the movie, not the. The film presents some religious subthemes, which might find differing interpretations by different viewers. America is a postapocalyptic wasteland and denzel washington is the only selfsufficient badass. In this world, eli is an old man, forcing himself to disengage from humanity in order to carry his mysterious book west, as the voice is guiding him to do.
Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. When the mother walks into the room eli is staying, he compliments her on the perfume he smells. The book of eli is sort of the boiling point of this sciencefiction concept, a combination of last years the road and george millers the road warrior. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter. Then the benjamite man came into shiloh and told the bad news. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. The road is the most literal representation of this horror, whereas book of eli cannibalism is. Eli was worried about gods holy box, so he was sitting there waiting and watching. The event that, in the movie, caused a hole to be torn in the sky signifies an act of nature that could destroy the ozone layer exposing the earths surface to uvb and other radiation, an extinction level event. 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. Although eli is not a literal preacher, he is the closest thing to a religious figure in the postapocalyptic world and he is so totally badass that only god can help you if you mess with him.
Im watching it again right now, just got to the part where he shoots the cat, and had to stop. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. 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. The guy who wanted her made a big mistake underestimating her tenacity. Lets go back to the blindreveal thing for a moment, since im not sure the movie really understood how eli was blind. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. Even if he is divinely guided, we see that he doesnt need a physical copy of the book to finish his mission, so. The book of eli denzel washington interview youtube.
Eli by bill myers goodreads meet your next favorite book. Book of eli movie quotes meet your next favorite book. The trees stripped of their bark and white like ghosts. In the novel guy montag escapes from a future dystopian society and eventually makes contact with a group of isolated individuals who have memorised books to save them for the future iteration of mankind. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle.
This book isnt so mysterious at all, and that is another element which seemed to throw audiences of when they saw eli. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. 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. The book of eli, with denzel washington, is a fantastic movie to own.
The first act of the book when conrad is thrown bill myers, eli. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book. So, when you start realizing a blind guy in the book of eli is nailing people with a handgun from a fair distance for a guy that would not be practicing regularly and ditto for a shorty shotgun loaded with buckshot, you tend to get your ass up on your back. In one fight, the other guy had to shoot first so eli would know which direction to fire back. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. 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. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. Bishop barron comments on the book of eli spoilers. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it.
Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. The bad guy had the bible, but it was useless to him because the one person who could read it feigned having lost the ability to. 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. 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. 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.
The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially 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 movie eli was blind or at least partially blind. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a. I argue that he is not or denzel and the screenwriters did the shittiest job possible establishing the behavior of the character he uses binoculars, he looks around constantly, he. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. Eli was blind, if you didnt understand at the end of the movie, there may have been some parts that didnt make that clear.