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. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it.
Alls he wants to do is get this very special book west like the nice voice asked him to. So apparently i completely misunderstood the ending of the book of eli spoilers discussion in the vestibule started by bhman, may 1, 20. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner. 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. 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. 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 advantage. People believe he was blind throughout the whole movie.
In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire. After that he walked up straight to the cat to pick it up. Eli replies pay for what, since he cant see all the visual clues that solara is. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. Eli was blind the entire move, so yes divine intervention was the entire twist to the movie. In an hours time, we were able to cover everything from religion to. Now, eli might become blind at some point in the movie but not in this scene. 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. 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 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. 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. 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.
The main character, emma, lost sight in both of her eyes due to a tragic accident on the fourth of july. 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. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. A lone warrior, eli denzel washington, walks in a postapocalyptic wasteland that was once america. At this point eli turned around and a shootout with carnegies men ensued.
Eli is on a mission of faith, he believes god spoke to him and told him to take the last bible west, though he eli doesnt know. So i compiled a few of the theories on eli and his condition. Eli walks through the abandoned road in a postapocalyptic 2043. The other character, eli, possesses what is apparently the last bible in existence, and he reads the bible daily, and tries to live by its teachings, though even he acknowledges that at times he has failed to do so. He shot guys and fought guys all while being blind. So apparently i completely misunderstood the ending of the. 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. In the beginning, it wasnt that great but it kept me interested enough to continue and im glad i did. 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 book of eli is a sequel to fahrenheit 451 spoilers. The others then attack him with large metal pipes in a fully silhouetted scene but he avoids being hit while slicing, stabbing and hitting. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the.
Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to. Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. God guiding his every move and him simply faithfully following him. It makes you sound really smart, or as we used to say back in maine, wicked smaht. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. In his possession is the last copy of a book he fiercely guards with his life for it holds the only hope for the future. But wouldnt you know it, theres another man with designs on the book and he isnt going to make it easy for eli. The book of eli takes place in 2043, the world is in ruins after the last great war and an event alluded to as the flash, which blinded a good majority of the population. 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.
In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. Unfortunately, his character is so righteous, so pure that even though its eli on the screen, its denzel that im feeling. In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once america. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. The person simply has a mod that gave a bible to his character. One of carnegies men didnt shoot, and he didnt know he was there, and walked out of cover. The second shot, he took his time, gripped his pistol properly, aimed, fired and if you notice he hit eli in his backpack.
In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. The first 30 minutes of the book of eli set the scene. Carnegie even references it in one part of the movie when he says do not quote me shoot this guys already. Eli is blind and if so, he either trained himself to be able to travel, hunt, shoot, etc. 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. Redridge fired one shot at eli with his pistol and by the sounds of it, completely missed. Eli is a wanderer, but the film does not center on his life. God gave him sight that is the premise of the movie.
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. Eli lizorkineyzenberg is the president of israel bible center, a premier institute of online higher learning located in central israel. 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 wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. But if you watch again with the sole purpose to see if he is completely blind. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. We are in the letter to the romans this morning, which is one of the pauline epistles. 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 book i read this quarter was blind a young adult novel by rachel dewoskin.
Its not his life he guards so fiercely but his hope for the future. Although he is blind, he claims he reads every day, as his bible is. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questions whether or not he is. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. He finds an abandoned house and searches it for anything that can be useful. The book of eli 2010 the braille bible scene 910 movieclips duration. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family, resulting. He tries to fill his canteen with water, but the taps dont work.
From that moment onwards youre completely left to your own devices in the middle of a sparsely populated. A road warrior of a different sort, the title character played by denzel washington in the book of eli spends much of the story traveling by foot across an eerie landscape, a long and quick. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. You notice he always travels when the sun comes up so he can see silhouettes of people and objects moving. He was blind before god healed him so that he could carry the task to deliver the bible west. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. A warrior not by choice but necessity, eli denzel washington seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake.
Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. The hughes brothers on the book of eli, dethroning avatar. Of course, the ending would be completely made up, possibly after the person had to drop their bible for some reason or another. Hes just going from point a to point b, and plowing through obstacles. 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 hughes brothers are smart, funny, and completely, refreshingly unguarded. 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. And denzel washington isnt exactly kirk cameron, either. Garry whitta, the screenwriter of the book of eli, was the editor in chief of pc gamer in the 90s. He heads west on a mission he does not fully understand but knows he must complete.
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