The prophet denzel practices his preach in the postapocalyptic western the book of eli. I make light of it, but thats almost the way i looked at it. From its advertisements, it appeared to be a basic postapocalyptic thriller, with a lead actor that can sell thousands of. This revelation renders all the more remarkable his deadeye. Well, because denzel is not blind for 99% of the movie. The book of eliheadscratchers all the tropes wiki fandom.
Jan 16, 2010 the book of eli then evolves into a chase as eli disappears into the wilds with solara in tow, pursued by carnegie and his heavy metal thugs led by the giant redridge, romes ray stephenson. Denzel washington, for all his many talents, seems to play himself here. A 2010 postapocalyptic film starring denzel washington, gary oldman, and mila kunis directed by the hughes brothers. Jan 15, 2010 in the end, the book of eli feels more like a simplistic, post apocalyptic parable with singledimension characters who have no arc rather than a satisfying film. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. The oscar winning actor trained hard for six months to drop 50 pounds. Oct 11, 2020 this is also one of the reasons that indicate that eli was not completely blind because if he was, he would not be using any sort of eye protection. Wouldnt a braille edition of the bible take up a couple of shelves whole bookshelf. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last remaining bible.
In the end when you find out that the binle he is protecting is written in brail, are you then to believe he is blind. Any blind person would have major difficulties discerning the time of the day without any equipment or assistance from other people. Eli replies pay for what, since he cant see all the visual clues that solara is. A tale of a postapocalyptic world where our hero eli washington is told by a mysterious voice to deliver a relic of an old book to the west coast. Denzel washington was blind the whole time in the movie. Redridge fired one shot at eli with his pistol and by the sounds of it, completely missed. The headphones used by denzel washington are called beats by dr. The message eli received was pretty vague and there are underlying challenges he faces to this journey. I found the book of eli to be nothing more then a half baked entry into the post apocalypse genre. 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. Jan 12, 2010 most everyone wears goggles and leather in the postapocalyptic wasteland of the book of eli. Rs, and here is the script in pdf form and on page 110 it says eli is blind.
The thick paper required and the fact that only 27 characters five or six words can fit on a standard 812 inch row is a bit of an issue. It also features a new side of denzel we havent seen before and its also a welcoming return for the hughes brothers. In the mean time, denzel continues and recites the. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Official the book of eli discussion thread home theater. Nov 07, 2020 the book of eli is a about a lone very alone gunslingerknifefighter denzel as eli who has walked the earth since an apocalyptic event rocked the world, making water scarce. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent.
And each time someone fires on him, eli turns in that direction and returns fire. Given the travel time before they reach the golden gate bridge, the cooling towers. Honestly, when a giant dramatic zoom is done on someones milkyglazed eyes and, at the exact same time, its revealed the book is in braille, which is for blind people, it means hes blind. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. The point of the film is that he is blind the film is about. If he is blind how do you explain the accurate shots with the arr. Solara is a willing disciple, entranced by eli s words and stories about before. Denzel washington braves a new world in the book of eli. Barefoot across america he fights and battles his way as he journeys through a wasteland. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal.
Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. Jan 27, 2010 just saw the book of eli and i was impressed with denzel s bolo fighting scenes as well as the other fma techniques that he executed. A man named eli denzel was given a message years previous to deliver a book the bible somehere to the west for the sake of of a religious rebirth and evolution to occur for society. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. Why was there never a sequel to the movie the book of eli. When solaras mother first walks in with food and water, its like a blind. The audience doesnt get to know a lot about eli s past. Denzel washington stars and gary oldman is the villain, and its super watchable. He even did a sarongmarong technique denzel s bolo design was pretty nasty too. It featured denzel washington as eli, a man on a quest to get to the west coast. Though its an original script written by first time screenwriter gary whitta, the movies hero walks his road in the shadow of anothernamely, the road. Viewing the book of eli for the second time last week, i was again. Garys henchmen try to kill denzel to get his book, but the bullets mysteriously miss him.
Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. In the book of eli was denzel washington blind the whole. If you just knew the order of the books in the bible, you could learn braille by. Denzel washington braves a new world in the book of eli in the book of eli, denzel washington plays a man who roams a charred earth that was first hit by a meteor then devastated by war. I also love how the villain finally gets his claws on the book but cant really do anything with it since he cant read braille. The second shot, he took his time, gripped his pistol properly, aimed, fired and if you notice he hit eli in his backpack. Denzel washington was blind the whole time in the movie book of eli. Carnegie wants to expand his empire using the doctrine of christianity to coerce people into following him. Lil wayne mentions the book of eli in his song drip. 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 one true bible is a braille edition, and denzel washington has been blind this whole time, so even though he gives the magic bible to gary oldman, gary cant read it and so cant use the magic words to become emperor. He doesnt put on his sunglasses right away when walking outside, like everyone else does he even appears to be staring directly at the sun.
Like when eli takes off his gloves to show the engineer his hands and says im not. Maybe some can willingly suspend their disbelief on this point, but my dad is blind and he used to have an entire braille bible. He was bringing knowledge with him, which gary oldman as carnegie believed could be used to seize power. If you watch the movie again there are many tells to support that he is only partially blind and had mild to. Aug 24, 20 also, the movie shows how the absence of god and prayer has affected society as a whole. What a great surprise the book of eli turned out to be. Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. Theres one scene in here where i fight about six guys and. Denzel washington may hold over a million oscars and over a 100 prima functions. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb.
If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. The title of the movie seems to suggest that, like books of the bible, this is the book about eli i. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her. The book of eli denzel washington interview youtube. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. Also, sometime before the blast all religious books were destroyed. 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. I was kinda confused at the end of the movie, how he know how to fight and shoot a gun so perfectly. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible but, hey, wtf.
The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she. Denzel washington was blind the whole time in the movie book. Whitta is one of the main men responsible for elis audacity and talking to him for an hour and forty minutes was a real treat. Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. I thought denzel washington did a great job playing eli and i was surprised to see jennifer biels from the eighties movie flashdance as a secondary character. Aug 18, 2016 book of eli was a postapocalyptic tale directed by the hughes brothers. Starring denzel washington, gary oldman and mila kunis released in 2010. Think a live action adaptation of the fist of the north star mangaanime with a race lifted kenshiro, or fallout with christianity instead of the american dream in the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away.
Everything wrong with the book of eli in minutes or. Denzel washington performed all of his own stunts in the handtohand fight. Judge bender studies denzel washington in the hughes brothers. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to. A meteorite and a subsequent war 30 years earlier has scorched the earth and the population. 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. Everything wrong with the book of eli in minutes or less. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in.
Its not until shortly before the film ends that we learn the most remarkable thing about eli. Hints to eli s condition are shown throughout the movie. Denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. Initially i had no idea of what the movie was about. The oscarwinning actor trained hard for six months to drop 50 pounds. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. In the book of eli was denzel washington blind the whole time. In the movie, the book of eli, is denzel washingtons.
Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from eli, but the man proves to be a formidable foe as he makes it more than clear that if they want the book, they must first take his life. Solara on the other hand, certainly goes through this. Plus, the bodys other senses are heightened when one of them fails to work. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her daughter, solara mila kunis, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. In the mean time, denzel continues and recites the whole thing from memory to malcolm mcdowell who tosses it into his printing press and starts churning out copies, saving the world from its bibleless evil. Eli is a fighter, and is protected by a force, as he survives, trekking on his journey west. Denzel washington has stepped it up for his role in the book of eli. The book of eli is a postapocalyptic movie about the search for the bible. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questi. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. For the third time in four months, after 2012 and the road, the end of the world as we now know it is up on the bigscreen, in the book of eli.
In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several. This is the first i have heard about the cataract versus being blind argument, but it is a pretty silly discussion point on what is really an action movie with a bad storyline. The first clue that suggests eli was not totally blind was the fact that he knew when it was day or night. 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. Eli closes his eyes every time he reads the bible in order to more focus his sense of touch.
In a very short space of time two postapocalyptic films have been release, the brilliant the road which is aiming for oscar glory, and the action packed the book of eli which is appealing for the mass audience. 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. Then again, eli mightve just been a retired badass. But id like to imagine how different the world of tbol will be, now that the king james version of the bible has been made extant again after somehow being totally wiped off the face of the earth by. The movie stars denzel washington and was directed by the hughes brothers. His bible is written in braille, which is that dotanddash language books and signs meant for blind persons are written in. Jan 19, 2010 seen as a valuable way to lead people, an evil man oldman who controls a city looks to take control of the book. 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 is the actionadventure of a adult male named eli who is in the ownership of the last bible on earth after the apocalypse. The book of eli is the actionadventure of a man named eli who is in the possession of the last bible on earth after the apocalypse. Denzel washingtons character eli is blind in the movie book of eli. Dec 09, 2020 book of eli is so bad its fun to watch. He was not totally blinded by the nuclear flash but rather to prevent any more damage to his eyes, he had to wear sunglasses like everybody else.
At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. I mean, we see that his back is all burnt in the beginning of the movie, making it apparent he was caught in the flash that everyone refers to that blinded so many people. Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli is the new film by albert and allen hughes, directors of menace ii society and from hell. Denzel washington in the book of eli sample example. 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. He asks her whether it happened after or during the war, which may give the reason for his blindness. Here, let me give you indisputable proof that i have it so you can thoughtlessly blab it to gary, since youre a clueless twit. The acting is adequate throughout, but not dazzling. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat.
The book of eli is different from the current wave of postapocalyptic films. I want to rewatch it to look for clues that eli is blind. Whitta is one of the main men responsible for eli s audacity and talking to him for an hour and forty minutes was a. Before the apocalypse, eli was a simple clerk at a local kmart. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. Subverted when we find out that carnegie has the real book, but cant read it, whereas eli knows the whole thing by heart. The vehicle, behind which eli takes cover during the gun battle, is a rover p6. The book of eli boasts a powerful message mypraise 102.
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