In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. 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. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. It just doesnt get any better than when jess walter tells a story, and land of the blind, his second novel featuring spokane detective caroline mabry, is yet another sterling example of walters creative geniusa book that is worthy of a five star rating. The cooling towers, in which eli denzel washington and solara mila kunis take refuge, are most likely the cooling towers of the former rancho seco nuclear power plant outside of sacramento, california, given the apparent travel time on foot and by vehicle before eli and solara reach the golden gate bridge, and carnegie gary oldman returns to his town. By idol chatter by sara shereen bakhshian in warner bros. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. In the postapocalyptic biblical thriller the book of eli, denzel washington plays a blind man who feels hes been called by god to carry the last remaining copy of the bible across the country.
Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her daughter, solara mila. 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. God tells him to take the book west, where it will be safe. Eli in the bible was a jewish priest living in the days of the judges and serving god at the tabernacle in shiloh, a city near the hill country of ephraim 1 samuel 1. So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind. Beals portrayed ucla bruins gymnastics head coach valorie kondos field, in the full out movie about ariana berlin. If you dont believe me, just you watch eli cut off a hand or disjoint a head or shoot someone in the crotch. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. 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 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. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. Eli, who was nearly blind, was sitting at the front gate to hear the returning soldiers return was unaware of the event until he asked about all the commotion in the city.
When eli encounters a group of road bandits, behind them is a tunnel structure with a bold 14. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. 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, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last. The book in question is written in braille but makes for an equally surprising revelation. There are several examples throughout the film of him looking at things and people at the very beginning of the film he looks out and around to observe his environment, he aims with his gun, he is able to. Book of eli 2 2021 rumors, plot, cast, and release date. 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.
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. Get the book of eli movie complete list of awards won and nominations. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. Being a postapocalyptic movie, that writing can be referenced to an apocalyptic book. He didnt shoot at people until they shot at him first, that might not be as much about targeting as common.
The book of eli works, even if the preservation of christianity isnt high on your personal postapocalypse bucket list. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Along for the bloodsoaked ride is a pair of very bad actresses. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter.
These kinds of people are common to the inhabitants of the world of the book of eli. It makes him wonder if perhaps eli might possess the book. In the book of eli, mila kunis, as solara, toughs out a wasteland journey. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. As for the plot, it is still being worked out amongst a few of the people involved but you can expect that it will feature her going from san francisco to new york to deliver some of the special news and information that they had gathered. 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. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. On his way, a man who runs a town of survivors of the apparent apocalypse runs into him and follows him to get the book. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questions whether or not he is.
So, he can smell the bo of the unbathed and can smell perfumeshampoo. I am confused also as to whether or not eli was blind, or whether his name was even eli, but i dont think that he was blind. Is the character eli blind in the movie the book of eli. Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from eli, but the man proves to be a formidable. Used with an arrow in the beginning, but the rest of the movie only uses regular slowmo. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. Establishing its storytelling rules clearly and well, the film simply is. 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 is the talk page for discussing improvements to the the book of eli article. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is.
In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. He puts eli up for the night and sends his blind, commonlaw wife, claudia jennifer beal, in to see that he is comfortable. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. In 2010, beals reunited with denzel washington in the postapocalyptic action drama the book of eli, where she played a blind woman who is the mother of mila kunis character and a consort of a local despot played by gary oldman. The book of eli shifts into overdrive once carnegies stepdaughter, solara mila kunis. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Jennifer beals as carnegies blind mistress and mila kunis as her bartending daughter. A soldier had returned through the back gate and given the news of the battle to the people. He recognizes that claudia is blind and asks her if she was blind her whole life or blinded by the flash, an event which occurred during the last great war. Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli he is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall biography thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of the former united states. Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. There is an aura of calm and assurance about this outsider that intrigues carnegie. Mila kunis plays the young tart solara, enslaved by carnegie for her naturally endowed characteristics, while carnegie holds her blind mother.
Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Hi, i made this video to prove that eli is not blind at least not in this scene. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. Eli is best remembered for his blessing on samuels mother and for. Unable to read the bible in braille, carnegie gary oldman begs claudia jennifer beals to help him. Why was there never a sequel to the movie the book of eli. Also read complete information on national award, filmfare awards. A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. The book of eli 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He is blind and owns the last copy of the bible on earth which is in braille.
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