He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. 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. He calls the engineer in to unlock the book and once its unlocked they see the bible is in braille in alcatraz, a closeup of elis face shows us that he is blind as well. Unperturbed, eli offers to share his food with her, and before they eat, he says grace. The worldview that is represented in this movie was that of a christian one because eli relied on god and his faith to lead him on his journey. He didnt see the no trespassing sign because he was blind. 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. Jan 15, 2010 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. Instead hes legally blind, only able to see short distances and make out basic shapes. 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. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of eli s task. Theres a tacit understanding that this power can be abused carnegies selfish desire for the book gives voice to christianitys darker historical chapters, but were told, through eli, that the bible is inherently a good thing.
The first time we see eli reading from the bible, the hughes brothers give us a subtle, playful hint of the characters blindness. Although he is blind, he claims he reads every day, as his bible is. The plothole is that eli constantly makes eye contact and watches people even though he is blind. Elis eyes are finally shown and he is blind and its why he believed so much in protecting the book. So, there are some interesting book of mormon parallels worth investigating. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. As eli dictates, lombardi writes it all down, word for word.
Scavenging for food to eke out an existence in the carcass of a dystopian postapocalyptic america, the solitary survivor and cryptic bearer of the ultimate prize, eli, depends on his uncanny and infallible skills to stay alive and fulfil his mission of redemption. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to the. Eli denzel washington walks over to the cat, plucks out the arrow and bags it for dinner. Eli, who talks at one juncture about how he walks by faith, not by sight, is blind.
He prays to god, and carries the bible around with him and reads it everyday. He was blinded during armageddon, but after finding the bible was given his sight back in order to complete the task given to him by god. Conversely, carnegie has physical sight, yet nothing but the faint memory of religion to help him along. Why was there never a sequel to the movie the book of eli. Thus says god the lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it, i am the lord, i have called you in righteousness, i will also hold you by the hand and watch over you, and i will appoint you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the nations, to open blind eyes, to. The blindness of old age, probably from senile cataract, is described in the cases of eli at 98 years of age 1 samuel 3. He finds an abandoned house and searches it for anything that can be useful. Feb 25, 2020 after visiting the book of eli imdb page, i realize that many people have this question. Before the apocalypse, eli was a simple clerk at a local kmart. One of carnegies men didnt shoot, and he didnt know he was there, and walked out of cover. 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. The book of eli is different from the current wave of postapocalyptic films. There are a lot of scenes in the movie that could suggest that the lead character suffered from absolute blindness. Nov 06, 2020 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 brailledoes 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.
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. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. 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. Carnegie is the main antagonist in the 2010 postapocalyptic film the book of eli.
Book of eli was a postapocalyptic tale directed by the hughes brothers. Jan 12, 2010 like mccarthys great novel, the book of eli follows a wandering man on a lawless road while carrying his charge a boy, rather than a book, in the road. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. Jan 15, 2010 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 with its ashladen wastelands and crazed cannibals. Eli walks through the abandoned road in a postapocalyptic 2043. 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 big twist in the book of eli is that at the end is it revealed that eli is blind and his bible is in braille. Its not a hyperreverent snoozer like the blind side, but an. Interesting story to read and may broaden our interpretation of the character in the movie. The book of eli is a movie starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. The island yes, its alcatraz has its own printing pressa dinosaur that is handset and hand operated. Filming began in february 2009 and took place in new mexico. 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. From its advertisements, it appeared to be a basic postapocalyptic thriller, with a lead actor that can sell thousands of. He was bringing knowledge with him, which gary oldman as carnegie believed could be used to seize power. He was portrayed by gary oldman, who also portrayed norman stansfield in leon. Feb 06, 2010 scenes in which eli defends the book with his life are extremely convicting as a christian, and thoughtprovoking for nonbelievers. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do.
Like his nemesis, hes been fumbling about at a disadvantage while eli is blind as a bat, he has the metaphorical light of the book. What a great surprise the book of eli turned out to be. Whitta is one of the main men responsible for eli s audacity and talking to him for an hour and forty minutes was a real treat. Look at all the other questions on ya or anywhere on the internet, you will see tons of clues that he was indeed blind. Even better, through several memorable scenes, eli begins to show solara the power of the bible not as a tool for conquest, but as a handbook for living. There are many many clues as to eli s character being blind throughout the entire movie. Eli was blind before the war, and was blind the entire movie. It also features a new side of denzel we havent seen before and its also a welcoming return for the hughes brothers. There were hints all through the movie another scene shows. The signs are all there he feels for food instead of looks for it, he relies on smell, etc. 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. The book of eli is a boon for believers, says john nolte in breitbarts big hollywood. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Only a few tattered product placements have managed to survive.
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. Solara on the other hand, certainly goes through this. Eli survives the gunshot and makes his way west with solaras. As in the road, the end has terminally desaturated the worlds palette. 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. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questi. At the end of the movie, it was revealed that the main character, eli, has some kind of fogginess in his eyes. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. Only one other man gary oldman understands the power of what eli carries, and. In the christian belief, claudia is the name of pontius pilates wife, who has a dream that jesus is innocent and pleads. In the book of eli, the whole worlds a blasted ghetto. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle.
A few observations about the book of eli welcome to. Also know, what happened to the world in the book of eli. Blind beggars figure repeatedly in the new testament matthew 12. The big twist in the book of eli is that at the end is it revealed that eli is blind and his bible is in braille the plothole is that eli constantly makes eye contact and watches people even though he is blind.
A soldier had returned through the back gate and given the news of the battle to the people. The professional, drexl spivey in true romance, egor korshunov in air force one, mason verger in hannibal, jeanbaptiste emanuel zorg in the fifth element, lord shen in kung fu panda 2, count dracula in bram stokers dracula, dreyfus. At the end of the movie, we find out he is blind like the biblical eli and that the book hes been carrying around throughout the film is the bible in. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, god promised to punish his family, resulting. It featured denzel washington as eli, a man on a quest to get to the west coast. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last remaining bible. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. 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. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. As schwatime points out in the imdb post called w hy the ending should make you blind with rage, there is multiple evidence to support both sides.
Jan 15, 2010 in the old testement book of 1 samuel, there is a priest named eli who by chapter 3 has become blind. In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire. He is not totally blind, for the reason that when they go back in the old cannibal couples house and ask for weapons eli looks at the window to check the. He finds solace in a unique book which he carries on his person and guards closely, whilst surviving by hunting small animals and. As the film ends, eli who we now realize is blind has memorized the entire king james bible. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. Carnegie tries to get claudia to read it, but she cruelly lies and tells him that shes forgotten how. After visiting the book of eli imdb page, i realize that many people have this question. Like in the bible there was a priest named eli who was not born blind but later did become blind. Jan 22, 2010 eli after losing the book, was blind once again.
How do we know eli is blind from the very beginning of the story. The jews were specially charged to treat the blind with compassion and care. Some say that eli was blind ever since he was born and never got the chance to regain his eyesight until he had grown up. Why did carnegie say impossible when he opened the book. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. In the scene at george and marthas house, carnegie calls for eli to throw out the book. It happened at that time as eli was lying down in his place now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well, 1 samuel 4. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire movie. Then again, eli mightve just been a retired badass. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. Eli, it turns out, is blind and has been miraculously brought to the library, where he dictates the entire bible to a scribe. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. May 27, 2010 the bible is an essential part of civilization, we learn, along with, of course, the koran and the torah.
Secondly, what happened to the world in the book of eli. Hi,i made this video to prove that eli is not blind at least not in this scene. Redridge picks up, unwraps, and opens the object, and, hearing a click, throws it back on the ground in front of the car, running away from it. 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 premise of eli centers around the biblenot just as a book or an object of immense cultural value, but as a source of power. Because he realized it was in braille and he found it difficult to believe eli was blind. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. After carnegies blind mistress claudia gives eli some food and water, carnegie orders claudias daughter solara to seduce eli, but he turns her down. A wrapped object is thrown out of the second story window and lands a few feet in front of one of the gangs cars. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire movie or did.
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