Armed with spiritually bestowed near superhuman battle skills, eli is caught in a battle of good and evil against. Without giving it away, its safe to say that the book of eli ends less bleakly than the road, with a cheeky bit of geographic irony, in fact. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. The earths ozone layer was apparently severely damaged resulting in many being severely burned by uv rays andor blinded. Blind faith play on apple music blind faith download on itunes. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. Eli is blind, although endowed with refined hearing and smell, making. 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 this point eli turned around and a shootout with carnegies men ensued. 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. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. Carnegie even references it in one part of the movie when he says do not quote me shoot this guys already.
Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. His bible is written in braille, which is that dotanddash language books and signs meant for blind persons are written in. 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. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation.
See more ideas about the book of eli, post apocalypse and post apocalyptic. The book of eli 2010 fullhd movie online free no download the book of eli 2010 fullhd movie online free the book of eli 2010 fullhd movie online gorillavid the book of eli 2010 fullhd. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. If you are looking for a film with some deeper meaning then i would not recommend it. Eli was blind the entire move, so yes divine intervention was the entire twist to the movie. Eli tells carnegies adopted daughter solara kunis that he has been driven west by voices in his head telling him that he must get the book into safe hands and that he will be protected along. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. See more ideas about the book of eli, denzel washington and books. Eli has been traveling for about thirty to thirty one years, during that time he has formed many survival skills most of which allow him to do things that would be near impossible for a man his age believed to be late forties to earlymid fifties. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by.
Carnegie is the main antagonist in the 2010 postapocalyptic film the book of eli. The book of eli original motion picture soundtrack atticus ross. Redridge fired one shot at eli with his pistol and by the sounds of it, completely missed. The book of eli soundtrack convoy destruct by owolowa. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. Whatever caused this apocalypse is undisclosed, but it becomes clear that religion was blamed and holy books the.
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. Early on, eli pretends to give up the book, only for it to turn out to be a book safe containing a live grenade. 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. Atticus ross, the producer and musician who collaborated with trent reznor on four nine inch nails albums, founded the group 12 rounds and produced the perry farrell single go all the way into the twilight for twilight, is the one chosen to supply the original score for the hughes brothers much anticipated postapocalyptic adventure the book of eli.
Find all 25 songs in the book of eli soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last remaining bible. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. Most importantly, eli realizes along the way that hes been focusing too much on keeping the book safe, to the point that he has failed to live by it. At one point, eli is injured, yet he continues to walk down the path he started at the beginning. So when i hopped on the phone with gary whitta i was hoping for a good experience which actually ended up being a great one.
The book of eli starts out with 10 minutes of dialoguefree imagery depicting the type of postapocalyptic wasteland made familiar in recent months by the road and terminator salvation. Safe download on itunes safe play on spotify safe play on youtube safe. The book of eli soundtrack music complete song list. The book of eli dvd, 2010 the entire country has been destroyed by what appears to have been a nuclear apocalypse 3035 years before. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide.
Ive talked to directorsscreenwriters, but never just a screenwriter. 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. However, if you are looking for a film with beautiful cinematography, solid acting and a little bit of fun action then you will be pleased. 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. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. At the end, we see eli telling the librarian that he has the book, intercut with a scene of carnegie attempting to break into the one hes been given. I was a bit worried about seeing the film just a day before our chat since thats not the best amount of prep time, but after i saw the film i had plenty. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was.
So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind. Denzel washingtons character eli is blind in the movie book of eli. Eli is partially blind and been memorizing a braille bible for the last 30 years, his word is safe. Book of eli movie stainless steel machete by mysticalblades. Asked in denzel washington was denzel washington supposed to be blind in the movie the book of eli. The book of eli original motion picture soundtrack discogs. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of elis task. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia to send her daughter, solara, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. The second shot, he took his time, gripped his pistol properly, aimed, fired and if you notice he hit eli in his backpack.
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. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. 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. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. Eli raamat is an estonian equivalent to the title of the movie the book of eli. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. The book of eli has the potential to be a great film or complete rubbish depending on your expectations of what is to come. He shot guys and fought guys all while being blind. The gospel according to the book of eli popmatters. The book of eli s storyline is strong, with only a few mishaps. Atticus ross the book of eli original motion picture. But the book of eli s screenwriter gary whitta attached to write an upcoming star wars entry, and a tried and true one of us type nerd builds a fairly defined world in which to tell eli s story of a mission from god.
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