And when he manages to get his hands on a gun, hes all the. 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. At the end of the movie close encounters of the third kind, was the. The book of eli fallout 3 the something awful forums. He recites a bit of it and then puts the book away. Aug 17, 2010 the subplot of redridges interest in solara has been completely removed, as is the heavenly protection eli receives, and the twist ending. The book of eli warner brothers denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, jennifer beals, tom waits, michael gambon. She asks him to teach her how to read it but eli doesnt respond. Solara roots through elis pack, just wanted to see the book.
He told solara that hes been reading the bible everyday. The way they approach it is the surprise at the end that it turns out he is blind, not that he had gone blind again. When she thinks hes asleep she goes to take a look at the book in his bag. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her. What happened to denzel washingtons character in man on fire at the end. A 2010 postapocalyptic film starring denzel washington, gary oldman, and mila kunis directed by the hughes brothers. The book of eli and the road to redemption catholic stand. Carnegie hires thugs to look for the bible and wants to hire eli.
We hear a baby crying in the background and redridge lifts his pistol to make a third shot, but then slightly tilts his head and doesnt fire. The book of eli bts eli goes to battle 2010 denzel washington, mila kunis movie hd duration. Eli reads the book and solara asks eli to read it to him. After having just caught the ending of the book of eli, which features strong performances from both denzel washington and gary oldman, i got thinking about the concept of god once again, and its influence on people. The image of elis still form held solaras inner eye for many miles. A woman on the road tries to lure men in so that the men she is with can steal from them and kill them. In the scene where solara hijacks the car, why does the man who had elis sword in. Oct 19, 2014 my best film opening the book of eli 1. By the end of the film, hes completed his task and is dying, and so he returns. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several. Eli and solara even came upon a couple who intended to kill them and eat them.
The verse of shadow kindle edition by hairston, charles. But with eli dead and his mission completed, theres no reason for solara not to return home and resume her life. What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. Mar 30, 2010 book of eli is a wake up call for originality in both secular and christian movies. The ageold debate of god and religion is something i tend to think about a lot. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Eli denzel washington recites his final prayer before he passes away. Some claim that god gave eli his sight until the very end of his journey, but i chose to accept that, while his physical sight was gone, god did indeed provide eli with a different set of eyes. Their next work, uncensored videos was broadcast on. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting elis canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in. The book of eli movie plot holes and absurd quotes in a fun 100 things i learned format.
In case you were wondering, yes, that is a good thing. Mila kunis interview the book of eli collider collider. Some claim that god gave eli his sight until the very end of his journey, but i chose to accept that, while his physical sight was gone, god did. In his sack were many copies of elis book, and of others. Their parents divorced when they were two years old, and they began making movies at age 12. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington eli and mila kunis solara. Jan 15, 2010 unfortunately for eli, a man named carnegie gary oldman, who controls a small town with an iron fist, wants the bible for himself believing that people will obey him if he reads the words from the book. 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 book of eli denzel washington interview youtube.
Solara roots through eli s pack, just wanted to see the book. Eli and solara sleep by an old nuclear plant cooling tower. 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. Of course im a little confused on what happened at the end because i have an idea of my own, but im not sure if its right. Denzel washington as eli in alcon entertainments action adventure film the book of eli, a warner bros.
Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. Elis mission became solaras mission because of elis sacrifice for her giving away the location of the book to avoid solara being killed. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips duration. As she passed the useless vehicle she remembered beveridge and the look on his face when the sun reached his unprotected eyes.
The book of eli should of had less direction and more philosophy. In the book of eli, after eli denzel washington has shot most of carnegies gary oldman henchmen and redridge ray stevenson has already missed killing him twice, eli and redridge are facing each other in the street. The book of eli solara chapter 1, a book of eli fanfic. Now eli with the help of carnegies rebellious stepdaughter, solara mila kunis must elude carnegie and his thugs and somehow. It was even more enjoyable to watch the book of eli a second time, knowing now that the main character was blind for the entire story. Im sure the ending to book of eli will raise a lot of issues and debate, so well be curious to hear your thoughts on it if youre posting comments here, assume that anyone in the. Jan, 2010 the book of eli centers on a lone hero named eli washington who must fight his way across the wasteland of post apocalyptic america to protect a sacred book that might hold the key to saving the. In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that.
The book of eli is one of those apocalyptic films where sometime in the not too distant future, everything has gone to hades in a hand basket. Do not proceed if you dont want to find out the ending of the movie. In the scene where solara hijacks the car, why does the man who. The legend of solara walker afalstein the book of eli. It is sad denzel wasted his time on this and lowers my appreciation of him as it could only have been for the cash. He speaks only when he needs to and even then with an impressive economy of words. When eli denzel washington is ambushed by a gang of thugs in a bar, he beats them all up.
The reveal of what the book is has been pushed back as well. Eli bumps the bottom step with his foot before going up the porch steps of the couples house, presumably to gauge where. Carnegie tries to capture eli so he can kill him and get the book. They made their first short film, how to be a burglar shortly after freshman year. The book of eli also has some impressive action scenes. She walked and refused her desire to drink to save water. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. The plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screenthe end. Why doesnt redridge kill eli at the end of the first.
The book of eli can be best described as a mixture of man on fire, kung fu, mad max and fallout. If by town, you mean the colony where eli and solara end up, a quran and torah can be seen on the shelf at the end. Heads up morons, this script was a ripoff of an authentically good book, which carried the warning against religious zealotry carrying humanity into never ending cycles of nuclear war. Eli traveled miles and miles memorizing the bible on his ipod and reading from his own braille bible hoping to get to san fransisco where he would pass on the braille bible. When it is time to exit the home and get away from george, eli asks solara to open the door for him. I grew up in a predominantly religious family, in that i grew up as part of a sikh family. Think a live action adaptation of the fist of the north star mangaanime with a race lifted kenshiro, or fallout 3 with christianity instead of the american dream. The book of eli 2010 elis final prayer scene 1010 movieclips. 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. Claudia jennifer beals, whom he abuses, has a daughter, solara. When eli and solara approach the house on their journey, eli kicks at the very first step to the house, indicating he is finding where the steps start so he knows he has steps to walk on. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and eli is wounded.
Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli is one of those apocalyptic films where sometime in the not too distant future, everything has gone to hades in a hand basket. The book of eli centers on a lone hero named eli washington who must fight his way across the wasteland of post apocalyptic america to protect a sacred book that might hold the key to saving the. It had awesome action scenes, thrill, humor, well thought out script, great story, outstanding performances by denzel and gary. By the end of its opening fourday holiday weekend it grossed. As for the final scene in which solara fades as she walks away from the camera, i believe. Solara strangles the driver and goes back to get eli. For a christian, which its heavily implied eli was, this is actually a pretty good deal. 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. Im sure the ending to book of eli will raise a lot of issues and debate, so well be curious to hear your thoughts on it. Eli had to deal with a lot of trials along his journey. Unfortunately for eli, a man named carnegie gary oldman, who controls a small town with an iron fist, wants the bible for himself believing that people will obey him if he reads the words from the book. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. My chosen movie for that saturday afternoon was the book of eli, directed by the. I just watched the denzel washington movie the book of eli and thought it was great.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of eli solara. He was wellarmed and welltrained, but even so he was surprised to meet her, solara walker, as people had begun to call her. The film that i have decided to use is the book of eli i have chose this film because of the amount of enigma in the opening scene. All we know is, the world is a dreary and desolate place. Warner bros pictures summery the book of eli is about a man who lives and struggles to survive in a violent postapocalyptic society caused by a nuclear disaster. I have written a remake where nothing changes except filling in the dead space with denzels thought remembrances of the exact words from the king james bible and every spoken word from coming from the. Were not sure exactly what happened, or how long ago. It made you think and had good action scenes and a good ending and good effects and cinematography. Eli didnt have sex with solara because he couldnt see her.
So, eli is journeying by a drifting, wandering path into the western half of the former united states, on a mission from god. Eli carries a customized machete and uses it in some spectacular fights. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. Deliver us direct from the set of the book of eli, this is solaras mila kunis screen worn, hero, dirty, tan with chocolate brown, tan, yellow, and blue plaid flannel, button front, long sleeve, two chest pockets with flaps, hood, arizona jeans shirt, size m slightly dirty dark blue paige denim jeans with patch on the left knee, size 26 dark green plastic band with plastic bubble. The film follows eli, though he is never directly named it is still heavily implied, a man on a quest to bring the final copy of a. Denzel washington brings gravity, but overall the book of.
The scene of the city creates drama to the watchers as we see the full picture of the fallen city. The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her blind mother from carnegie. Deliver us direct from the set of the book of eli, this is solara s mila kunis screen worn, hero, dirty, tan with chocolate brown, tan, yellow, and blue plaid flannel, button front, long sleeve, two chest pockets with flaps, hood, arizona jeans shirt, size m slightly dirty dark blue paige denim jeans with patch on the left knee, size 26 dark green plastic band with plastic bubble. He was portrayed by gary oldman, who also portrayed norman stansfield in leon. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. Book of eli is a wake up call for originality in both secular and christian movies. Eli s mission became solara s mission because of eli s sacrifice for her giving away the location of the book to avoid solara being killed. The subplot of redridges interest in solara has been completely removed, as is the heavenly protection eli receives, and the twist ending. Eli invites solara to pray with himsomething she has never done. Pictures while james camerons avatar explores the white messiah complex, the book of eli reliably returns us to that staple of action films, the angry black manbut with a twist. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they. Carnegie is the main antagonist in the 2010 postapocalyptic film the book of eli. The film presents some religious subthemes, which might find differing interpretations by different viewers. The book of eli 2010 saving solara scene 610 movieclips duration.
Scene revealing solara s protection from a mysterious higher power and finding eli. Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. Amidst the crumbling buildings of toronto, in the loosely scattered townspeople collected there, she met a man from alcatraz. That ipod contains one of the most powerful expressions of culture and zeitgeist that has. The book is the bible, eli is blind but repeats it verbatim to the leader of a colony in alcatraz that is. Before there can be a sequel there needs to be a remake of the original.
My best film opening the book of eli linkedin slideshare. The book of eli was directed by twins, albert and allen hughes. A lone man wanders the desert, hard eyes squinting in the soulbaking sun. After missing the movie we wanted to see, we ended up watching the book. The book of eli has a seed of originality, but it is planted in a worn out world.