Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Killings of black people lead to arrests less often than when victims. Eli trudges across the landscape with a bible in his backpack. He puts eli up for the night and sends his blind, commonlaw wife, claudia jennifer beal, in to see that he is comfortable. 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 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. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. 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. Carnegie gary oldman threatens solaras mila kunis mother, claudia jennifer beals, to gain information about elis bible. 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. Eli and solara sleep by an old nuclear plant cooling tower. After solara joins eli on his mission to preserve the bible, she inquires. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it.
For instance, to protect themselves from the harsh sunlight, all the characters wear sunglasses or goggles, but rather than rendering them impersonal or distant, they only ramp up the movies cool factor. A road warrior of a different sort, the title character played by denzel washington in the book of eli spends much of the story traveling by foot across an eerie landscape, a long and quick. 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. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. For the most part, eli is a moral man doing all the things that are expected of him. Being a loner, eli prefers to go his own way, but he may not have a choice. The book of eli takes the top spot on all three home video charts jun 24, 2010.
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. The plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screenthe end of the world and its few survivors. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. The book of eli takes the form of an ultraviolent graphic novel, with washington as a steely man with no name type who cuts a righteous path through the gullets of sinners and savages. A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. We use cookies and other technologies to analyze site traffic, understand patterns of use, and improve your browsing experience. She asks him to teach her how to read it but eli doesnt respond. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. The film opens with a really riveting scene, slowly panning across a wooded area covered in ash, and with more ash still falling from the sky. 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. In the book of eli, denzel washington stars as a lone warrior named eli, who fights his way across the desolate wasteland of nearfuture america to realize his destiny and deliver the.
The book of eli is a strange mix of postapocalyptic violence, strong spirituality, and some of the best and worst that hollywood has to offer. Determined to protect a sacred text that promises to save humanity, eli goes on a quest westward across the barren, postapocalyptic country. When solara wont tell carnegie what he wants to hear about eli, carnegie grabs claudia by the hair and causes her pain and thus solara. 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. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her. It makes him wonder if perhaps eli might possess the book. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending.
The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Jennifer beals on claudia s meeting with eli oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Claudia feels her away around the desk and stretches her hand out toward carnegie, reaching to touch his head. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure. Eli reads the book and solara asks eli to read it to him. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. The identity of characters like eli, carnegie, and claudia, survivors of a previous. Later, solara teaches her mother, claudia jennifer beals how to pray.
Log in with either your library card number or ez login. When she thinks hes asleep she goes to take a look at the book in his bag. There is also an oral tradition of eli, which i have on good authority, and which has helped guide me in the writing of this book. I put this together myself after seeing people actually disagreed about this. 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. The book of eli 2010 hurting mother scene scene 410. In the postapocalyptic biblical thriller the book of eli, denzel washington. The bible that eli carries is hardbound, with a locking brass clasp. Watch the book of eli online stream full movie directv.
The hughes brothers on the book of eli, dethroning avatar, and tiger woods. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. Library card number or ez username pin or ez password. Though its an original script written by firsttime screenwriter gary whitta, the movies hero walks his road in the shadow of anothernamely, the road. In this unintended sequel to the road, which is also currently playing in theaters. The denzel washington film was victorious in dvd sales, rentals and bluray sales. The book of eli 2010 cast and crew 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. As postapocalyptic movie fiction goes, the book of eli is not a crowdpleaser like the mad max series nor silly like any of the planet of the apes films. He leans forward and touches his forehead to her hand claudia. The book of eli is the new film by albert and allen hughes, directors of menace ii society and from hell. Eli, reproduced in the preceding pages to this introduction, is a book of prophecy, written by the anonymous author eli. Against claudias objections, carnegie sends solara to have sex with eli as a way of convincing him to stay in town and join carnegies forces that doesnt happen, but the order causes her mother stress.
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. The book of eli is a dark fable set in postapocalyptic america, starring denzel washington as a lone, holy. Eli has in his possession the last surviving bible in the world, and he is on a mission he believes was given to him by god, to head west to where it will be safe. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the the book of eli article. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. 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. Today we have some clips from upcoming films the book of eli and. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner.
The book of eli 2010 jennifer beals as claudia imdb. Claudia is a young wife and mother and david is her absolutely adorable husband. Click to see the rest of the 26,000 victims whose murders did not result in an arrest. He recites a bit of it and then puts the book away. The hughes brothers on the book of eli, dethroning avatar. He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move. Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. Watch the book of eli starring denzel washington in this drama on directv. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. 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.
There is an aura of calm and assurance about this outsider that intrigues carnegie. Superhero by eli easton the enlightenment of alexander by b. The book of eli stars denzel washington as a lone wanderer, making his away across a postnuclear holocaust america, scavenging and scraping to survive and well adept at it. And denzel washington isnt exactly kirk cameron, either. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. The book of eli bts apocalyptic san francisco 2010 denzel washington, mila kunis movie hd duration. The book of eli begins as eli is engaged in one of his regular. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book.
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