Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at alternate ending is diversity. But the priest eli was mentioned in 1 samuel and 2 samuel. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. Is denzel washington blind in the book of eli answers. This is the first i have heard about the cataract versus being blind argument, but it is a pretty silly discussion point on what is really an action movie with a bad storyline. When solara mila kunis attempts to help a woman at the side of the road, she is attacked, but eli denzel washington arrives to save her just in time. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by.
I found the book of eli to be nothing more then a half baked entry into the post apocalypse genre. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. The world in book of eli while barren and hot, is also filled with brutal killers and savages, but there always appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Im about to watch the scene right now though, maybe i was wrong. So the book of eli is about a lone man named eli in this postapocalyptic world, whos carrying this sacred book that has the secrets to save humanity. The book of eli soundtrack carnegies demise by owolowa. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist the book of eli starts out with 10 minutes of dialoguefree imagery depicting the type of postapocalyptic wasteland made familiar in recent. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the the book of eli article.
Unlike the road, the book of eli does not linger on the bleak, morose and desolate dying earth. I laughed out loud when carnegies goons dumped a sack of. Originally the load, who also falls for a trap, solara is eventually able to overcome her captors using string as a garrote, takes out another vehicle with a grenade, then drives back to retrieve eli walking the earth. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. Theres no reason for eli to hold the ipod up to his. A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. The bible was encryped, so thats why he wouldnt share it with anyone because they wouldnt be able to read it. The book of eli ending explained i put this together myself after seeing people actually disagreed about this. This was particularly the case for me since i saw this movie on a plane, which had been edited the movie, not the. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to.
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. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are. Here are some points in favor of eli possessing sight. 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. What is the song at the end of the book of eli answers. Carnegie gets the book, which is the bible, and eli s been blind all along. Eli was blind, he did rely on his sense of smell and hearing when it came down to it. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Eli was blind, if you didnt understand at the end of the movie, there may have been some parts that didnt make that clear. So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind. Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. The trees stripped of their bark and white like ghosts.
With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. But during the scene where he realized the woman was blind. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. She didnt do anything that could of given away that she was blind. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is.
For example, in the first house he finds, he wakes up. The woman tries it again on solara, but when she sees solara is a woman, she tries to warn her away because she. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. People believe he was blind throughout the whole movie. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west.
Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. The book of eli 2010 pray for me scene scene 710 movieclips. 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. Elis been blind all along and he has memorized the bible. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book. Jennifer beals, best known for her main role in the 1983 film flashdance, has been last seen acting in the 2010 film the book of eli where she plays the role of the claudia, the blind mistress. When eli encounters a group of road bandits, behind them is a tunnel structure with a bold 14. 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. But there are other people who are after the book so eli has to protect it from falling into the wrong hands. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter. Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test.
Being a postapocalyptic movie, that writing can be referenced to an apocalyptic book. Slightly ironic in that her name is related to the sun, which caused the ruin of the world took a level in badass. To end the mystery, when the woman comes into the room he asked her did you get blinded in war. See more ideas about the book of eli, elis, denzel washington. Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from eli, but the man proves to be a formidable foe as he makes it more than clear that if they want the book, they must first take his life. After getting his hands on the bible, carnegie gary oldman shoots eli denzel washington. Watch a film like scent of a woman and youll see how a blind person behaves. The book of eli is an interesting but exhausting film with few humorous moments. Early on, eli pretends to give up the book, only for it to turn out to be a book safe containing a live grenade.
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