Thats how he could read braille, and had a braille bible. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. He was practically feeling his way around using his other senses. Almost the whole of the west and the hindu aryas are colour blind in a spiritual sense. Much like the land and narrative he travels through, eli has been similarly reduced. The director is acutely aware that gary oldmans character is much more interesting than eli, and the focus of the film substantially shifts for the better to what he wants the. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Throughout the movie, eli shot animal s for food including a flying bird with a bow, and defended himself with blade and gun, and yet was blind the entire time. He asks her whether it happened after or during the war, which may give the reason for his blindness. Before it was revealed he was blind you thought he may have been slightly delusional and obsessive in his mission to deliver the book. The book of eli denzel washington interview youtube. She too is intrigued by this man but discovers nothing about a book. When he was hunting for food in the very beginning and he shot that stray cat.
Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to lombardi, the sanctuarys leader. He s just going from point a to point b, and plowing through obstacles. Why doesnt redridge kill eli at the end of the first shootout. In the bible, eli grew gradually more blind, from partial sight up to the stage of his. 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. Jan 15, 2010 theres one in particular hes desperate to find, a book with the power to rally people under his leadershipand eli just happens to have the worlds last remaining copy. But i want to note a number of elements which make the book of eli. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal.
In the book of eli, when eli opens the zippo lighter, he hovers his. No doubt some of these things are a coincidence and certainly even i agree that we shouldnt read so much into it as to suppose the movie the book of eli is any kind of mormon treatise. Nov 24, 2010 to add fuel to a stupidly hot argument. 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. Eli was protected by god, because he sought only to follow and act upon his faith. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. 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.
The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure. Eli is headed west, but on the way, he passes devastation and squalor, and occasionally he must mete out some devastation of his own with a sharp blade. Eli closes his eyes every time he reads the bible in order to more focus his sense of touch and cut off the visual stimuli. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. The book of eli works, even if the preservation of christianity isnt high on your personal postapocalypse bucket list. The book of eli movie plot holes and funny quotes reimagined. Jan 16, 2010 he puts eli up for the night and sends his blind, commonlaw wife, claudia jennifer beal, in to see that he is comfortable. And we learn that eli is blind and apparently has been for 30 years. Mar 22, 2011 he even feels the body before being sure of what he is dealing with since he cant see anything. Various men then come out and surround him, with one shoving him. Jun 26, 2018 despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind.
Eli tells carnegie that he has no interest in staying but carnegie forces him to stay the night. If you havent heard of it yet are interested then continue if you dont mind the plot being told though i recommend you see it first, good movie. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. He makes eye contact and looks at almost everything.
It fantasizes a world in which everything has been. Too intense, i whispered when the book of eli crossed the screen, although he had already read my mind. There was a dead man hanging that dropped as he entered. But during their brief interlude, eli introduces solara to the concept of prayer a concept that quickly draws carnegies attention. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. 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 of the nomad eli. Eli has several conversations with people while looking right at them. Eli warns the man that he wont get his hand back if he does that again, and proceeds to chop that off with one quick slice of his blade with bloody results and views of the stump and severed hand.
After looking around i saw that im not the only one. The book of eli, which we will call eli, reproduced in the preceding pages to this introduction, is a book of prophecy, written by the anonymous author eli. Now i have to go back and what the film all over again with this integral information. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. He never fires his weapon first, needing to hear the sound of shooting at him to identify the location of his target. 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. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner. 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. Carnegie then forces his beautiful stepdaughter, solara mila kunis, to offer to sleep with eli and find out if he has the book. Unpopular opinion i know but the difference between the book and movie were to great to say hes blind. The writing is not bad at all but it is very wordy.
He recognizes that claudia is blind and asks her if she was blind her whole life or blinded by the flash, an event which occurred during the last great war. 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. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. Aug 07, 20 blind is an interesting take on how your life can change in an instant. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire. Remember, he asked solaris mother when she lost her sight she. Cheddar bob may not shoot himself in the postapocalyptic world, but he questions the wrong guy to stand up for his pet, and for that, he is just as much of a fool in the book of eli as he was in 8 mile. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. 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. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is.
He has honed his hearing to allow him with echolocation clicking of his tongue when needed to be able to tell where a shooter is, he knows approximately how many men hes against. A woman pleads for eli s help, but he recognizes its a trap and calls it as such. Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. Washington and the hughes brothers do a good job of establishing this man and his world, and at first, the book of eli seems destined to be solemn. Jan, 2010 he s got one of those knives that makes a snickersnack noise all by itself, and is a oneman army. Your thoughts on the movie if you have not yet seen the movie and dont want it to be spoilt for you then wait until you have seen it before you read any further. He sends a young girl, solara mila kunis, to elis room in an attempt to seduce him.
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. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used 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. 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. Eli is blind and if so, he either trained himself to be able to travel, hunt, shoot, etc. He is able to find the pawn shop in the first place, even though he s never been there. Jan 23, 2010 the book of eli blind faith music by atticus ross. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. May 30, 2010 yes he was blind, which was revealed at the end of the movie to reinforce and bring home the divine nature of his missionquest. When he reaches a village ruled by the powerful mobster, carnegie, the man views elis impressive fighting skills and offers eli a place within his gang. Establishing its storytelling rules clearly and well, the film simply is. If you just knew the order of the books in the bible, you could learn braille by. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret. In the book of eli was denzel washington blind the whole time.
By so doing he permits me to exercise my imagination and stretch things. The oscarwinning actor trained hard for six months to drop 50 pounds. One night eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. A soldier had returned through the back gate and given the news of the battle to the people. At george and marthas house, he kicks forward by the first step of the stairs to the porch with his boot so he knows where it is.
Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she. Denzel washington has stepped it up for his role in the book of eli. Eli is a wanderer, but the film does not center on his life. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia to send her daughter, solara, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. Rachel dewoskins young adult debut is a wonderful story about a girl learning to go through life blind. He was virtually blind in one eye after an injury and a botched operation in indonesia. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. 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. Come on, qatar, you played a blinder in forcing glencore to increase. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. With unflappable cool and surprising gentleness, denzel washington strides a bleak and barren world in the book of eli. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances.
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