Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. May 29, 2010 the film was an unsung masterpiece which somehow seemed to slip under the radar of both critics and cinemagoers. He s just going from point a to point b, and plowing through obstacles. The connection to the biblical character isnt about the blindness eli in the bible was blind as an old man its about the fact that he trained samuel, the prophet and last of the judges in the torah old testament. The only time when they were truly religious was friday muslims holy day and eids muslim. Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. So he has both the outer perception that he would have from seeing and the inner perception he has learned from years of being blind. When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Unlike the road, the book of eli does not linger on the bleak, morose and desolate dying earth. You dont have to be a genius to figure out the true nature of elis magical. Eli is really good at killing people, but feels guilty about it throwaway guns. Its sweetness was born of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of my arms. First off, theres really no question whatsoever that the book of eli is a samurai film.
A stream of consciousness, i was blind but now i see is a quick and entertaining read. Mar 03, 2017 i thought he was blind when i saw the movie. When hannah came to shiloh to pray for a son, eli initially accused her of drunkenness, but when she protested her innocence, eli wished her well. Ive talked to directorsscreenwriters, but never just a screenwriter. By every thing that is shown in the movie i simply cannot accept that eli was blind. Eli is a wanderer, but the film does not center on his life. The narrator of this story, a blind man whose eyes were sensitive only to light and darkness, was going to dehradun by train when he met a girl and had a chit. Its clear from examining his eyes in various shots throughout the film that he is not blind for most of it. They said his eye would be blind for the rest of his life. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret. I agree all the things above could prove he had bad eyesight or possibly even be. In the book hes blind, in the movie no he fuckin aint, cataracts maybe but his. Eyes that stopped seeing, eyes that were totally blind, yet meanwhile were in perfect condition.
Official the book of eli discussion thread home theater. They said this little rescue kitten would not be able to see from his right eye for the rest of his life, but the tenacious kitty proved them wrong. Denzel appears to be regularly using his eyes in the way a sighted. She too is intrigued by this man but discovers nothing about a book. And also not blind as he makes normal eye to eye conversation with everyone throughout the film.
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. 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. He asks her whether it happened after or during the war, which may give the reason for his blindness. 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. Mar 17, 2020 explore cynamars board but the eyes are blind. Wells short stories was published by penguin as part of their excellent pocket penguin collection, to mark their 70 th anniversary. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire. It was one of a spat of post apocalyptic dramas with washed out color and characters who care more about surviving to the end of the day than dental hygiene. After the nuclear ash snowfall ended, there was very little left. 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. When they found him they thought he was blind but when he opened his eyes they had a big surprise. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west.
At the end of the film, his eyes go gray, showing he is blind. Of the blind side, hancock said, sports, specifically football, was the engine that propelled the story forward, but he could have been a dancer or a pianist it wouldnt have made any. When i saw the book of eli on its release in 2010, i was impressed with its visuals, in particular with a virtuoso gunfight scene that appears to play out in a single long take. When he was talking to the guy about the bible, towards the end, they had a closeup on his eyes and they looked like a blind persons eyes. Eli lives a fairly simple and repetitive life, with the occasional violent encounter thrown in for good measure. It was very painful to see him through the treatment but he is now a very healthy boy. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 worldviews, worship. He was almost certainly blind before his journey began, then is sight was restored so he could complete the task. Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test. I saw the movie, i figured out he was blind a good 12 hour before the climax.
Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. An omnipresent deity lead him to the book, talked to him and kept him alive until he brought it to where it needs to be. 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. Id be inclined to give him a starting perception of 10. He puts eli up for the night and sends his blind, commonlaw wife, claudia jennifer beal, in to see that he is comfortable. They thought he was blind but when he opened his eyes. See more ideas about heart in nature, i love heart and heart. I told you he was blind because he bumped into that. So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind.
A blind man would not be doing that looking out windows, looking into peoples eyes when speaking to them, etc. He was blind the whole time, that is why towards the end the book he was carrying that got taken was in braille and the bad guy in the end could not read it and the other girl refuse to tell him what it said. Its the story of a man who has been blind from birth and has his sight restored by surgery. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. After eli has been shot and she has been captured, she strangles the driver with string, walks out of the car after it rolls over, and then tosses a grenade under the big bads car. We read in the ninth chapter of john that jesus healed a blind beggar on the sabbath day. Redridge fired one shot at eli with his pistol and by the sounds of it, completely missed. The book of eli and the road to redemption catholic stand. There were also subtle hints like his heightened sense of hearing and smell. Somehow, he has even managed to win gun fights when his opponents were standing on top of buildings far away. The second shot, he took his time, gripped his pistol properly, aimed, fired and if you notice he hit eli in his backpack. Eyes of eli is a christian metalcore band from the lynchburg, va area.
For indeed it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that grow blind. Both the road and book of eli have numerous allusions of cannibalism. Study 24 terms oedipus spot quotes flashcards quizlet. Now in those days the word of the lord was rare and visions were scarce. In the world scenario of book of eli, the same would be true. As eli is speaking, the camera zooms in on his eyes, and we see that eli is blind.
In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her. This is to avoid being a target of easy prey for predators. The only thing i disagree with was the sightedness of eli, he wasnt blind. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. 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 block incoming swings of silent objects, he looks into the eyes of people hes talking to.
The road is the most literal representation of this horror, whereas book of eli cannibalism is mostly alluded to yet it is no less frightening. Sep 23, 2012 for surely its not the eyes that are blind, but the heart. The bible was encryped, so thats why he wouldnt share it with anyone because they wouldnt be able to read it. Averted when eli runs out of handgun ammunition and sets his gun down on a car but retrieves it before he leaves. When she got out of the truck and tossed that grenade with super accuracy i said to myselflook out boom. If he is blind how do you explain the accurate shots with the arrow. Yes, there are clues that he is blind, like overdeveloped smelling. Yeah, i figured there was a possibility that he could hear the raddeling dishes, leading him to understand they were canibals. 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. Eli was blind, he did rely on his sense of smell and hearing when it came down to it.
Incase you havent seen it, heres the surprise ending of the book of eli. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. My problem is that eli did not behave like a blind person. At the end of the film, his eyes go gray, showing he is blind again. He was, however, blind in those flashbacks before the fall of civilization. If you just knew the order of the books in the bible, you could learn braille by. He is able to find the pawn shop in the first place, even though he s never been there. Practically everyone wears sunglasses or shaded goggles due to increased uv rapidly causing blindness, but. In the book of eli, when eli opens the zippo lighter, he hovers his hand. There was a few hiccups in the screenplay, like when he and solara were on the front porch of the elderly couple and he reached out to open the door he put his thumb directly on the door latch. 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. Hard character to build since in the movie he is both blind yet can see, figuring out his stats is a toughy. Then when he tells solara to stop when he hears the bird and shoots it down.
He makes eye contact and looks at almost everything he does, blind people dont do that. It includes the country of the blind, the remarkable case of davidsons eyes, and the stolen bacillus, and was originally published as a collection in 1927. Hell, even the title of this article is spoilery if you are geeky enough to be familiar with both 2010s the book of eli and the enormous series of japanese films from the 1960s and 1970s featuring a wandering swordsman named zatoichi many will question my choice to spend one of my cinapse pick of the week slots which ive now just. There are several scenes where his eyes can be seen. After visiting the book of eli imdb page, i realize that many people have this question as schwatime points out in the imdb post called why the ending should make you. Freed from his years of torment after having finally been able to dictate his memoirs, what he refers to as his confession, newton cries out to.
The movie is trying to convey that god restored his sight for the mission. The sun hurt their eyes, it was hot, hostile, and not like anything they did in day time could have not been done at night. Ill be honest with you, the book of eli panel at last summers san diego comiccon garnered little attention, despite having stars denzel washington, gary oldman, and mila kunis in attendance, as. When they go to the cannibals home, he apologies to the guy saying he didnt see the sign. In fact, faith is the only semisatisfying explanation for eli s ability. Eli has several conversations with people while looking right at them. Going through the entire movie while blind in both eyes. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle. This water was indeed a different thing from ordinary nourishment. Feb, 2010 someone on yahoo answers pointed out that there was a character in the bible named eli and that he was blind.
Multiple times such as the the hand in the first fight scene cool shades. Jan 15, 2010 he walks, he hunts, he eats he reads and he sleeps. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 remember the book of eli. One of them had been blind for 5 years while the other one was blind from birth for 22 years. 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. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family, resulting. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last remaining bible. James relays several life stories that put things into perspective, which i believe most people often lack in day to day life. The lord calls samuel 1 and the boy samuel ministered to the lord before eli. Hes just going from point a to point b, and plowing through obstacles. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Eli was a priest in the temple and he was not a prophet, he was there when the mother of samuel, gave him as a baby in the temple. He walks, he hunts, he eats he reads and he sleeps.
In the dark knight 2008, when the joker fires an rpg from a trailer, both. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the movie eli was blind or at least partially blind. Sure he has a good sense of smell and hearing ability but at no point in the movie does it imply that he is blind. He goes blind again when he s shot notice he falls to his knees then his eyes go off in the distance, but is still able to complete his task. 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. This actually sets the pace and tone of the book of eli, which has unfortunately and misleadingly been marketed as an actionpacked carnival of carnage. Eli came out in 2010, just a year after the road starring vigo mortensen. However, theres visual evidence that he is not blind, like the fact that he looks at things. 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. The bad guy had the bible, but it was useless to him because the one person who could read it feigned having lost the ability to. The bible he had with him was in braille and is of no use to carnegie, who finds his city falling apart now that he no longer has his soldiers to maintain order.
The chainsaw wielder gets a few good swings against eli hitting only air, but impressive for a bulky weapon, but still gets the thing knocked out of his hands and stabbed to death clean cut. The book of eli believe, holidays, christmas, people. I dont care how great your senses of hearing and smell are you cant kill someone with a bow and arrow from 50 feet away, let alone with. A wound from eli s gun has infected his leg and he has little time to live. Carnegie then forces his beautiful stepdaughter, solara mila kunis, to offer to sleep with eli and find out if he has the book. Lived on a chain in the yard for 14 years, never walked. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. If eli was actually blind then thats one of the crappiest shyamalanesque twist ive seen. Among the pile of books and magazines brought before carnegie and subsequently burned is a copy of the da vinci code these hands have killed.
At this point eli turned around and a shootout with carnegies men ensued. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. There are many many clues as to eli s character being blind throughout the entire movie.
The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Somehow eli has been walking in the right direction the whole time. 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. No blind person could possibly know exacly where the thumb depressor would be located, or that it was that type of latch to begin with. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. At the end it shows his eyes, which appear to be the eyes of someone who is blind. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. In the book of eli, when eli opens the zippo lighter, he hovers his. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman.