Gary oldmans character finally gets the book, only to get pissed to find out he cant read it. Rent the book of eli 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Thebook of eli cant have a sequel actress mila kunis speaks about her forthcoming gary oldman, denzel washington starrer. It is the best christian movie i have ever seen despite the fact that im sure the writers werent really looking for it to be christian.
What the book of eli tells us about religion youtube. The book of eli i want to start off by saying the worldview that is worded in the book of eli is a very great responsive book and has its own relationship to humanity. After a catastrophe has wiped out most of the earths population and left ruin and desolation behind, the remaining humans are victimized by roaming motorcycle gangs of hijackers and thieves. This essay contains realistic related to the bible. Eli is a movie about a tenyearold boy named as you might guess eli, who is allergic to everything. She is also a child of satan dad gets around, she jokes and wants to introduce eli to his real father. For that matter, eli is something of a modernday elijah. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. He finds an abandoned house and searches it for anything that can be useful. A blind man can escape a guarded room without explanation, but if you let him escape, you get shot in the face. In this film, eli, the actor heads to the western part for reasons that are not known to the viewers until sometime in the movie. The book of eli denzel washington gary oldman mila kunis 2010 a lone warrior denzel washington faces many dangers as he carries hope for humanitys redemption across a postapocalyptic wasteland. 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 book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. The story centers on a lone hero named eli denzel washington who must fight his way across the wasteland of post apocalyptic america to protect a sacred book that might hold the key. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of elis task. Elkanah also had another wife who bore him children. 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. From iron man 3 to shutter island, the movies of the 2010s were full of twists and surprises. Eli passes through a town and encounters the big dog in charge a man named carnegie played by gary oldman. Carnegie gary oldman steals the bible but finds that the book is in braille and cant read it. This name indicates the meaning of revelation it uncovers matters that had been hidden and discloses events that would happen long after it was written.
The film has lots of control, potency and a means of mercy and justice. Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. The title is a reference to both the book that eli carries, and the fact that the book he carries is, in fact, the bible. Dystopian analysis the book of eli is about a postapocalyptic dystopian reality that the protagonist eli is attempting to survive in. Eli was the high priest kohen gadol of shiloh, the secondtolast israelite judge succeeded only by samuel before the rule of the kings of israel and judah. 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 story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world. The book of eli sam moffie, devra bastiaens, na on. 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. This is a post ive actually wanted to make for quite awhile as the book of eli has been on my five greatest movies ever made list ever since i saw it it currently stands at number three. Eli knows the couple eats people because of the rattling tea cups. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. Bishop barron comments on the death of billy graham duration. Eli ending explained what the hell was netflixs eli.
When he reaches a village ruled by the powerful mobster, carnegie gary oldman, the man views elis impressive fighting skills and offers eli a place within his. One can presume those were the ghosts in the house were the ghosts of the devil children who died in the house, though that. Eli has a book which is discovered as the bible and he is trying to deliver it to a location he doesnt specify. He tries to fill his canteen with water, but the taps dont work. 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. Rent the book of eli 2010 starring denzel washington and gary oldman on dvd and bluray. Eli in the bible was a jewish priest living in the days of the judges and serving god at the tabernacle in shiloh, a city near the hill country of ephraim 1 samuel 1. 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.
He notices that his family appears to be torn asunder by the consequences of the vietnam war his dad suffers from terrifying dreams and hallucinations, his sister discovers an unsettling fact. 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. Im not sure that would happen over the brief duration of the film, but maybe he wasnt fully blind in the film, but had learnt brail in. Carnegie hires thugs to look for the bible and wants to hire eli. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and eli is wounded. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. Books are scarce since apparently many people believed religion was the cause of the desolation, and so all religious books were destroyed. 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. So the presence of god in the context of this movie immediately raises a lot. The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure. 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 with its ashladen wastelands and crazed cannibals. He is observant, curious, and often times ponders his surroundings regardless of his young age.
In a postapocalyptic america where the oncepicturesque countryside has become a desolate and violent wasteland, one man denzel washington fights to protect that sacred tome that could hold the key to the survival of the human race in this futuristic thriller from filmmaking duo albert and allen hughes allen hughes and allen hughes. The book of eli is a tough one to call you may find yourself liking or disliking it based on your particular point of view. In the bible, eli grew gradually more blind, from partial sight up to the stage of his eyes were set so he could not see. Spoilers ahead the movies 4 years old, but just in case. Eli walks through the abandoned road in a postapocalyptic 2043. Bishop barron comments on the book of eli spoilers.
Eli is best remembered for his blessing on samuels mother and for his part in samuels first prophecy. Elijah recites the entire bible from memory to record keepers at san. 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. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. The entire movie could have been just washington and oldman and i would have been fine with it. And denzel washington isnt exactly kirk cameron, either. As a book of interpretation, this book, also called the book of eli, seeks to. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret. The greek name of the bible book of revelation, apoka. The book of eli stars denzel washington in a postapocalyptic thriller set 30 years after a final war has turned much of earth into an ashy wasteland. He lives in a big plastic tent and when he does go out he wears a blue hazmat suit lest he.
Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. 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. The book of eli2010 was an original script written by gary whitta. Read on as i share with you more about the movie and where to download the book of eli. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. Eli escapes the institute with his mother, and is greeted by haley. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible but, hey, wtf. Whether it be our favorite anime, our least favorite movie, philosophy, writing. Eli twist ending explained, new netflix horror movie. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. 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, reproduced in the preceding pages to this introduction, is a book of prophecy, written by the anonymous author eli.
Psalms and bible verses are quoted throughout the movie, and christian imagery and symbolism are present in many scenes. Washington plays eli, a laconic man journeying westward across america to carry a sacred book to safety, hoping that it will restore mankind and bring a better future. The film falls in the post apocalyptic dystopian genre, and as such has similarities with many other similar films, novels, and. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. In the final scenes of the book of eli 2010, eli is dictating whole bible to lombardi. In the book of mormon, two very different young lds missionaries the talented, eager elder price and the nerdy, pathologically. 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. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman.
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 hit broadway musical the book of mormon, written by south parks trey stone and matt smith and frozens robert lopez, is a irreverent, hysterical, and surprisingly sweet sendup of religion, culture shock, and classic musical theatre. This story of hannah, with which the books of samuel begin, involves eli. The book of eli 2010 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Plot summary for the book of eli 2010, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. It tells the story of a mans faith as he honors the almighty god in his life and follows gods will no matter how challenging the life became.
How was that guy practically invincible when they shot him. A lone man fights his way for survival across a postapocalyptic america. Eli is a quick hand with knives, pistols, rifles, shotguns and karate. But i want to note a number of elements which make the book of eli stand. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. The book of eli is screenwriter, gary whittas, take on a western. Denzel washington, mila kunis, gary oldman, malcolm mcdowell. Eli the good details the story of eli, a tenyearold boy living in the summer of 1976. The twist at the end of the movie is that you find out that eli is blind, and the bible he has is written in braille. Eli is lead by faith to carry the last copy of the bible through the wasteland, to an unknown destination in the west. The book of eli is a story about a post nuclear fallout america where anarchy is the norm and survival is hardearned. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do.
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