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. The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure. This boosts your credibility as your audience will be more likely to conclude that your entire speech was. I felt the movie was heavyhanded in its religious themes. Now by the time of the movie, books are extremely rare and eli has the last copy of the bible, that happens to be written on braille. Bookending your speech is an elegant technique, and conveys the impression that your speech was crafted very carefully with a precise attention to detail. Thank you for your protection and your many signs along the way. Im sure the ending to book of eli will raise a lot of issues and debate, so well be curious to. In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. And for keeping me resolute when all around seemed lost. Quote dear lord thank you for giving me strength and conviction to complete the task you entrusted to me. But then he meets another girl and keeps her from getting raped mila kunis character. So, eli is journeying by a drifting, wandering path into the western half of the former united states, on a mission from god. Eli and solara sleep by an old nuclear plant cooling tower.
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. Last prayer from the book of eli june 20, 2010 in movies tags. 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. Through eli, comes the message that the bible is powerful and that one should allow god to direct our lives. When eli denzel washington is ambushed by a gang of thugs in a bar, he beats them all up. 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. 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.
Given that the movie is intense and rated r for violence and language, it will attract a different crowd than the typical wholesome family. Watch the book of eli starring denzel washington in this drama on directv. Thebook of eli cant have a sequel actress mila kunis speaks about her forthcoming gary oldman, denzel washington starrer. The book of eli is a movie that promotes christian values. It takes place in the shade under a bridge, and is really well done, with the camera standing still and the choreography forming a sort of. 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. 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. Denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. 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 house. There was no disney world then, just rows of orange trees. 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. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text.
However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. The book of eli is a sequel to fahrenheit 451 spoilers. Denzel washington the book of eli the final prayer. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Eli and mila kunis continue on to the west, until they finally reach alcatraz prison. It is the best christian movie i have ever seen despite the fact that im sure the writers werent really looking for it. 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. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. 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. In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once america.
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. When she thinks hes asleep she goes to take a look at the book in his bag. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. In the book of eli why did denzel washingtons character let a woman get raped and her father or husband get murdered.
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 from hell and dead presidents. Words containing the letters e, i, l words containing eli words ending with eli words starting with eli. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Stretching for miles and somewhere near the middle was the citrus tower, which the tourists climbed to. 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. I put this together myself after seeing people actually disagreed about this. 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. The book of eli continues the string of apocalyptic tales. Thank you lord for a warm bed to sleep on, thank you for the food we are about to eat, thank you for a roof over our heads on cold nights such as this, thank you for companionship in. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Gary oldmans character finally gets the book, only to get pissed to find out he cant read it. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. The fight scene between eli and a group of bandits.
He recites a bit of it and then puts the book away. The few survivors have clumped together into ramshackle settlements that are beginning to crumble from within. She asks him to teach her how to read it but eli doesnt respond. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. 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. Shes clearly going to spread the good news of the book her mentor died to protect and propagate. Eli reads the book and solara asks eli to read it to him. Read denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli and more of the latest on movies and films from a christian perspective. Thank you for guiding me straight and true through the many obstacles in my path. A warrior not by choice but necessity, eli denzel washington seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. 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. Henry is the smartest kid in all the land, which is apparently the land of people who dont give a. My one disappointment is the endings shortchange to the screenplay.
Why are you reject one persons opportunity to be saved only to choose another. Dear lord, thank you for giving me the strength and the conviction to complete the task you entrusted to me. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the the book of eli article. The action sequences were visually impressive and the desaturated look is a good fit. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. On book of eli, the main antagonist believes he could dominate other cities and people with a certain book, and has some sort of devotion for them, just as someone that would hoard books on fahrenheit 451. 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. 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. Cassandra ihsl on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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. Watch the book of eli online stream full movie directv. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. Into this world steps machetewielding road warrior eli a man on a. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from eli, but the man proves to be a formidable. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible.