She asks him to teach her how to read it but eli doesnt respond. The book of eli 2010 ending spoiler movie mistakes. In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. Why doesnt redridge kill eli at the end of the first. Unperturbed, eli offers to share his food with her, and before they eat, he says grace. So, eli is journeying by a drifting, wandering path into the western half of the former united states, on a mission from god. Furthermore, just before the first act is finished eli meets solara. Elis mission became solaras mission because of elis sacrifice for her giving away the location of the book to avoid solara being killed. Solara, opted to leave alcatraz on a mission of her own. By the end of its opening fourday holiday weekend it grossed. 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. The ageold debate of god and religion is something i tend to think about a lot. Solara wants to travel the journey that eli is on, so against his wishes, she follows him.
Eli traveled miles and miles memorizing the bible on his ipod and reading from his own braille bible hoping to get to san fransisco where he would pass on the braille bible. It could be that the movie was meant to highlight that despite even a fatal wound eli was supernaturally protected so that he could complete his mission. Eli and solara even came upon a couple who intended to kill them and eat them. In his sack were many copies of elis book, and of others. Eli is a holy man who fights only in self defense, and refuses to fornicate when carnegie sends in the beautiful solara mila kunis to tempt him to hand over the book. Im sure the ending to book of eli will raise a lot of issues and debate, so well be curious to hear your thoughts on it. In the world scenario of book of eli, the same would be true. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. Apr 20, 2010 the book of eli is an oldfashioned western dressed up in postapocalyptic rags. 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. In this scene we see the main character eli with his companion solara in what looks like an abandoned silo, sitting around a fire.
The book of eli was directed by twins, albert and allen hughes. He soon forces solara to tell him if eli was reading a book, and realizes eli s book is the one he wantsa bible. The clip were using is from the tailend of the movie and features a badly. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Carnegie and his thugs go in search of eli with an arsenal of weapons and 3 makeshift. Solara follows eli from east to west and, at the end, claims that shell return home. This message rings loud and true at the end when the villain tries to get solaras mother to read the book. Amidst the crumbling buildings of toronto, in the loosely scattered townspeople collected there, she met a man from alcatraz. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of eli solara. Dec 11, 2017 ski mask the slump god has a mixtape coming in a couple days, according to a new instagram post. However, the sense of manipulation reaches its limit when, once in san francisco where they survive a catastrophe, eli and solara, his female partner in the adventure, access the site from which humans seek to rebuild the lost. We know that in the end, the wicked will fall into chaos and be forever lost, while the righteous will flourish anew in the kingdom of heaven. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before.
Opportunities catholic parishgroup giving tributes friends. Solara, elis friend, pulls alongside and helps him, giving eli a ride. Eventually though youll get tired of the preaching and your anticipation will build to an ending that disappoints. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. The book of eli and the road to redemption catholic stand. Apr 27, 2010 video with pics of solara mila kunis in the book of eli. 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. As does eli attracting solaraa badly miscast mila kunis, who looks like shes spending a semester abroad. In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. By the second act, solara leaves her town with eli. 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. Mar 30, 2010 book of eli is a wake up call for originality in both secular and christian movies. As for the plot, it is still being worked out amongst a few of the people involved but you can expect that it will feature her going from san francisco to new york to deliver some of the special news and information that they had gathered. You fought alongside eli, endured his hardships, felt his pain and witnessed his triumph.
Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. With a plot twist that falls apart in the end, the book of eli fails to deliver us. Eli and solara sleep by an old nuclear plant cooling tower. Carnegie hires thugs to look for the bible and wants to hire eli. Discussion in mayberry lounge started by happyhaha, jun 8. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. This thread is now designated the official discussion thread for the book of eli. The book of eli cast and crew cast photos and info.
Eli had to deal with a lot of trials along his journey. When these enemies catch up with the two travelers, they shoot eli and take his bible, along with solara, back to the wicked city. Denzel washington cant save the book of elis warped. Fahrenheit 451 the film owes a significant debt to the 1953 novel by ray bradbury. Protecting the word of god christian research institute. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired.
He recites a bit of it and then puts the book away. Book of eli 2 2021 rumors, plot, cast, and release date. Jan 30, 2010 eli denzel washington, armed with an omnipresent wince and a squint in the book of eli is a lousy superhero because screenwriter gary whitta and directors allen and albert hughes make him more of a necessary evil than a truly good guy. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Eli bumps the bottom step with his foot before going up the porch steps of the couples house, presumably to gauge where. Eli and solara survive as promised, and the pair end their journey in san francisco, or rather just. 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 location on the west.
He told solara that hes been reading the bible everyday. Eli, leads with the ministry of prayer rather than the ministry of the word and the result is a desire to be a follower on the part of solara. Mila kunis character solara appears to be the cleanest human in the film aside from her mother. He finds solace in a unique book which he carries on his person and guards closely, whilst surviving by hunting small animals and seeking goods in destroyed houses and vehicles to trade in. I didnt think youd ever give up the book, i thought it was too important to you eli. Like those movies, book of eli envisions a pitiless landscape denuded. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of eli s task. The image of elis still form held solaras inner eye for many miles. The book of eli solara mila kunis glasses movie props. The book of eli full movie in hindi dubbed ball blue book of canning and preserving recipes, movies, hindi dubbed in a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. Carnegie is the main antagonist in the 2010 postapocalyptic film the book of eli.
Hes born from a uniquely unsettling kind of cynicism, one that cloaks its misanthropy in the guise of. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. Casino you can either have the money and the hammer or you can walk outta here you cant have both duration. At one point, eli is injured, yet he continues to walk down the path he started at the beginning.
In the scene where solara hijacks the car, why does the man who had elis. Again, you can do all the samurai references with loan wolf and as you said theres kind of a classic mythic master and apprentice relationship going on through the film. From the set of the book of eli, this is solara s mila kunis black lense frame with graphite like design, two toned dark lenses, bronze colored metal with cc logo frame, chanel 5152 sunglasses made in italy. Denzel washington cant save the book of elis warped theology. In the novel guy montag escapes from a future dystopian society and eventually makes contact with a group of isolated individuals who have memorised books to save them for the future iteration of mankind. The book that he manages to memorize and that he can recite with visionary ease. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
With book of eli, which is capped with one of hollywoods best twist ending in years. The book is the bible and elijah denzel washington is revealed to be blind. The book of eli s storyline is strong, with only a few mishaps. Aug 01, 2012 after eli is about a boy named daniel and his brother eli just died in the army. Everything in this film is predicated on the notion that, if a bible falls into the wrong hands, it could be used to start a religion and religion, of course, would be bad. So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind. In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli denzel washington, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. 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. What else rises in the east, sets in the west, and reappears in the east once again. This pair of sunglasses comes in original box with original tags and black chanel case. Later when carnegie steals the book from eli there is just a cross on the book, not the book.
Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. Sep 06, 2008 the book of eli is almost a parody of the notion that a protestant with a bible may be good to go. The clip we re using is from the tailend of the movie and features a badly. I grew up in a predominantly religious family, in that i grew up as part of a sikh family. The rapper previously announced a mixtape titled beware of the book of eli, which was envisioned as a compilation of freestyles over older beats, as he told xxl in april. Carnegie, whom eli shot in the leg before leaving town, exults over his triumph in stealing the book from the walker eli, but his triumph ends in tragedy. Eli teaches solara the lost art of prayer and even quotes to her psalm 23 by heart. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Mila kunis interview the book of eli collider collider. In book of eli, mila kunis, as solara, toughs out a wasteland journey. Jun 02, 2010 although his eponymous characters moving faith and stoicism make the book of eli interesting to watch, its ending feels like trite religious pandering of a familiar nature, and his traveling companion in mila kunis solara, who helps lead him out of his solitary existence toward friendship, is a device often seen in these sorts of films.
The verse of shadow kindle edition by hairston, charles. The legend of solara walker afalstein the book of eli. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. She walked and refused her desire to drink to save water. Cassandra ihsl on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. The book of eli opens with denzel washingtons eli murdering a cat, but by the end its the film that has really screwed the pooch. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington eli and mila kunis solara. Carnegie tries to capture eli so he can kill him and get the book. Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. You know, you say youve been walking for thirty years, right. Solara manages to escape and finds the wounded eli.
At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. 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. But with eli dead and his mission completed, theres no reason for solara not to return home and resume her life. A woman on the road tries to lure men in so that the men she is with can steal from them and kill them. It was, i was carrying and reading it everyday, got so caught up in protecting it, i forgot to live by what id learnt from it. The following day, solara repeats the prayer, but carnegie overhears them and realizes solara s words relate to the book he has been seeking. The book of eli solara chapter 1, a book of eli fanfic. The woman that was blind was bound to servitude and used as leverage against her daughter. When she opens the bag you could see the book with the name the book of eli on it. Kunis said that it was solaras passion to live that attracted her. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. Denzel kicks ass in the book of eli and milas kunis is not only eye candy in this movie but a good supporting.
In the scene where carnegie and his men were looking for eli and solara while they were sleeping, solara tried looking through eli s bag to see the book. My brilliant friend is the first title of the bestselling neapolitan novels, a four book series written by pseudonymous author elena ferrante and translated by american editor ann goldstein. If eli were to reveal his blindness, he would then fall victim as the predators would know how to defeat him. Book of eli movie quotes meet your next favorite book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Eli reads the book and solara asks eli to read it to him.
The professional, drexl spivey in true romance, egor korshunov in air force one, mason verger in hannibal, jeanbaptiste emanuel zorg in the fifth element, lord shen in kung fu panda 2, count dracula in bram stokers dracula, dreyfus. My chosen movie for that saturday afternoon was the book of eli, directed by the. Eli is the man with one name who ambles into a backwater burg in search of water and comes face to face with evil in the form of carnegie gary oldman, who is involved with the blind claudia jennifer beals while he pursues claudias nubile daughter solara mila kunis. 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 location on the west coast of. The book of eli end scene page 5 sherdog forums ufc. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to. He finds solace in a unique book which he carries on his person and guards closely, while surviving by hunting small animals and seeking goods in destroyed houses and vehicles to trade in villages for water and supplies. When she thinks hes asleep she goes to take a look at the book in his bag.
Eli may not have had the power to make claudia gain her sight but he had the power to make her smile. Jan, 2010 im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and eli is wounded. I just watched the denzel washington movie the book of eli and thought it was great.
You travelled along with eli and solara as they made their way westward to alcatraz. The closest the movie comes to any relationality about the god of the christian faith is when eli recites the opening verses from psalm 23 to solara, a young female devotee of elis. Carnegie gary oldman steals the bible but finds that the book is in braille and cant read it. 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. Solara roots through eli s pack, just wanted to see the book. He was wellarmed and welltrained, but even so he was surprised to meet her, solara walker, as people had begun to call her. Jun 15, 2010 the book of eli will draw you in with its interesting premise. It was even more enjoyable to watch the book of eli a second time, knowing now that the main character was blind for the entire story. Well, it was a difficult one because she really is the key relationship to eli. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neo western action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, and jennifer beals. Solara too recognizes that there is a kindness to eli and she quickly takes to him. The book of eli 2010 denzel washington as eli imdb. The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her blind mother from carnegie.
Do not proceed if you dont want to find out the ending of the movie. Elijah recites the entire bible from memory to record keepers at san quentin prison. I laughed out loud when carnegies goons dumped a sack of. Using sound to identify targets versus friendlies helps. After having just caught the ending of the book of eli, which features strong performances from both denzel washington and gary oldman, i got thinking about the concept of god once again, and its influence on people. Eli replies pay for what, since he cant see all the visual clues that solara is. Of course im a little confused on what happened at the end because i have an idea of my own, but im not sure if its right. Eli ties a friendship with carnegie stepdaughter solar mila kunis and get to know carneigies plans to take control of the region through fear. The biggest movie mistakes of the decade the 20 biggest friends mistake pictures the 20. As recounted by carnegie and eli, bibles are scarce due to a largescale book burning after the falloutmany irrationally blamed christianity as a cause of the war. The film has lots of control, potency and a means of mercy and justice. The book of eli is an interesting but exhausting film with few humorous moments. As she passed the useless vehicle she remembered beveridge and the look on his face when the sun reached his unprotected eyes.
Now, the stakes could not be higher, eli has both the book and solara with him. The book of eli was scripted by gary whitta, a comic book writer and graphic. However, the book of judges always mentions the years of oppression in contrast to the period of a judges dispensation. Daniel starts to make a book called book of the dead and he researches all of these people ho have died to try and figure out if his brother died heroically or accidentally. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible but, hey, wtf. By the end of the film, hes completed his task and is dying, and so he returns to being. Official the book of eli discussion thread home theater. The book of eli 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 location on the west coast of the united states. What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli.