He explains his decision to solara later, admitting he didnt always behave so admirably. Solara catches up to eli and leads him to the towns water supply, hoping to accompany him on his travels, but he traps her inside and continues alone. While he does so, he touches the contents of a shelf in order to glean what its contents are. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to. In this unintended sequel to the road, which is also currently playing in theaters. 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. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to the. The following day, solara repeats the prayer, but carnegie overhears them and realizes solara s words relate to the book he has been seeking. What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli. When eli and solara are in his room for the night there is a movie poster on the wall behind them for a similar post apocalyptic movie. The book of eli street gangsters attack to solara 10 scene. So, eli is journeying by a drifting, wandering path into the western half of the former united states, on a mission from god.
In the end, eli gets the bible to the small community anyway and they end up getting the king james version of the bible to print and publish for the world. 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. I always figured it was because the bible is the most free and loving of the religious books. Aside from the title, there are no opening credits. It is only after eli is fired upon from the guy on the roof that eli takes cover and fires.
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. This is essentially the christian doctrine of inspiration, that god used human beings to communicate his message and bring it to the human race despite the evil in the world and the frailty. In eli the survivors protect themselves from the suns rays and in a boy and his dog they flee underground to hide from the sun. Jan 15, 2010 directed by albert hughes, allen hughes. After 31 years reading the bible, i forgot to live by what i. Eli and solara are surrounded and dragged out of the house. Eli replies pay for what, since he cant see all the visual clues that solara is. I liked the hopeful ending, how eli fools carnegie when it comes time to relinquish the book, and the whole veneration of books theme. Eli ending, explained netflix plot summary, dragonfly. As he nears the end of his travels, he meets a young girl, solara played by mila kunis, who becomes intrigued by eli and his faith, especially after he shows her. The book of eli 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The book of eli street gangsters attack to solara 10. He seems to hesitate at the end, looking at redridge even, yet does not shoot. Continuing toward the west coast, eli explains his mission. Later when carnegie steals the book from eli there is just a cross on the book, not the book. Unperturbed, eli offers to share his food with her, and before they eat, he says grace. The main characters were denzel washington as eli, gary oldman as carnegie, jennifer beals as claudia and mila kunis as solara. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. Eli replies pay for what, since he cant see all the visual clues that solara is giving him.
The film briefly comes alive towards the end as eli and sola. But with eli dead and his mission completed, theres no reason for solara not to return home and resume her life. As for the final scene in which solara fades as she walks away from the camera, i believe. Claudia jennifer beals to send her daughter, solara mila kunis, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. 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. The character in the movie actually believes that there is only one god and that is why the worldview is monotheistic. They say the war tore a hole in the sky, youve probably heard the stories.
He starts out looking like your usual endoftheworld thug, hes bigger than. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. Hi,i made this video to prove that eli is not blind at least not in this scene. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are. Theres a tacit understanding that this power can be abused carnegies selfish desire for the book gives voice to christianitys darker historical chapters, but were told, through eli, that the bible is inherently a good thing. Eli has no intentions of giving it up, even under threat of death. Eli s mission became solara s mission because of eli s sacrifice for her giving away the location of the book to avoid solara being killed. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810.
Thus, the movie has several very uplifting moments. Sep 09, 2012 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. Carnegie and his thugs go in search of eli with an arsenal of weapons and 3 makeshift tanks pieced together with old car and truck parts. In one scene eli says to solara that he walks by faith, not by sight and things dont necessarily have to make sense. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible but, hey, wtf. The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her blind mother from carnegie. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. As the only child of one of the demon courts most influential families, solara knows that society expects her to marry and continue the line. Jan, 2010 im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. The actors are all fine, but the book of eli lacks a standout performance.
Eli denzel washington recites his final prayer before he passes away. The book of eli 2010 elis final prayer scene 1010 movieclips. The book of eli markedly, monotheism is the worldview depicted in the book of eli. He answers with a terse no when the attractive solara mila kuni asks if she can. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. I think one week is a hard lower limit for just reciting the book, assuming a normal. If by town, you mean the colony where eli and solara end up, a quran and torah can be. Redridge, from the book of eli, is the right hand man of a small town tyrant known as carnegie. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her.
We meet carnegies abused wife claudia jennifer beals and her daughter solara mila kunis, named, for some reason, after the cause of all. The book of eli works, even if the preservation of christianity isnt high on your personal postapocalypse bucket list. Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it. So there is no shortage of families and bachelors, eager to rise in status and court, who continue to ask her parents for her hand in marriage. The book of eli 2010 hurting mother scene scene 410. Oct 05, 2017 in a scene that made the the book of eli a favorite of mine, a dying redridge kneels down on the ground and takes his goggles off. 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. Two of the main characters eli meets on the way are carnegie and solara. He consistently quotes scripture and is shown reading the sacred book, committing it to memory. Now, the stakes could not be higher, eli has both the book and solara with him. Why doesnt redridge kill eli at the end of the first. Despite his extensive work in television and cinema, this marks ross debut into feature film scoring. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. Atticus ross panoramic the book of eli ost youtube.
When solara mila kunis attempts to help a woman at the side of the road, she is attacked, but eli denzel washington arri. Jan 02, 2010 in the end, eli gets the bible to the small community anyway and they end up getting the king james version of the bible to print and publish for the world. Carnegie gary oldman threatens solara s mila kunis mother, claudia jennifer beals, to gain information about eli s bi. At one point, after staying the night at the cooling tower ruins, solara mila kunis asks eli how does he know. When eli crosses his path, carnegie decides he must have that book, at any cost. All materials used property of their respective owners. Denzel washington is credible as a solitary figure who strides with a largerthanlife gait through the. In this scene we see the main character eli with his companion solara in what looks like. Just before he cooks the cat, eli searches the house hes in. The premise of eli centers around the biblenot just as a book or an object of immense cultural value, but as a source of power. The title of the movie seems to suggest that, like books of the bible, this is the book about eli i.
He heads west along the highway of death on a mission he doesnt fully understand but knows he must complete. Denzel washington is eli, who keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his. I didnt know until near the end that the book eli was carrying was the bible. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. 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. He looks up at the sky, and smiles, before his head slumps down. Jan 15, 2010 1 of 3 denzel washington as eli and mila kunis as solara in alcon entertainment. Solara escapes and is ambushed by two bandits who attempt to rape her, but eli reappears and kills them.
Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington eli and mila kunis solara. I think one week is a hard lower limit for just reciting the book, assuming a normal speaking rate, eight hours a day for doing normal. He has little water and food and he meets several people on his journey that want to kill him. Eli also tells solara to walk by faith and not by sight. It was released on march 17, 2010 in the philippines. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf.
In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once america. At the end of the movie eli says, i fought the good fight, i finished the race, i kept the faith. To avoid spoilers in the title of the question, im calling the period from when eli reached the island until solara left for home the end period of the movie. Establishing its storytelling rules clearly and well, the film simply is better, and betteracted, than the average end oftheworld fairy tale. Throughout the movie, he remains steadfast in his purpose. After narrowly escaping carnegie and his men, eli and solara travel. Samen vervolgen ze eli s weg naar san francisco, waar het einddoel ligt van zijn lange reis. They made their first short film, how to be a burglar shortly after freshman year. Solara roots through eli s pack, just wanted to see the book. When she opens the bag you could see the book with the name the book of eli on it. Denzel washingtons acting was good enough, he portrays a man with. Jan 16, 2010 solara wants to travel the journey that eli is on, so against his wishes, she follows him.
In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. The book of eli cast the book of eli movie credits starring denzel. If by town, you mean the colony where eli and solara end up, a quran and torah can be seen on the shelf at the end. The war tore a hole in the sky, the sun came down, burnt everything, everyone, i wandered, i didnt really know what i should do or where i was going.
Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. You know, you say youve been walking for thirty years, right. Eli isnt interested in joining forces with carnegie, so he ends up on the run, accompanied by solara mila kunis, an attractive young woman whose life he saves. So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind.
Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. One of the first stardriven releases of 2010, the book of eli is a. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. After holing up with an elderly cannibal couple they are ambushed by carnegie and his men and eli and solara are caught and he gives up the book in. Jan 25, 2008 eli says that when the war happened, the sun came down the light left the world. Jan 19, 2010 the plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screenthe end of the world and its few survivors. Its quite possible, however, that eli lost track of redridges location in the shooting, or is out of loaded ammunition, but for whatever reason he does not take the final kill shot at redridge. 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 original soundtrack and score for the motion picture the book of eli, was composed by atticus ross, who has worked with the hughes brothers on two previous occasions, as well as artists such as nine inch nails, korn, and janes addiction. Carnegies adopted daughter solara mila kunis tries to help eli continue on his journey without having the book stolen. Eli and solara survive as promised, and the pair end their journey in san francisco, or rather just west of thereon a rocky island. Solara mila kunis attacks carnegies gary oldman men and makes an escape, killing redridge ray stevenson in the. The ending is a little far fetched and i couldnt help but roll my eyes.
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