The lord calls samuel 1 and the boy samuel ministered to the lord before eli. 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. The big twist in the book of eli is that at the end is it revealed that eli is blind and his bible is in braille the plothole is that eli constantly makes eye contact and watches people even though he is blind. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. The book of eli is a movie that promotes christian values. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Now in those days the word of the lord was rare and visions were scarce. In john 9 we are told of jesus interaction with the person whom he previously healed of blindness. The movies blatant support of christianity and the notsosubtle references to the bible are greatly encouraging and very surprising for a major theatrical release.
We here at cinapse have written extensively about the wandering blind swordsman who is unknown to most us filmgoers today, but who is perhaps one of cinemas all time greatest heroes. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. It is as though this guy weve been watching is twice as badass as he was before because he was straight jackin fools while totally blind. The book of eli takes the form of an ultraviolent graphic novel, with washington as a steely man with no name type who cuts a righteous path through the gullets of sinners and savages. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. He restores my soul he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his names sake, though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil for thou art with me. He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move. Now that story is in no way similar to eli mannings narrative but he did hear a voice and it happened to say geno smith is starting on sunday. He obviously struggles with his own personal failings, but, for the most part, acts according to. The hughes brothers on the book of eli, dethroning avatar.
But if you watch again with the sole purpose to see if he is completely blind. Book of eli, the rpkgbd eli walks alone in postapocalyptic america. So hes either fully sighted, or perhaps he can see things farther away but not up close, hence his need to read in braille. 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. In the film the book of eli, eli was led to a book by a voice in his head and he made it his mission to protect that book with his life. A soldier had returned through the back gate and given the news of the battle to the people. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do.
With unflappable cool and surprising gentleness, denzel washington strides a bleak and barren world in the book of eli. Those are just some of the points that would indicate that eli is not fully blind for the majority, if not all, of the movie. The book of eli, christianity, 32 replies why are people most likely to buy a self wisdom book then to fully live out then buy a bible book to fully live out. Too intense, i whispered when the book of eli crossed the screen, although he had already read my mind. Given that the movie is intense and rated r for violence and language, it will attract a different crowd than the typical wholesome family films. 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. 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. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. God gave him sight that is the premise of the movie.
The basic plot of the book of eli, is that eli whose name we dont learn until the end of the film is in possession of the only surviving bible. Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. Eli is headed west, but on the way, he passes devastation and squalor, and occasionally he must mete out some devastation of his own with a sharp blade. 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. At a time when theaters are experiencing a glut of doomsday scenarios, the hughes ashen, bombedout future world looks a little too familiar, no matter how crisply they present it. Eli warns the man that he wont get his hand back if he does that again, and proceeds to chop that off with one quick slice of his blade with bloody results and views of the stump and severed hand. In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once america.
Jesus said to him, you have both seen him, and he is the. As postapocalyptic movie fiction goes, the book of eli is not a crowdpleaser like the mad max series nor silly like any of the planet of the apes films. The drama revolves around a lone hero who fights his way across the wasteland of postapocalyptic america. Eli passes through a town and encounters the big dog in charge a man named carnegie played by gary oldman. The lord calls samuel the boy samuel ministered before the lord under eli. One night eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. In the book of eli, when eli opens the zippo lighter, he hovers his hand over it to make sure its working. If eli were to reveal his blindness, he would then fall victim as the predators would know how to defeat him. 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. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire.
Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. In the world scenario of book of eli, the same would be true. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. The book of eli begins as eli is engaged in one of his regular affairs. The big twist in the book of eli is that at the end is it revealed that eli is blind and. The book of eli is a dark fable set in postapocalyptic america, starring denzel washington as a lone, holy warrior protecting the last extant copy of the bible.
Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. 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. Through eli, comes the message that the bible is powerful and that one should allow god to direct our lives. His dangerous and often selfsacrificial mission, inspired by god and rooted in a deepseated personal faith, is certainly inspiring. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. Book of eli, end of the world, and the western the.
Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. Eli replies pay for what, since he cant see all the visual clues that solara is. He squints in the bright sunlight near the end of the movie, and he has to look down to step up on the side of the. 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. Various men then come out and surround him, with one shoving him. Was eli from the book of eli fully blind or partially blind. He is probably, still under 12 years old at this point or perhaps was just 12. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from eli, but the man proves to be a formidable foe as he makes it more than clear that if they want the book, they must first take his life. 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 the world before so as to better be able to read. Eli is blind and if so, he either trained himself to be able to travel, hunt, shoot, etc. God guiding his every move and him simply faithfully following him. This would explain why eli never traveled at night and was not totally blinded by a nuclear flash, if he was completely blind night would give him a much larger.
Yes, all the way at the end of the movie, it is revealed that not only is the book of eli a samurai film, but it is in fact a western, twistfilled zatoichi remake. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. They are in unanimous agreement that the main character of this story is blind the entire time. The lamp of god had not yet gone out, and samuel was lying down in the house of the lord, where the ark of god was. His wife, finally tired of elis extracurricular activities, puts a gypsy curse on him. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. Hes got one of those knives that makes a snickersnack noise all by itself, and is a oneman army. In the book of eli, when eli opens the zippo lighter, he hovers his. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. The book of eli is very compelling and aweinspiring, with excellent production standards as well as absorbing character portrayals by denzel washington and gary oldman. The woman that was blind was bound to servitude and used as leverage against her daughter. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions.
Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. He answered, who is he, lord, that i may believe in him. For that matter, eli is something of a modernday elijah. Not sure about this last one, but when eli and solara make it to alcatraz island, im pretty sure eli says something like, this looks like a museum to me when theyre being given a tour of the inside. A warrior not by choice but necessity, eli denzel washington. There are many other indicators in the movie that prove he has visual problems if not fully blind. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. 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. Upon learning of his troubles with the judean authorities jesus said. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. He answered here am i, when he heard his name, thinking it was eli calling him.
After the war, and the flash that tore open the sky, all the bibles were burned because, some say, the bibles were the cause of the whole conflict. Blind focuses on emma, a 15yearold girl who was involved in a freak accident and goes blind as a result. He heads west along the highway of death on a mission he doesnt fully understand but knows he must complete. Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. Washington and the hughes brothers do a good job of establishing this man and his world, and at first, the book of eli seems destined to be solemn. How is it that redridge didnt hit eli when shooting at him in the town shoot. Throughout the film he makes references to his blindness, as he shows examples of how he smells and hears things much more than the others. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. The book details emmas struggle learning how to live without her eyesight, but it also features normal teen drama, plus a mysterious death of a classmate that may or may not have been a.
In the book hes blind, in the movie no he fuckin aint, cataracts maybe but his acting was terrible. Eli, who was nearly blind, was sitting at the front gate to hear the returning soldiers return was unaware of the event until he asked about all the commotion in the city. 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. A woman pleads for elis help, but he recognizes its a trap and calls it as such.
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