Eli doesnt fall for that, but does get her to pray with him before eating, and unintentionally allows her to see his valued book, although she cant read, much like everyone else. Though eli prefers peace, he will risk death to protect his precious cargo, for he must. 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. This type of story has been done many times before but washington and oldman, in combination with the hughes brothers spin on things, make this one of the few january. 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.
My 94 yr old mom was told about the movie titled the book of eli and wanted to read the book. But denzel washingtons latest film, the book of eli unapologetically confronts issues of faith, sacrifice, and, most notably, the bible. Sometimes di digital intermediate, that is, the computeraided manipulation of film to alter the color balance and saturation of the footage. 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 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. 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. World ends, word goes on in the book of eli 2010 18 jan. 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. Watch the book of eli online stream full movie directv. This book was nothing like the movie and after she read the first chapter she burned the book. 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. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle.
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. 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. Thorns experimental procedures, eli charlie shotwell discovers the secret files on her previous patients. A postapocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across. 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. If the studio decided to release an edited version of this film, then it might find a bigger christian audience flocking to the theaters. 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. Only one other man gary oldman understands the power of what eli carries, and he is determined to take it for himself. Rent the book of eli 2010 starring denzel washington and gary oldman on dvd and bluray. 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.
The book of eli is an exceptionally engrossing film. Somehow eli has been walking in the right direction the whole time. 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. Eli passes through a town and encounters the big dog in charge a man named carnegie played by gary oldman. Incase you havent seen it, heres the surprise ending of the book of eli. The film was released in north america on january 15, 2010 in 3,111 theaters. Eli bumps the bottom step with his foot before going up the porch steps of the couples house, presumably to gauge where the steps are credit to jeremyogles. The book of eli takes us to a painful place a place where humanity loses its humanness. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and. Spoilers ahead the movies 4 years old, but just in case. 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.
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. 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. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. Watch the book of eli online full movie from 2010 yidio. For the most part, eli is a moral man doing all the things that are expected of him. Denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli. 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 ugly get uglier and humanity splits into the hunters and the hunted. The person renting this film will not waste his or her money. So, eli is journeying by a drifting, wandering path into the western half of the former united states, on a mission from god. 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. Although i honestly dont see a particularly good ending for the basic premise of the film. What exactly can be written about the book of eli imdb listing without giving away critical parts of the story is a source of personal frustration.
The book of eli is a strong story about a godfearing man determined to obey the will of the lord. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. Her forced description of that, however, alerts carnegie that eli possesses the book he so. 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. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. Releasing studio warner brothers has politely asked film critics to refrain from spoiling the ending of the movie, a request i will happily honor. Ending spoiler for the book of eli 2010, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman.
Apparently, the fascination with all things apocalyptic will continue in 2010, thanks to the book of eli, the third endoftheworld flick released in the past four months. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family, resulting. The book of eli begins as eli is engaged in one of his regular. 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. The book of eli 2010 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Eli, reproduced in the preceding pages to this introduction, is a book of prophecy, written by the anonymous author eli. Something more than a message between the lines 27 jul i dont think its risky to say, if we confine ourselves to the most recent events, that the catholic church, the principle institution within the christian doctrine, is now living through one of the greatest crises it has experienced since its beginnings. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. Bishop barron comments on the death of billy graham duration. And without ever veering toward the preachy, directors albert and allen hughes seamlessly develop the concept into a dark, emotional. 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.
Eli knows the couple eats people because of the rattling tea cups. The book of eli continues the string of apocalyptic tales. 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. Eli is hebrew for my god, and the bibles eli was the teacher of samuel, a great prophet. 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. Eli and mila kunis continue on to the west, until they finally reach alcatraz prison.
Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. The ending is a little far fetched and i couldnt help but roll my eyes. In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli denzel washington, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. The event that, in the movie, caused a hole to be torn in the sky signifies an act of nature that could destroy the ozone layer exposing the earths surface to uvb and other radiation, an extinction level event.
That background might render the book of eli controversial for some religious literalists. The book of eli is a sequel to fahrenheit 451 spoilers. The book of eli, although another post apocalyptic tale in a growingly crowded genre landscape, is artistic as well as entertaining and as such earns a 3. The hughes brothers on the book of eli, dethroning avatar. The cinematic art work of the film makes it all the more presentable.
However, the violence and language is too much for families. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move. Somehow, he has even managed to win gun fights when his opponents were standing on top of buildings far away. 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. The plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screenthe end of the world and its few survivors. 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. Bishop barron comments on the book of eli spoilers. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. We enter into in a gritty world devoid of either protection from the elements of nature or a government. A warrior not by choice but necessity, eli denzel washington seeks only peace but, if challenged.