Eli is a diegetic character whose mission is to take a copy of king james bible to the. Carnegie, which was someone who tried to antagonize eli for the book stayed true to his worldview which was i believe to be that of a atheistic, because he, nor his men, had no concern for human life. Eli denzel washington carries a short barreled remington 870 witness protection shotgun, with various weathering and a heavily taped handle. For questions about the book of eli, a postapocalyptic film from 2010 starring denzel washington about a lone man who travels across america with a book that holds the secrets to saving mankind. Think a live action adaptation of the fist of the north star mangaanime with a race lifted kenshiro, or fallout 3 with christianity instead of the american dream.
Although this new one has its comicbook qualities, good and bad, the. Gary whittas screenplay reveals his own past of video games as one can imagine eli as a longplay, multilevel first person shooter. When hannah came to shiloh to pray for a son, eli initially accused her of drunkenness, but when she protested her innocence, eli wished her well. It should be noted that eli was motivated to give up the book a few scenes before because carnegie held a gun to solara s head. The interplay between eli and solara is that of teacher and p. Oct 11, 2020 but as you wonder more about the movie and some of its distinctive scenes, you may have come to the thought of questioning if is he really blind in the book of eli.
The next, sean eli and a man is sitting at a table at the destination where they are recreating books to begin the process of reestablishing the world. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. She becomes friends with eli and helps him to protect the bible. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to the. Dear lord, thank you for giving me the strength and the conviction to complete the. Jan 15, 2010 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 with its ashladen wastelands and crazed cannibals. In the end of the film, solara can be seen with the shotgun, as she inherits it from eli. Jul 16, 2010 solara, eli s friend, pulls alongside and helps him, giving eli a ride. The main characters were denzel washington as eli, gary oldman as carnegie, jennifer beals as claudia and mila kunis as solara. Eli tells solara what hes learned from his indepth st. The verse of shadow on your kindle in under a minute.
After carnegies blind mistress claudia gives eli some food and water, carnegie orders claudias daughter solara to seduce eli, but he turns her down. The book of eli exhibits sufficient reverence for the bible, and yet its coarse language. 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. Eli was the high priest kohen gadol of shiloh, the secondtolast israelite judge succeeded only by samuel before the rule of the kings of israel and judah. Taking solara in one car and himself and the bible in another. Solara mila kunis attacks carnegies gary oldman men and makes an escape, killing redridge ray stevenson in the. A selfassured solara returns to her sweet blind mother building an identity mediated. As for the final scene in which solara fades as she walks away from the camera, i believe. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. The verse of shadow kindle edition by hairston, charles. It is when eli and solara are alone that his true, peaceful nature is revealed. But with eli dead and his mission completed, theres no reason for solara not to return home and resume her life. You know, you say youve been walking for thirty years, right. Eli tells carnegies adopted daughter solara kunis that he has been driven west by voices.
The film briefly comes alive towards the end as eli and sol. In a very short space of time two postapocalyptic films have been release, the brilliant the road which is aiming for oscar glory, and the action packed the book of eli which is appealing for the mass audience. In this unintended sequel to the road, which is also currently playing in theaters. Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it. Eli had to deal with a lot of trials along his journey. Its the flower of light in the field of darkness thats giving me the strength to carry on. Sep 09, 2012 the mood of eli is appropriately gritty, nearly lifeless, and apparently hopeless. He is a skilled martial artist, armed with guns, a long knife and a bow and is carrying the last king james bible. Throughout the movie, the character of eli prays and even teaches solara how to pray who in turn teaches her mother. Eli and solara are surrounded and dragged out of the house. Most books have been burned, and many are now cannibals and lawlessness reigns.
The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her blind mother from carnegie. 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. 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. Even after eli was shot, he continued to walk to fulfill his mission.
Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. In this bleak, postapocalyptic world, theres little reward for goodness. Body count by eggimann character kills eli denzel washington. 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. The book of eli movie trailer movie themes, movie characters, i movie, movie. Solara rescues eli from certain death, and once the two of them reach sanctuary, solara decides to go back to carnegies.
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. In this scene we see the main character eli with his companion solara in what. Solara is a character in the movie the book of eli this character is played by mila kunis. Throughout this book, the reader follows solara as the main character and receives. Discovering eli has the book he seeks, carnegie tries to use solara, the daughter of his abused mistress, to seduce eli, and beats his mistress when solara fails. All materials used property of their respective owners. The book of eli s worldview in the movie is theism to me. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace. This is the reason he could read brail and had so many other blindlike characteristics. The book of eli is very captivating, aweinspiring, and ultimately uplifting, with excellent production standards and absorbing character portrayals.
A woman on the road tries to lure men in so that the men she is with can steal from them and kill them. At the finish of the film when he is dictating the guide and has entire gods will you see his eyes recloud over. In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli denzel washington, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. In the scene at george and marthas house, carnegie calls for eli to throw out the book. Denzel washingtons acting was good enough, he portrays a man with.
Pin by ian farrington on postapocalyptic the book of eli, movies, elis. The military stock had been replaced, as well as the sights, and likely the parkerized finish was replaced with a blued. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner the. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her.
He is a religious man, regularly reading and praying from the book. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and eli is wounded. 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. A 2010 postapocalyptic film starring denzel washington, gary oldman, and mila kunis directed by the hughes brothers. Pursuing eli and solara after they flee, when eli gives carnegie the. Eli and solara even came upon a couple who intended to kill them and eat them. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of eli solara. When carnegie finally located eli, he advised eli to give the bible to him. Produced by joel silver, denzel washington, broderick johnson, andrew a. Later biblical passages mention the fortunes of several of his d. This story of hannah, with which the books of samuel begin, involves eli. Apr 18, 2014 eli and solara end up surrounded and dragged out of the house. Eli is wiser than those born after the nuclear annihilation. Slightly ironic in that her name is related to the sun, which caused the ruin of the world.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A nuclear war has occurred in the past, believed to be because of religion, and most people were killed when a hole was burned in the sky and the sun burned everything. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington eli and mila kunis solara. Unperturbed, eli offers to share his food with her, and before they eat, he says grace. A post apocalyptic tale about a man on a mission from god. Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. In fact, violence dominates nearly every moment, lurking in the shadows even during quiet moments. When eli and solara arrive at the destination by boat, eli says he has a king james version of the bible in his position. Feb 26, 2011 therefore, eli has various different heightened senses given that he was blind his whole life and does not rely on his vision like most folks. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of eli s task. Well, how do you know that youre walking in the right direction. Carnegie later learns that eli has one of the last known copies of the bible. He then succeeded in taking the bible, but it was of no use to him when he discovered that it was written in braille. This character starts out as a victim, but then evolves in such an inter.
Book of eli, the internet movie firearms database guns in. The book of eli what is one worldview depicted in the movie. Solara was born about 3 years after the nuclear war at some point from. How he controls the fearsome bald guy is hard to say. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington and mila kunis. In the house at the beginning, eli looks at the sun from a window, but his eyes dont dialate. Eli strides down dusty roads like the instrument of an angry god.
Solara is drawn to eli, intrigued by what he reads, how he dines, the poetic knowledge that pours. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. Jan 15, 2010 and the book of eli makes viewers grapple with what that looks like. Elkanah also had another wife who bore him children. Eli, the main character, believes that his purpose on earth is to bring the bible out west and to protect it. Originally the load, who also falls for a trap, solara is eventually able to overcome her captors using string as a garrote, takes out another vehicle with a grenade, then drives back to retrieve eli. In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that. Solara mila kunis try to live peacefully, but they are outnumbered by outlawsuntil eli arrives. 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. See more ideas about the book of eli, elis, mila kunis. The film briefly comes alive towards the end as eli and solara hole up in.
Carnegie is searching for a book, and it turns out that eli possesses the very book he is looking for. They say the war tore a hole in the sky, youve probably heard the stories. Jan 15, 2010 mila kunis plays the young tart solara, enslaved by carnegie for her naturally endowed characteristics, while carnegie holds her blind mother hostage to bend her will in his favor. Christian themes abound in book of eli the tufts daily. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle. They were after the book and would do anything to get it, and killing was no exception as that was displayed when they killed that elderly couple. Redridge picks up, unwraps, and opens the object, and, hearing a click, throws it back on the ground in front of the car, running away from it.
Eli and solara face opposition from evil men who want to use the book for their personal gain. Carnegie sends the attractive solara played by mila kunis to seduce eli and to try to convince him to stay, seeing that eli has an enormous amount of combat skills. Selain denzel, aktris mila kunis yang terkenal lewat film max payne, juga main dalam film ini. It was released on march 17, 2010 in the philippines. 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. At the end of the book of eli, we the audience learn that did solara ever learn eli s secret. Mila kuniss character is named solara the sun, light, etc. Kunis is not going to win any awards or garner critical acclaim, but she does the job as the wild card in the struggle between eli and carnegie. According to theories and thorough analysis, we can assume that eli is not completely blind but has a rather clouded eyesight and only partial blindness. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, god promised to punish his family, resulting eventually in the death of eli and his sons.
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. Eli tells them where the book is and its recovered but with its flap locked. Carnegie threatens to kill solara if eli doesnt give them the book. Inspired by eli s defiance, solara, the daughter of carnegies blind, commonlaw wife, wants to escape with him to the desert. At one point, after staying the night at the cooling tower ruins, solara mila kunis asks eli how does he know which way to go, to which he replies we walk by faith, not by sight. The character of eli, portrayed by the alwaysconvincing denzel. A wrapped object is thrown out of the second story window and lands a few feet in front of one of the gangs cars. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her mother from carnegie.
The bookof eliis a dystopian symbol for how organized religion is abused in modern society. The book of eli solara mila kunis hero movie costumes premiere props the. Carnegie tries to capture eli so he can kill him and get the book. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810.
Carnegie hires thugs to look for the bible and wants to hire eli. Two of the main characters eli meets on the way are carnegie and solara. One of the first stardriven releases of 2010, the book of eli is a. Jeff imada choreographed the complex fight scenes, which feature the.
The movie starts with a stranger walking in a fallen world. The title of the movie seems to suggest that, like books of the bible, this is the book about eli i. Pursuing eli and solara after they flee, when eli gives carnegie the book because of his threat to solara s life, carnegie immediately fatally shoots eli, leaving excitedly to bend more people to his will. The book of eli is the story of a man on a mission from god. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. Revealing the book to be a king james bible, carnegie intends to use it to manipulate peoples faith for power. Book of eli, the internet movie firearms database guns. Solaras sunglasses in the book of eli yahoo answers. 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.
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. We later find out that the man is eli, and he is on a mission to deliver the bible to the west to a safe place, a chosen place where he. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. This struggle between institutionalized and personal religion adds depth to the feature.
With the book of eli, allen and albert hughes have created a. The mood of eli is appropriately gritty, nearly lifeless, and apparently hopeless. He can and does rain down bloody justice on a wayward people. It means that you know something even if you dont know something. Jan 15, 2010 resistant to give into this mad mans wishes, eli tries to flee the town, to continue on his journey west, as god had instructed.
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