Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. 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. How was that guy practically invincible when they shot him. God tells him to take the book west, where it will be safe. 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. 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. 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 better future. Carnegie takes the book and solara, and shoots eli, leaving him for dead. Eli ending explained what the hell was netflixs eli. The jews of sighet experience some serious groupthink when they deceive themselves many, many times into thinking that theyre not in real danger from.
Sep 12, 2016 if u consider, that this movie is based on the bible, yes he was blind, because eli the priest was a real person and was blind too 1. The fight scene between eli and a group of bandits. Want to download the book of eli full movie online. By patti maguire armstrong patti maguire armstrong is an awardwinning author and was the managing editor and coauthor of ascension press bestselling amazing grace series. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman.
It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. For example, members of the resistance in the concentration camps are publicly. The movies blatant support of christianity and the notsosubtle references to the bible are greatly encouraging and very surprising for a major theatrical release. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. Too intense, i whispered when the book of eli crossed the screen, although he had already read my mind. He lives in a big plastic tent and when he does go out he wears a blue hazmat suit lest. Eli leaves and kills a bunch of carnegies men in a shoot out. But, in the midst of the chaos walks a man in possession of a. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Eli has a book which is discovered as the bible and he is trying to deliver it to a location he doesnt specify. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. Similarly, public displays of violence are used to intimidate and threaten people, to maintain control. He is blind and owns the last copy of the bible on earth which is in braille. This post contains major spoilers for the netflix film eli eli movie netflix ending explained.
Eli and mila kunis continue on to the west, until they finally reach alcatraz prison. Incase you havent seen it, heres the surprise ending of the book of eli. The book of eli repeats atop the dvd and bluray sales charts jul 1, 2010. Thebook of eli cant have a sequel actress mila kunis speaks about her forthcoming gary oldman, denzel washington starrer.
Determined to protect a sacred text that promises to save humanity, eli goes on a quest westward across the barren, postapocalyptic country. 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. 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. Even better, through several memorable scenes, eli begins to show solara the power of the bible not as a tool for conquest, but as a handbook for living. 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 few survivors have clumped together into ramshackle settlements that are beginning to crumble from within. Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it. 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 put this together myself after seeing people actually disagreed about this. The book of elis storyline is strong, with only a few mishaps. Eli refuses and the young solara is sent to change his mind. Bishop barron comments on the book of eli spoilers. Jan 14, 2010 alcon entertainments action adventure film the book of eli is a warner bros.
Dec 05, 2011 you can almost see the life that completing gods will has brought not just to eli, but even to the land surrounding him. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. The book of eli is a movie that promotes christian values. Somehow eli has been walking in the right direction the. If u consider, that this movie is based on the bible, yes he was blind, because eli the priest was a real person and was blind too 1. The title is a reference to both the book that eli carries, and the fact that the. On his way, a man who runs a town of survivors of the apparent apocalypse runs into him and follows him to get the book. Spoilers ahead the movies 4 years old, but just in case. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible but, hey, wtf. This is a post ive actually wanted to make for quite awhile as the book of eli has been on my five greatest movies ever made list ever since i saw it it currently stands at number three. The action sequences were visually impressive and the desaturated look is a good fit. Eli, reproduced in the preceding pages to this introduction, is a book of prophecy, written by the anonymous author eli. Deceptionespecially selfdeceptionis a powerful force in night.
Violence is used to dominate others, as with the germans using violence to force the jews into concentration camps. This story of hannah, with which the books of samuel begin, involves 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. 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. 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 book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. After a shootout at a house in the middle of nowhere, solara and the book are captured and eli is wounded. Eli knows the couple eats people because of the rattling tea cups. 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. Eli is a movie about a tenyearold boy named as you might guess eli, who is allergic to everything. Solara manages to escape and returns to eli, who bandages himself. Eli and solara are surrounded and dragged out of the house. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions.
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. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. Bishop barron comments on the death of billy graham duration. It was one of a spat of post apocalyptic dramas with washed out color and characters who care more about surviving to the end of the day than dental hygiene. 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. Rent the book of eli 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
There is a reason why the movie is called book of eli and not book of whoever. 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. The book of eli is a strong story about a godfearing man determined to obey the will of the lord. As a book of interpretation, this book, also called the book of eli, seeks to. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. However, the violence and language is too much for families. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other people. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 remember the book of eli. Was eli from the movie the book of eli major spoiler. 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.
So, eli is journeying by a drifting, wandering path into the western half of the former united states, on a mission from god. 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. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a. 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 is a story about a post nuclear fallout america where anarchy is the norm and survival is hardearned.
Scenes in which eli defends the book with his life are extremely convicting as a christian, and thoughtprovoking for nonbelievers. It is the best christian movie i have ever seen despite the fact that im sure the writers werent really looking for it to be christian. Into this world steps machetewielding road warrior eli a man on a. Jan 16, 2010 alcon entertainments action adventure film the book of eli is a warner bros. Feb 11, 2010 bishop barron comments on the book of eli spoilers. Gary oldmans character finally gets the book, only to get pissed to find out he cant read it. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 worldviews, worship. Jan 16, 2010 book of eli background storyline explained.
Feb 22, 2014 jesus and the book of eli part 1 remember the book of eli. Jul 20, 2014 spoilers ahead the movies 4 years old, but just in case. I felt the movie was heavyhanded in its religious themes. 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.
He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move. Dystopian analysis the book of eli is about a postapocalyptic dystopian reality that the protagonist eli is attempting to survive in. The end of eli is a wild ride, so in case you were a bit thrown off, here is a brief explanation of the films ending and a few answers to the films more confusing plot points warning. 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. 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.
The book of eli is a sequel to fahrenheit 451 spoilers. At one point, eli is injured, yet he continues to walk down the path he started at the beginning. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Rent the book of eli 2010 starring denzel washington and gary oldman on dvd and bluray. 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.
Eli came out in 2010, just a year after the road starring vigo mortensen. 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. Through eli, comes the message that the bible is powerful and that one should allow god to direct our lives. Green zone is the top dvd rental in its first week on the shelves. Download the book of eli full movie download full movies. Marauding gangs haunt the ashen wastelands of america, preying on innocent passersby. Elkanah also had another wife peninnah who bore him. 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. 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. Read on as i share with you more about the movie and where to download the book of eli. In the ensuing shootout solara is captured and eli hands over the book in exchange for her life. Books are scarce since apparently many people believed religion was the cause of the desolation, and so all religious books were destroyed. 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.
It takes place in the shade under a bridge, and is really well done, with the camera standing still and the choreography forming a. For the most part, eli is a moral man doing all the things that are expected of him. 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. Jan 18, 2010 the ending is flawed, as we critics like to say, but its so magnificently, shamelessly, implausibly flawed that a it breaks apart from the movie and has a life of its own, or b at least it. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. Given that the movie is intense and rated r for violence and language, it will attract a different crowd than the typical wholesome family. The world of fahrenheit 451 is one where people lose complete interest in books and owning them is a crime. If the studio decided to release an edited version of this film, then it might find a bigger christian audience flocking to the theaters. Jan, 2010 im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. 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. 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. The book of eli sets itself up as an enjoyable mad max meets i am legend romp, but the disappointing nature of its central maguffin. The book of eli begins as eli is engaged in one of his regular. The book of eli is the latest blockbuster to hit the screens in us.