Too many film sites cater to the same kind of audience, with one overwhelming voice in the writing, but what we treasure at alternate ending is diversity. He aint looking for trouble, but he aint running away from it. The clip were using for this particular discussion is from the tailend of the. Jan 16, 2010 solara wants to travel the journey that eli is on, so against his wishes, she follows him. 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 continues hollywoods obsession with postapocalyptic tales, and in many ways feels like it belongs in the same world as the road. Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli is an interesting but exhausting film with few humorous moments. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. It fully crosses the line into parody when that message is combined with the films stylization. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. What is the song at the end of the book of eli answers.
Kunis said that it was solaras passion to live that attracted her. Jan 19, 2010 the plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screen the end of the world and its few survivors. The book of eli written by gary whitta june 21, 2007 a civilization is destroyed. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. 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. The book of eli is basically 300 with western iconography. Carnegie and his men eventually catch up with them, eli is shot, and his bible is taken from him. In this unintended sequel to the road, which is also currently playing in theaters, eli denzel washington, may or may not be a messiah.
Here is the singable english translation of its lyrics. Unable to read the bible in braille, carnegie gary. But he somehow manages to survive, and he and solara finish the journey, ending up on the golden gate bridge, surrounded by the ruins of san francisco. I laughed out loud when carnegies goons dumped a sack of books on the floor and the da vinci code and a copy of. He recites a bit of it and then puts the book away. I put this together myself after seeing people actually disagreed about this. What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli. The book of eli is not so much about the book he carries but about restoration of the soul. The bartender takes elis canteen and hands it to solara along with a ration card he keeps around his neck. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. There is a twist at the end of the film, and i wont give it away now, but its. Do not proceed if you dont want to find out the ending of the movie.
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. She reached the end of the land, where only the crashing salt sea remained, and yet the voice urged her on. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Eli invites solara to pray with himsomething she has never done. When carnegie discovers eli is carrying the book, through the innocent admission of solara mila kunis, the final game is on. She tells him that shes forgotten how, which is not true. The book of eli 2010 the braille bible scene 910 movieclips. Jan, 2010 carnegie needs eli because eli has maybe the last remaining copy of a book that eli believes will allow him to expand and rule many more towns. Gary oldmans character finally gets the book, only to get pissed to find out he cant read it.
A few observations about the book of eli welcome to the. 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. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. We want to celebrate our different opinions, and celebrate yours as well.
Eli and solara sleep by an old nuclear plant cooling tower. Sometimes bullets bounce off eli, solara the pouty mila kunis escapes from a sealedtight cave sans any explanation for a presumably gullible audience. The plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screenthe. Carnegie dispatches solara to seduce eli, but it doesnt work. Eli and solara are surrounded and dragged out of the house. 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. Eli, who was living in the east coast of the us, one day receives a message presumably from god. Mila kunis provides an innocent, youthful touch to the story as solara, the daughter of carnegies wife. Jan 16, 2010 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. Jan 14, 2010 the book of eli open this photo in gallery.
I am forbidden by the critics little rule book from naming the volume, but if youve made a guess after seeing numerous billboards stating religion is power. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to the mind. Send your thoughts and reactions to letters to the editor. The book of eli is a great movie with many clips that provoke discussion. He told solara that hes been reading the bible everyday. This message rings loud and true at the end when the villain tries to get solaras mother to read the book. The final plot twist is creative, unexpected, and poetically just. She asks him to teach her how to read it but eli doesnt respond. At the end, we see eli telling the librarian that he has the book, intercut with a scene of carnegie attempting to break into the one hes been given.
New lands she visited, where men spoke strange tongues, but still she spoke the words of eli to any who could understand her. By the end of its opening fourday holiday weekend it grossed. Eli reads the book and solara asks eli to read it to him. Eli and solara survive as promised, and the pair end their journey in. The characters are very well acted, the action is fluid and well choreographed, and the setting seeps into your skin, immersing the viewer in a world devoid of faith but in desperate need of salvation.
And sometimes, you see a movie that is so aggressively, stupidly did that youre just like, fuck me, that is a lot of di. Sometimes di digital intermediate, that is, the computeraided manipulation of film to alter the color balance and saturation of the footage works pretty well. Dec 07, 2018 the book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips duration. 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. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. Of course im a little confused on what happened at the end because i have an idea of my own, but im not sure if its right. 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. The movies blatant support of christianity and the notsosubtle references to the bible are greatly encouraging and very surprising for a major theatrical release. Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it.
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. I just watched the denzel washington movie the book of eli and thought it was great. 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. 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. When she thinks hes asleep she goes to take a look at the book in his bag. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips duration. My chosen movie for that saturday afternoon was the book of eli, directed. Eli, eli i pray that it never will end the sand and the sea and the waves breaking and sighing and high over the water the wind blowing.
Eli denzel washington recites his final prayer before he passes away. Solara joins eli on his journey, and they are chased by carnegie and his men, who think the book is a sort of talisman that will give them political power. Mar 14, 20 he is walking west with this book, he confides to her, because god has told him to. But to understand this perspective you have to abandon the way most read the bible, as a constitution of laws, and read it from a perspective of story. Eli and solara survive as promised, and the pair end their journey in san francisco, or rather just west of thereon a rocky island. Carnegies mistress, claudia jennifer beals, whom he abuses, has a daughter, solara. Subverted when we find out that carnegie has the real book, but cant read it, whereas eli knows the whole thing by heart. Solara, elis friend, pulls alongside and helps him, giving eli a ride. Jan 11, 2010 though in the vein of recent films like 2012, a blockbuster about the end of the world as predicted by the mayan calendar, evangelical movie buffs are touting the book of eli as a rare major studio release where the protagonist is unabashedly a christian. But the biggest cheat comes in the end, where eli s sanctity gets a further flavoring. He heard a voice in his head to carry the worlds last bible west, and. So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind. They say the war tore a hole in the sky, youve probably heard the stories. 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.
Thank you lord for a warm bed to sleep on, thank you for the food we are about to eat, thank you for a roof over our heads on cold nights such as this, thank you for companionship in hard times like. The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her blind mother from carnegie. The book of eli should shoot to the top of your netflix queue. Denzel washington is a prophet carrying the word in the book of eli s blasted future. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. Worse, however, are the big failures of script logic.
Denzel stars in the postapocalyptic movie, the book of eli image source. Now, the stakes could not be higher, eli has both the book and solara with him. Eli and mila kunis continue on to the west, until they finally reach alcatraz prison. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington eli and mila kunis solara. He is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall. The legend of solara walker afalstein the book of eli. Thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of the former united states. 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 has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton.
The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a. When solara asks how he knows where he is going, eli tells her, we walk by faith, not by sight. They are letters from our creatorhis wordsintended to change our. He reveals to her that the book he has is a king james biblethe only one left. The book of eli has all the standard cinematic postapocalyptic. The book of eli was scripted by gary whitta, a comic book writer and graphic novelist. One of my favorite parts about this end is that it shows that what carnegie. Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli. Solara roots through eli s pack, just wanted to see the book. Close on a pair of industrial goggles the mirrored lenses reflecting the. 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.