It means that you know something even if you dont know something. Eli summarizes a lifetime of scriptural study as do more for other people than you do for yourself while an ending that combines fahrenheit 451s book people and malcolm mcdowell in an. 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. He finds solace in a unique book which he carries on his person and guards closely, whilst surviving by hunting small animals and seeking goods in destroyed houses and vehicles to trade in.
Maybe they were mercenaries that were just given a story after eli disabled the bomb in megaton. This was a guy who stacked shelves at the kmart before. She asks him to teach her how to read it but eli doesnt respond. Eli denzel washington carries a short barreled remington 870 witness protection shotgun, with various weathering and a heavily taped handle. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Turns out its plainly visible in the cart next to her, but he cant see it. Carnegie asks eli to stay the night, see how you like it. Its the flower of light in the field of darkness thats giving me the strength to carry on. The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her mother from carnegie. When eli and solara are in his room for the night there is a movie poster on the wall behind them for a similar post apocalyptic movie. Instead it had a stupid hollywood style death for him. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. Mila kunis in the book of eli 2010 denzel washington and mila kunis in the book of eli 2010 gary oldman, jennifer beals, and.
The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. Solara has a very specific way of how she delivers a grenade. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle. Solara roots through elis pack, just wanted to see the book. The book of eli selfpublished and small press books. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her.
An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. The book of eli is a stylish film that is reminiscent of i am legend and other postapocalyptic stories, though it carves out a niche for itself due to its strong characters and its central theme. The verse of shadow kindle edition by hairston, charles. Amidst the crumbling buildings of toronto, in the loosely scattered townspeople collected there, she met a man from alcatraz.
Worldview elements of film implications questions biblical parallels the priest eli solara as samuel catholic parallels modern day parallels westward movement american dream what is the place of religion in the life of the common person. When she opens the bag you could see the book with the name the book of eli on it. Eli and solara sleep by an old nuclear plant cooling tower. In his sack were many copies of eli s book, and of others. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
A few observations about the book of eli welcome to. When these enemies catch up with the two travelers, they shoot eli and take his bible, along with solara, back to the wicked city. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips duration. In the book of eli 2010, an old kmart badge is revealed when solara searches eli s belongings while he sleeps. Being a loner, eli prefers to go his own way, but he may not have a choice. There were hints that redridge was turning, he was interested in the book. Well, how do you know that youre walking in the right direction. Mila kunis interview the book of eli collider collider.
Eli is the protagonist and title character of the film. Throughout this book, the reader follows solara as the main character and receives. Solara is the new eli the book of eli 2010 discussion. We meet carnegies abused wife claudia jennifer beals and her daughter solara mila kunis, named, for some reason, after the cause of all the destruction. They have a lot of guns, and help fight against carnage and his men. This leads to carnegie finding out that eli has the book he is looking fora. In the scene where carnegie and his men were looking for eli and solara while they were sleeping, solara tried looking through eli s bag to see the book.
In the scene where solara hijacks the car, why does the man who had elis sword in. Please stop reading now if youve not already seen it. He is a religious man, regularly reading and praying from the book. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Big waste of talent because ray stevenson is a great actor. Shes a prostitute in carnegies bar, having made the mistake of coming in on take your child to work day.
It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. Claudia, pretending she cannot remember how to read it, tells carnegie that his leg wound has become infected and the loss of his. The book of elis postapocalyptic theology is a little. He was wellarmed and welltrained, but even so he was surprised to meet her, solara walker, as people had begun to call her. Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli. 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 man of few words and many brave and horrible actions is what eli is. He is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist the book of eli starts out with 10 minutes of dialoguefree imagery depicting the type of post. All materials used property of their respective owners. He recites a bit of it and then puts the book away.
The legend of solara walker afalstein the book of eli. The book of eli is loosely based on someones play through of fallout 3. Solara manages to escape and finds the wounded eli. If he is blind how do you explain the accurate shots with the arrow. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. Solara is a character in the book of eli played by mila kunis. Then you hear eli s voice as he says one last prayer for solara. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. At the start of the movie the book of eli, the woman solara seems a pretty. Eli is then buried in the prison courtyard, and lombardi puts a newly typed bound bible on the bookshelf where a spot had been saved for the bible. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington and mila kunis. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. Maybe some details were changed, such as the reason why people were trying to kill eli. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat.
Eli and solara eventually hole up in the quaint home of a survivalist couple. The book of eli is a dystopian symbol for how organized religion is abused in modern society. 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. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. Later when carnegie steals the book from eli there is just a cross on the book, not the book. What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli. The plot of the book of eli is now a familiar script on the screenthe end. The book of eli and the road to redemption catholic stand. Eli has been traveling for about thirty to thirty one years, during that time he has formed many survival skills most of which allow him to do things that would be near impossible for a man his age believed to be late forties to earlymid fifties. 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. When the old cannibals say didnt you read the sign eli says. Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli he is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall biography thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of the former united states.
In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. Biography thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of the former united states. Theres also the no tresspassing sign that eli didnt see, the fact that solara had to point out to eli that the old couples hands were trembling, and the fact that eli mentions his senses of. They say the war tore a hole in the sky, youve probably heard the stories. When she thinks hes asleep she goes to take a look at the book in his bag. 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. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia to send her daughter, solara, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. Book of eli, the internet movie firearms database guns. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips. Claudia jennifer beals, whom he abuses, has a daughter, solara. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible but, hey, wtf. The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her blind mother from carnegie.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of eli solara. Theyre also quite upfront about what theyve done to visitors, and its unclear if they would have tried to hurt eli and solara or not. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. In one scene eli says to solara that he walks by faith, not by sight and things dont necessarily have to make sense. In eli the survivors protect themselves from the suns rays and in a boy and his dog they flee. 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. If you like the book of judges you know, that old testament book replete with swords, sexual assault, gore and god then youll love the book of eli. When solara asks how he knows where he is going, eli tells her, we walk. The age old debate of god and religion is something i tend to think about a lot. 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. When the old cannibals say didnt you read the sign eli.
In the book of eli 2010, an old kmart badge is revealed. The book of eli stacks the deck in favor of good warrior eli, who only deploys his killing skills against those deserving punishment and turns down the temptations. The book of eli 2010 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Eli and solara survive as promised, and the pair end their journey in san francisco, or rather just west of thereon a rocky island. Eli, the main character, believes that his purpose on earth is to bring the bible out west and to protect it. Eli reads the book and solara asks eli to read it to him. In the end of the film, solara can be seen with the shotgun, as she inherits it from eli. The book of eli this essay contains realistic related to the bible. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. It tells the story of a mans faith as he honors the almighty god in his life and follows gods will no matter how challenging the life became.
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