This movie deserves its r rating based on extreme amounts of violence and. Why did people look at each others hands in the book of eli. One of carnegies men holds his shotgun on eli on the left. Eli book is a ten year old boy, living like most children of the 1970s riding his bicycle all over town, splashing in the town creek and enjoying hot summer days with his best friend edie. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of elis task. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book. I cant imagine a movie coming out this year thats gonna top the book of eli for sheer awesomisity. Strewn with christian themes of protecting gods word from attack and from manipulation at the hands of big brother, the book of eli is set in the postapocalyptic wasteland that was once. In the book of eli, why do the people keep checking hands. 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 book of eli is kind of like watching the book of mormon filmed and rewritten as a futuristic action movie, except with fewer hot bitches.
So denzel washington goes up to this dude and the dude like touches him and denzel is all like yo, you put your hand on me again and ill chop it off with a machete but then the dude does it again and so denzel totally chops his hand off with a machete. How the book of eli got into the wrong hands breitbart. Book of eli, the internet movie firearms database guns. Why did the book of eli bad guy want to burn every book.
A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. Being a postapocalyptic movie, that writing can be. The book of eli, with its enterprising journeyman and marauding cannibals, at least initially looks like a futuristic samurai western featuring a hero with quasisupernatural or, as he. In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. A second harvest is the first installment in her newest series, men of lancaster county and i absolutely enjoyed it. 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 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. The book of eli is the road with twice the plot, four times the ammunition, and half the brains. 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. Jan 15, 2010 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. It fantasizes a world in which everything has been.
The book of eli is about to celebrate its ten year anniversary on january 11, 2020. Christie landon is a gay 30 years old graphic designer from 4 stars in my opinion, eli easton has the perfect formula for a sweet and sexy mm romance. Svaki mjesec posjeti nas vise od 4 500 000 surfera. In the book of eli 2010, people keep checking elis hands. The military stock had been replaced, as well as the sights, and likely the parkerized finish was replaced with a blued. The storyline of the movie the book of eli is a cross between i am legend, fahrenheit 451, and a bmovie western. Gary oldman one of the many british actors who seem to have survived the films unexplainable catastrophe plays a bandit king set on getting his hands on elis book. So when you bug out, or stay home, decide what things are most important outside of the essentials required to live and sustain survival. Why did eli have to show everyone the back of his hands. Detail in the book of eli 2010, people keep checking elis hands the first time they meet him to see if he shakes like all the cannibals one of them. The final destination point happens to be the san francisco bay area and on to alcatraz. The hughes brothers on the book of eli, dethroning avatar. He felt all the way down and realised it did not have boots.
Feb 19, 2010 the storyline of the movie the book of eli is a cross between i am legend, fahrenheit 451, and a bmovie western. M1903 mannlicher schonauer carbine stock when eli is walking through the town the camera pans on a man on a roof with a boltaction rifle. Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli is the road with twice the plot, four times the ammunition, and half the brains. When he found the body hanging in the closet and he felt it with his hands from head to foot and felt the boots. Its a side effect from cannibalism and everyone in the movie checked each others hands because they wanted to stay away from the cannibals. For instance, to protect themselves from the harsh sunlight, all the characters wear sunglasses or goggles, but rather than rendering them impersonal or distant, they only ramp up the movies cool factor. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter anthony peckham. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. All dispatched within 1 3 working days from the uk.
Book of eli, the internet movie firearms database guns in. 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 these, amen. The book of eli has been added to your cart add to cart. In the book of eli 2010, people keep checking elis. Colt new service what appears to be a colt new service revolver is seen at the beginning of the film, lying on the ground, unloaded, in the middle of the woods. Denzel washington especially brings the amazing character of eli to life with his passionate performance. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter. Book of eli movie quotes meet your next favorite book. May 26, 2010 the book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips duration. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. When eli encounters a group of road bandits, behind them is a tunnel structure with a bold 14. So, eli is journeying by a drifting, wandering path into the western half of the former united states, on a mission from god.
No, the book of eli has nothing to do with from hell, but it does show a certain loosely interpreted fascination the filmmaking siblings have for timely tales of things not fully understood. Mar 03, 2017 i thought he was blind when i saw the movie. Ask anything you want to know, or answer other peoples questions. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. Their known world suddenly and inexplicably became unknown.
Thats because shaking hands is one of the first symptoms of kuru disease, which is contracted by. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. In the movie the book of eli, some of the characters look at each others hands the first time they meet. This rifle is a sporterized m1903 springfield with a lyman peep sight and fitted into a mannlicher schonauer carbine stutzen stock. Eli keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his. The chainsaw wielder gets a few good swings against eli hitting only air, but impressive for a bulky weapon, but still gets the thing knocked out of his hands and stabbed to death clean cut. After seemingly missing eli, redridge takes aim with his beretta with two hands. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. See the reason why a restrictive culturegovernment will destroy books in its jurisdiction is to keep the population in a state of ignorance, the only sources of knowledge being what you tell them. The bad guy character in the movie named carnegie classic played by gary oldman was a book collector of sorts who pursued eli until the bitter end. I dont recall any explanation of this behavior in the movie.
The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips duration. Thats because shaking hands is one of the first symptoms of kuru disease, which is contracted by eating the brains and spinal cords of other humans. 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. 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. Jan 07, 2020 eli is willing to fight to keep the bible out of the hands of evil and to keep gods command to keep traveling west with the word of god. To me this book felt timeless, something you could read over. Its interesting that both cite mad max, a film which is not described as a neowestern in its article despite pegging many of themes and tropes listed above, certainly far more than the book of eli does. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. In postapocalyptic american wasteland, a strange wanderer named eli denzel washingtonwho is a cross between st francis of assisi and mad maxcarries the only surviving copy of the bible.
Eli the good is a beautifully crafted and compelling novel about love, war, and the meaning of family. Eli denzel washington hands the engineer back his double barreled shotgun. 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. These kinds of people are common to the inhabitants of the world of the book of eli. He heads west along the highway of death on a mission he doesnt fully understand but knows he must complete. The book of eli is a strong story about a godfearing man determined to obey the will of the lord. Jan 25, 2010 strewn with christian themes of protecting gods word from attack and from manipulation at the hands of big brother, the book of eli is set in the postapocalyptic wasteland that was once. He puts a different spin on physics and while were here i noticed some gave him a onestar because i thought the book was written in regards to the movie eli but if you could look at the description of the book you will see that the book has nothing to do with the movie eli so you guys out there only.
However, eli has been severely wounded with a bullet to his stomach and the bible has finally been abducted by carnegie. I have read the book twice iwill give it a five stars it is awesome it will make you think. The book of eli starts out with 10 minutes of dialoguefree imagery depicting the type of postapocalyptic wasteland made familiar in recent months by the road and terminator salvation. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. If you remember the part where eli and solara were inside the home of the elderly couple, solara asked eli why the old ladys hands were shaking and eli said, its from eating too much human meat. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. Practically everyone wears sunglasses or shaded goggles due to increased uv rapidly causing blindness, but. Jan 14, 2010 gary oldman one of the many british actors who seem to have survived the films unexplainable catastrophe plays a bandit king set on getting his hands on elis book.
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. People are able to tell that they are cannibals due to a quivering in their hands from a condition similar to kuru, a disease spread only through cannibalism. 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. 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. The book of eli 2010 bar fight sermon scene 310 movieclips. The cooling towers, in which eli denzel washington and solara mila kunis take refuge, are most likely the cooling towers of the former rancho seco nuclear power plant outside of sacramento, california, given the apparent travel time on foot and by vehicle before eli and solara reach the golden gate bridge, and carnegie gary oldman returns to his town. Multiple times such as the the hand in the first fight scene cool shades. This is really the coming of age story of how eli deals with the overwhelming situations of strife in his young life. The book of eli dvd johnson county library bibliocommons.
The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a. Seeing a graveyard at the back of the house, it is suggested that the lack of food has turned the couple into cannibals. Eli knows the couple eats people because of the rattling tea cups. Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli is a wellcrafted film with stunning cinematography, a haunting score, and moving performances from the ensemble cast. Eli soon realizes that marthas shaking hands are a result of their diet. The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure. In postapocalyptic american wasteland, a strange wanderer named eli denzel washingtonwho is a cross between st francis of assisi and mad maxcarries the only surviving copy of. The book of eli is one of those postapocalyptic action. Denzel washington is eli, who keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. After the nuclear ash snowfall ended, there was very little left. If you have yet to see this awesome flick, then i hope this article encourages you to finally watch this rrated christian movie about what would happen if the world was devoid of the bible watch the original trailer here. 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.
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