After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. Think book of eli, but youll have to make a lot of adjustments for perception. So, he can smell the bo of the unbathed and can smell perfumeshampoo. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. Is the character eli blind in the movie the book of eli.
Book of eli is a wake up call for originality in both secular and christian movies. Hi, i made this video to prove that eli is not blind at least not in this scene. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. The first time we see eli reading from the bible, the hughes brothers give us a subtle, playful hint of the characters blindness. Eli came out in 2010, just a year after the road starring vigo mortensen. I am confused also as to whether or not eli was blind, or whether his name was even eli, but i dont think that he was blind. Remnants of the flash showing all over eli s body in a scene where eli is washing himself down. Book of eli is the story of a blind man in a godless. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. 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 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. In the end, the book of eli feels more like a simplistic, post apocalyptic parable with singledimension characters who have no arc rather than a satisfying film. Mila kuniss character is named solara the sun, light, etc.
A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. A player wants to play a completely blind character. Although he is blind, he claims he reads every day, as his bible is in braille. Eli is the protagonist and title character of the film. He didnt shoot at people until they shot at him first, that might not be as much about targeting as common. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family, resulting. In the first house eli holes up in, he looks at the mouse, he roots through his bag, while moving his head to see better into the bag. Eli uses a machete, a bow, and a number of guns effectively despite his blindness. Maybe some can willingly suspend their disbelief on this point, but my dad is blind and he used to have an entire braille bible. Im currently interested in building a character that is similar to him in the movie.
The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician ray charles, from his humble beginnings in the south, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s director. Multiple times such as the the hand in the first fight scene cool shades. Denzel washington, for all his many talents, seems to play himself here. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book. Is denzel washingtons character in the book of eli blind. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. There are many many clues as to eli s character being blind throughout the entire movie. I do have to agree with ucalebkane regarding the fact that he wants to play a drow in faerun. Oscar winning actor, denzel washington, plays eli, a lone wolf traveler. The 10th day of iyar is the anniversary of the death of eli the high priest.
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. In saramagos blindness, a vision of human nature jose saramago tells the grim tale of a city devastated by an epidemic of blindness. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. In order to leave the town, eli must avoid the threats of bikers, henchmen, and other thugs, and escape with supplies of water and food. Its difficult to explain without giving too much of the plot away, so ill stick to generalisations. To date, the script has not been released in novel form for the public market in hard cover or paper back. Watch the movie a second time and look for all the clues. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. The book of eli is set in a postnuclear apocalyptic world thats been taken over by bands of violent gangs and rogue bandits. 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.
Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. The first time we see eli reading from the bible, the hughes brothers give us a subtle, playful hint of the character s blindness. 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. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. Carnegie is the main antagonist in the 2010 postapocalyptic film the book of eli. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do.
Five favorite fictional films that portray blindness low. Eli is best remembered for his blessing on samuels mother and for. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. And without ever veering toward the preachy, directors albert and allen hughes seamlessly develop the concept into a dark, emotional. It will require a lot of effort on the players part to roleplay and not metagame. The book of eli, a 2010 film, was made from a script by gary whitta. Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle. Was the main character ofthe book of eli blind answers. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 remember the book of eli. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. Eli was blind before the war and after finding the bible and hearing gods voice he regained his sight until his task was completed finding a safe place for the bible this is why he did things a blind man would do and could read braille and also why is eyes were normal at the start of the film and clouded and the end. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel washington is on a mission surrounding the presumed last remaining bible. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 worldviews, worship.
If eli was blind through out the movie then the movie is of the same genre as godzilla just plain camp, because ive known quite a few blind people with heightened senses and washington didnt. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. He became high priest kohen godol after the death of pinehas, the son of elazar, ithamars older brother. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. When she opens the bag you could see the book with the name the book of eli on it. Eli wants to get moving west, but the towns powerhungry overseer, carnegie, has other plans for eli and his book. We are not told why eli succeeded to the high priesthood, instead of pinehass son. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questions whether or not he is. Arrow in the head ranks its top 10 favorite blind genre movie characters. The professional, drexl spivey in true romance, egor korshunov in air force one, mason verger in hannibal, jeanbaptiste emanuel zorg in the fifth element, lord shen in kung fu panda 2, count dracula in bram stokers dracula, dreyfus. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. He never takes them off in the movie,possibly due to his blindness. One of the most enjoyable features of blindness is the writing style, which is at one both personal and almost documentary. Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test.
Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her. Unanswered questions what are the different hardware that will be needed by producer of the. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Eli was a descendant of ithamar, the fourth and youngest son of aaron the high priest. The acting is adequate throughout, but not dazzling. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. I can say it really enhanced my love for postapocalyptic media and really really made the wait for fallout 4 much harder. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter. Denzel washington as eli the book of eli one of the most commercially successful films on this list, the book of eli was one of the most dynamic and exciting portrayals of a blind character. 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. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a. Just finished watching the book of eli movie for a second time.
Wouldnt a braille edition of the bible take up a whole bookshelf. Eli the book of eli i cant front, im not the hugest fan of the hughes brothers book of eli, but theres. 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. 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. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. How about the fact that the biblical character eli is blind. Book of eli is the story of a blind man in a godless world who protects and.
The top five blind characters in movies tvovermind. But denzel washingtons latest film, the book of eli unapologetically confronts issues of faith, sacrifice, and, most notably, the bible. Blindness is a fantastic book, the best i have read in a long time. Carnegie sends his gang into the wasteland to take the book from eli, but the man. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time.
In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. The thick paper required and the fact that only 27 characters five or six words can fit on a standard 812 inch row is a bit of an issue. Practically everyone wears sunglasses or shaded goggles due to increased uv rapidly causing blindness, but. Eli in the bible was a jewish priest living in the days of the judges and serving god at the tabernacle in shiloh, a city near the hill country of ephraim 1 samuel 1. Later when carnegie steals the book from eli there is just a cross on the book, not the book.
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