The person simply has a mod that gave a bible to his character. By the end of its opening fourday holiday weekend it grossed. This book by bill myers, eli follows the story of a tv journalist named conrad davis. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810. At the town bar, he is attacked by a gang of bikers but swiftly kills them all.
Cell is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel by american author stephen king. Into this world steps machetewielding road warrior eli a man on a. There are vague sexual references with no sex scenes, and an implied attack on a women. Elkanah also had another wife who bore him children.
The seventh day by hans hellmut kirst original title keiner kommt davon shadow on the hearth by judith merril 1950 a novel about a young housewifes ordeals in the aftermath of nuclear attack. The film takes place some thirty years after an obvious nuclear war. When they entered the compound, believing there was a nuclear war, eli was separated from his twin brother. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the compound by s. Despite the temptations, the words of the bible proved sufficient to defend himself from attack. In the netflix original eli, a young boy with a mysterious disease undergoes a treatment in what could be a haunted house, but is it real.
Eli walks through the abandoned road in a postapocalyptic 2043. See an alternate opening and ending to eli roths the house with a clock in its walls on home video. 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 if youre posting comments here, assume that anyone in the. Bodeen came up with the idea of including cannibalism in the novel after watching a television show where a dinosaur fed a favorite offspring the bodies of its less. He is thrown into another world after a car accident. 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. Patrick dewitts novel the sisters brothers tells the story of two brothers, eli and charlie sisters, who work as hired killers for the commodore, a crime boss in oregon city, oregon, around the.
Eli by bill myers goodreads meet your next favorite book. Despite his extensive work in television and cinema, this marks ross debut into feature film scoring. Bodeen is a nice dose of originality in the often cluttered genre of ya fiction. Slightly ironic in that her name is related to the sun, which caused the ruin of the world took a level in badass. The original soundtrack and score for the motion picture the book of eli, was composed by atticus ross, who has worked with the hughes brothers on two previous occasions, as well as artists such as nine inch nails, korn, and janes addiction.
Washington, a twotime academy award winner widely known in hollywood for his christian beliefs, portrays a lone warrior making his way across a desolate american landscape defending the worlds last remaining copy of. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting elis canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in. Eli doesnt fall for that, but does get her to pray with him before eating, and unintentionally allows her to see his valued book, although she cant read, much like everyone else. We reveal some of the book of elis easter eggs syfy. He tries to fill his canteen with water, but the taps dont work. Think a live action adaptation of the fist of the north star mangaanime with a race lifted kenshiro, or fallout with christianity instead of the american dream in the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was.
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. Top 10 sniper movies 2001 2017 latest must watch 3m views duration. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. See an alternate opening and ending to eli roths the. Marauding gangs haunt the ashen wastelands of america, preying on innocent passersby. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. It was either that or legion ironically both have something to do with religion lol.
Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. Eli replies pay for what, since he cant see all the visual clues that solara is giving. Gary oldmans character finally gets the book, only to get pissed to find out he cant read it. Thebook of eli cant have a sequel actress mila kunis speaks about her forthcoming gary oldman, denzel washington starrer. 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 2010 postapocalyptic film starring denzel washington, gary oldman, and mila kunis directed by the hughes brothers. Incase you havent seen it, heres the surprise ending of the book of eli. Eli and mila kunis continue on to the west, until they finally reach alcatraz prison. The few survivors have clumped together into ramshackle settlements that are beginning to crumble from within. 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.
At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. So i went out with my bf last friday to watch book of eli. The book of eli best fight scene hd quality youtube. If i had to give one theme that stood out among the rest it would certainly be. The book of eli original score atticus ross allmusic.
Abp the bible plays a starring role in the book of eli, a postapocalyptic action film starring denzel washington that opens in theaters jan. Redridge likes to whistle the main theme from once upon a time in america. After eli is a wonderfully written, heartfelt story about a summer of magic and death for a teenaged boy. 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 certainly brings to mind that other monstrosity among american postapocalyptic films, i am legend, which also weds the genres conventions with religious nonsense. The silo series by hugh howey2011 a nuclear exchange is used to cover up a nanobot attack. Garry whitta, the screenwriter of the book of eli, was the editor in chief of pc gamer in the 90s. 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.
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. He finds an abandoned house and searches it for anything that can be useful. The compound is a 2008 fictional young adult novel by s. After his brother is killed, daniel tries to sort out his life and his family, along with the school genius dork, a lovely and intriguing girl visiting for the summer, some hippietype organic farmers, and always eli, always his big. 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. Its called the purpose and its an original score composed by atticus ross specifically for book of eli. The only real head scratcher is the collapsed freeway interchange where eli witnesses the raider attack, but. 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 postapocalyptic vision of ametica somewhere late in. Solara mila kunis attacks carnegies gary oldman men and makes an escape, killing redridge.
They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. What the hell was the theme of the movie book of eli. He is thrown into a world where jesus christ was not born 2,000 years ago, but born in todays society. Eli knows the couple eats people because of the rattling tea cups. At the end of this brief section, all the prisoners start imitating the death cry of one of the prisoners.
Eli has been in the compound for six years and in that time has learned to hate it, and himself. The book of eli 2010 the braille bible scene 910 movieclips duration. How was that guy practically invincible when they shot him. Her forced description of that, however, alerts carnegie that eli possesses the book he so. Anyway, i thought book of eli would be less scary so i went into the theater expecting something good. 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 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 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. Toward the end, eli comments quietly to solara, though almost to. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. The story follows a new england artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless vicious animals. Of course, the ending would be completely made up, possibly after the person had to drop their bible for some reason or another.
But the point i was driving at was that the book of eli, a weirdly halfreligious adventure story set 30 years after a nuclear conflagration left the united states a burnedout wasteland, has a lot of digital intermediate done very poorly, and it is so specifically terriblelooking that i can well imagine it turning an average person on the. It was kind of like our version of the day after, where it was just brutal. There are a number of clear biblical or moral themes in this movie. The book of eli continues the string of apocalyptic tales. I do not claim any ownership rights to the soundtracks or images presented in this video.