He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move. Youngsters w ould find thatthe tw o things w hich countm ostin the w inning ofaplace in. Redridge tells carnegie that most of their men are dead and decides to use the. Jan 15, 2010 a road warrior of a different sort, the title character played by denzel washington in the book of eli spends much of the story traveling by foot across an eerie landscape, a long and quick. 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. Monospace sansserif, proportional serif, monospace serif, casual, script, small caps. Eli washington walks along an endless, dead highway with his long, brown coat over tattered.
Watch the book of eli online stream full movie directv. The book of eli brings us a scenario where both have been blamed for. Doesnt have a hair on his head, serves as carnieges right hand man and is implied to lust after solara brains and brawn. The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure. A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. Jan 14, 2010 alcon entertainments action adventure film the book of eli is a warner bros. Watch this everyday and change your life denzel washington motivational speech 2020 duration. Jan 16, 2010 eli, still suffering from his wound fisher king, anyone. He lets eli go after eli survives the first gun battle scene. Carnegie is supposed to be the bad guy, but he sure says a lot of things that make sense. The script was conceived by english screenwriter gary whitta and then subsequently rewritten by american screenwriter. He heads west along the highway of death on a mission he doesnt fully understand but knows he must complete.
Eli denzel washington is traveling on foot through a warravaged american desert carrying and protecting a book he feels can save mankind. Carnegie gary oldman wants to recruit eli denzel washington. Solara returns with the canteen and begs eli to stop. Feb 14, 2015 the book of eli bts apocalyptic san francisco 2010 denzel washington, mila kunis movie hd duration. When eli refuses to give up the book, carnegie orders him killed. A weapon aimed right at the hearts and minds of the weak and the desperate. Eli knows the couple eats people because of the rattling tea cups. Thirty years after war turned the world into a wasteland, a lone warrior named eli denzel washington marches across the ruined landscape, carrying hope for humanitys redemption. Eli came out in 2010, just a year after the road starring vigo mortensen. Jan 15, 2010 carnegie says he can use the book as a weapon to control the weakminded. He tells redridge to prepare the vehicles to pursue eli and recover the book.
The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. The men you killed in my bar, now they were nobody. Feb 22, 2014 jesus and the book of eli part 1 remember the book of eli. Your thoughts on the movie if you have not yet seen the movie and dont want it to be spoilt for you then wait until you have seen it before you read any further. The world in book of eli while barren and hot, is also filled with brutal killers and savages, but there always appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Proportional serif, monospace serif, casual, script, small caps. If we want to rule more than one small, fuckin town, we have to have it.
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 believes that the power of the bibles words will give him an effective means of manipulating his citizenryin effect, he hopes to twist the words of scripture to crush his. 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. Carnegie has the town engineer carefully pick open the lock on the book. Redridge matter of factly shoots a guard in the head, killing him. Though eli prefers peace, he will risk death to protect his precious cargo, for he must.
Carnegie gary odman and eli denzel washington each explain what the book means. Following orders from carnegie, redridge twice tries to shoot eli as hes walking away, but misses both times. Jesus and the book of eli part 1 worldviews, worship. In the book of eli, eli kills out of selfdefence, but mainly out of defense of the bible, in some instances one might argue he over steps this right, invading on aggressive killing. Unlike the road, the book of eli does not linger on the bleak, morose and desolate dying earth. Only one other man gary oldman understands the power of what eli carries, and he is determined to take it for himself. 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. After yahshuas death, eli the priest left the tabernacle which moses erected in the desert and established on mount gerizim, and built another one under his own rule in the hills of shilo 1 samuel 1. The title is a reference to both the book that eli carries, and the fact that the. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia to send her daughter, solara, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. Carnegie gary oldman is literate and deadly, at war with himself. What marine recruits go through in boot camp earning the title making marines on parris island duration.
The book of eli 1 hours and 58 minutes movie 2010 in a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. There is also an oral tradition of eli, which i have on good authority, and which has helped guide me in the writing of this book. Jul 20, 2014 spoilers ahead the movies 4 years old, but just in case. If you havent heard of it yet are interested then continue if you dont mind the plot being told though i recommend you see it first, good movie. The owner is the only refined man left, carnegie gary oldman his. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. Redridge and carnegies men arrive and hold eli at gunpoint and bring him to carnegie. When he is cornered and then propositioned by carnegie, eli does not bat an eye and walks past carnegie. There have been many dead world movies around lately. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For the most part, eli is a moral man doing all the things that are expected of him.
Elis power is further proved when one of carnegies men, redridge, tries to shoot him and misses. The book of eli action and adventure films the guardian. Pofaced religious tract denzel washington in the book of eli. Gary oldman as carnegie is the perfect wicked biblical king, who is. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner. Eli gets into a fight with some of the bikers and kills all but one. 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. When carnegie discovers that eli carries the book in question, he sets his team of cronies led by an underused ray stevenson on him. 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 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. Book of eli, the bd steelbook eli walks alone in postapocalyptic america. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. In a metaphorical way, eli is constantly walking through the valley of death psalm 23 and never fears any evil.
Svaki mjesec posjeti nas vise od 4 500 000 surfera. Both are burdened with the memory of a more civilized time. He heads west along the highway of death on a mission he doesnt fully understand but. By patti maguire armstrong patti maguire armstrong is an awardwinning author and was the managing editor and coauthor of ascension press bestselling amazing grace series. Much of this is anxiety about global warming, but the book of eli relies on an older source of conflict. Eli and carnegie are old enough to remember the time before the. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she saw. Jan 16, 2010 eli has been traveling on foot for years and is nearing the end of his mission.
It is at this point that his greatest obstacle is yet to come in the person of carnegie, gary oldman who, like eli, is a survivor from the time before. However, he feels like he has been chosen by his god to protect the last surviving bible on earth. The memoirs of alton augustus adams, sr first black. Carneiges chief advisor and enforcer, and a fairly competent one. To getan idea ofthe advantages w hich m ay be derived from the pursuitofknow ledge w hileengaged in som e breadw inning activity, our young peopleshould read the biographies ofsuch m en asa braham lincoln,benjam in franklin,bookert. The book of eli is directed by brothers albert and allen hughes dead. Rent the book of eli 2010 starring denzel washington and gary oldman on dvd and bluray. They say the war tore a hole in the sky, youve probably heard the stories. The book of eli begins as eli is engaged in one of his regular.
The book of eli, which we will call eli, reproduced in the preceding pages to this introduction, is a book of prophecy, written by the anonymous author eli. Jul 01, 2019 the event that, in the movie, caused a hole to be torn in the sky signifies an act of nature that could destroy the ozone layer exposing the earths surface to uvb and other radiation, an extinction level event. When solara wont tell carnegie what he wants to hear about eli, carnegie grabs claudia by the hair and causes her pain. Carnegie gary oldman explains that the book is a weapon. Rent the book of eli 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Thus, he established both an illegitimate priesthood and an illegitimate place of worship. But carnegie gary oldman, the powerhungry dictator of a decrepit survivors colony, is also interested in elis book for very different reasons.
Denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. When eli denzel washington first sits in the room in which carnegie gary. Mar 30, 2010 book of eli is a wake up call for originality in both secular and christian movies. Book of eli carnegie asks eli to stay night youtube.
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 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. This is a dark, unforgiving parable set in the future. Elis nemesis is carnegie gary oldman, the leader of a dusty town who reads any book his men can acquire for him. 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.
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