Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it. So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind. The ending to the movie speaks so powerfully of what the journey of. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. Of course, the ending would be completely made up, possibly after the person had to drop their bible for some reason or another.
Theres a woman, solara mila kunis, who comes to believe in elis. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. She reached the end of the land, where only the crashing salt sea remained, and yet the voice urged her on. He is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips duration.
Eli quotes psalm 23 and solara mila kunis remarks thats beautiful. The movie the book of eli is a powerful allegory of the wilderness journey. The book of eli starts out with 10 minutes of dialoguefree imagery depicting the type of postapocalyptic wasteland made familiar in recent. In the end, the book of eli is a decent effort that is a bit to contradictory and pointless to be taken too seriously for most of the second half of the film. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Of course im a little confused on what happened at the end because i have an idea of my own, but im not sure if its right. The hughes brothers havent directed a film since from hell, and i believe they delivered unquestionably. After having just caught the ending of the book of eli, which features. And of course, theres the ending but i wont put a spoiler in this post.
Religion and language in contemporary film wikiversity. The road and the book of eli have similar plot lines, both representing a post apocalyptic society devoid of humanity, with a main characters representing the spark of humanity, or the breath of god. As for the final scene in which solara fades as she walks away from the camera, i believe that scene was a visual metaphor not meant to be taken literally. The book of eli is a sequel to fahrenheit 451 spoilers fahrenheit 451 ends with the protagonist, a former fireman, going on a exodus after his city gets decimated by a nuclear detonation of some kind. The ageold debate of god and religion is something i tend to think about a lot.
In this scene we see the main character eli with his companion solara in what looks. The book of eli soundtrack meant to be shared by owolowa. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to the mind. Hes distraught because carnegie, the movies villain, just shot him and stole eli s bible.
Eli and solara stumble upon these two in their travels, and both actors play their characters with energy and humor. Denzel stars in the postapocalyptic movie, the book of eli image. Thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of. The book of eli 2010 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Eli denzel washington carries a short barreled remington 870 witness protection shotgun, with various weathering and a heavily taped handle. Protecting the word of god christian research institute. That pleasure lies unto writer gary whitta and directors albert and allen hughes. In the end of the film, solara can be seen with the shotgun, as she inherits it from eli. Though eli prays, the prayers have no real connection to god in them. Now, the stakes could not be higher, eli has both the book and solara with him. In the aftermath of a nuclear winter, eli has received a vision from god to protect the last bible in america and bring it safely out west, where civilization can start over. The book of eli soundtrack solara violated by owolowa. What is the song at the end of the book of eli answers.
The relationship could have begun and ended long before carnegie stepped in. Ending spoiler for the book of eli 2010, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. Carnegie takes the book and solara, and shoots eli, leaving him for dead. Elis mission became solaras mission because of elis sacrifice for her giving away the location of the book to avoid solara being killed. Garry whitta, the screenwriter of the book of eli, was the editor in chief of pc gamer in the 90s. 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. 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. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. Why doesnt redridge kill eli at the end of the first. 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.
Denzel kicks ass in the book of eli and milas kunis is not only eye candy in this movie but a good supporting. By the end of its opening fourday holiday weekend it grossed. The book of eli is a sequel to fahrenheit 451 spoilers. It means that you know something even if you dont know something. The book of eli provokes thoughtful debate about the religious themes in the film, but the oldminus. The book of eli soundtrack the passenger by owolowa.
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. Carnegie wants the book because he can use it as a weapon. Eli wants the book because he believes it will be the key to humanitys redemption. The book of eli end scene page 5 sherdog forums ufc. Christian themes abound in book of eli the tufts daily. Its the flower of light in the field of darkness thats giving me the strength to carry on. Denzel washington eli, gary oldman carnegie, mila kunis solara, ray. The book of eli and the road to redemption catholic stand. The person simply has a mod that gave a bible to his character. Solara wants to travel the journey that eli is on, so against his wishes, she follows him. It should be noted that eli was motivated to give up the book a few scenes before because carnegie held a gun to solara s head. What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Sol ara s ees eli ha s a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat.
Eli and solara survive as promised, and the pair end their journey in san. In one scene eli says to solara that he walks by faith, not by sight and things dont necessarily have to make sense. Carnegie and his thugs go in search of eli with an arsenal of weapons and 3 makeshift. 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. If by town, you mean the colony where eli and solara end up, a quran and torah can be seen on the. Discussion in mayberry lounge started by happyhaha, jun 8. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli. 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. With the book of eli, allen and albert hughes have created a plausible postapocalyptic world. There are several examples throughout the film of him looking at things and people at the very beginning of the film he looks out and around to observe his environment, he aims with his gun, he is able to block incoming swings of silent objects, he looks into the eyes of people hes talking to.
When all is explained at the end, we realize with great disillusionment that carnegies motives make a reasonable argument for why this book should have remained forgotten. As he nears the end of his travels, he meets a young girl, solara played by mila kunis, who becomes intrigued by eli and his faith, especially after he shows her. New lands she visited, where men spoke strange tongues, but still she spoke the words of eli to any who could understand her. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. I just watched the denzel washington movie the book of eli and thought it was great. The book of eli, starring denzel washington in the title role, is a postapocalyptic movie about a man on a mission from god. Solara discover the book of eli s bed and gets excited, wanting to know more about it, even though she doesnt know how to read, eli wont let her look at the book. The book of eli was directed by twins, albert and allen hughes. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in.
Solara, eli s friend, pulls alongside and helps him, giving eli a ride. In regards to the road, the people they meet have mostly become scavengers and cannibals. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. Book of eli, the internet movie firearms database guns.
In eli the survivors protect themselves from the suns rays and in a boy and his dog they flee. My story is a continuation of the events after the movie which i have written solely for my own recreation. Solaras journey book of eli chapter 1, a book of eli. The legend of solara walker afalstein the book of eli. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the.
He also lets drop a few details about the personal relationships that have been destroyed as. A selfassured solara returns to her sweet blind mother building an identity mediated between. The next morning solara trys to pray with her mother at breakfast. The protagonists costume is significant as he is dressed in all white which makes him look almost angelic which mirrors his faithful and committed character and even presents him as the messenger of god that he is implied to be. From the confusing messages, the real lack of story you could have told this movie in 30 minutes if you wanted, and a lot of head scratching and thoughtless actions by the characters it. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. Claudia ends up being the only person eli shares the bible, and explains why he. The contemporary film, the book of eli directed by albert and allen hughes, the internet movie database focuses on the protagonist and a violent thirty year quest through desert like wastelands of a cataclysmic war ravaged earth. 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.
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