The book of eli continues hollywoods obsession with postapocalyptic tales, and in many ways feels like it belongs in the same world as the road. Eli and solara sleep by an old nuclear plant cooling tower. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to lombardi, the sanctuarys leader. God tells him to take the book west, where it will be safe. Just because the bible is written in braille doesnt mean he is blind. This message rings loud and true at the end when the villain tries to get solaras mother to read the book. The plothole is that eli constantly makes eye contact and watches people even though he is blind. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind.
When she thinks hes asleep she goes to take a look at the book in his bag. 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 sets itself up as an enjoyable mad max meets i am legend romp, but the disappointing nature of its central maguffin can you tell what it is yet. Released by reprise in 2010 523107 containing music from the book of eli 2010. Eli reads the book and solara asks eli to read it to him. Why dont movies and tv shows use disabled actors to play those characters. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by. Put aside the mousemeat and chew on paul macinnes s condensed version.
The book of eli continues the string of apocalyptic tales. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret. 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. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questions whether or not he is. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. If he was truly blind then he wouldnt be able to do so because he wouldnt know where they are to look at. On his way, a man who runs a town of survivors of the apparent apocalypse runs into him and follows him to get the book. But i want to note a number of elements which make the book of eli. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. The book of eli, sometime in the future a lone warrior eli denzel.
Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. It makes more sense that he just knows how to read braille. At the beginning, he searches the burnt out car looking for shoes, however he doesnt look. At the end it shows his eyes, which appear to be the eyes of someone who is blind. There are also other hints when he ask solara the questions about his mothers blinds. This would explain why eli never traveled at night and was not totally blinded by a nuclear flash, if he was completely blind night would give him a much larger.
After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs. In the bible, eli grew gradually more blind, from partial sight up to the stage of his. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neowestern action film directed by the. This leads to carnegie finding out that eli has the book he is looking fora. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of elis task. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. He is blind and owns the last copy of the bible on earth which is in braille. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the.