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. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. You know, you say youve been walking for thirty years, right. Eli invites solara to pray with himsomething she has never done. He soon forces solara to tell him if eli was reading a book, and realizes elis book is the one he wantsa bible. Solara roots through elis pack, just wanted to see the book. When eli first meets solara, nearly the first thing he does is teach her how to pray over a meal.
America is a postapocalyptic wasteland and denzel washington is the only selfsufficient badass. The book of eli and the road to redemption catholic stand. The book of elibest scenedenzel washingtonmila kunis. Mila kuniss character is named solara the sun, light, etc. The book of eli is sort of the boiling point of this sciencefiction concept, a combination of last years the road and george millers the road warrior. Solaras journey book of eli chapter 1, a book of eli. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia to send her daughter, solara, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away. I was just moving from place to place, trying to stay alive. 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.
Book of eli 2 2021 rumors, plot, cast, and release date. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. The verse of shadow kindle edition by hairston, charles. Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli he is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall biography thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of the former united states. Carnegie overhears them and realizes solaras words may relate to the book he has been seeking. My story is a continuation of the events after the movie which i have written solely for my own recreation. 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. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. Carnegies mistress, claudia jennifer beals, whom he abuses, has a daughter, solara mila kunis.
Starring denzel washington, gary oldman and mila kunis. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington eli and mila kunis solara. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her daughter, solara mila kunis, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. They say the war tore a hole in the sky, youve probably heard the stories. In his sack were many copies of eli s book, and of others. Carnegie and his thugs go in search of eli with an arsenal of weapons and 3 makeshift. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. In the morning, carnegie overhears solara repeat the prayer to her.
The verse of shadow, is the story of solara and her mission to save her blind mother from carnegie. Solara is a character in the book of eli played by mila kunis. The image of elis still form held solaras inner eye for many miles. Video with pics of solara mila kunis in the book of eli.
Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. After carnegies blind mistress claudia brings eli food and water, carnegie orders her daughter solara to seduce eli, but he rebuffs her. She only left town with eli because her mother thought she would be safer with him than in town. 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. Well, how do you know that youre walking in the right direction. At one point, eli is injured, yet he continues to walk down the path he started at the beginning. 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. What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli. Unperturbed, eli offers to share his food with her, and before they eat, he says grace. 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. As she passed the useless vehicle she remembered beveridge and the look on his face when the sun reached his unprotected eyes.
She only left town with eli because her mother thought she would be safer with. So were led to believe at the end that eli is blind. In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. When solara mila kunis attempts to help a woman at the side of the road, she is attacked, but eli denzel washington arrives to save her just in time.
The book of eli shifts into overdrive once carnegies stepdaughter, solara, tries to. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. This leads to carnegie finding out that eli has the book he is looking fora. The girl sees elis book, and when carnegie finds out. Solara wants to travel the journey that eli is on, so against his wishes, she follows him. 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. 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. 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. It was, i was carrying and reading it everyday, got so caught up in protecting it, i forgot to live by what id learnt from it. After carnegies blind mistress claudia gives eli some food and water, carnegie orders claudias daughter solara to seduce eli, but he turns her down. He was wellarmed and welltrained, but even so he was surprised to meet her, solara walker, as people had begun to call her. Carnegie says, i never saw anyone who handles themselves like you did.
They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. Its this prayerwhen solara tries to repeat it with her mother over breakfastthat tips carnegie off to the fact that eli must be carrying the book. All materials used property of their respective owners. He asks eli to give it to him, telling eli that its words are meant to be shared. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. That pleasure lies unto writer gary whitta and directors albert and allen hughes. After carnegies blind mistress claudia jennifer beals gives eli some food and water, carnegie orders claudias daughter solara mila kunis to seduce eli, but he turns her down. It means that you know something even if you dont know. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. Solara manages to escape and finds the wounded eli. Eli denzel washington carries a short barreled remington 870 witness protection shotgun, with various weathering and a heavily taped handle.
Scene revealing solaras protection from a mysterious higher power and finding eli. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner. As for the plot, it is still being worked out amongst a few of the people involved but you can expect that it will feature her going from san francisco to new york to deliver some of the special news and information that they had gathered. When these enemies catch up with the two travelers, they shoot eli and take his bible, along with solara, back to the wicked city. Now, the stakes could not be higher, eli has both the book and solara with him. Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it. The book of elis storyline is strong, with only a few mishaps.
Amidst the crumbling buildings of toronto, in the loosely scattered townspeople collected there, she met a man from alcatraz. Eli sneaks out of his room and carnegie has his henchmen shoot at eli, but the. 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 book of eli solara chapter 1, a book of eli fanfic. Eli was an apostle spreading knowledge of the lord he was led by faith as quoted then here is where my theory comes in, after he recited the bible to a man who wrote it down and printed it into a book, he gave solara the ipod to memorize the bible so. Realizing that eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie asks eli to stay, making it clear that the offer is nonnegotiable. Her mission at the conclusion of the movie is simple. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of eli solara. Eli and solara are surrounded and dragged out of the house. Its the flower of light in the field of darkness thats giving me the strength to carry on. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. In the book of eli, mila kunis, as solara, toughs out a wasteland journey.
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. Carnegie presents himself as a well composed and polite man but takes extremely brutal measures to ensure he gets his way. 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. It could be that the movie was meant to highlight that despite even a fatal wound eli was supernaturally protected so that he.
The book of eli 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810 movieclips. Book of eli, the internet movie firearms database guns. Eli bumps the bottom step with his foot before going up the porch steps of the couples house, presumably to gauge where. He forces solara to tell him eli was reading a book. The legend of solara walker afalstein the book of eli. She walked and refused her desire to drink to save water. The book of eli stars denzel washington in a postapocalyptic thriller set 30 years after a final war has turned much of earth into an ashy wasteland. Mila kunis on her character, solara oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Washington plays eli, a laconic man journeying westward across america to carry a sacred book to safety, hoping that it will restore mankind and bring a. In the end of the film, solara can be seen with the shotgun, as she inherits it from eli.
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