Denzel washingtons speech will leave you speechless one of the most eye opening speeches ever duration. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. 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 united states. He finds a small town ruled by a ruthless man, who attempts to take the book. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. 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. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. The history of the postwar world is explained along the way, as is the importance of elis task. A man travels across a wasteland, carrying a mysterious and powerful book. The book of eli sam moffie, devra bastiaens, na on. Here are some points in favor of eli possessing sight.
After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. In a violent postapocalyptic society, a drifter, eli, has been wandering westward across north america for the last thirty years. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. Denzel washington in the book of eli h ere is a very strange film from the hughes brothers, once the pioneers of the modern africanamerican thriller with menace ii. The official facebook page for the book of eli some will kill to have it. Unable to read the bible in braille, carnegie gary oldman begs claudia jennifer beals to help him. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questions whether or not he is. A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. 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. The book of eli takes the top spot on all three home video charts jun 24, 2010. The denzel washington film was victorious in dvd sales, rentals and bluray sales.