This thread is now designated the official discussion thread for the book of eli. The fighting art primarily used in this movie is nagasu do see. For out of the ground we were taken for the dust we are, and to the dust we shall return. A thickspined chopper of a blade, it is crafted from. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do. The only light that was used in the aforementioned bar scene where eli fought the men was coming from the windows up top. Used with an arrow in the beginning, but the rest of the movie only uses regular slowmo.
In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. In the book of eli, the fight sequences performed by mr washington combined marital arts techniques from silat and eskrima which are weapon and barehanded styles from indonesia and the phillipines. A warrior not by choice but necessity, eli denzel washington seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. Eli is the man with one name who ambles into a backwater burg in search of water and comes face to face with evil in the form of carnegie gary oldman, who is involved with the blind claudia jennifer beals while he pursues claudias nubile daughter solara mila kunis. Put aside the mousemeat and chew on paul macinnes s condensed version. The book of eli works, even if the preservation of christianity isnt high on your personal postapocalypse bucket list. Night, by elie wiesel, is a work of holocaust literature with a decidedly autobiographical slant. Im at a loss for words, so let me say these right away.
The book of eli features an unsettling depiction of a world recovering from catastrophe. This type of lighting is used in this film to set the movie in the postapocalyptic era the world is set to face. 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. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. The book of eli begins as eli is engaged in one of his regular. 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. It was even used as an attractant or ploy to deceive the weak or easy to prey upon. When hannah came to shiloh to pray for a son, eli initially accused her of drunkenness, but when she protested her innocence, eli wished her well. Integrated this large and hefty blade is inspired by the machete book of eli. As a book of interpretation, this book, also called the book of eli, seeks to offer an interpretation of the revealed work, but is just one out of a number of possible interpretations of eli.
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. 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. Askmens radheyan simonpillai sat down with the duo to discuss how they went about creating a unique fighting style for washingtons robert mccall character a man with a mysterious past who. Book of eli movie stainless steel machete by mysticalblades. 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. This machete is influenced from the one used in the movie book of eli. Eli has to feel the feet to see if there are boots on the skeleton. The book of eli, although another post apocalyptic tale in a growingly crowded genre landscape, is artistic as well as entertaining and as such earns a 3. Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult.
The united states has become a barren wasteland of sand with the hot sun above, which has onset famine and drought. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia to send her daughter, solara, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. The book of eli is an effective postapocalyptic action movie with elements from both comic books and westerns thrown in for good measure. This movie is almost a warning in a way and its very timely even in this day and age. Sure, this description doesnt seem different from similar material like the road, but the book of eli distinguishes itself with unflinching messages of religion and. The book of eli is a stylish film that is reminiscent of i am legend and other postapocalyptic stories, though it carves out a niche for itself due to its strong characters and its central theme. Its primarily wing chun, with a smattering of pencak silat and good oldfashioned street brawling because when you have an actor of liam neesons physical stature, you can totally see him as a brawler at heart. Its a land of crumbling cities and dusty highways a place where a tube of chapstick is a valuable commodity. Denzel washington in book of eli as eli backs calmly into the shadows beneath a bridge, then proceeds to swiftly kill 5 brigands. First of all, i came sharpened the only issue that i have is that the sheath and handle wrapping is not leather but synthetic material, but for the price you cant beat it overall, great product and with a little tlc you can get this thing extreamly sharp. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. View close up pictures at all angles, prices, and detailed descriptions. Liam neeson was trained by mick gould, who is a senior practitioner of this art and previously taught members of the sas, including andy mcnab, with whom he later worked on the michael mann movie heat 1995.
Hannahs eventual child, samuel, was raised by eli in the tabernacle. The book of eli is an oldfashioned western dressed up in postapocalyptic rags. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Eli was, according to the books of samuel, a high priest of shiloh.
Wiesel based the bookat least in parton his own experiences during world war ii. In the movie taken, what type of fighting technique was. The book of eli fighting style, the book of eli kali. It was difficult for the audience to see how many men eli was fighting.
The machete is also designed with a kukri style blade giving it the cutting edge near surgical blades, so please be careful when handling. In our text book the technique of the lowkey helps darken the over all scene by comparison. I have to say that i was greatly impressed with it. Eli bumps the car door with his bag to gauge exactly where it is. For the most part, eli is a moral man doing all the things that are expected of him. Both thorn and thistles it should bring forth, for us. The movie the book of eli mainly uses highkey lighting. 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. Though just a brief 116 pages, the book has received considerable acclaim, and the author won the nobel prize in 1986. The film presents some religious subthemes, which might find differing interpretations by different viewers.
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. These kinds of people are common to the inhabitants of the world of the book of eli. Book of eli movie quotes meet your next favorite book. Green zone is the top dvd rental in its first week on the shelves. In the popularly referenced 2007 movie 300, arniskalieskrima was used as the base for the blade and shield choreography. Alcon entertainments action adventure film the book of eli is a warner bros. View our handmade book of eli knife, influenced by the movie the book of eli. Its not his life he guards so fiercely but his hope for the future. People are able to tell that they are cannibals due to a quivering in their hands from a condition similar to kuru, a disease spread only through cannibalism. How a navy seal gave the equalizer its brutal fighting style. Off script denzel was on with jamie foxx link above and foxx told the story of him running to hug star washington when foxx was an unknown kid, and being subdued by a washington elbow and he briefly talked about that. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is charged with delivering his copy of a book, the very last.
In the nottoodistant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once america. Establishing its storytelling rules clearly and well, the film simply is. 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. The book of eli repeats atop the dvd and bluray sales charts jul 1, 2010. This type of story has been done many times before but washington and oldman, in combination with the hughes brothers spin on things, make this one of the few january.
The stark landscape is littered with abandoned cars, crumbling buildings. He cheats on his wife with pretty much anything that will move. They make everything in the entire movie impossible and incomprehensible. Elis speech before he fights carnegies men in the bar is taken from genesis 3. He is observant, curious, and often times ponders his surroundings regardless of his young age. Which fighting style was used in the book of eli movie. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. The fight choreographer, damon caro is a senior student of dan inosanto. There is deffinitely a lot going on and i wont say my interpretation or anyone elses is the right one. Download the book of eli full movie download full movies. Eli is taken to lombardi malcolm mcdowell, the curator of alcatraz, who has been gathering all the remnants of prewar civilization, such as books, music, and art, and storing them in the cells until they are ready to rebuild and reestablish society. In this interpretation, there is the possibility of a false interpretation, as the author has taken the words, which can have more than one meaning, and. Eli was of course constantly on the move to deliver the book to a predetermined destination and to the appropriate. He notices that his family appears to be torn asunder by the consequences of the vietnam war his dad suffers from terrifying dreams and hallucinations, his sister discovers an unsettling fact about herself, and.
What is the martial arts technique used in the taken. What martial arts did denzel washington use in the. And denzel washington isnt exactly kirk cameron, either. When eli failed to rein in the abusive behavior of his sons, yahweh promised to punish his family, resulting. Denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli. Carnegie, the man views elis impressive fighting skills and offers eli a place within his gang. 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.
Ther book of eli denzel washington does kali discussion in. Read denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli and more of the latest on movies and films from a christian perspective. History does not tell us much about the fighting style of. Eli is a lone traveler, wandering americas wastelands devastated by nuclear war 30 years prior. Fight coordinators for the film, jeff imada and dan inosanto incorporated these weaponsheavy. Denzels book of moral ambiguity the michigan daily. Make no mistake, the book of eli is a postapocalyptic actionadventure movie.
Our protagonist is a wandering walker known only as eli, played subtly well by the usual over the top denzel washington, who is heading. Eli the good details the story of eli, a tenyearold boy living in the summer of 1976. Fmas signature heavy use of the offhand can be seen in the offensive use of the shield. Much in the same vein as the road the apocalypse in question for the book of eli isnt overtly discussed and is only slightly alluded to as a byproduct of a large scale war such as a world war iii. 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. It grips your attention, and then at the end throws in several wtf. This technique forced the bottom half of the bar to look dark. What martial arts were demonstrated in the book of eli. Lombardi tells eli that they have been missing a copy of the bible, so eli tells him to get a lot of paper and pen. By patti maguire armstrong patti maguire armstrong is an awardwinning author and was the managing editor and coauthor of. Carnegie is determined to take possession of the book eli is guarding.
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