Nuclear war book of eli

The book of eli takes place in a apocalyptic waste land. Right before the girl arrives at the house where she hopes to find eli you can see that there is a slide on the metal plate that holds it in place suggesting that the metal plate has hinges on the outside of the door. Bodeen is a nice dose of originality in the often cluttered genre of ya fiction. Regardless of the reason or cause of the war, even the sun now seems to plot against. A post apocalyptic tale about a man on a mission from god. The book of eli bts eli goes to battle 2010 denzel. In a postapocalyptic world destroyed by nuclear war, eli denzel washington travels westward carrying an important book with him. The regime has pursued nuclear weapons as an insurance policy to stay in power, and since the 1990s u. 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. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to.

See more ideas about the book of eli, denzel washington and movies. This is just a visual effects and compositing experiment. 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. The only things that can survive nuclear war are cockroaches and oakley sunglasses. The book of eli is a movie set in a post apocalyptic world about a guy named eli, played by denzel washington. There are nuclear suggestions from the brown landscape and the burn scars and blindness that many suffer from. Is it cause of radiation from the nukes or something. It is a time of excessive bass levels and rusted metal since. This is why you dont see it in the following scene. The movie is set in a future decimated by a war that occurred at least 30 years earlier. I am not trying to say i want san francisco to blow up.

Post nuclear war this is an unusual film but grips you with again denzel doing his. It is a time of excessive bass levels and rusted metal since stainless steel. He says he was led to the book by a voice in his head, which then directed him to. Continuing toward the west coast, eli explains his mission. Thirty years after a nuclear war, a lone warrior fights to protect the last known copy of a powerful book. Eli has in his possession the last surviving bible in the world, and he is on a mission he believes was given to him by god, to head west to where it will be safe. This list of nuclear holocaust fiction lists the many works of speculative fiction that attempt to describe a world during or after a massive nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, or crash of civilization due to a nuclear electromagnetic pulse.

A nuclear war has occurred in the past, believed to be because of religion, and most people were killed when a hole was burned in the sky and the sun burned everything. In the book of eli, washington plays eli you did realize that, right. 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. According to eli, his book is the last remaining copy of the bible, as all other copies were destroyed following the nuclear war.

The book of eli is a 2010 postapocalyptic, western, action flick about a man named eli who in the wake of a nuclear war has been travelling across the united states from the east coast headed to the west with a mission from god. By pulling down the slide the metal plate can be tilted downwards like is also common on army vehicles. Its dotted by many craters hinting towards a massive war. The atmosphere changes dramatically after a nuclear war. Denzel washington, gary oldman and mila kunis star in this scifi action thriller. Atomic attack 1954 abctv series season 1, episode 15 a family. San francisco nuked compositing experiment youtube. Eli also carries a book which he believes to be very important to the future of the postapocalyptic world. Eli has been in the compound for six years and in that time has learned to hate it, and himself. Denzel washington walks down a desolate road towards sepia filter, california. My theory is that eli is guy montag from fahrenheit 451 after his exodus. The world is now a wasteland after the nuclear war of the end of fahrenheit 451 and elimontag has been traveling. The main character eli played by denzel washington is alive after the post apocalypse, where due to perhaps nuclear war, the world was wiped out as most knew it. In a very short space of time two postapocalyptic films have been release, the brilliant the road which is aiming for oscar glory, and the action packed the book of eli which is appealing for the mass audience.

Why do people in the movie the book of eli wear glasses. Son of man, set your face toward gog, of the land of magog, the chief prince of meshech and tubal, and prophesy against him and say, thus says the lord god. Water and food is priceless and instead of using money or any kind of currency, people traded and. The event that, in the movie, caused a hole to be torn in the sky signifies an act of nature that could destroy the ozone layer exposing the earths surface to uvb and other radiation, an extinction level event. Denzel washingtons latest role in the book of eli has him playing a wanderer in a nuclear warravaged america who leans on his bible for guidance, and the actor says if he was in that situation, hed do exactly the same.

When they entered the compound, believing there was a nuclear war, eli was separated from his twin brother. Having followed a voice in his head thirty years prior, he found the last surviving copy of a bible, and then followed the voice toward the west coast of america for most of his lifetime. The setting of the film is thirty years after a worldwide, nuclear war has opened a hole in the sky that allowed the sun to toast everyone referred to as the flash. The book of eli is a sequel to fahrenheit 451 spoilers. The book of eli bts apocalyptic san francisco 2010. Solara escapes and is ambushed by two bandits who attempt to rape her, but eli reappears and kills them. Behold, i am against you, o gog, chief prince of meshech and tubal. Strontium dog, set in a postnuclear war earth where many humans have been deformed by the radiation and are branded as mutants v for vendetta by alan moore and david lloyd, is set in an england which has survived through a nuclear war which. While the character of eli is revealed slowly over the course of the film with a. Install the reshade framework please not inside the fallout drawer and follow the mediator. The second thing i like about it, is that denzels character carries the bible in the movie and quote scriptures from it without being too preachy. The world in book of eli while barren and hot, is also filled with brutal killers and savages, but there always appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel.

Eli passes through a town and encounters the big dog in charge a man named carnegie played by gary oldman. Therefor the sunlight also changes and bleaches out everything in a more radiating sephia tone. The book of eli he traveled through the wastelands that used to be america that was destroyed by a nuclear war that occurred over 30 years before the time. If you have yet to see this awesome flick, then i hope this article encourages you to finally watch this rrated christian movie about what would happen if the world was devoid of the bible watch the original trailer here.

This movie has a power message in a post apocalyptic world after a nuclear war. After the nuclear war, guy montag met up with all the other people who had memorized parts of the bible, and they entrusted eli. The book of eli does a fantastic job at entertaining its audience through action sequences, the mysterious events surrounding elis book, and the. The love of eli a dystopic reshade at fallout 4 nexus. Because of this food and water were limited so trading was within the hands in order to survive. Available on itunes, netflix thirty years after a nuclear war, a lone warrior fights to protect the last known copy of a powerful book. He refuses to part with the bag because it contains more than just supplies. I really like this movie because one thing you dont see too many afroamerican actors lead a movie like this before. The book of eli is basically 300 with western iconography. Most books have been burned, and many are now cannibals and.

This movie deserves its r rating based on extreme amounts. Nuclear apocalypse revisiting the paranoia of the cold war era, this list will envelope books involving an end times scenario via our nuclear appetite. West was the destination of eli with the book finding out the book in which he beholds was the last book of the bible of the king. Eli was alive before the war that destroyed the world as we know, so books are important to him. Denzel washingtons latest role in the book of eli has him playing a wanderer in a nuclear warravaged america who leans on his bible for. The book of eli 2010 2010 a postapocalyptic action film starring denzel washington. The cooling towers, in which eli denzel washington and solara mila kunis take refuge, are most likely the cooling towers of the former rancho seco nuclear power plant outside of sacramento, california, given the apparent travel time on foot and by vehicle before eli and solara reach the golden gate bridge, and carnegie gary oldman returns to his town. Most of past history is lost and they also hint at a nuclear war that caused the world they live in. Now by the time of the movie, books are extremely rare and eli has the last copy of the bible, that happens to be written on braille. The book of eli is about to celebrate its ten year anniversary on january 11, 2020. Unlike the road, the book of eli does not linger on the bleak, morose and desolate dying earth.