I Love Eli!
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a_contemplative_life
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Bloody Mary
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Re: I Love Eli!
Why does everyone love Eli? She would kill us.
I saw the movie again recently, and have been spending a lot of time on this site, so I'm warming up to LTROI. (I didn't like it at first, but enjoyed analyzing it.) Though I'm not sure about this "Eli is great" thing.
I saw the movie again recently, and have been spending a lot of time on this site, so I'm warming up to LTROI. (I didn't like it at first, but enjoyed analyzing it.) Though I'm not sure about this "Eli is great" thing.
"Do not go gentle into that good night . . . Rage, rage against the dying of the light." -Dylan Thomas
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She grows on you.Bloody Mary wrote:Why does everyone love Eli? She would kill us.
I saw the movie again recently, and have been spending a lot of time on this site, so I'm warming up to LTROI. (I didn't like it at first, but enjoyed analyzing it.) Though I'm not sure about this "Eli is great" thing.
Re: I Love Eli!
"Seems like whenever I get to liking someone, they ain't around for long."
“I noticed when you get to disliking someone, they ain't around for long neither."
From The Outlaw Josey Wales.
“I noticed when you get to disliking someone, they ain't around for long neither."
From The Outlaw Josey Wales.
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“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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cmfireflies
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Re: I Love Eli!
I love Eli because she is innocent enough to believe in love even after centuries of isolation, courageous enough to pursue love and strong enough to protect it.
I don't think it'll be quite the same without any one of these 3 qualities, and yes, that includes the capacity to rip someone's head off for threatening Oskar.
I don't think it'll be quite the same without any one of these 3 qualities, and yes, that includes the capacity to rip someone's head off for threatening Oskar.
"When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it."
Re: I Love Eli!
Bloody Mary wrote:Why does everyone love Eli? She would kill us.
I saw the movie again recently, and have been spending a lot of time on this site, so I'm warming up to LTROI. (I didn't like it at first, but enjoyed analyzing it.) Though I'm not sure about this "Eli is great" thing.
cmfireflies, no one could have put this better.cmfireflies wrote:I love Eli because she is innocent enough to believe in love even after centuries of isolation, courageous enough to pursue love and strong enough to protect it.
I don't think it'll be quite the same without any one of these 3 qualities, and yes, that includes the capacity to rip someone's head off for threatening Oskar.
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”
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Bloody Mary
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I don't blame her for destroying the bullies. That's my favorite scene. XDcmfireflies wrote:I love Eli because she is innocent enough to believe in love even after centuries of isolation, courageous enough to pursue love and strong enough to protect it.
I don't think it'll be quite the same without any one of these 3 qualities, and yes, that includes the capacity to rip someone's head off for threatening Oskar.
I see what you mean. That is deep.
I feel sort of bad for Oskar, though. He doesn't seem to have any fans, except for Eli and his mom. He just can't win....
"Do not go gentle into that good night . . . Rage, rage against the dying of the light." -Dylan Thomas
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I love Oskar too, probably more because he makes Eli happy, and he did get his happily ever after, which is good...I feel sort of bad for Oskar, though. He doesn't seem to have any fans, except for Eli and his mom. He just can't win....
"When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it."
Re: I Love Eli!
I've given this a lot of thought over the years, turned it over in my mind, tried my best to understand it, and yet:
I still love Eli.
I still love Eli.
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. (Roberto Bolaño)
