I Am Legend... anyone seen it?

coletrane811 said:
I saw and I actually liked it. Not the "same ol ****" movie. The was one plot hole, but that was the only one I could find (but it could be explained pretty easily). I figured not many people would like it because of the ending, but I thought that was what was good about it. Leaves it up to the imagination. Come on people, use it, that's why you have it. I would get into particulars, but I don't want to ruin the movie for those who haven't seen it. I would definately suggest seeing it in the movie theaters if you are a REAL movie fan and don't just like the big budget, same as all the others, movies.

Cole
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My wife and I saw it Sat. You summed it up perfectly. I actually thought it was a pretty good movie.

But then again "they" don't let me out much.:D
 
It was an okay movie. It wasn't as bad as a lot of movies our recently, IMO. I took a liking to the dog, in fact the only character I really felt for. As far as the ending, it gave a feeling of hope, I suppose, but it did not feel remotely believable to me. I get the impression if there were a group or groups of survivors, the scenario would more likely resemble the original Dawn of the Dead with the bands of marauders, or like the makeshift military fortress in 28 Days Later.

What bothered me most about I Am Legend was the infected people, dogs, and the deer and lions were all just computer animation, and very obviously so, like cartoons. I like some CGI, but it's gone overboard in recent films. Last night i watched Bram Stoker's Dracula again on DVD; even after 15 years, its special effects, and how they affect the mood of the story, surpass most of the CGI effects of today. I also find the CGI of T-2: Judgment Day and the first Jurassic Park are better than much of today's.

I do like Will Smith as an actor, though. I have not seen The Omega Man since around 1972 or so; I'd like to see it again for old time's sake.
Jim
 
I read it...

And was pissed at the ending...

Looking forward to the movie...!

-Didn't read past the first post
 
I just saw it Sunday. I had a good time. I am not big on going to the movies so I don't analyze every little technical aspect. This one moved along nicely, followed the basic story which I was already familiar with, and had only one flaw, which I was able to deal with.

The woman was unintelligible. Will Smith has a fine speaking voice but she kept her lips stiff and her voice low. I could hardly make out a word she said. What I did make out was wasted: mystical intuition trying to trump a high-tech science problem.

This is known classically as deus ex machina, which in this case was literally what they tried to pull. It did not fit. But the movie was coming to an end at that point, so it didn't hurt much.
 
I loved the movie until Anna showed up. From then on it went downhill.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
This is known classically as deus ex machina, which in this case was literally what they tried to pull. It did not fit. But the movie was coming to an end at that point, so it didn't hurt much.
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exactly, writer wrote himself into a corner and needed someone to save his a$$...in this case an attractive woman. I think the movie probably should've been a little longer to possibly avoid that or just lessen it.
I don't see why the infected people needed super-strength and Spidermanesque climbing abilities. It wasn't explained how that came out of the virus either:rolleyes: Rabid people with no pigment who eat blood is scary enough for me, no need to overdo it.
 
Hammer27 said:
exactly, writer wrote himself into a corner and needed someone to save his a$$...in this case an attractive woman. I think the movie probably should've been a little longer to possibly avoid that or just lessen it.
I don't see why the infected people needed super-strength and Spidermanesque climbing abilities. It wasn't explained how that came out of the virus either:rolleyes: Rabid people with no pigment who eat blood is scary enough for me, no need to overdo it.
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All good points. If you were a hungy zombie would you be moving that fast? That is why I like the slower moving zombies of the "Day of the Dead" type. The movie could have used a little more back story on the issues you raised and why the zombies came together in hives etc. It may have made the story a bit more interesting. I liked the Charleston Heston version better; except for the cultish zombie aspect of it. Even the Vincent Price aspect was a bit more haunting in its portraial of the world.
 
They weren't zombies, though. They were people who were still alive, but missing any trace of humanity. To be a zombie, they would have had to die, then come back to life. But Hammer27 has a good point; how did the virus give them super strength and the ability to climb like a chimp? One of my other favorite points of the movie was when Will Smith freaked out at the table, and Anna pulled a gun!
 
I just got home from it, started OK, but plummets early.

I literally had to fight to stay awake during the last 30-40 minutes.

I am a big fan of the book, but this movie was a swing and a MISS!
 
Saw it last night.

My apologies to dextersp1 , I think you were right. :D


Not what I expected at all , Will Smith played an excellent role though.

I'm not a huge stickler for a film being exactly like the book but I do wish they wouldhave stayed more in line with the original Matheson novel.
I do not know if those things were zombies or vampires or mutants , in the book they were straight up viral vampires.

The basic nutshell of the book is he's the last normal human that he knows of on earth , I think it takes place somewhere near L.A. , he is all secured up in his house with a lab and a wood shop for making stakes because in the day he goes from neighborhood to neighborhood and rams stakes thru the hearts of sleeping vampires , he does this for quite some time.
To jump way ahead , the thing is , is the irony of the story because by the end it is he that turnms out to be the boogeyman to the less viral of the vampires ( some were not near as bad as the rest ), he is killing them off as fast as he can find them , so he becomes this sort of monster to them , even though they would be the monsters to us.
Some of the less viral band together to try and find a cure.

Ah , gotta go to work , gonna be late
 
Gunfucius said:
They weren't zombies, though. They were people who were still alive, but missing any trace of humanity. To be a zombie, they would have had to die, then come back to life. But Hammer27 has a good point; how did the virus give them super strength and the ability to climb like a chimp? One of my other favorite points of the movie was when Will Smith freaked out at the table, and Anna pulled a gun!
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depends on your zombie.

In the zombie genre of films (and in real life) there are several types of zombies -

Reanimated corpse type:
reanimated through possession - either from demonic or spiritual control (ex: voodoo curse)
reanimated through electrification (Frankenstein)
reanimated through chemical induction (reanimator, sort of also "the return of the living dead")
reanimated through bacteria or virus

non-reanimated type:
infection by bacteria or virus (I am legend, 28 days later)
brain damage (jeffery dalmer)
brain control through electronics/brainwashing (manchurian candidate)


the last one is quite a stretch (manchurian candidate), but a zombie could be made by a massive electrical shock to the brain.

and honestly, they were never meant to be zombies, they were meant to be vampires.

The "zombies" in I am legend are of the same type that are found in 28 days later. the only difference is that 28 days later specifically shows that a laboratory was either facilitating the development of the virus, or studying it directly knowing its possible consequences.

I don't recall whether they mentioned the origins of the virus in I am legend or not. in the original story the main character was in vietnam (I think?) and was bitten by a vampire bat who was apparently infected with an early version of the virus. after nearly killing him, he gained his immunity to the virus, wich later lead him to be come the the character you see in the film.

What I really don't like about the movie previews is that the vampires are heavily mutated. Not so at all in the books. in the books they were messed up and like an injured person would look messed up, not huge and completely inhuman. their mental capacity was also greatly diminished/changed.

For me, to this day, the zombies/vampires in 28 days later and 28 weeks later are the most frightening, because they are the most real. you get a guy on pcp, crack and meth-amphetamines, send him into a rage - you have those zombies. not super human, but able to use every last ounce of strength the body can produce without being hindered by the fear of self injury.



and I am very disappointed to hear about the female character being unintelligible and talking about mysticism... in the book she was completely normal, and spoke on a governmental and social level rather then "spiritual".

also the dog being with him from the beginning... but, for film some things have to be changed for basic watchability.

I still remember the shock troops from the book near the end that were used to take down the lesser vampires as the higher officials/leaders got to his compound... I was thoroughly impressed with the book front to back.
 
Last Visible Canary said:
depends on your zombie.

For me, to this day, the zombies/vampires in 28 days later and 28 weeks later are the most frightening, because they are the most real. you get a guy on pcp, crack and meth-amphetamines, send him into a rage - you have those zombies. not super human, but able to use every last ounce of strength the body can produce without being hindered by the fear of self injury

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You should see 30 Days of Darkness , those are some vampires..:eek:
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I saw the film a couple of days ago. I am glad I didn't pay a cent for it, downloaded it from some bittorent site. The film sucked, waste of time. For anyone interested in good film on similar/horror theme, see The 30 Days of Night. Really good film, I have watched it some three or four times, and I would still go to the cinema to see it.
 
rebeltf said:
You should see 30 Days of Darkness , those are some vampires..:eek:
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I think 30 Days was much better than I am Legend.
I am Legend had a great start, but then it got weird. Will Smiths typical product placement was rather annoying. I didn't like how he got trapped. A 3 years survivor wouldn't make such mistakes.
One thing that was totally lame, besides the completely computer animated vampirezombies. The "Signs"-ending. Was M. Night Shyamalan involved?
 
DocArnie said:
I think 30 Days was much better than I am Legend.
I am Legend had a great start, but then it got weird. Will Smiths typical product placement was rather annoying. I didn't like how he got trapped. A 3 years survivor wouldn't make such mistakes.
One thing that was totally lame, besides the completely computer animated vampirezombies. The "Signs"-ending. Was M. Night Shyamalan involved?
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Well I mentioned it but , the two films are pretty different from each other.

30 Days was much , much creepier and downright bloody at times , good story but they lost it at the end. IMO

Legend to me, was more of a drama with action and some scifi-horror thrown in.
I thought Smiths acting was excellent , he has came a long way from Wild Wild West and ID4.
The cheesy beasts ruined it for most everyone I think , and I also think a lot of people did not get quite what they expected with Legend , since the film name is the same as the book name.

I still enjoyed it though as a fan of the genre and I will watch it again.
 
rebeltf said:
You should see 30 Days of Darkness , those are some vampires..:eek:
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I'll have to check it out. I was really impressed with the vampire/zombies in planet terror. one of the first times zombies were given truly super human strength (as shown by a body getting thrown at a car and crushing the car on impact)
 
well... I'm watching it now.

From what I can tell, in 30 days an night -

it's specialty explosive rounds or nothing.
katana is proabbly, sadly, better then a shotgun.
parkour is a very impressive combat skill.


[edit]: just finished it. My only thought is this: if any of you ever make a film, and its a good film: do not mess it up with cg. just keep it as far away from your film as possible.
 
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