Official I Am Legend Thread

[aaron]

what does happen in the end?

 

[Dodger]

6/10 for me
didn't hate it. will smith rocks.

my biggest ish is the main baddie ? is he? or is the virus?
cuz it seemed that there was a head to the vamps, the one that set a trap for neville...
who was this character? why was he in charge? did smith capture his gf and he got pissed?
too many holes in this one, though i was entertained.

"i'm supposed to shoot the bus driver" was worth my $14

In the book the main baddie is his neighbor Ben Cortman. Throughout the book Ben challenges Robert to come outside. So that's who I think the head vamp was, a way loose translation on Ben.

 

[shapeshifter]

what does happen in the end?

you debate going to the box office and demanding your money back??

 

[Prison Mike]

I guess this movie did extremely well in the box office. It made 76.5 million this weekend! Of course that's just estimates, but it's #1 at the box office! I'll probably see this movie next weekend. I got finals this week.

 

[ANTOINE X]

I guess this movie did extremely well in the box office. It made 76.5 million this weekend! Of course that's just estimates, but it's #1 at the box office! I'll probably see this movie next weekend. I got finals this week.

Please do not take box office as the same as a good review...Let say Norbit did very well at the box office and it s a pure crap!

 

[Prison Mike]

I never took it as a good review. But regardless of what other people say around here, I'd like to see it for myself. I know it's different from the book, but it still looks like a good action flick.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

A great deal of the book is actually just Neville researching the virus. It goes into great detail about the virus.

Sweet, I think I might give it a read then

That is incorrect. In the book, the cause of vampirism is bacterial infection, not a virus.

In the book, it is both because it contradicts itself. He states it is a bacteria, then goes on to say it's type is a bacteriophage (which is a virus).

*salivates from all the micro talk*

I wasn't aware those things were supposed to be vampires. Hmm.

 

[hame4479]

you debate going to the box office and demanding your money back??

Ya without the DK trailer attached this movie would have sucked. Fortunately Christopher Nolan can even help other films to be cool.

 

[hame4479]

you debate going to the box office and demanding your money back??

O and those ****ing monsters sucked. Just weak stuff all around.

 

[omid17]

I never took it as a good review. But regardless of what other people say around here, I'd like to see it for myself. I know it's different from the book, but it still looks like a good action flick.

don't expect too much action but theres a good amount of it in the movie

 

[AndThePickles]

Sweet, I think I might give it a read then





*salivates from all the micro talk*

I wasn't aware those things were supposed to be vampires. Hmm.

See, I thought the book would probably go into more detail and you didn't believe me!


I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and definitely want to read the book

 

[omid17]

O and those ****ing monsters sucked. Just weak stuff all around.

but like i said earlier, it was a pretty good pg 13 version of I Am Legend

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

Spoiler

How can they plan a sequel?

didn't the writer said they were doing one?

 

[T'Jai]

I could have watched another hour of Will trying to keep his sanity, the action wasn't really the strong point for me as it had a lot of Hollywoodisms in it as did the ending (imo) looking at

Spoiler

his suicide it didn't occur to me till after th movie that he could have just tossed the grenade and hid in the hidey hole with them but emotionally Robert was done he had lost his Family and his best friend (Sam) and completed his purpose (finding a cure for the virus) I don't think he had the will to keep going after that so from a character arc it made sense

in dealing with his primary physical adversary I enjoyed the fact that the main creature (we're gonna call him Roary for ease of understanding) had a story told entirely in subtext

Spoiler

in case you didn't catch it they actually went with the Robert is a monster line in that; the last creature he grabbed was Roary's mate and seeing as how Roary was the alpha male of the Hive in that area (and I assume the group that Robert snatched all his experiments from). He was over Robert. He stalked and trapped Robert and was trying to kill him for what he had done to his pack.

I gave it a 7 out of 10 because of unnecessary CGI, overly Hollywoodized action sequences and a Super Hollywood ending that pretty much invalidated the majority of the advertising for the film.

Will's performance however was top notch and well worth the trip to the Theatre

oh and as for the Bat Supes poster I believe the date was 5/15/10

 

[Colossal Spoons]

^I agree about Neville's lack of a will to live being the cause for that totally avoidable ending

 

[T'Jai]

Spoiler

^I agree about Neville's lack of a will to live being the cause for that totally avoidable ending

why thank you (might wanna spoiler tag that)

I had written out another similar review/explanation but got attacked by a virus and had to do some quick foot work this one was nearly as good... I gotta give a slow clap fo them not spoon feeding us the Roary story...

 

[The Geek Vault]

Was there ever a sequal to the book? Also I liked the film but was annoyed at the fact that the hybrid vamps were never used AT ALL, I was waiting for that chick to flip and be a vamp. Also I was just waiting for the Ben Cortman say "Neville, come out neville"!!!! Also question in the book weren't they in a coma by day all the time? Even if they were in darkness?

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

After seeing this movie...it was ok. Still....This movie can't beat this one thought.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X-MosmUseSY

The Dark Knight trailer was a highlight though. Anyone know when that will be online...in a good quality?

 

[Sam Fisher]

It already is.

 

[deathshead2]

"What the hell are you doing Fred"
Was the best part of the movie.

 

[Sam Fisher]

I'm sure alot of that 76 million came from fanboys going just to watch the Batman trailer.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Unfortunately yes

 

[ToddIsDead]

I'm sure alot of that 76 million came from fanboys going just to watch the Batman trailer.

Doubtful.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Edit*

Damn you Batman!

 

[NewYorkSpider]

7/10.

This wasn't Smith's best movie, but I thought it was pretty decent.