Official I Am Legend Thread

[Sugarculted]

The two times I went to see this, Smith doing his shirtless pull-ups garnered whistles and catcalls from the females, and groans from the males.

Well Terry, my girlfriend surprised me to seeing this film for Christmas, because she remembers me mentioning the Christmas before, that Will Smith was hot.

I just have a open opinion on how guys look, and for his age, Will is smoking hot So yeah, she did stare at me whilst he was doing his pull-ups. She (and her entire family) now thinks I have a huge fixation with how Will looks. Can't say I whistled, though.


But anyway, onto my opinion. Has anybody else had to suffer the incredible, atrocious volume of the film? I went to the toilets halfway through, and I could still hear the film whilst I was there. I don't even have to look at the screen, and the loud sounds make me jerk outta of my seat.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I thought it was great. Sure, I considered the CGI to look a bit naff when it came to the deer and lions, but the vampireery lifeforms looked all right. I don't understand why we couldn't have done with some make up work instead though...

Seeing Neville survive on his own with Sam was great. Will once again reminds us that he's one of those actors, who can be a big Hollywood type star, but still act pretty well. His loss in the film was devastating, and my lady ending up crying. Thankfully, they hung onto that loss for some while. I was worried we'd end up with a shocking scene, only to lead ourselves straight onto something else.

I won't go on, but I'll just say that I thought this film was brilliant. I probably preferred the daylight scenes, and you could tell the lack of human contact affected him (it seemed to me he even placed that manikin there). There could've been more make up work instead of so much CGI, but Will's acting was clean, and the way it was shot turned out nicely.

Oh, and mentioning the manikin...I need to become a film-maker, then produce one about deadly murdering manikins. No faces, missing limbs, tearing a city apart. Anyone know of a film based on that?

 

[Tyrinus]

Actually it's a well done imitation of the same dog from the book.

Did you read the book? The dog in the book acted nothing like the dog in the movie. Nothing.


I think the movie did waste it's potential....so sad. Maybe one day it'll be adapted again with the original reason for Neville being a legend.

 

[matthooper]

Did you read the book? The dog in the book acted nothing like the dog in the movie. Nothing.

Spoiler

They both became infected.

That's the only, and I mean only similarity.

 

[matthooper]

I think the movie did waste it's potential....so sad. Maybe one day it'll be adapted again with the original reason for Neville being a legend.

I was really hoping the spirit of the book would remain intact. Unfortunatly, it didn't happen. It's truly I Am Legend in name only. How about the first night we are witness to in the book. A remarkable chapter. It still haunts me.

It's almost as if the screenwriter didn't even read the book.

I thought the film was pretty decent until the woman and kid came, after that it fell apart.

 

[The Squirrel]

Oh, and mentioning the manikin...I need to become a film-maker, then produce one about deadly murdering manikins. No faces, missing limbs, tearing a city apart. Anyone know of a film based on that?

The Doctor Who pilot.


And I enjoyed the movie. And I just figured the vampires placed the manikin there to trap Robert.

 

[snap-hiss]

Actually, it was about an 1 hour and 40 minutes. Unless you spent another 20 minutes still wondering where the Mustang went.

Priceless.

 

[SapphirePrima]

And I enjoyed the movie. And I just figured the vampires placed the manikin there to trap Robert.

I don't understand how people aren't getting this. It's very simple. I for one found the book to drag. I couldn't get passed chapter 8.

 

[aaron]

past*

 

[SapphirePrima]

past*

lol. It's the Christmas break getting to my spelling.

 

[The Squirrel]

I don't understand how people aren't getting this. It's very simple. I for one found the book to drag. I couldn't get passed chapter 8.

I thought it was obvious since the main vamp guy was waiting there with two dogs.

*And I agree that the ending was the weakest part of the movie.

 

[aaron]

lol. It's the Christmas break getting to my spelling.

phew, i thought id have gotten the reply 'f*** off'

 

[PowersOfMind]

I won't go on, but I'll just say that I thought this film was brilliant. I probably preferred the daylight scenes, and you could tell the lack of human contact affected him (it seemed to me he even placed that manikin there). There could've been more make up work instead of so much CGI, but Will's acting was clean, and the way it was shot turned out nicely.

I agree. Smith's acting is what reallty drove the film. Straying from the book as it did, if it were a stand alone film I thought it was great. I was glad they made it more about what it's like to be the last man on earth than how the last man on earth blows **** up.

Just the idea of being the last person on earth with nothing but bloodthirsty non-humans for company is creepy. I get chills just thinking about it.

The two times I went to see this, Smith doing his shirtless pull-ups garnered whistles and catcalls from the females, and groans from the males.

Well to be fair their is a similar reaction when the female in a movie is half naked just for the perusal of the audience.

 

[danoyse]

I agree. Smith's acting is what reallty drove the film. Straying from the book as it did, if it were a stand alone film I thought it was great. I was glad they made it more about what it's like to be the last man on earth than how the last man on earth blows **** up.

I haven't read the book (yet), so I pretty walked much in cold and was totally blown away by it. Probably the scariest end-of-the world film I've seen yet. I had no idea it was going to leave that miserable watching it.

I really want to read the book now that I know how different the original story was.

Well to be fair their is a similar reaction when the female in a movie is half naked just for the perusal of the audience.

And being female myself, I have to say Will is looking just fine.

 

[SapphirePrima]

I haven't read the book (yet), so I pretty walked much in cold and was totally blown away by it. Probably the scariest end-of-the world film I've seen yet. I had no idea it was going to leave that miserable watching it.

I really want to read the book now that I know how different the original story was.



And being female myself, I have to say Will is looking just fine.

He's come a long way since the Fresh Prince.

 

[the a1ant]

Did anyone think the lady and kid weren't real at first? When the dark seekers came crashing in and he kept calling there names, I thought the scene would turn out with them only existing in his mind. That would've been really sad, yet awesome, imo.

Actually the entire last part of the film felt edited to me. Hopefully they'll put the alternate ending on the DVD, and it'll offer something really different.

 

[terry78]

^Haha, cool, yes...but that would have made the movie even more depressing than the book. The Mist proved that people aren't down with somber endings, unless it's done ironically like in a horror slasher flick.

 

[tzarinna]

He's come a long way since the Fresh Prince.

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=292427

 

[the a1ant]

^Haha, cool, yes...but that would have made the movie even more depressing than the book. The Mist proved that people aren't down with somber endings, unless it's done ironically like in a horror slasher flick.

True - that might be too harsh. I do, however think that'd be a good way to do the ending in the novel (from that specific point in the film). But yeah, a bit depressing.

 

[Dodger]

In what way though? He didn't speak and Neville didn't know who he was.

!snap

No, I know. I think, I should of said IMO I think it was Ben. The only similarities is that they were both the alpha's, but thats where it ends.

 

[snap-hiss]

No, I know. I think, I should of said IMO I think it was Ben. The only similarities is that they were both the alpha's, but thats where it ends.

Fair enough, but Cortman wasn't any type of leader, he was simply a vampire who knew who Neville was.

!snap

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Saw this today, i have never read the book, but thought the movie was really good, my only dissapointment was the monstors, they needed to be more scary, more fearsome, in the end they just looked like drugged up CGI humans.

But other than that, i thought the movie was great, Will Smith was superb, and i really enjoyed his performance, he did indeed, carry the movie, and the dog, Sam, was great also, her and Will Smith share some great scene's, most notably when she saves his life.

The ending dissapointed me in some ways as well though, the lead 'Dark Seeker' was obviously pretty smart, so why wouldnt he listen to Robert Neville when he said 'I can cure you,' surely they didnt like being what they were?

Overall though, a very enjoyable experience, and the atmosphere and suspence in some scene's, as well Will's performance, were all top notch. 8/10 for me.

 

[matthooper]

Fair enough, but Cortman wasn't any type of leader, he was simply a vampire who knew who Neville was.

True, and since the dead were all so stupid, a leader would be pretty pointless. Cortman might have been somewhat smarter than some of the others, like the one who tried to fly, but a leader...not really. He simply called out for Neville to come out of his house every night and hid in a chimney during the day. That was pretty much his entire existance.

 

[terry78]

Saw this today, i have never read the book, but thought the movie was really good, my only dissapointment was the monstors, they needed to be more scary, more fearsome, in the end they just looked like drugged up CGI humans.

But other than that, i thought the movie was great, Will Smith was superb, and i really enjoyed his performance, he did indeed, carry the movie, and the dog, Sam, was great also, her and Will Smith share some great scene's, most notably when she saves his life.

The ending dissapointed me in some ways as well though, the lead 'Dark Seeker' was obviously pretty smart, so why wouldnt he listen to Robert Neville when he said 'I can cure you,' surely they didnt like being what they were?

Overall though, a very enjoyable experience, and the atmosphere and suspence in some scene's, as well Will's performance, were all top notch. 8/10 for me.

I assume they got smarter as far as desires, but as far as anger, that's like the main emotion when it comes to rabies or whatever they have, and it overpowered them I guess.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I assume they got smarter as far as desires, but as far as anger, that's like the main emotion when it comes to rabies or whatever they have, and it overpowered them I guess.

Still, the lead creature to me showed affection for the creature Neville caught, that is why he risked going into the daylight to confront Neville IMO.

If they are able to show compassion, even at a basic level, they are pretty smart.

 

[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

just to reiterate...