Official I Am Legend Thread

[DorkyFresh]

i don't think making it rated-R would've made the movie much better. it would've added more grittiness, but it wouldn't have fixed what was "wrong" with the movie.

 

[StrainedEyes]

This movie would have been 100% better if-

-The vampires were people in prosthetics
-The vampires were smart, not just violent thoughtless creatures. If they were individuals, if they could talk, they would have been much more menacing
-Will Smith was the only human character

The Woman and her Kid were completely useless. First of all I have no idea how they saved him.
She said they waited all day, well where the hell were they when Smith came, put a dummy in the seat, drove and hid?
How did they manage to eliminate all of those vampires when later they were scared ****less of them? They had some sort of light but it was never explained and none of Will's lights really did anything.

Like was said before, the first part of this movie was Great, really great. Right after the really sad scene of him and the dummy in the store, the movie lost all it's greatness.

 

[dark_b]

you dont need R with that kind of movie.

 

[DorkyFresh]

This movie would have been 100% better if-

-the ending were more faithful to the book.

fixed

 

[omid17]

i was thinking if they went with R, they could have made the dark seekers a lot more scarier, they wouldn't use CGI imo, i mean the infected in the movie 28 weeks later looked pretty damn freaky

 

[PWN3R]

The DVD must have the cut ending or I'll be extremely disappointed.

 

[dark_b]

the ending of the book is what makes the story the best. adnd it also explains the title 100%.
now that would be a mega twist.

 

[StrainedEyes]

i was thinking if they went with R, they could have made the dark seekers a lot more scarier, they wouldn't use CGI imo

The decision to use CGI for the vamps wasn't based on the rating, so I don't know what you're talking about.

 

[omid17]

you dont need R with that kind of movie.

i think the book was a lot more violent than the movie, that why a lot of people including me liked the book better

 

[StrainedEyes]

I really didn't need violence. I was all about the first parts of the movie. It just felt really isolated and mysterious.

 

[omid17]

The decision to use CGI for the vamps wasn't based on the rating, so I don't know what you're talking about.

well if the movie was R than im sure we would have seen the dark seekers feed on the remaining humans, so thats why i think they would of used people the dark seekers the CGI for an R movie

 

[C.F. Kane]

This movie would have been much more effective if it stuck to the original ending. The brilliance of the book didn't come from humanity's redemption, it was the acknowledgment that the human race changes for better or for worse, and that change is often irrevocable.

 

[DorkyFresh]

lack of violence isn't a flaw the movie had....it was the lack of a thought-provoking, climactic ending.

 

[omid17]

lack of violence isn't a flaw the movie had....it was the lack of a thought-provoking, climactic ending.

not just the ending , you probably mean once he met the lady and the boy

 

[terry78]

The moral of this story was, don't cure cancer.

 

[DorkyFresh]

not just the ending , you probably mean once he met the lady and the boy

nah...i meant the ending. i didn't mind the lady and the kid. i actually loved seeing Will Smith react to being in front of people that can communicate back to him after not having that privilege for 3 years. i just wish they didn't end the movie in such an uneventful, predictable manner.

 

[omid17]

nah...i meant the ending. i didn't mind the lady and the kid. i actually loved seeing Will Smith react to being in front of people that can communicate back to him after not having that privilege for 3 years. i just wish they didn't end the movie in such an uneventful, predictable manner.

how did you wanted it to end then?

 

[PWN3R]

I don't know if this has been posted yet:

Richard Matheson has signed off on sequel rights.

With Will Smith's I Am Legend having earned a massive $332.1 million worldwide since opening on December 14, ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Warner Bros. is looking ahead to a possible follow-up to the Francis Lawrence-directed film. According to the site, the book's author, Richard Matheson, has signed off on sequel rights.

More on this here!

Given the box office figures, this shouldn't come as any surprise.

An inside source, who wishes to remain anonymous, tells ShockTillYouDrop.com author Richard Matheson has signed off on sequel rights for the smash hit I Am Legend. Matheson wrote the original 1954 novel upon which Francis Lawrence's film is based.

This does not necessarily mean a sequel is a "go." It simply gives Warner Bros. peace of mind should they find the right direction to take the story in and opt to move forward on a second chapter. If that does happen, it would be the first time the "Legend" material was sequelized.

 

[ToddIsDead]

There really isn't any place to go for a sequel. At least not any place interesting.

 

[PWN3R]

Yeah. Hopefully Will Smith knows this too. A sequel would be horrible.

 

[matthooper]

Obviously it would be a prequel if they retain Smith. There is lots they can show. The events immediately after the plague hits. People turing into vamps for the first time and how others react. People burying their loved ones and then have them come back. The government and their reaction. The whole spreading aspect. Neville adjusting to his new world.

They could actually have some aspects of the book.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

or maybe he didn't die...and the whole ending was a dream.....lol

 

[Mister Sinister]

No, I don't like the sound of a sequel, even if it is a perfect movie with an amazing director and a Triple A cast, the whole point of I Am Legend is that it's about ONE man.

 

[DorkyFresh]

how did you wanted it to end then?

similar to the book.

 

[protocida]

How is Mark Prov script, for the Scott/Schazenegger movie?

Can someone please tell me with details?