Official I Am Legend Thread

[Midnhtsun]

But audiences need every litlte thing spelled out for them.

Very true read the mist and see the movie, your point couldn't be any more correct.

 

[tzarinna]

Went today, I liked it. Will Smith is amazing.

 

[Mr. Socko]

already went over that a few pages back...

Spoiler

character arc wise he was done he had no family more importantly no dog and barely knew how to react to people the only thing he was living for was to find a cure remember he was already trying to commit suicide when Anna found and saved him...

Very good points.

 

[T'Jai]

well said

Very good points.

Thank you.
I do try, next time I'll use punctuation...

 

[Carnage921]

Not only would they look cooler and better...but wouldn't it have cost cheaper to do it in make up?

Anyway....for those wondering where all the money went into making the movie....Did you NOT notice they closed off Times Square and other areas of NYC to make this. That alone must have cost millions to shut down a area like that.

I don't think they shut sections off. Times Square doesn't have grass and cornfields in it. Most of the city was CG.

 

[danoyse]

They filmed it a few blocks from my office, and they did do a lot of location shooting in and around the city. They did close some streets, but it was early in the morning and on weekends when it would be less crowded.

I don't believe they ever shut down Times Square, but if they did it was the same thing--early in the morning when it's easier to block off the traffic, and certainly not for a long time as it would have been a logistical nightmare. The destruction and weeds are all CG.

I did see the street where I work in one of the early shots, it was very eerie.

 

[Carnage921]

They filmed it a few blocks from my office, and they did do a lot of location shooting in and around the city. They did close some streets, but it was early in the morning and on weekends when it would be less crowded.

I don't believe they ever shut down Times Square, but if they did it was the same thing--early in the morning when it's easier to block off the traffic, and certainly not for a long time as it would have been a logistical nightmare. The destruction and weeds are all CG.

I did see the street where I work in one of the early shots, it was very eerie.

That's gotta be weird.

 

[danoyse]

That's gotta be weird.

It was. I think it added to the creepy factor for me watching the movie. A lot of times when you see NY in a movie you can always tell when it's really NY and when it's really a set in Toronto somewhere. This you can tell was shot in NY, it's very accurate.

I didn't see any of the shooting going on, but I do recall the signs going up on 5th Ave that they would be shooting over a weekend a few months ago. They were in Brooklyn for awhile too, shooting the the evacuation scenes.

 

[Carnage921]

It was. I think it added to the creepy factor for me watching the movie. A lot of times when you see NY in a movie you can always tell when it's really NY and when it's really a set in Toronto somewhere. This you can tell was shot in NY, it's very accurate.

I didn't see any of the shooting going on, but I do recall the signs going up on 5th Ave that they would be shooting over a weekend a few months ago. They were in Brooklyn for awhile too, shooting the the evacuation scenes.

My dad works in manhattan, and he didn't see any shooting or closing but he did hear that they closed off parts of Brooklyn

 

[Dark Donnie]

They only shot at night and early morning. They closed off all of 5th street I believe at one point. I think its a one way so it gave them the long empty street look...what I saw on the HBO special anyway.

 

[Episode29]

This movie was both entertaining and frustrating. The first hour or so was so pitch perfect and well acted that I was beginning to consider it as among the year's best films. Then the seconnd half kicked in, with the lame woman and son bits, and the unnecessary (and poorly realized) CG fest and really killed the earlier momentum. Too bad. Still, I'd give it a reasonably decent review sheerly for the brilliant first hour, and Will Smith's performance as a whole. Started out as a classic, ended unmemorably average.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

I just saw it,i voted a 8 out of 10.I would have liked some more detail in how everything went wrong,and i did not know the film was based on a book..

 

[aaron]

i vote six

 

[danoyse]

They only shot at night and early morning. They closed off all of 5th street I believe at one point. I think its a one way so it gave them the long empty street look...what I saw on the HBO special anyway.

That's where I work, 5th Ave, which is one-way street. I saw the signs on all the streetposts when they were getting ready to shoot there. I think it was an early Saturday when they were filming that shot.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

This movie was both entertaining and frustrating. The first hour or so was so pitch perfect and well acted that I was beginning to consider it as among the year's best films. Then the seconnd half kicked in, with the lame woman and son bits, and the unnecessary (and poorly realized) CG fest and really killed the earlier momentum. Too bad. Still, I'd give it a reasonably decent review sheerly for the brilliant first hour, and Will Smith's performance as a whole. Started out as a classic, ended unmemorably average.

Pretty much sums it up for me, although I didn't have much of a problem with the admittedly poor CGI though.

 

[matthooper]

This movie was both entertaining and frustrating. The first hour or so was so pitch perfect and well acted that I was beginning to consider it as among the year's best films. Then the seconnd half kicked in, with the lame woman and son bits, and the unnecessary (and poorly realized) CG fest and really killed the earlier momentum. Too bad. Still, I'd give it a reasonably decent review sheerly for the brilliant first hour, and Will Smith's performance as a whole. Started out as a classic, ended unmemorably average.

Couldn't agree more. Once the woman and kid came, it ruined a great film.

I just finished reading the book. The only true similarities are the book's title, character name and vampires. I highly recommend the book whether you liked the film or not. It's the book that inspired Stephen King to write. Not having the vampires talk in the film was a big mistake.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

Wow...this movie is nearly up to 200 million.

 

[T'Jai]

255 world wide

 

[danoyse]

Wow...this movie is nearly up to 200 million.

I'm not surprised. I saw it at 1:00 this afternoon and it was almost sold out. Looks like it's still doing pretty well.

I've never read the book, and only vaguely remember seeing The Omega Man when my dad rented it years ago, so the story was mostly new for me. I thought it was really good, and it was scary as all hell. Will Smith just gets better and better in every movie he does.

I didn't mind the woman and the boy being there...it seemed they came in late and it was weird how they just popped into the story, but it tied in with the flashback scene when he said the prayer with his family and his wife asked God to send him help. Maybe it was their prayer being answered.

I'm hoping they have the original ending on the DVD when it comes out.

 

[aaron]

whats the omega man? :/

 

[danoyse]

Omega Man was the 2nd movie version of I Am Legend, starring Charlton Heston as Robert Neville. I remember I saw about half of it, and not liking it too much.

The first version was The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price.

 

[Midnhtsun]

Omega Man was the 2nd movie version of I Am Legend, starring Charlton Heston as Robert Neville. I remember I saw about half of it, and not liking it too much.

The first version was The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price.

I dont remember much of omega man except it was very cheesey, I did love the opening scene of heston driving around in his car. After seeing I am legend I do want to go back and watch it again.

 

[Erzengel]

I saw this last Saturday and I thought it was very well done.

However, it just depressed the s' out of me.

I never saw Ali or Pursuit of Happyness but it was nice seeing Will Smith act and not do his regular (Men in Black/Independence Day/Bad Boys) role.

I gave this an 8.

 

[War Party]

Movie was pretty damn good in the first half, but it just fell apart for me after that. Didn't like the ending at all and I didn't even read the book.But I thought Will Smith was pretty good and it was well made. I did have an issue with the unnecessary CGI with the mutants. I don't understand why they couldn't use people in prostetics and costume when only a few were on screen. I'll stick with the Simpsons adaptation from Treehouse of Horror.

 

[snap-hiss]

I'll stick with the Simpsons adaptation from Treehouse of Horror.

I was unaware they did that... which Treehouse is it from?