Official I Am Legend Thread

[War Party]

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

Season 9. It's called "The Homega Man"

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

that was a great episode. lol

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

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.

Doesn't the ending seem a little similar to the movie "Signs". In that movie the dying wife gives clues about how to kill the aliens and stuff...and in this...the daughter mentioning the butterfly..and how it appeared at the end.

 

[snap-hiss]

Doesn't the ending seem a little similar to the movie "Signs". In that movie the dying wife gives clues about how to kill the aliens and stuff...and in this...the daughter mentioning the butterfly..and how it appeared at the end.

Wow, that's stretch.

!snap

 

[danoyse]

Doesn't the ending seem a little similar to the movie "Signs". In that movie the dying wife gives clues about how to kill the aliens and stuff...and in this...the daughter mentioning the butterfly..and how it appeared at the end.

I hadn't thought of that before. It reminded me more of Children of Men, because both had a main character who'd lost faith in everything, and found it again by sacrificing himself to help others get to a place to make the world better in some way.

I think Neville pestering the dog about eating his vegetables was a substitute for what he'd probably be telling his daughter if they were all together. The look on his face when he picked up Ethan was so sad because you could see he was remembering holding his own child. When he was repeating all the lines from Shrek, it was probably because she had watched it a zillion times and he knew it by heart (most parents of small kids I know do too), but had forgotten all about it. To me, that was almost as sad as seeing NY empty.

 

[omid17]

I hadn't thought of that before. It reminded me more of Children of Men, because both had a main character who'd lost faith in everything, and found it again by sacrificing himself to help others get to a place to make the world better in some way.

I think Neville pestering the dog about eating his vegetables was a substitute for what he'd probably be telling his daughter if they were all together. The look on his face when he picked up Ethan was so sad because you could see he was remembering holding his own child. When he was repeating all the lines from Shrek, it was probably because she had watched it a zillion times and he knew it by heart (most parents of small kids I know do too), but had forgotten all about it. To me, that was almost as sad as seeing NY empty.

BTW the ending of Children of Men was great too

 

[nocomics]

I watched Omega Man the otherday just to get an idea of what I am legend was supposed to be about. I like the idea of the society of infected a tad more than the Dark Seekers. I kindof wished they would of done more with them in I am Legend instead of making them into mindless killers. Seeing alot of the similarities made both movies kindof better imo,and the differences as well.
*btw forgot that black chicks name in Omega man,but she had a smokin body,shame they did'nt have that one girl get buck naked the same

 

[terry78]

Yeah, I think the movie would have worked much better had the Dark Seekers been more than just leaping vampire/zombie types. They didn't have to speak per se, but just show them as having their own society, and viewing Neville as an outcast....and even some of them remembering that he was a player in the virus itself.

 

[War Party]

"The Homega Man"

http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...l=4&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

 

[The Shape]

I thought IAL was pretty good. I saw it in Imax, though, which probably helped it along a bit (and that Batman prologue was kickass)...but anywho...

The CG Dark Seekers ruined it for me. They looked so fake, especially up close. Why did they make the decision to make every one of them CG all the time? Even when he captured the female, and she was on the table lying there, she was CG. It became too much after a while. An the Alpha male got really annoying and was not necessary.

That said, Will Smith was really excellent. I've had respect for his film career, but never thought he was that great of an actor. He really shined in this film, especially during the first two acts of the film. Kudos to him

 

[terry78]

In Cinefex they said because they were going to have them doing all kinds of weird stunts that humans couldn't pull off, hence the CG.

 

[daywalker2007]

what a movie!
you have to see this in the theater to truly appreciate it!

will smith is a box office monster!

already at 200 million domestic after 2 weeks!

unbelievable!

There is no doubt, Will Smith is the biggest box office draw on planet earth and probably of all time after his next few movies!

 

[Carnage921]

I hadn't thought of that before. It reminded me more of Children of Men, because both had a main character who'd lost faith in everything, and found it again by sacrificing himself to help others get to a place to make the world better in some way.

I think Neville pestering the dog about eating his vegetables was a substitute for what he'd probably be telling his daughter if they were all together. The look on his face when he picked up Ethan was so sad because you could see he was remembering holding his own child. When he was repeating all the lines from Shrek, it was probably because she had watched it a zillion times and he knew it by heart (most parents of small kids I know do too), but had forgotten all about it. To me, that was almost as sad as seeing NY empty.

Yeah, in the beginning, I had this weird feeling that I wanted to leave, not cuz i was scared, just the horror of being all alone and losing everything.

 

[Mr. Socko]

In Cinefex they said because they were going to have them doing all kinds of weird stunts that humans couldn't pull off, hence the CG.

Then they could have made them CG only when they were pulling off these weird stunts. George Lucas didn't make Palpatine fully CGI in all of Revenge of the Sith because he flipped around a couple of times throughout the movie. He just made those certain scenes CGI.

The dark seekers really did ruin a part of it for me, they looked very poor. Close-ups at least could have been people in makeup/prosthetics.

 

[omid17]

In Cinefex they said because they were going to have them doing all kinds of weird stunts that humans couldn't pull off, hence the CG.

exactly

 

[omid17]

Then they could have made them CG only when they were pulling off these weird stunts. George Lucas didn't make Palpatine fully CGI in all of Revenge of the Sith because he flipped around a couple of times throughout the movie. He just made those certain scenes CGI.

The dark seekers really did ruin a part of it for me, they looked very poor. Close-ups at least could have been people in makeup/prosthetics.

there was no need to have real people if there only in it for 2 or 3 shots imo, thats why they just did all of it in CGI, and BTW don't forget that the dark seekers aren't human anymore, and obviously they don't act like it either, so you can't compare that with Palpatine

 

[the a1ant]

This conversation begun a long while ago, so me saying this might be invalid. I remember many people saying the scene with the mannequin 'moving' its head wasn't shot from Will Smith's perspective, and that it was confusing and a mistake on the director's part. When I saw the film again this weekend, I noticed the scene was, from <i>his</i> perspective, inside the car. There was no fault from the filmakers with that scene.

Then they could have made them CG only when they were pulling off these weird stunts. George Lucas didn't make Palpatine fully CGI in all of Revenge of the Sith because he flipped around a couple of times throughout the movie. He just made those certain scenes CGI.

The dark seekers really did ruin a part of it for me, they looked very poor. Close-ups at least could have been people in makeup/prosthetics.

I thought the dark seekers CGI was fantastic...except for the close-ups like you said. Those should've been with people in makeup. The dark seeker female laying on the table was excellent CGI, imo...minus when she woke up.

 

[The_Vision]

The woman interviewing Emma Thompson plays Miss.Klugh in Lost
Anyway i loved this film regardless of the crappy cgi.

 

[tzarinna]

If this is still playing on Imax when I go to NYC in a couple of weeks I may see it again. It really needs to be seen on a large screen. I was in the front row craning my neck.

 

[TNC9852002]

The woman interviewing Emma Thompson play Miss.Klugh in Lost
Anyway i loved this film regardless of the crappy cgi.

Oh yeah, I remember her now..

-TNC

 

[Charlie No-One]

I agree that the CGI monsters were unnecessary. It would have been a lot scarier and more realistic if they were real people in make-up. CGI was only needed for those stunts.

6/10

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

If this is still playing on Imax when I go to NYC in a couple of weeks I may see it again. It really needs to be seen on a large screen. I was in the front row craning my neck.

This was the kind of movie you had to see with the full screen,because there were a few things that only people with a quick eye could spot.Like the magazine on Robert's fridge,the butterfly in the glass and the Superman/Batman logo which was the easiest to see.

The film was very good,it showed that Will Smith could act very well.You could notice Robert acting sane in the start of the film,but as it went on you could feel that he was slowly going insane.

 

[Carnage921]

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.

5th and what?

 

[matthooper]

This conversation begun a long while ago, so me saying this might be invalid. I remember many people saying the scene with the mannequin 'moving' its head wasn't shot from Will Smith's perspective, and that it was confusing and a mistake on the director's part. When I saw the film again this weekend, I noticed the scene was, from <i>his</i> perspective, inside the car. There was no fault from the filmakers with that scene.
.

Actually that wasn't the only point of contention. He didn't move the mannequin itself, the dark seekers did. What's the difference if the head moved in his mind or not? There was still something wrong that he did not imagine.

 

[mrsparkle]

I honestly can't think of one great bit in that movie. It felt unfinished to me. However I have to give will smith props.