I Am Legend

[ExtremeGamer]

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You said you had no idea that the trailer was in front of it. I said yes, and then started listing the ones that I saw in front of the movie. How is that confusing?

Ok...

I had like 7 movies in front of it, only ones I remember were Jumper, Batman and 2000 BC.

[marshallfever]

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The book ended totally different because the movie is pretty far away from the book. In the book, the vampires have their own society and look at Neville as an evil man for killing all of them at night. So, they capture him, have a trial, and then sentence him to death for his transgressions.

Wow that sounds completely different, completely. Sounds very interesting though.

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In the book, did his blood still hold the cure for the virus? Cause it sounds a little strange that they would have a society (Showing intelligence) and refuse to try his cures if would help them turn back to normal.

So he was the only person left on Earth in the book?

I think i'm going to read the book now because really, that sounds very interesting, very different from the movie.

[CaptainZombie]

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Just saw it.

Worst movie I've seen all year. Absolutely terrible, nothing redeeming about it. I was bored to tears watching it. Awful, awful movie, complete waste of time and money.

Sorry.

I guess 30 Days of Night has been topped in your opinion?

Wow that sounds completely different, completely. Sounds very interesting though.

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In the book, did his blood still hold the cure for the virus? Cause it sounds a little strange that they would have a society (Showing intelligence) and refuse to try his cures if would help them turn back to normal.

So he was the only person left on Earth in the book?

I think i'm going to read the book now because really, that sounds very interesting, very different from the movie.

Now I need to find the book and read it, because after watching Omega Man last month, I Am Legend tonight, and hoping to see Last Man on Earth sometime this week...............I don't know what to make of the movie adaptations anymore.

Let's see, I liked I Am Legend until the end + I couldn't stand the CGI used for these creatures/vampires/the infected. I felt like I was watching the zombies from 28 Days Later on dope w/CGI. Will Smith played his role rather well. I thought that everything was well done except for those two issues that I had.

The book just seems so different from all these movie adaptations.

But what terrifies off of wiki and just makes me shake my head:

The original screenwriter of I Am Legend, Mark Protosevich, pitched the idea of a sequel to Warner Bros., though a deal has not been finalized.

[CaptainZombie]

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The only thing I would have done differently...

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If I'm Will Smith, I put the grenade in the recovering girls hand and jump in the safe... you just know that zombie dude would have head butted the grenade like he head butted everything else. Problem solved. And Will lives. My ending is better.

yeah but that would of changed from what the book had completely lol

Kash, but did anything in this movie completely follow the book.............

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shoot, they should have just done something different with the ending and now have Neville die. LOL!

[DonkeyJote]

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I thought Will's performance was phenomenal, and the scene in the dark was incredibly intense. I was actually okay with the ending. Great movie.

I did like the little things they put in too. Like the sports ticker at the bottom saying Shhaq announced his retirement for after 2010. The Knicks in a winning streak. The war in Iraq still going on. Oh, and the Batman/Superman Movie poster in Times Square.

Trailers were great for me too. Dark Knight, Iron Man, Prince Caspian - all look good.

[jmood88]

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I liked it so much that right after I saw it I snuck into the Imax theater and saw it again. I can't wait for the dvd.

[DickDalewood]

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Always interesting to see so many varying opinions... here's mine:

Absolutely incredible movie! Saw it on Friday and honestly can't stop thinking about how good it was. I might just have to go back and see it again.... I hope that DVD get's here soon!

[AuburnAlumni]

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Long story short....

Very good movie. Good acting, story, etc.

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE CGI ZOMBIES

That was some of the fakest, worst CGI I've seen in a major release in a long time.

Every scene with them looked cartoony and took me completely out of the experience.

People in makeup would have made this movie a Solid 3 1/2 to 4 stars.

[jmood88]

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I really don't get the complaints about the CGI, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as people made it out to be. With that being said, they should've done the zombies how the vampires were in Blade 2, have real people and then CGI if something over the top happens. Those things were fast as hell though.

[AuburnAlumni]

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I really don't get the complaints about the CGI, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as people made it out to be. With that being said, they should've done the zombies how the vampires were in Blade 2, have real people and then CGI if something over the top happens. Those things were fast as hell though.

Yes....it was.

Horrendously fake would be an accurate description.

[Brankles]

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I saw the movie... thought it was ok, definitely overhyped. A lot of small things didn't make sense to me, but the plot was really straightforward and dumbed down.

Then I read a short synopsis of the book... wow! That would have made a way better movie.

***POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW***

"I Am Legend" could have been such an awesome movie if it had stuck to the original idea of the book as a reverse monster story- that Neville is the 'monster' to the vampires. Instead of being this kick-*** vampire killer (who becomes a legend amongst the vampires as a day-walking hunter, hence the title) he spends the majority of his experiences with the vampires trying to run away from them. I understand that they're dangerous, and if I were him I would avoid them too, but this is a total deviation from the book. I would have even been able to accept the change in the story except for his completely predictable demise as a martyr and the unexplainable phenomenon which is the walled community in Vermont. The ending just seemed so typical for a post-apocalyptic-zombies-have-killed-everyone movie (we found a cure! there are actually lots of people who aren't infected! the few of us will repopulate the Earth and save humanity!), which I was hoping this wasn't going to be. If they had stuck to the original concept they would have been able to examine so many more ideas- religious, existential, fatalistic, naturalistic. It could have even been an analysis on what qualifies a 'legend' in our society and our instinctual habit to create mythology. Instead of a commentary on the human condition, it becomes a conventional Hollywood action flick with little depth.

Basically, in the book, Will Smith is the last human on earth, and slaughters the vampire/zombies in their sleep. In the book these vampires are socialized and can speak, and have a huge fear of Neville (Smith). He is so feared that he eventually becomes to these vampires what a vampire is to humans. He is a legend, a one-of-a-kind monster that wreaks havoc on a society, the society that the vampire/zombies have formed.

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They definitely effed this movie up by not going by the book. That would have been an awesome flick with a lot more depth.

[Boltman]

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The 4 other guys I saw it with all thought the same, they were actually harsher than I was.

Oh well, to each their own. The best part was the Batman trailer

And that sucked as well.

[Boltman]

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Exactly. I imagine it is the mindset of the person going to see the film and their current situation that helps shape their opinion on a movie to go along with their own personal tastes.

To further prove that point, I thought the trailer for Batman sucked and the movie didn't look that good. However, Batman Begins is one of my favorite movies.

Co - sign.

Everyone keeps saying how brilliant Heath looks as Joker, I don't see it. Lame I say.

[ODogg]

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And that sucked as well.

I thought the new Batman trailer looked really, really, REALLY killer!! Can't wait!! I was somewhat worried about Heath Ledger as The Joker but it looks like he is going to be a fantastic Joker in an insane, very creepy way (as the Joker should be) as opposed to a cartoony and campy way (as past movies and cartoons are).

[CaptainZombie]

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I thought Will's performance was phenomenal, and the scene in the dark was incredibly intense. I was actually okay with the ending. Great movie.

I did like the little things they put in too. Like the sports ticker at the bottom saying Shhaq announced his retirement for after 2010. The Knicks in a winning streak. The war in Iraq still going on. Oh, and the Batman/Superman Movie poster in Times Square.

Trailers were great for me too. Dark Knight, Iron Man, Prince Caspian - all look good.

The Batman/Supes movie poster was very cool. Plus all the little things that they added like you mentioned were nice too.

Long story short....

Very good movie. Good acting, story, etc.

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE CGI ZOMBIES

That was some of the fakest, worst CGI I've seen in a major release in a long time.

Every scene with them looked cartoony and took me completely out of the experience.

People in makeup would have made this movie a Solid 3 1/2 to 4 stars.

I agree about those CGI "infected", since I don't know what the hell to even call them even though the girl in the movie called them, if I can remember "Demon or Devil walkers". I really enjoyed the movie, but this was the one part that I wasn't too happy with. Like I mentioned earlier, these "infected" were like the 28 Days Later zombies on dope/crack.

I really don't get the complaints about the CGI, it wasn't anywhere near as bad as people made it out to be. With that being said, they should've done the zombies how the vampires were in Blade 2, have real people and then CGI if something over the top happens. Those things were fast as hell though.

I agree, would have been more believable.

I saw the movie... thought it was ok, definitely overhyped. A lot of small things didn't make sense to me, but the plot was really straightforward and dumbed down.

Then I read a short synopsis of the book... wow! That would have made a way better movie.

***POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW***

Basically, in the book, Will Smith is the last human on earth, and slaughters the vampire/zombies in their sleep. In the book these vampires are socialized and can speak, and have a huge fear of Neville (Smith). He is so feared that he eventually becomes to these vampires what a vampire is to humans. He is a legend, a one-of-a-kind monster that wreaks havoc on a society, the society that the vampire/zombies have formed.

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They definitely effed this movie up by not going by the book. That would have been an awesome flick with a lot more depth.

That is why I still like Omega Man a tad bit better than I Am Legend. Omega made all of this more realistic feeling to it. Now again, if the darn "infected" weren't CGI as I complained about above, it would have helped a lot imo. I really liked how they did talk in Omega Man, it really made them feel like a new society was created. Not to say that the "infected" in I Am Legend didn't build a society + they were getting smarter as the time went on.

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Between the trap that they set for Will Smith w/ Fred as the bait, plus the 3 dogs that looked like they were ready to just jump over the beam coming from the sun, to the them having a leader. These guys were getting smarter too.

What I find baffling, is that in Vermont they had this safe haven with a new society of humans, consisting of non-infected people and military. Couldn't the "infected" of attacked this safe haven, to me it didn't look to be safe at all. They ripped through Will Smith's roof and then literally head butted reinforced glass, showing how strong they were. Granted, they may have never found the safe haven......but crap those had to also be lurking around in the mountains too.

Co - sign.

Everyone keeps saying how brilliant Heath looks as Joker, I don't see it. Lame I say.

People were booing and laughing in the theater when they saw Ledger as Joker. I think it will be fine even though Jack played an awesome Joker. Ledger looked creepy as hell.