I Am Legend - review

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you know when Will Smith wants to commit suicide,and ramps those zombies with his Jeep? MAN those mutated humans have super strength, and super skull! To run headlong into the Jeep AT IT'S SIDE (wheels perpendicular) and be able to shift the Jeep a meter or more.

Talk about super reflexes!

I'll have an order of the T-virus for me, please.


And BTW why can't I edit my above freaking POSTS?! It was meant for an hour of short joke..I don't want to give THAT away. Can a mod make my spoiler line into a nice blue font, like those WF's idiot spammers?
 


Damn, too late, I wanted to see the movie and read it. Now I'll just get it off pirate bay...

I like the Resident Evil movies though so I may still enjoy it.
 
The movie had a decent storyline but it wasn't that good.. The ending was stupid,, the chick in the end escapes like was no big deal from all those freaks, give me a break..
 
I thought the movie was absolutely horrible. I can't beleive I wasted my money. And I was really looking forward to seeing this movie.

I did read the first few posts and I do agree the empty NYC scenes are impressive.
 
It was really good, but the ending was kind of sudden. I thought about it for awhile though, and I can't really think of a better way to end the story

Where Robert Neville (Wil Smith) shoots a manequin (which is the only "human" contact he has) because it has been moved and he can not understand why, should be a truly poignant moment but is rendered ridiculous by the ham fisted direction and the childish, almost salivish, adherence to the formula of hollywood that dictates that "funny equals acceptable". This scene is ruined by the funny factor.
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Yeah I agree, they shouldn't have tried to make it funny. Actually I didn't care for any of the humorous parts, it's kind of a lame way to make the movie appealing to everyone (the dumb bitch two rows up laughed at every serious part though ffs AND some dumbass brought a baby to the movie ( yes I'm serious), and it kept crying. Who the hell brings their infant to the 10pm showing of a rated R movie Christmas night?)
 
It was really good, but the ending was kind of sudden. I thought about it for awhile though, and I can't really think of a better way to end the story
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Maybe how it ends in the book? lol

Twas a sudden ending, but a good film none the less.
Had the Mrs scared anyways!
 
hijinks said:
My question is -- what the hell was he saving the damn bacon for?
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because they had to explain every single luxury in that movie. it was kind of annoying. Would you like some eggs? they're dried of course. I found some bacon, it was yours of course. I was saving that bacon! Oh hey salmon in a can.*cuts to scene of him picking vegetables*

I also don't understand why he had to chase the deer down that street everyday. They ran through it anyways around the same time why didn't he just wait in a building that they run by and snipe them? Or traps for crying out loud. They're damn near stampeding and he's out there chasing them with a car and running after them like he's going to tackle them.
 
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I also don't understand why he had to chase the deer down that street everyday. They ran through it anyways around the same time why didn't he just wait in a building that they run by and snipe them? Or traps for crying out loud. They're damn near stampeding and he's out there chasing them with a car and running after them like he's going to tackle them.
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i thought that was pretty gangster :2gunsfiring_v1:
 
Deliguy said:
because they had to explain every single luxury in that movie. it was kind of annoying. Would you like some eggs? they're dried of course. I found some bacon, it was yours of course. I was saving that bacon! Oh hey salmon in a can.*cuts to scene of him picking vegetables*

I also don't understand why he had to chase the deer down that street everyday. They ran through it anyways around the same time why didn't he just wait in a building that they run by and snipe them? Or traps for crying out loud. They're damn near stampeding and he's out there chasing them with a car and running after them like he's going to tackle them.
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Yeah, I agree - too much explanation of stuff and then after 3 years, maybe he'd have it down pat by then - how to get food, trap the animals . . . .

The ending was kind of weird, I mean, he didn't just stop to think about that chick bringing him back, or were they followed, or checking the door to see if they were around, etc. and having to spray ammonia on the porch, but tonight, why don't we just forget about it. I spose I'd be in shock about almost dying and here's a person that saved me, but there's a system he's used to . . .

Which got me thinking . . this guy was pretty damn smart, but where was his escape hatch from the house? Which got me thinking . . . he could have strung some wires up, ran a little car up to some other respite - have like 3 or 4 of those set up around town . . . commandered a tank . . whatever . . in fact, why wouldn't you just sleep in a freaking tank every night. That might be kind of fun, get bored and just mow em down. There'd only be 20 or 30 that could stay on top while you ran over thousands of them. Maybe their guts would clog the motor after awhile ..


Which got me thinking again . . if I'm ever in a run for your life zombie situation . . I'm going up to get away. Tree house, tower with elevator, or better yet a blimp held with a couple of cables. Winch up at night, winch down during day. The worse they could do is cut the cables - setting you adrift . . They could only come at you one at a time . . .

ah zombie movies . . .
 
radio said:
They spent alot of time thinking about what an empty NY City would look like and they pulled it off spectacularly... too bad they didn't spend much time thinking about character development or an ending. At 1hr 30mins it's like everyone just said, "oh, s'pose we should wrap this thing up then." 3/4 of the movie = awesome.
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Apparently New Yorkers were giving Will the finger because the movie totally tied up traffic for days. I saw the original, still not true to the book, which was that the people all turned into Vampires, and there were other living people still around.
I'll wait for the video, so I can smoke and watch.:D
 
The movie was OK, but not great. Better to spend a couple bucks renting it than seeing in theater. The scenes of NY were good. There were some parts that were good, but overall average. I think they coulda picked someone better to play the part than Will.

DL the screener and save the cash.

Hoping National Treasure 2 will be better, seeing it tomorrow.
 
I really hated the movie, if only because I'm currently halfway through the book. This is what I'm getting from the two:

Book:
Robert Neville is the last man on Earth, and he's slowly going insane due to lack of human contact. He spends his days fortifying his house and researching the cause of the plauge (WHICH PRODUCES VAMPIRES, not zombie men on crack), and his nights drinking himself to death to avoid the crushing despair of being alone.

Movie:
Robert Neville cruises around New York City, spending lots of time looking at well-placed billboards. The amount of product placement in this movie was nauseating. As for going insane, he's not walking down that road, he's already there (talking to mannequins). Cracked out zombies follow him around and are not quite vampires. Neville kills himself in a typical Hollywood-heroic fashion.

First I, Robot and now I Am Legend. Can Hollywood please stop fucking up the classics?
 
I thought it was an ok, fun film.

Did anyone notice the Batman vs Superman billboard?!

I much prefered the zombies in 28 days - there's definitely something to be said for using real actors, rather than cgi.
 
Just saw this movie last night. I knew better than to read this thread first. I went in knowing will smith was all alone in NYC but that's all I knew and my hubby didn't know ANYTHING only that Will smith was in it. I've said it before, I'll say it again. If the movie is good AT ALL then going in completely blind is the BEST way to see it! He really enjoyed it and thought it was pretty good movie. I was entertained but thought pretty much what everyone else did, it could have been so much better. And I thought will smith was terrible. they should have had serious actor play that part. (Denzel would have been much better.) The dog was great. I grew up with a German Shepard that looked and behaved the same way and it made me want to go out and get one. (Although I will say that was Will's only good scene in the movie)

28 Days fucking ROCKED, I loved that movie! not only did it scare the shit out of you but it also had an almost scarier aspect of "this is what happens to human nature when the world goes to chaos" and as a fan of social psych, I dig that shit. Yet it still had alot of heart. How can a movie like that go wrong?
 
i honestly didn't like it that much, i was expecting too much probably.
i just think it left too many questions without an answer
 
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