I just saw "I am Legend."

[Writer]

I now need a drink.

~Writer the Intense~

[graywarrior]

1. Elaborate.

[DS1]

2. she saw a movie and wants to get shitfaced

:D

[graywarrior]

5. Got that right.

:toast:

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. LOL

[Writer]

3. Give me some time to let it sink in. n/t

[Redstone]

4. I'll take that to mean that it's a good movie?

Redstone

[Writer]

10. It was powerful.

Will Smith was brilliant. And I appreciated how the animation team created the zombies. They were apart from the usual.

If I could, I would write an essay drawing parallels in story structure between "The Children of Men" and "I am Legend."

It was an excellent film.

~Writer~

[Sanctified]

6. I hope the movie is better than the book, the book sucked so hard.

But I guess that is what passed for horror in 1954.

[Redneck Socialist]

7. Meh, it was OK

I just got back. I wouldn't fall all over yourself to go see it, but it was an entertaining couple of hours of movie going.

[Kutjara]

8. Was Will doing his usual schtick?

I used to enjoy it in "Fresh Prince" but it was pretty tired by the time he did "I, Robot."

[Redneck Socialist]

9. No, he was pretty good. (SPOILERS)

But then I like Will Smith.


SPOILERS

When he finds out that he's not the only person left was the highlight of the movie for me. Pretty intense, and believable.

[Kutjara]

11. I like him too, but I thought he was typecast...

...for a long long time. He was just playing "generic smartassed West Philly kid" in everything he did. Good to hear he's grown into a good actor.

[Redneck Socialist]

12. He did a great job in Ali I thought

He's played a few too many of the the wise cracking mr cool type roles, but he's grown.

[PVnRT]

41. He was great in Ali - too bad the script sucked

That could have been a great movie, but it was mostly boring.

[NewJeffCT]

42. A lot of actors have made entire careers out of playing the same type

Tom Cruise has being playing basically the same person his whole career for almost 25 years now.

[RamboLiberal]

13. I'm with you - it was an entertaining movie

And Will Smith was very good in it. Shots & CGI of an empty NYC were really well done and accurate from what I understand how nature would begin to take the city back. Kudos to the dog as well - German Shepherds are one of my favorite breeds.

[quip]

14. Two word review:

Shit Sandwich. ;-)

Didn't make any sense. Not much happened really. Maybe it's because I'm not much of a zombie film guy. Eh.

CGI is taking over the world.

[Writer]

16. If you were looking for a zombie action flick, you won't enjoy it. n/t

[quip]

17. Well, that's just it. I wasn't, but that's how it came off to me.

For some reason, I didn't buy the "talking to stuff" bit, either. It came off to me as lame attempts at jokes, like in the video store. It worked for me in Castaway, though. Wilson!

Maybe it is because I am used to the previous characters of Will Smith. Perhaps an unknown in the role would have been better? :shrug:

[Writer]

18. See, the way I read that is a man struggling to maintain his sanity...

after three years of complete isolation, save his dog. He obviously set up those dummies as a means to maintain his sense of humanity. He gave them names and spoke to them - not as a joke, but as a means of mentally handling the bleak landscape and the loss of people dear to him. I bought it.

As far as comparing it to the volleyball in "Castaway"... all I can say is, "Yeah, if I were in that position, I'd probably grab a stick and name it - as long as I give myself a sense of companionship."

[quip]

19. I think what ruined the sense of isolation was Sam

People can live happily with their pets as companions. His character should have been completely isolated. It would have been a lot more effective then, IMO.

[Writer]

20. Hmmm... that would have been interesting (spoiler!!!!!!!!)

although I waited during the first half of the movie for the dog to die. It would have been the only way to raise the stakes for Will Smith's character.

Watching him cradle the poor mutt as he transformed was so sad. I nearly cried. :cry:

[havocmom]

34. That's it for me. I won't watch it

Bad shit happening to dogs is one of my limits.

[pink-o]

23. Can you explain to me then how that manniquin "Fred"

...ended up in front of Grand Central, and he then got caught in the trap? I didn't get that at all.

What did I miss? Did he set that up himself then forget about it? Or are we supposed to believe the zombies had enough reason left to do it?

[Writer]

28. I think your first idea is correct...

that he set the trap before and had forgotten it, using Fred as a decoy, perhaps.

God, I hated that scene.

[pink-o]

33. Me too.

...and it bugs me when I have to find my own explanation for a film's loose end, it becomes necessary to reason it out after you walk out of the theatre.

I'm a writer too, and I would never let such a point fall by the wayside.

(Of course, editors have more to do with content than we do!)

[Redneck Socialist]

38. See I thought it was the zombies (spoilers)

Which raises the interesting question of how intelligent were they. They obviously could work in a cooperative fashion, seemed to respond to the lead zombie's commands and he seemed to be in control of the dog zombies. He also risked his own "life" by coming out in the sun when will smith captured the female. All of which seems to indicate an ability to reason, but that point wasn't addressed in the movie at all unfortunately.

[XemaSab]

40. That was my interpretation...

that the "lead" zombie set up the trap.

But then later it occured to me that Robert might have set up the trap himself and forgotten about it.

Robert's sort of an unreliable protagonist, ya know?

I don't mind movies with things left open to interpretation, in any case. :)

[mitchum]

15. The original story is the source material for ALL of the "besieged by zombies" movies...

Last Man on Earth
Omega Man
The ___ of the Dead franchise
28 Days
etc...

[Hobarticus]

32. Pretty groundbreaking for mid-fifties...

Still one of my favorites.

[Guava Jelly]

21. Raving reviews

I need to see it.

[NewJeffCT]

22. It's on my list of movies to see

I may try to see Beowulf if it's still around, though.

[WildEyedLiberal]

29. Oh NO - see "I Am Legend" before you ever see "Beowulf"

Beowulf was AWFUL. And I'm as big of a heroic epic/swords/dragons/fantasy nut as you can get. The CGI was creepy and the plot "reimagining" ruined the whole thing for me. I Am Legend, OTOH, was probably the creepiest, most atmospheric movie I've seen in a long time.

[datasuspect]

24. the bit rate of the computer graphics was all out of synch with my eyes

it took me about 10 minutes to adjust to it visually.

[Cannikin]

25. saw it today.

I'm not sure which I enjoyed more. The movie, or the premier of the trailer for 'The Dark Knight'!

[Redneck Socialist]

39. Yeah, Dark Knight looked pretty badass.

I loved the first one and the previews made the Joker look like the murderous psychopath he is in the comics.

[Capn Sunshine]

27. The guy who wrote the book , was my neighbor for years and years

He wrote (among many)the famous Twilight Zone where a young William Shatner sees a monster on the wing of a plane and freaks out. His daughter and my sister were bestest of friends

The Book is different than the movie; the reason he "Is Legend" is because the vampires that come out at night are more human than not, and he is known among them as the guy who kills aso many of them. It might have made better movie drama IMO if they had stuck to the book's idea of articluate and conscious vampires, including his best friend, who comes to his door every night beseeching him to join them.

[Hobarticus]

30. Yeeesh....you weren't "the neighbor" from the original story, were you?

:rofl:

Just kiddin'. That would really be interesting, though....having a famous published author as a neighbor. Small world.

[Capn Sunshine]

31. There were a lot of writers in the neighborhood

Wm. Blatty lived there; so did several episodic TV types and a few screenwriters

[MrScorpio]

37. Anyboy who thinks up projectile vomiting split pea soup is my hero

Not to mention what certain mommies do in Hell

[MrScorpio]

36. That part was straight out of Omega Man

I have a feeling that if you mix all three adaptations you'll get the story right

[XemaSab]

35. Me too...

Merlot might not be enough...

And the best part: I got home and all the lights in the house were out except the bathroom light, so I had to stumble through a dark apartment for the light. :scared:

Oh, God, I BAWLED during the scene with the dog! :cry:

[Beer Snob-50]

43. both my sons

said it sucked...