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Aw, hell naw!! I AM LEGEND trailer appears online in glorious Quicktime!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Judging from the trailer, this is going to be everything I expected the movie to be. Huge, crazy-awesome effects, etc. I still get the feeling that after I see this movie I'm still going to want to see a lower budget, not so flashy version that accurately follows the Richard Matheson novel. Who knows? Maybe I'll get the book in this movie, but I somehow think the smaller, personal story will be ignored for a more audience friendly big budget thriller.
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH IS ONLY KINDA ALONE... WELL, NOT REALLY ALONE AT ALL IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT... I MEAN, THE DOG MEANS HE'S NOT ALONE, BUT I GUESS THEY MEAN HUMANOIDS, NOT CANINES...
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how long has this been in limbo?
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...with a side of tossed salad.
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Enough already.
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I will not see this film because it's obvious that he will insert that line somewere in the film like he ded with I, Robot which will take me out of it. The fact that he says that shit in every single fucking film he's in no matter how inappropriate it may be for the character irks me to no end. He doesn't play characters, he plays himself. Except for when he's doing Oscar bait like the Pursuit of Happyness.
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But that looks pretty good.
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I have posted this in other TB...
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JIM WEST RIDES AGAIN!
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Well, lets see if he is the last man on Earth or just NY city. The teaser is okay, nothing too revealing.
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Haven't we seen a super disaster New York in the last 5 years? Heroes, Day after Tomorrow, and such? Looks REALLY GOOD anyways.
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welcome to the world of A-list actors. name one marketable actor today who can open a movie that does not employ the ticks and traits you referred to? maybe if daniel day lewis worked in a couple "Aw hell naws" we'd see him in more movies...
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No Big Willy Style. Which is, of course, a good thing. Then again, half the trailer is concerned with the outbreak itself, which I hope makes up only a small portion of the movie.
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Give me an example of another "A-list actor" who has this one trademark line he says in all of his movies like Will Smith does. I'm begging you.
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I swear everyone seems to use an abbreviation of his work for many many trailers.
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yep.
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I was in nyc when they were filming. I laughed then, and I laughed now after seeing the footage.
Whats up with the little blobs of shrubbery under all the cars???
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OK then it wasn't just me, It sounded eerily close to that Requiem For a Dream cue that everyone and their mama uses in trailers.
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I'm very interested in this project.
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Am I the only one getting that vibe?
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Ever since Two Towers that song has played or a version of. But man that song is soooo good it never gets old. Well. Not yet anyways.
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I'll watch it.
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I dare say Arnold used to say "I'll be back" in almost all of his movies. And he was an "A-List" actor. So Will Smith isn't the only one to do.
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because I feel he waisted time doing alot of big "persona" films when you know he's got the talent to do better. He's one of the actors that can actually make an interesting hero or whatever if he'd try.
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DeNiro is another actor who - while he doesn't have a 'catchphrase' per se - does seem to just "play himself" as you mentioned polyh3dron. Tom Hanks' nice-guy persona has been played to death. We're all sick of Pacino's screams. Clooney's smirks & smarm. Jim Carrey's comic mannerisms have become predictable. My theory is that celebrity brings familiarity, and familiarity brings contempt.
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Well, it's not really a specific line, but I submit Mr. Steven Seagal and his low talker tough guy voice. Wait, he was a B+ actor at best so, just nevermind...Just bring me a glass of hot fat.
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If he's alive at the end (or at least not about to be killed) I'll be pissed.
I'll be equally pissed if he's starts smart talkin' the zombies, like he did to the robots in that horrendous cinematic abortion known as I, Robot - another classic genre novel. -
He is definitely capable of it but his ego gets in the way.
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I have the latest version of QT and the video doesn't work....
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Hellz yeah!
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Are just really good chameleons and will never achieve the heights of celebrity of a Will Smith. People love them for their charisma and wish fulfillment - not for their acting chops.
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He could be in a film about Napoleon. Guarenteed they'll be a sequence with him doing a split with his feet on top of two canon balls.
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I'm sold!
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I mean he's not in the league of Nic Cage bugs me but I just have a hard time with him in most of his movies. Have not really connected with him in anything per say. Still I find some of his movies enjoyable just not anything that is memorable in ways of a performance. Ali was overrated IMO. I-Robot was a DVD rental and in ID4 he annoyed me.
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What's up with the beard and wearing an Army dress uniform?
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What caused the human extinction? Who or what is there with him? Hmmmm...
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...at first glance. I also got a Castaway in the city vibe. But still, this does look interesting.
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And the nominees are . . . Golden Gate in X3, the bridge in Mission: Impossible 3, the one in True Lies, and oh, yeah, Bridge Over the River Kwai.
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I've always thought he was more talented than what he decides to spend his time on. Even with this I thought he should be doing something else. An actory movie or something.
After seeing the trailer earlier tonight I went over to the IMDb and was looking at the user comments for The Omega Man and it just made me want to watch that again. Any thought I had of watching this just vanished. As famous as he is, I don't think of Will Smith as a Heston or a Price type. They actually are legend and he's, you know, the fresh prince.
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Good flick.
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Will Smith, despite not being very orignal of an actor is still entertaining to watch. The movie looks like it has the right atmosphere, maybe not for a truthful adaptation of the source material, but of a good action movie. Well maybe, I'l at least wait till the inevitable "aw hell no/ now thats what im talking about" snippetes to come out before I start hating.
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I AM LEGEND IN NAME ONLY!!!
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Another we're the last people on earth movie, woot woot!
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Not sure how they "adapted" all of this from the book, because I'm pretty sure that was about vampires, and....goddammit Will Smith...looks like they stole the name and butchered the content of the story, a la I, Robot (which was understandable)...but this, as anyone who has read the book knows, is a travesty...wasted potential.
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Sad part is, that is probably accurate. Time for electric cars to come back! www.teslamotors.com
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It felt lyrical and not like the usual bio. His Ali felt like a collection of snapshots from the real Ali.
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Doesn't this kinda sorta look like it could be "DMZ: The Movie"?
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But that's no surprise. Nobody has ever gotten this story on to the screen properly. They always have to sexy it up and completely ruin the desolation, loneliness, and dementia and turn it into a monster movie with no heart.
PLEASE, someone get this right some day! No big-name, no big city, no hot car, no "mutants", no action scenes... This is not an action story. It's a tale of loneliness and loss. Fucking idiots wouldn't understand subtle storytelling if it came out and said "BY THE WAY, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SUBTLE ALLEGORY"
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I need to buy it tomorrow. But I'm afraid it'll ruin the movie for me. Oh well.
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gonna rock it is
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What's a book?
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I thought this look a heck of a lot more like Night of the Comet (wonder if Smith will have a scene trying on clothes in the mall) than the book, I am Legend. How do they get away even using that title. Oh yeah, money.
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The book is such a great story and no one even comes close to putting it up on the screen as it reads in the book. Now that I think about it, I bet some small independent production could actually have a go at the book and probably be able to do it more justice than the prior two (most likely three) films did.
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I'm not sure how balls out actiony this will be. The trailer was pretty atmospheric and didn't have any explosions. I hope it's a good balance of action and story, and Will Smith shows off his chops a bit more.
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...The rest of the country is fine? Why doesn't he just find a boat and use it to get off? (off the island, you pervs) Oh yeah, that's right, that would imply logic, which this movie obviously lacks.
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I meant to say many.
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I thought the Vincent Price version adaptation The Last Man On Earth was really close to the book. I haven't seen The Omega Man with Chartlon Heston, so I can't say much about that one. I do hope they don't ruin the story by Williestylin' it.
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I remember that kid scaring the crap out of me. I need to Netflix that sucker.
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It looks good! Not everything has to follow the fucking source material. The story was good, I agree. Go read the story if you want a word for word adaption. You whiney dipshits.
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Actually the book is about a dude fighting off vampires. If you want a story about loss and grief or whatever the hell you said go read Sophie's Choice you whining crybaby.
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You asked.
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My moneys on no.
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Now I have no reason to watch Pursuit of Misspeled Happiness.
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Aw HAY-AIL, naw!
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A true adaptation would have no 'name' actors, it would NOT be sexied up as he so accurately put it - it's a very dark, haunting book. And jimmy009 you're a moron - what is the point of saying a movie is adapted from the book if it doesn't follow the source material??? It's not just 'a dude fighting off vampires' - he's fighting for his sanity is the basis of the story. The fact that they give him a dog from the start completely ruins one of the best sequences in the book, when he tries to win over a terrified stray because he desperately needs the companionship. Having a dog from the start totally screws up the impact of the book.
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I said it doesn't have to follow the source material word for word MORON. Learn to read then come back to share your thoughts.
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And that was during the Cuban missile crisis. It is one of the twelve great stories is sf; the sense of hopelessness and insane soldiering-on of Neville is what makes it a classic. That and the fact that nastiest vampire in the story was hiding *right next door* to Neville's house, and Neville never figured that out. It made the bleak ending even bleaker. The y just don't write them like that anymore.
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was horribly done. oh, for the movie itself, i think i will pass. i can't take Will Smith movies seriously.
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..Anthony fucking Zerbe? and he better be watching Woodstock like in "The Omega Man"..that scene was great..the last man on Earth watching 500,000 of his fellow humans rockin' on Yasgurs' farm
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Another Will Smith film to add to my "Don't See Will Smith Films" list. It continues to grow!
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in full herehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIRS1jhui7g&mode=related&search=Heston plays better still than Will ever will.
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Don't even bother with a rental. It's that good. One of the best post-apocalyptic movies of all time.
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what's the music in the 1st half of the teaser?
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I have no reservations saying that I am looking forward to this. The jets taking out the bridges looks pretty cool. Thanks to I Am Legend (and Night of the Living Dead - the only film IMHO that captures the tone of the book), I have always loved post-apocalyptic/siege/last man on earth films. But going in, it's important to understand this is not Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. Don't look for Neville the everyman, struggling to understand what's going on in the new world around him, facing setback after setback, the bleak ending... prepare yourself for a man out to reunite himself with his wife and child, so they can all live happily ever once he takes care of the pesky problem in New York City.
What I'd really like to understand is how Matheson's agent gave up the rights to the book in perpetuity to Warner. They acquired the rights in the lat 60s for The Omega Man, and have STILL got them all these years later despite the number of false starts this has been through. The sad thing to me is that everyone involved in the numerous remake attempts appears to know the story by way of The Omega Man, and not the book. Why use the title if the only people who will recognize it are going to be disappointed?
If you're a fan of the book - check out my I Am Legend Archive web site with cover scans from around the world, and an interview with Matheson on the book.
http://tinyurl.com/2pwetc/
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I like him. I know the film snob in me shouldn't, but I can't help it.
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This looks like a Departed ripoff.
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I wish this didn't look like shit-ass
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It looked so fake, in fact, I thought someone was playing Xbox 360.
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you're criticizing the movies and the screenplay BASED ON A TRAILER...how do you know that it won't have the isolation/fight for sanity that the book had? How do you know that the dog doesn't appear part way into the film?! Unless you've read the screenplay, maybe, just maybe, all the criticism leveled at the movie might be completely wrong...not saying its going to be good, but its funny reading people slamming the tone of the movie based on a trailer...
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That makes no sense. A novel is whatever your imagination makes of it. Budget and "flash" has jack or shit to do with it.
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Stop complaining. The program is the de facto standard for online distributel video content. It's beautiful, bug free, and glorious. Learn how to operate a PC if you're having trouble with it.
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Is there anything in connection with upcomming release of "I am legend" that isn`t right down your alley?
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The book is great! Even Matheson adapted his own book as a script in 1963 to be filmed. Matheson, for whatever reason, decided to have a happy ending and leave it open as a sequel which just didn't work. I'm just glad they went with anotherversion and that's what "The Last Man On Earth" was. In order for this movie to work, Neville has to be an everyman, figure things out on his own, stake out the living dead and he has to die at the end. That's "I Am Legend."
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PLANT! This movie is fucking going to desecrate the book. I AM LEGEND!
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All i wanted was some cool post apocalyptic shots and they delivered.
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I bet.
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No I haven't had the chance to read it unfortunately, even though I know that it is supposed to be great...all I am saying is that people are burying the movie based on very little info...from what I've read the screenplay reviewed by AICN said it was a brilliant adaptation...I am not a huge WS fan, but I am not a hater either...I though WS did a good job in Puruit of Happyness, so he can be an "everyman" if given the chance to...
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Night of the Comet andd Damnation Alley dont hold up well at all. Because they suck all sorts of ass.
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Will Smith Created the VIRUS that killed everyone and turned them in to ...vampieresque things, he spys on his wife and kid who is also a vampire, then finds someone who seems normal but is really an evolved vampire, so he becomes one to save his wife and kid... he gets his kid and then goes to the bridge and all the vamps chase them...and he dies and gets his kid on a helli... with a message that she is the cure...but she is actually the problem. the end. i didnt really care for the script, and cannot belive that i suggested will smith to play the part and he was actually cast... yay, fuck.. bye.
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I like Francis Lawrence, I like Will Smith, I like sci-fi movies and I LOVE "The Quiet Earth" (1985). Now I get all of that in one flick? BRING IT!!!
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Wish the trailer/teaser would show more though. But I love these type of movies, and I like Will Smith, so it will definately be fun.
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Am I the only one who saw them or is my mind playing tricks on me?
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Robert Neville is an anagram of 'terrible novel'. Don't agree with the sentiment; love the book actually. Just sayin'.
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MySpace friends maybe? Sheeeee-it! I make this look good!
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in suit terms, brand, ergo more asses in seats or at leats easyer to explain the OK(greeenlight) up the corporate Hierarchy. There is no spine, there is only slime.
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Your mind was playing tricks I believe. Poor FX and frame composition.
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Jun 08, 2007 1:14:20 AM CDT
If Fuckface is telling the truth, the title makes sense
by godoffireinhell
If he dies at the end and by sending the diseased vampire kid out into the previously safe world he will be the man who killed mankind. That's pretty legendary.
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can't you tell he's yanking your chain? Seriously, you guys need to relax for a bit here...let's wait for a little more info before getting your panties in a bunch...
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He so better not re-unite with his fucking family. You know he will, though. It's a Smith movie and it's coming out during the holidays. This stupid fucking movie.
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They have to keep the awesome depressing end because it ties directly to the title.
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Cooome out Neville
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I'm actually kind of pumped for this.
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Jun 08, 2007 1:53:18 AM CDT
Is This Film A Fictional Autobiography of Singer John
by thephantompenis
Legend?
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Well, he pretty much wrapped it up. Oh and didn't the story take place in Compton, Los Angeles. That place already is full of vampires if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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... or The Pursuit of Happyness. Christ. What a shallow, manipulative piece of classist propaganda. "See Whitey, all minorities can easily become rich and successful in America, it's just that most don't apply themselves. Except the homeless and the Chinese, of course... they're just there to be comic foils."
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That is one of White Zombie's greatest songs. Rob based it from the original film... I'd lve for them to put it in this movie. Just a huge song....Check it. About Will Smith. I like him too, he can play a very likable character. He's pretty much a Han Solo / indy / Harrison Ford type to me. Id like to see him play roles where he's a bit more of an egoist though to truly pull off the Han Solo type vibe. A vibe which hasn't really be replaced or lived up to as common as the archetype is, the character who thinks he's an egoist but really isn't...
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I think it looks pretty good. I only read the book once a few years ago and was impressed by it, I don't see much wrong with this adaption from the trailer.
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but still looks like they adapted it and made a pretty cool will smith movie outa it, i'll be there opening day... Man i love apocalyptic movies, just finished reading the Autum Series of books.. fuck they'd make a great tv series but the best bit about the I am Legend book for me was the very end when he looked at all the vampires and realised he was the one they all feared... pure class, gonna go read it again...
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Why do they insist on calling it I Am Legend? At least the Omega Man had the decency to change the title and just say it was based on the book. And why mutants? Why not vampires. Is it that hard to keep it close to the book. Give it a couple years and another adaptation will be due, and maybe it will get it right. But this might be decent if I dont look at it in comparison to the book.
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Could you be thinking of the excellent, beautiful, melancholic and downbeat book 'Earth Abides' by George R. Stewart about a man fighting with loneliness in a world where 99.9999% of the population has died? I haven't read I Am Legend but I recall from what my dad said that it had sort-of-vampires in it. Could be wrong though. As for the trailer, seemed promising to me.
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how come deer could get on it but he couldn`t get of?
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I AM LEGEND? More like, I AM WILL SMITH.
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Mmmmhhh. I guess I gotta hurry up and read that book. I like that shot of Smith him patrolling through the desserted city. What's wrong with those folks determining the trailer music, though? I mean...even if you change two notes of the Requiem for a Dream theme and let it be "sung" by a 1000 voices synthesized chorus...it's still the music of Requiem for a Dream...in disguise.
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"Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist"
Will Smith brilliant? Every time I see him on TV, he sounds so unintelligent, like he can't use words like: essentially, inexplicable. He'utterly incabable of using intelligent conversation. He mostly uses words like: dats, yeh, etc. Brilliant use of vocabulary there. I wonder, does Will Smith know the meaning of the word Algorithm? -
a serial killer? Seriously, does this motherfucker have any range whatsoever? Or does he ALWAYS have to play the hero or himself like he's been doing since his career started. If he played a serial killer or something that doesn't have him showing off his bravado then he will have surprised me. Play a criminal, play a dirty cop, play a gay man. Just do something different for Chrissakes. Fuck.
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Will Smith was actually accepted into MIT (with scholarship). He declined it to further his rap career. One can only imagine the course of entertainment history if he had decided otherwise.
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Hell Yeah! etc etc in my best Will Smith voice. Anyway, pretty cool trailer - great shot of him in a field that turns out to be Times Sq, very nice.
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Why did they use a cheap rip-off and not the original Requiem score?
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Hope they've captured the principle themes of Matheson's work, but I doubt it, such frailties don't figure with Smith's persona.
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it's like we're trying to hate but we can't. will smith in ali is massively underappreciated. he's fucking phenomenal in that movie and the director's cut attains the poetic sense a biopic ought to have. and im sorry but he was so fucking good in pursuit of happyness even if i had problems with that movie. the motherfucker not only can act he has bucket loads of charsima. i put off watching i, robot for years until i caught it on cable and i was massively surprised. it wasn't great by any means, and it had nothing to do with the book at all. but it kinda worked. and francis lawrence - constantine should've been a piece of shit. but it wasn't. keanu even stretched as an actor in it. most importantly it had mood and atmosphere all its own that didn't seem stolen from other flicks. which i see bits of here. check the end of the trailer. no jumping out scare hit of a monster. just a man alone. im telling you lawrence will make viggo's balls sway someday, he's that good. so let's admit it, this has a chance of being decent and some serious eye candy. let's go back to hating on eli roth.
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... because not even 28 days ago, I saw a film with that exact same ending where a disease carrier was taken out of the contained area to carry the plague elsewhere (possibly).
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It looks good, bridge scene reminded me of War of the Worlds, although i'm not sure that's a good thing!! Big Will is doing what he does best - ACTION!! And for the TB that was asking about another A-Lister that used a common word throughout his movies, how about Samuel L Jackson?? There's always some variation of Motherfucker!!
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it's going to be fuck all like the book, but could be a fun movie. Good trailer.
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Smith and movie equals popcorn fun. And yes I'm entertained. Now back off.
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...ZeroCorpse was talking about the righ book. I Am Legend features Robert Neville as (as he believes) the last living man on earth after the outbreak of a plague that effectively manifests itself as vampirism. Though it has creepy and macrabre moments it's also very melancholy and wistful. during the day he's practically the only living thing anywhere, and at night his reinforced house is relentlessly battered by his undead neighbours. As mentioned by a previous Talkbacker, there's a great section in the book where he comes accross a stray dog, and his isolation and loneliness makes him absolutely desperate to befriend it. It's heartbreakingly written.
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I love to book, and I worry this this will be too removed from it. But I also like Smith and this could be moody and atmospheric. And a previous poster was right, the final shot of the trailer should have been "Come out, Neville! Come outttt!".
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Ok, I would have liked to see my Arnie in this, but come on, this teaser is really good!
Ha, ha, ha... Big Will... ha... ha...
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so I'll see this. I also can't wait for World War Z and The Road. Makes me hope that one day I'll be able to strap on the backpack and head to the Catskills, tomahawk in one hand, leash in the other. F the rat race.
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Bagger has a survival pack beer and cheats on zombie Damon.
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Look at that opening shot, Neville sleeps in a fetal position with a machinegun and an attack dog. Both vulnerable and invulnerable at the same time. That suggest some intellect in the filmmaking.
If you haven't read this book, go out and get it, you will fucking love it. It's a clean, fast, "easy" read, but still a very smart novel. Matheson writes just like Stephen King, or more accurately, King wishes he could write like Matheson.
All the scenes in this trailer echo the novel. Neville is tormented by flashbacks, remembers martial law being imposed, surrendering his dead daughter to public cremation mandated by the government. He also has a dog in the novel, a very sad sequence. He struggles with alcoholism, maybe that's been replaced with an extreme focus on exercise.
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The book was not my cup of tea, but pretty good for that kind of thing. Saying that, I completely understand why no one has ever adapted it faithfully - it just wouldn't work as a film. Two hours of one character (who's kind of an asshole) in a very bleak world, plus that miserable ending? No studio would ever make something like that, not unless they could either a) figure out how to do it for very little money, or b) were prepared to lose quite a lot of money. The best chance fans of the book had for a faithful film version was in the seventies, when downer films were all the rage. Not these days, though. I'm not saying it's right, but that's the nature of the business.Will Smith I sometimes like. He seems like a very nice guy, and I think that likability comes across onscreen and is what's kept his film career going. Also, I don't think he's stupid, as someone up above asserted. My guess is, he thinks that urban, colloquial style of speaking is part of his appeal, so he keeps on doing it. Either that or that's just how he talks. Doesn't make him an idiot.I thought I, Robot was a solid film (not great, but an enjoyable watch), and I'm expecting something similar from this one. An unfaithful adaptation of a cult book, all made over with that Big Willy style, which, like it or not, is incredibly popular.
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He can be a strong actor, and yeah, even "articulate" when it's called for. Like many African-Americans, he uses a Black American Dialect when amongst friends and family ("Aww-Hell-Naw!" from ID4), then shift into Stardard American English when talking to "white folks" ("The imagination is not our escape. On the contrary, the imagination is the place we are all trying to get to," from SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION)
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I am a huge fan of the book. This is easily one of most influential genre books ever written and it is fantastic. Rarely have books with a 3 word ending pulled in such a strong message - a twist if you want to call it that. That said, the last time, Will Smith and H'wood took over one of my favorite books - I,Robot - they fcked it up so bad. They ripped it out and took a shit on it. Hence my skepticism. I was hoping for almost an arthouse flick - bland colors.. stark imagery .. almost like a low budget indie flick. But this is a clear case of Hwood big budgetary movie. Does not mean hope is lost for us fans, but it does mean Skepticism Alarm ringing.
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I don't get it. It doesn't even seem to resemble the book in tone. Why even pay for the rights? However, I'll go see it because THIS idea is kind of cool and I think Smith is always good when he's not doing his "cute schtick". I'm also a Francis Lawrence fan. but I still hope somebody does Matheson's film.
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Right on the nose. But Matheson's book preceded 28 Days Later, so it's a chicken or the egg scenario.
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... Maybe everyone's better off dead.
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... Or is it just going to be those "fast zombies" from 28 Days Later like I heard?
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... Instead of L.A. L.A.'s just a lot of suburban sprawl mostly. The abandoned and empty city vibe works better in a dense, urban setting like NYC.
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... for a character with a robot-arm? He's getting big checks, so he figures why bother, probably. Besides, people expect that wise-ass "Aww Hell naww" character that he popularized in Independence Day. It sucks... but I can see why he does it.
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I hear biking is good for you...
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The big question, of course, is whether Will Smith will get jiggy with it in a I AM LEGEND rap video.
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I seriously doubt he will be saying aw hellno in this .At least from the tone of the trailer .Also he did play a gay man in Six degrees of seperation .
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I bet you think that Dane Cook is funny.
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Thats what it looks like to me,...and thats a good thing
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Jun 08, 2007 8:17:18 AM CDT
I don't remember "I Am Legend" being about loneliness..
by rev_skarekroe
I remember it as a book about a guy who gets up every day and tries to keep vampires out of his house...
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It's about the last human on earth, so you would expect that to be one of the themes. It's also what turns him into a bit of an asshole - the lack of human contact - and makes him try to pash some chick who turns out to be a vampire spy.Isn't he mean to his dog, as well? I don't remember that part too well.
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Anyone who read the book, answer me: the dog dies? If so, ***** this movie.
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Jesus, haven't any of you seen "Six Degrees of Separation"?
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"The dog eventually weakens from the plague and dies. The loss is palpable in the book."
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Oh, yeah, gimme that disgusting shit! Dead bodies everywhere! Pound my apocalypse hole!Funny post, gotilk. I liked that one.
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his comedy is looped on all forms of media until the entire world drops dead from boredom, but for will smith
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I'm watching the trailer to American Gangster just ONE more time... to wash that shit out of my head.
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Looks unexceptional and routine. Will Smith sucks. I'm sure it will be one of the ten highest grossing films of the year. Even if I hadn't read the book, or the comic book, or seen the 2 previous versions, I still would not be interested in seeing this. Why change the setting to New York City? Is it because black people only live in 'urban' areas?
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The movie will be Will Smith mugging and blowing things up -- and a happy ending. Seriously, this has Hollywood Ending stapled all over it like a zombie corpse dart board. One of my favorite books, crapped on by marketing people. But hey, one of my favorite films was crapped on by a metal poser who thinks he can direct, so why not? In both cases, they missed.. the... point! "I am legend" -- the words themselves -- figure prominently in the book for a very specific reason, and this movie will skip that part. You know, the whole theme of the book. Ha. Ha-ha.
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I had to put up with seeing two of my favourite books - Bonfire Of The Vanities and Breakfast Of Champions - turned into shitty films. To add insult to injury, both of them starred one of my favourite actors - the man Bruce Willis (aka Walter B).Now, if I had to take those two reamings, you all can sit back and watch your I Am Legend be transformed into a Will Smith vehicle.Why should I suffer alone?!
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I hope they really cram this movie with every conceivable product placement they can like I Robot.
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Or, is it a zombie movie? I honestly don'y know.
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Although what I read is that Alpha monster and his minions attack Nevill in the night because, as he later finds out, he is unwittingly holding Alpha monster's girlfriend hostage. Nevill see's a tattoo of a butterfly on girlfriend monsters hip, butterflys are a big theme in the script for some reason, that Alpha monster draws in blood on his lab window..OOOHHH, evil monsters love too. BRILLIANT! (the producers: "here's too much money!" - as they throw money) Then Nevill, Blockbuster woman and shrek girl decide to drive to Jersey. - He met them in a blockbuster. I'm not fucking kidding here. That was the ending I read. THEY DRIVE TO JERSEY! DAMN YOU GOLDSMAN!!!!
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He was an army doctor. Bruce Campbell. Now, with the gray hair...shit, that would work!
What about Cortman? Has he been written out?
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The script I read wrote Cortman out. In his stead are deer in central park and a big scarey mutant who's kinda smart.
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Dokkalvar, your right the monsters attack him at night, but the script for this movie has him looking for his wife and kid, i wonder how the end will look, its supposed to have all the monsters crawling on top of eachother like ants to get higher and higher to reach the copter...and thats when they catch willsmith and he gets his daughter on the heli, i think it will look like the swarm of robots in the matrix moving around. overall i didnt care for the script, but i hope they can make something good of it... also im happy that the Buildings do not have ...condoms on them, in the script all the buildings where bagged up. not impressed with the trailer though.
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Creeped me out - I was nine when it came out, and didn't see it till the network run. Great soundtrack - I bought it from Film Score Monthly. This one looks too pumped up. "Omega" and "Soylent Green" make a great movie night - the downer aspects really effected me as a kid.
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in a starring role. Betcha he doesn't get the same paycheck as smith. Where's the dog's name on the poster?
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Is because he spends his days killing vampires as they hide and sleep. Little does he know that he is killing some of the vampires that have "cured" themselves of the sickness that makes them want to go out at night a drink blood. THEY are afraid of him. Their children are afraid of him. That's why he is a legend. If the script has him infecting himself, then that doesn't entirely make sense because the reason he is the only one left alive is because he is immune. Don't think there would be a way for him to infect himself. At least that is what I got out of the book when I read it a few years ago.
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Will proabaly go see it on the big screen.
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Yeah the script I read was a little different. In flashback, Neville remembers the night of the great exodus and putting his wife and kid on a copter to get them out of the city while he stays behind to look for a cure. Unfortunatly the copter asplodes and he's left broken, but determined to save New York City. It was only lightly implied throughout the film that the virus got out and spread across the globe. I can't remember why the chopper blows up real good other then it wasn't a great motivation. The one I read was gold by the way, so I can't say what they actually shot. Maybe none of it. But what let me down is that events happened that the writers wanted and wrote in explainations only because they were needed not because they made sense.
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The whole goofy casting of Will Smith in this role is a kick in the balls from the entertainment industry. This is my favorite book of all time, to use the title for the movie is hurtful. As a matter a fact, Romero says the book inspired him to create the Zombie movie genre.
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Well Pillow, seems you think I live in Will Smith's latest big-budget, cinematic rip-off of a classic science fiction novel. Dude... the $6.68 per gallon sign was in the trailer we're talkbacking about here! And yes, biking is good for you, but not in Florida, where drivers of pick'em up trucks see a biker and immediately get all "Death Race 2000"!
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Or just the plot summary on the abck cover?
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Or just the plot summary on the back cover?
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even though it will probably bear no resembence to the original book. What I would say to the nay sayers is pick up the book and judge for youself, Its a moden classic.
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... to form Zombitron, the giant organic zombie-robot!
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I personally don't mind the casting of Will Smith, I just think he looks like a cast member from lost - in that he's been there for quite awhile and still looks like he stepped out of a barber shop. He should look haggered, and messy and his personality should match that thread-bare look. I have a nasty feeling they played him sassy which would be a mistake -- but who knows.
Will Smith isn't the problem, it's the script. They shouldn't have named this I Am Legend because it seemed like a million bone-heads gravitated to this project. It reads like Producer A said, "this needs Paprika", but Producer B wanted Thyme. Producer C said No no no, it should have Chocolate while the first Writer proclaimed, "no dirt!!" and the Director added water. Then the second Writer came in and threw blood and vomit in. Eventually Akiva Goldsman enters the room and he wants to put his dick in it. Now they want you to shell out 20 bucks for a slice of Dirty Dick pie. Oh Boy!
Someone should make I Am Legend like it's written, but call it "Shit House." Just so the Money Men will keep their ideas to themselves..
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We have to pay more than that over here in the UK now! And we don't even have some vampirism plague as an excuse.
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Zombitron! If that were to happen then I'd wait in line for a ticket. But only if Bruce Willis and Michael Bay where fighting in a waffle house parking lot somewhere in the background. I'm still waiting for this Hollywood!
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Will Smith? Man this is bad casting. I realize this film has been in development limbo for years and they had to have a star attached to get the greenlight, but come on! There HAS to be somebody better than Smith. Maybe I'll put this in my Netflix queue in 6 months, but as far as going to the theater, forget it!
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he plays a gay man.
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I'm curious why everyone thinks Will Smith is such a bad casting choice for Robert Neville other then he typically plays up the sassy black guy routine and Neville was written as a white guy? What I like about Smith is that he is a family man, and a nice guy to boot. I think he has the chops to play the everyday man (The Pursuit of Happyness?) unlike Schwarzenegger who was rumored years ago to be attached to this. Who do you think would be a better, sellable choice?
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http://www.aintitcool.com/semperex_search?semperex_search__keywords=glorious+quicktime
When will it be enough?
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only with bloodthirsty thingies in it.
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I remember seeing the Charlton Heston film and not being that much of a fan. (Not sure why but it left a sour taste in my mouth.) However, your description of the book sounds really good, I think I'll check it out. I also recommend John Carpenter's 'No Blade of Glass' for end of the world fun (it does exactly what it says on the tin), and John Wyndham's 'The Kraken Wakes' and 'Day of the Triffids'. (Far better than the awful 60's film with the tacked on happy ending) -
I too think that Will Smith probably could play the character as written in the book. He does seem to show that he's a pretty good actor when he's not doing his big blockbuster stuff. It's the fact that the script appears to be pretty far removed from the book that is more worrying to me.
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Now clearly, AICN does attract many 'insiders' so I've learned not to question those who say they have read it...my question whether the script they read is the one Harry mentions; "we've been reporting on the various developments of a brilliant script by Mark Protosevich for I AM LEGEND"...the comments lead me to believe it isn't 'brilliant' as Harry says it is based on this talkback...so is harry full of it, or is it a different script than the Protosevish screenplay?
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Yep, Day of The Triffids is a great book. The BBC tv version from the 80s is pretty good, certainly a lot better than the film.
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I read the book. It was ok. It was more about Neville talking to himself and finding food during the day than it was about finding survivors and fighting vampires anyway. And too bad you can see the dog in the trailer; thats one of the biggest events in the book. But yeah, the book was OK, the humor was pretty good which I think Will Smith will be able to pull off. And heck, from the looks of the trailer the film only benefis from the big budget.
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... But what about all the disheveled tweed clothing, pasty-white skin and gnarly fang-like teeth?
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Haven't read the book, but it sounds good.
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try Clive Owen, Daniel Craig or Thomas Haden Church. And if they're too white for you: Denzel Washington. Sadly, I don't know any other black actors. Don't blame me, blame hollywood.
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That's all, really.
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I wish everyone would chill about the trailer. Yeah the CG needs work and it looks like it doesn't follow the book, but the whole point of a movie trailer is to get as many people interested in seeing the movie as possible. How many times have you seen movie trailers that looked interesting, and gone to see the movie, and the movie was nothing like the trailer you saw? The trailer is the hook to bring people into the theaters, and so naturally they're going to show the aspects of the movie most people are going to find appealing, Will Smith, a dog, large elaborate sets, and then a mystery teaser at the end. If instead they were showing "man goes insane with vampires" how much of an audience do you think they would really have? Let's just chill and wait for more information about the movie, we all know that it has potential based on its source material, so just cross your fingers and pray.
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Tweed clothing??? Have you been watching some Basil Rathbone era Sherlock Holmes flicks or something? Hardly anyone seems pasty anymore either, they all have horrbile fake tans. The teeth thing is for the most part some kind of weird thing most of you Americans say because other Americans have said it. No one ever said it before about 8 years ago. Sure we don't all get them ground down and replaced with enormous fake ones like you guys but still...
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That Blade 3 didn't get to do a storyline like this. Also, Will Smith desperately needs to make a Fresh Prince of Bel-Air movie. Either that or he needs to team up with Blossom for Bad Boys 3. Bad Boys 2 still remains the best movie he has ever done.
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That's how all trailers should end.
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Sorry about that, I've taken my medication and can now take a joke once again.
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Hear me roar...(BTW, best version of this song done by Homer Simpson).
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I hope it's not as bad as iRobot, but then that looked God-awful even in the trailers... Dont suck. Dont suck. Dont suck.
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It was in college, so more than 10 years ago. As I recall he's in his house and the vampires come out every night and taunt him. Then a bunch of stuff happens. I don't remember the details, but I don't remember it being all that allegorically deep either. On the other hand, it was over 10 years ago.
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From now on, that's how you make a trailer!
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But that's because I'm a fan of the comics and hate the fact that they took a brilliant British chatacter and turned him into Keanu Reeves. I remember, when the film was announced, joking with my friends that they're gonna give him a crucufix shotgun and a sidekick. Guess what happened...
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Will smith has Jodie fosters dog and won't give it back...heres the
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How many more science fiction novels by great authors does WIll Smith get to screw up? I guess, as many as he wants. Did "I, Robot" make its money back? Maybe on video. I did like Darksider's comment: "I AM LEGEND? More like, I AM WILL SMITH." Maybe he's a nice guy, but I HATE his attitude.
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The Mighty Zenu called and gave this trailer his highest rating
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Anyone who says Kurt Russel isn't an A-lister can eat me. In every one of his movies he says, "'Da Hell?", as in "what the hell?" But he puts that Kurt genius in action and says it all surprised and shit. It's awesome.
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... Mostly from that Lady Sovereign song (I love that wacky chick... she's like the love child of Eminem and some crazed 19th Century female pickpocket from a lost Dickens novel). Trouble is, you Brits like that "tan-in-a bottle" crap... don't they have any tanning booth places in the UK?
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So you got the "Last Man on Earth" Will Smith & he's walking around a desolate New York doing his sombre and troubled face, when he turns a corner and there stands Keef, cigge in mouth, rocking away by himself, not giving a flying fuck, not even a bleedin apocalypse could kill the man, Legend that he is!
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...that evoke the tedium, loneliness and despair of being the last, or among the last, survivors, see:
The Quiet Earth
Testament (look for Kevin Costner in his first on-screen role)
Not quite the same feel, but you should also check out:
Last Night
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Check out the old B/W Vincent Price film, "THE LAST MAN ON EARTH".
truly creepy movie. A lost masterpiece.
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Cause the poster says LAST MAN ON EARTH.
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It doesn't need to be faithful to the source material, have a decent plot, or be well acted. It's all about the glorious action and special effects, baby! Fuck everything else. All this needs is flames on Will Smith.
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will smith used to bug me. when he was making shit like men in black and wild, wild west. but, he's grown on me lately. i really thought he was great in happyness. and am excited by this movie. i love the book, too. but this looks like a kick ass hollywood version, and i am for it...
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Well, I meant by "lost" that people rarely remember that film.
funny thing is, I picked it up at Target in the "MOVIES FOR A BUCK" BIN.
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What I don't understand...Shia is a pretty predictable actor, not bad at all, not jaw dropping dramatic...predictable in his roles...Will smith another predictable actor...not bad...not jaw dropping dramatic, although close in Pursuit of Happiness, but he is good and delivers in his roles........
Why does Shia get a pass on his acting, and everyone praise him as this great comedic actor, and WIll get bashed...and honestly between the two I would cast Will beacuse of his abiltity to carry a lead man role versus Shia. And Will has better natural comedy than forced perdictable comedy from Shia. -
I think the movie looks like fun, but it will be I am Legend in name only. The studio doesn't have the balls to do a straight adaptation of the book.
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Worth the ticket alone, guess it just helps that I love the book, looks cool.
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does anyone know if hes even in the story?
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... after these apocalypses? (apocalypsi?) It's always mutants or apes or insects, but it seems like dogs would be next in line (after a cold war with the dreaded cats, of course).
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That will NEVER get old or unfunny.
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Ain't nuthin' mo' funna' than to read a buncha fucktards rantin' about how much they hate Big Willie. Well newsflash! He did'nt write the script or direct, so stop all the hatin' Y'all just jealous because a larger than life black man is livin' the dream while y'all miserable never beens are livin' a mundane "DRY-DREAM ON ELM STREET". So don't hate, congragulate!
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This looks like it might actually be good. Fuck the racists on this site.
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I'll be seeing this in the cinema!!!
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They really do have such ridiculously cheap fuel in the US?
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If you are on SAFARI this might be the problem. I've been switching to Firefox to view Quicktime until I have time to try this fix.)
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Delete QuickTime plugin .plist file The first thing to try if you are experiencing this issue is to navigate to the directory:
~/Library/Preferences (the tilde [~] represents the current home user directory)
and delete the file:
com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist
log out and back into your account, then check for persistence of the issue.
Remove QuickTime, VLC plug-ins Failing the above, quit Safari (or your current browser) and look in the following folder:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (this is the Library folder at the root level of your hard drive, not the one inside your home user directory).
Try removing the following files from that directory:
VLC Plugin.plugin
QuickTime plugin.plugin
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I'm reading the book right now and there's no way they're going to have Will Smith in that film as a raging alcoholic which is what Robert Neville is in the book. It's a huge part of the story and yet they just can't seem to put it in there, time after time.
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They'll fuck it up, I'm confident. I should probably chill since it's a re-imagining of the book eh . . . whatever
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and a ridiculously watered-down movie. Get used to it people he's the new Tom Cruise and he's still in his Top Gun and Cocktail mode with a Rain Man(Pursuit Of Happyness) thrown in for good measure.
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... Hey, give us a break! We had to kick a lot of ass all over the world to get that cheap gas!
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make the film a little more pulp and a little less "realistic"?
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Why? LA is far more spread out is practically a cultural wasteland already. I mean, if you are going for realism and all.
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Why? LA is far more spread out is practically a cultural wasteland already. I mean, if you are going for realism and all.
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The vampire-like virus made me do it. It's, like, scientific y'alls.
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Damn youse ta HELL!!!!
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If you think the studios would've bought yet another zombie movie with, say, Christian Bale as the main character, you're crazy. Say what you want about Big Willie, but the guy pulls in the crowds. So, take your pick: you can have an actual movie starring Will Smith or a great idea for a movie that will never see the light of day starring someone else.
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Ooops. Wrong movie.
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I haven't heard much about this movie, but it looks fabulous. The trailer does a great job... I'm definitely intriqued.
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instead of himself. He is capable of this. However, that is taking a chance with the audience, so it probably won't happen.
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that Will Smith is playing his "superstar" self. Of course, he could be for sure.
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Seriously why? The book was awesome, it wasn't an epic tale of NYC under attack with bridges destroyed, it was the tale of one man in Suburban, USA. But no...they need to rape this shit too. Fuck all of you.
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Worthy? AAAAAAAHHHHHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!
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While I can't stand Heston, he is what he is. But comparing Will Smith to Deniro or Pacino? What the fuck are you idiots smoking?
It really just goes to show how low cinema has fallen if people are comparing a one-note actor to guys who have starred in arguably some of the BEST movies of all time. Raging Bull, Heat, The Godfather, etc. Have Smith's movies even been a pimple on the ass of movies like that? If you think Ali or Pursuit of Happiness even came close to those films, you shouldn't post a talkback because you're gonna look really stupid.
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OK i have not read this book but i can already kind of tell what this movie is about. Now before people start bitching at me for making a judgement without seeing the movie just listen to this. "I,ROBOT" was the biggest piece of shit ever book to movie adaptation. That movie had absolutely nothing to do with the book. From what i'm hearing in this talk balk is that the same thing is happening with this movie. If you're gonna make a will smith robot movie, don't call it "i,robot". "i,robot" is a fantastic book that makes u think. I'm sick of some of these talkbalkers saying we should wine, well that's why big movies suck now cuz we don't wine enough becuz morons like Jimmy009 will pay eleven bucks to see explosions and thats it. I love mindless films too but there are mindless books to base those on, don't take a intellectual story and debase it so idiots can have shit blow up.
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What I don't understand...Shia is a pretty predictable actor, not bad at all, not jaw dropping dramatic...predictable in his roles...Will smith another predictable actor...not bad...not jaw dropping dramatic, although close in Pursuit of Happiness, but he is good and delivers in his roles........ Why does Shia get a pass on his acting, and everyone praise him as this great comedic actor, and WIll get bashed...and honestly between the two I would cast Will beacuse of his abiltity to carry a lead man role versus Shia. And Will has better natural comedy than forced perdictable comedy from Shia.
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This is fucking brilliant. A remake of a remake based on a book. Will this be like "I Robot" where Fresh Prince demanded a minimum of three scenes with his shirt off? Let me guess, the fist ten minutes will have a scene of him waking up for the day and...oh I dont know....working out shirtless? Its gonna be a montage!
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dont hate the player hate the game
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dont hate the player hate the game
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demands. Are those in his contract? :) I will say though from an atmospheric standpoint, the trailer underwhelms. However, I am not such a huge fan of I Am Legend that it will make me hate this film.
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This movie AND Transgender AND Fantastic Whore will be stupid... and they will all get my hard earned ten bucks.... damn it.
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Sorry but I call bullshit on Harry re. the Protosevich script. It's got some fun action bits, but it isn't I Am Legend. Neville isn't immune (he's just in a kevlar body suit), he has multiple dogs, he isn't the last human, there are no vampires (just super-mutants) and there is a happy ending (very poor). It isn't a bad script per se, it'd be a decent action film - just not the I Am Legend we are looking for. There is a great bit where he is being tortured and won't talk, only to later reveal he was holding his Leatherman in his mouth which he then uses to escape...
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halfway through because I was bored. The original story sounded much more interesting.
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Years back I had this really bad fever. I was all flipped out on medicine at like one in the morning and this fucking flick comes on. I swear to God I'm still having nighmares about it. I really doubt seeing Bagger Vance drive a mustang will evoke the same from anyone.... Hey, maybe I should see this movie all hopped up on cold medicine? Hopefully I'll pass out...
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CRAP
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But not a blockbuster blue print. But it definitely would make a great film. It could and should have been done low-to-medium budget, then there wouldn't be the need to water it down for the masses.
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which of course is why they made a big budget movie with Will Smith and changed a bunch of stuff. Naturally.
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things that are real are creepier, even if they are perhaps less realistic looking. You can enhance with CGI, but it does not replace the real thing. Harryhaussen was better than some of this CGI stuff.
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The Fresh Prince of Belair: Demons of Tommorow: The Judgment: Hell on Earth
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What happen Doc? Did your wife/blowup dolly/boyfriend scream out Will Smiths' name while you were giving her/it/him the ol' savage in and out with your two inch SS Minnow? You seem to be projectin' some major personal issues against ol' BIG WILLIE!
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was the scariest movie I'd ever seen. But that was when I liked people and the idea of being alone on earth was bad. Now I think it'd be pretty cool.
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Someone comes along, does good movies, but then they criticize the hell out of him for what....I dont hear the same criticing on Tom Cruise, and I guess War of the Worlds, or MI3 were dramatic blockbusters??? Hugh Grant? Shia Labeouf, Mark Whalberg, Brad Pitt...are you going to convince yourself that those guys are extra ordinary???? If you are going to condem an actor, condem all actors that do the same thing, and of the same talent level....DOnt just be a HATER///
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some day he is gonna to run out of gas. That's for sure.And, is he asking for help or for a woman?
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Vincent price is a way better actor than fucking Bagger Vance right here. I dont even think "scary" is a goal of this 80 billion dollar piece of hollywood garbage.....Also, Transformers will be lame...
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thanks for the info - obviously, i also wish that the hollywood hype machine wasn't involved to preserve the purity of the book...but it is what it is...I guess we'll have to judge it on its own merits, as any comparison with the book sounds like it will be met with disappointment...
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I just expect movies and actors to have a bit more substance than what is being shoved into my face at the theaters.
Hey you know what? Maybe I am a 'hater' but I think that when I put down good money to see mediocre film I'm given that right. It's my right to criticize the mediocrities I find in film as well as talent. Obviously my rants have hit a chord because you apparently enjoy cinema that appeals to the lowest common denominator. Why does that make me an elitist? Because I know that moviemakers and actors are capable of doing better work? I think that's called a person who appreciates good film, unlike a lot of people here who are chomping at the bit to see this and awful movies like Transformers. Trust me, people like YOU are killing off good cinema by paying to see shit like that. I expect more attacks on my character but maybe it's not me at all. Maybe the truth just stings like a bitch and people like me are here to remind you of that. -
I hear ya. They do have tanning booths here, most of these orange people do in fact seem to use them, and yet somehow they manage to look worse than the cheap crap out of a bottle. Believe me, there are some sights to be seen over here these days.
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Not only are you an elitist, but you've also (apparently) appointed yourself as the arbiter of good cinema. Need I remind you that film, like any other artform is subjective at best and self-deluded pseaudo-intellectual masturbation at worst. The difference between (the coma-inducing tripe) that you like and what us Philistines like is one is actually entertaining (subjectively speaking) and yours is something that everyone can stay home an watch on PBS for free.
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As for me, I'll move on to more stimulating cinema, that which asks me to actually use my brain a bit. And for your information, bad movies are bad movies. Will Smith makes bad movies. There's nothing subjective about it. I never appointed myself anything. I have an opinion and I'm stating it, along with many other people on an anonymous talkback. Are you a studio plant? Cause it sounds like you're trying to convince yourself more than anything else.
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Whats masturbator mean?
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I don't know how they can pull this off without serious rehashitis. Prsthetics with contacts? Been there...Bad CGI "vampire-type" altered humans? Done that. Black, conflicted anti-hero who kills baddies with gadgets and smarts...yup.
Sooooo...what's the hook besides its an adaptation? ...as if that spells "Success"...or is it "SUCKS-ASS"?
I hope you can pull it off Will. I can't see the fresh angle here. The dog is so terminator/bodysnatcher.
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A wonderful birthday present for yours truly. Will Smith will bring it. I can’t wait for this latest incarnation. Opening night – no doubt.
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Starring Method Man.
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Starring Andre 3000
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well...maybe not...I just couldn't think of anything to post.moving on...
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True Transformers will be lame...but its because of the story not just the actors....Episode one was at best lame...but it wasn't Liam Neeson, or Ewan Mcgregor's fault...are they horrible actors????You went on a reant abut WIll Smith ruining a movie, that you haven;t seen yet.....Now if itwas Pauley Shore, Will Ferrell, David Spade, I can understand... but Will Smith has more movies better than worse. Wild Wild West could of been a ton worse....Decide if you want a better story or better actors....if you are criticizing actors criticize them for their work.....not because of a bad script
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Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!Hater!!!
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Actually, you're right.
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I may have pulled a muscle from laughing at those sequel ideas. Thanks. :D
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That is all. Here endeth the lesson.
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but it's got Will Smith in it, so it's bound to be average.
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1. Jakes - you are dead on about Constantine. The graphic comics are excellent...but so many will never know that because they cast (shiver) Keanu. And I don't hate him at all, but he's not English and he doesn't have the sharp wit to pull the ORIGINAL John Constantine off.
2. Sokitome - you ROCK!!!! :)
3. Motoko - The book 'I Am Legend' is only like the fantastic 'The Quiet Earth' in that the main character thinks he's the only man left alive on the planet. In 'Earth', Zac finds other people fairly soon after the incident, but otherwise everyone is dead. In 'Legend', it appears that Robert Neville is the only human left - all the rest have been turned into vampires by a plague, except for a few that he finds out about later.
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And I don't hate Will Smith either...he is just totally wrong for this part, just like Brad Pitt or Robert DeNiro or Johnny Depp would be wrong (just to throw out a few other names). Someone mentioned Daniel Craig...WAAAY better choice! Nothing wrong with a LITTLE poetic license when adapting a book to the screen, but this is just sacrilege. That's all. -
Thus, this movie is sure to suck. Will Smith can make a movie suck even with Alex Proyas directing it so with a script from Goldsman and the director of Constantine and some music videos, he's gonna make this the most disappointing movie of all time. It'll almost be good and then he'll say something really stupid. Followed by anbother stupid thing, and another. Since Goldsman is writing, R Lee Ermey will be there to hold your hand through the movie and tell you exactly what is going on at any given time.
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bad art. Ha hah.
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to be a thoughtful story and would kind of stand out among the other action/horror/suspense films.
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William screwed that movie. I sure hope he doesn't do a repeat perfomance. The less Fresh Prince, the better.
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I dunno, it seems appropriate.
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New York looks great. So yeah, Omega man, anyone? I'd love to see that remake. One of the strangest scenes- Mr. Macho himself, Charlton Heston lip-synching to the Woodstock documentary. Priceless. Also, yes, someone pointed out a Night of the Comet relation as well.... all great source material to draw upon.
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you know it
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I read the Protosevich script ages ago. It was alright. Nothing I would pay to go see at the movies, but it didn't stink or nothin'. Perhaps a very good director could have pulled a good film out of it.
Oh, and Smith is a very good actor, and very charismatic. That doesn't mean he appears in good films, though. And with Frances Lawrence at the helm, whose best work to date has been a Gwen Stefani video about Bananas, I can't imagine this being particuarly groundbreaking entertainment. -
Sheesh.
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...what it's like to be the last man on earth by going to your local multiplex this winter and being the only stupid tosser in the cinema watching this shit. Still, I might end up being that stupid tosser!!I guess the good thing about this movie is that more people will be drawn to the book when this film comes out.
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Maybe he will some a cigar after killing a vampire. I liked Omega Man better. Albino hipppies are way scarier than vampires.
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Watched it yesterday and have not stopped thinking about it. Has the potential to be his best film. The bridge scene was superhot and the feeling of isolation is palpable. Can't wait.
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Oh, yeah. I went there.
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I prefer vampires.
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I just hope they didn't "Will Smith it up" full of cheesy one-liners.
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Will Smith is not an 'A-list actor'. You see there is a phenomenon in the media whereby the powers that be *sell* something like it's the hottest thing, and everyone in the business acts like it's the hottest thing, but no one really stops to ask the people they're selling it to if they really buy it or not. It happened with Ben Affleck, this guy was an 'A-list star' for a long time before people realized that he actually wasn't, that he was barely even a B-list star. In music, it usually takes the form of hollow pop bands, where the teenage girls are so saturated with the message that 'this is hot' that it actually is for a while before they realize just how much it really sucks. In the news, I'd cite the Avian flu. I remember last year CNN was covering that shit like it was the apocalypse, but none of their viewers actually gave a shit, and it took them about of month of trying to sell it as a hot story before they gave up.
So it is with Will Smith. He's a douchebag, a shitty actor, a walking parady of himself like William Shatner. Only the reason Shatner maintains coollness is that he realizes he's a parody of himself, whereas Smith actually *believes* that he's a great actor. Someday the studios are going to realize that more people think Will Smith is the punchline to a 10-year old joke and stop ruining cool movies with his presence. -
I liked PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS and thought Smith was excellent in that but I dont buy him as a Col. Neville. I buy Bruce Willis as Neville, I buy Denzel Washington as Neville, I buy Gene Hackman as Neville, I even buy Kevin Costner as Neville, but not Smith. You need some gravitas and age in this kind of role. Charlton Heston nailed it, playing chess with himself in the townhouse, driving around a Mustang shooting mutants, watching "Woodstock" in an empty theatre - Heston was a true man's man.
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I'm tired of giving Will Smith my money.
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and don't you motherfuckers forget it...that said, I will go see it.
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Don't be a fuddy duddy you fat bastard.
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Every who thinks this movie looks great, just put your dollars with the rest of the 100 million this movie will make. OH! and one more thing, just keep on expecting the movie industry to shovel more piles of shit like: Spiderman 3, Ghost Rider, I robot, X3, Fantastic Four and more! Perhaps we will get really lucky and they will cast Will Smith in a new action comedy based on the classic Moby Dick........I for one am tired of the Shit Sandwich'! After eating it for a while your breath stinks..
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The term A-List Actor is not a marketing term, it's synonymous with consistant Box Office performance/Gross + Oscar Nominations...When you factor all of that in, it adds up to Will Smith; Tom Cruise; Julia Roberts; etc. Currently Will Smith is considered the most bankable actor/star on the market...And what's with the "douchebag" insult? Your immaturity is starting to show.
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You know, I was jazzed when back in 98, Warners was on the verge of casting Kurt Russell as both Robert Neville for *I Am Legend* and as Bruce Wayne. Check the TalkBacks. That would have been so cool for Kurt to be the last man on Earth. But we go from Russell (the replacement for Arnold) to down to the bottom basement that is Will Smith. The Rock would have been a better choice than Smith. How many more scifi properties does this guy have to ruin before he quits? But I will bet 5 drachmas that within a year from now, Harry will be raving about his HD DVD copy of this flick courtesy of Warner Home Video. In fact, I will predict that will be the last flick released on HD DVD too.
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...Thomas Jane as Robert Neville. Suck it, Alan Horn.
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*headbutt*
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Why do they feel the need to completely change one of the greatest horror novels ever written. No way in hell this even come close to the book.
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Plaid trousers on Bagger Vance = flames on Shia.
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I watched the trailer. That looked really cool and I apologize for being a wiseass. May God have mercy on my soul.
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...when it comes to this one. Yeah, I dug out my copy of the book earlier today because its kick ass, but this movie hinges almost entirely on how the the vampires/infected are portrayed. What worries me about the trailer is that, while it *is* intriguing w/ all of its empty-city-ness, absolutely nothing concerning the vampires/infected is shown. I suppose I'll have to wait for another more revealing trailer to really make up my mind, but I can almost guarantee that the quality of this movie won't be contingent on Will Smith. Yeah, they could fuck-up the storyline/script, but since its billed as being comparable to "The Omega Man", I'm doubting that will happen. Yet another 2¢ thrown in.
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THE OMEGA MAN has been one of my favorite films since I was a kid watching it EVERY time they aired it on TV...one of Heston's finest performances, on par w/PLANET OF THE APES. Finally saw the Vincent Price version awhile back...not bad either...predates a lot of the zombie & vampire flicks to follow. I was hoping w/the new movie that they could somehow combine the previous 2 films, ie...having Neville flashback to his family like in Price's version rather than Heston just remembering his life as an army doctor & random explosions. I think the desolate tone of Matheson's book & the previous films looks intact in Will Smith's remake...at least in the trailer. Hopefully it's reflective of the film as a whole. Also, while I would have prefered Harrison Ford in the role of Neville, I think Will is capable of playing it...as long as it's the actor from SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, ALI, & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS rather than "Big Willy" from BAD BOYS, MEN IN BLACK, & I, ROBOT. Here's hoping!
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YEAH BASICLLLY
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