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Capone Faces I AM LEGEND!!

Stop advertising this. by GibsonUSA	Dec 14th, 2007 10:58:34 AM
Sheesh.
hmm by Halfbreedqueen	Dec 14th, 2007 11:05:06 AM
first real positive review ive seen. yet.
good review by PVIII	Dec 14th, 2007 11:06:30 AM
imax tomorrow.
WTF...... by MJDeViant	Dec 14th, 2007 11:07:34 AM
The movie was fine until the creatures started screaming..over and over. It looked like the same animation every time. I don't get how they were smart but not. It just got retarded after about 45mins. Disappointing. Pretty much what I expected though.
Omega Man In Black by Heckles	Dec 14th, 2007 11:08:58 AM
Rather watch The Simpsons spoof on this tale. Yawn.
I Am Douche by MrDagon	Dec 14th, 2007 11:09:19 AM
Will Smith is a giant douchebag. It's obvious he re-writes his dialogue!! He thinks he's the greatest ACTOR EVER !! He sucks.
Inconsistencies Unbound !! by MrDagon	Dec 14th, 2007 11:13:35 AM
The world has lost a huge part of it's population, but gasoline and electricity are still available? Yeah, uh-huh, right. Like someone else posted, just run over the goddamn deer you jackass !!
Definitely going to watch this one by aceattorney	Dec 14th, 2007 11:16:02 AM
Despite the hate everyone seems to have for it.
I'm only seeing this in IMAX by Dr. Stanley Goodspeed	Dec 14th, 2007 11:16:54 AM
for the first 6 minutes of the dark knight. hopefully the movie is good too. it's like the time i saw dreamcatcher solely for the final flight of the osiris
Are there any ugly Puerto Ricans in this? by SkeletonParty	Dec 14th, 2007 11:19:53 AM
Because that is the standard we're using for quality nowadays. Am I right?
I Am Legend in the Pants by Stuntcock Mike	Dec 14th, 2007 11:21:51 AM
All you can eat and drink.
I Am Bored by beetlegeuse	Dec 14th, 2007 11:26:22 AM
of Will Smith as an action star. I want to see him do something different. He plays the same character in every movie. He's like black man Drew Barrymore.
I watched a three-minute clip of the film by palinode	Dec 14th, 2007 11:27:16 AM
and I've already written a fifty-page essay on all the inconsistencies and how this film will suck. Tonight I'll go to the film and distribute copies of my groundbreaking essay so people won't be fooled.
Sounds Great Capone! by grievenom	Dec 14th, 2007 11:34:31 AM
Thanks for the review. I've already got my tix for a screening tomorrow night. Looking forward to it.
Sounds Great Capone! by grievenom	Dec 14th, 2007 11:34:35 AM
Thanks for the review. I've already got my tix for a screening tomorrow night. Looking forward to it.
I am fuck this movie by Pipple	Dec 14th, 2007 11:35:25 AM

Why all the by PokitN	Dec 14th, 2007 11:36:06 AM
anger and negativity about this film? Honestly the other talk back if full of people ripping Smith and the Movie. Is that just how is usually is around here?
Can it be? by epitone	Dec 14th, 2007 11:37:30 AM
Is the film actually, mercifully, devoid of any "Aw HELL naw!" outbursts?
Capone by Series7	Dec 14th, 2007 11:42:26 AM
I enjoy your review. I liked how you didn't spend the whole time talking about Will Smith like every other reviewer has. We all know Will Smith is going to Freashen things up, but it sounds like he didn't totally lose the idea of the movie. You've made me want to see this movie now. I think we can all stop bitching about Will Smith, he's entertainment personified. Maybe not your type of entertainment, but Will Smith makes movies everyone can like.
he dies right? by warm_turtle	Dec 14th, 2007 11:45:06 AM
because if he doesnt!
Hunting with the car would be bad. by SkeletonParty	Dec 14th, 2007 11:46:37 AM
Nevile has the right idea shooting rather than running into the deer.
Will Smith by MJDeViant	Dec 14th, 2007 11:49:37 AM
was fine in the movie. It's the infected that are my problem. They seem borderline able to do things, but then act like retards. Also, the alpha one screams like seriously 5 times and it looks identical and gets boring. The start was like an eerie Castaway, it worked great. Then midway it turns into The Mummy or something and just lost me. I remember when this was supposed to be an arnold vehicle, and I'm actually glad they didn't use him, because I don't think it would have worked at all for the first half.
Here comes the Ford commercial in resp. to Transformers by GibsonUSA	Dec 14th, 2007 11:53:21 AM
GM commercial. Dont tell me these will be two of the top movies of the yr.
Matinee by rxse7en	Dec 14th, 2007 11:57:35 AM
We'll see if this is just The Bro-mega Man or better than Price's "Last Man on Earth".
Actually I'd be enjoying cars if I were Will. by GibsonUSA	Dec 14th, 2007 11:58:12 AM
And not just Ford ones either. In fact I wouldnt even touch Ford. I'd bust into the BMW dealership and be drag racing solo all day.
He better die in the end, via suicide! by StovetopStuffin'	Dec 14th, 2007 12:08:12 PM
because that's how it is in the book. It sounds at least like it might be a tad more like the book than the preview, but I still think they should have called it Omega Man, since it's clearly based more on that interpretation than on the book. Fuck it, I'm gonna go rent "I Am Omega". It's probably just as good, right? Maybe a double feature with "Transmorfers"
Salli Richardson looks like Pam Grier by palewook	Dec 14th, 2007 12:13:46 PM
back in the day
MrDagon by Turd Furgeson	Dec 14th, 2007 12:17:36 PM
hahahahaha, dam that was funny.....
A fair review by HeyJoe	Dec 14th, 2007 12:18:04 PM
I agree with it for the most part, but I would have liked to have seen: A. A little more action B. Even more on the vampires/infected, as it was obvious that they WERE intelligent. Also, this movie reminded me a little too much of 28 Days Later (which I loved) in a few places.
There's no canned food left anywhere in Manhattan? by Uncapie	Dec 14th, 2007 12:19:17 PM
Plus, there's no Ben Cortman in the story. I'd even settle for a Matthius character. Last Man On Earth and Omega Man were better scripts.
Eh, Some great sequences, but the ending was pretty poor. by Novaman5000	Dec 14th, 2007 12:22:48 PM
It didn't fit with the tone of the film at all, and just felt like a copout to me. Still, the dark warehouse sequence, as well as the dog attack were both great, tense moments. The dock sequence with the car didn't make much sense to me. I get what he was doing but it felt off. Oh, and the inclusion of the characters at the end kind of pissed me off, mostly because of the ending and how they fit into all of it, but also because their presence is sort of unexplained... Isn't he on Manhattan? Isn't manhattan an Island? I'm assuming they took a boat but, a little explanation would have been nice. The CG was decent for the most part, though the vampires occasionally looked cartoony. They sounded great, though, pretty scary fuckers overall.
It makes sense that Gas would be available, but electricity? by Novaman5000	Dec 14th, 2007 12:26:49 PM
One person using an entire city's worth of gas... It'd take a long ass time to use it all... As for electricity though... Does he have a generator? You'd assume so, but they never say. Also, how'd he set up his apartment with all those heavy metal doors and shit all by himself?
Why are their mouths opening in ways that aren't anatomically po by catlettuce4	Dec 14th, 2007 12:30:02 PM
Aren't they just infected humans?
Uncapie by skimn	Dec 14th, 2007 12:30:02 PM
The movie actually addresses that with shelves of Prego and canned vegatables for their diet. A lack of protein though, which would be provided via deer meat. Don't know the shelf life of canned meat..would it be more than three years?
There is canned food- He goes out collecting it by Novaman5000	Dec 14th, 2007 12:32:53 PM
in the beginning of the film. He just hunts because he can...Why let good fresh meat go to waste? If I was him, I'd hunt until the deer was scarce, THEN i'd move on to the preserved food. That makes sense to me. Deer might not always be around... Canned food doesn't spoil easily, so it will be.
Transformers. by Dokkalvar	Dec 14th, 2007 12:34:23 PM
I usually enjoy reading the reviews here, but I never trust them. Although I'd love to see the general consensus that this movie sucks, as someone who loved the book whole-heartedly I know this isn't going to happen. As a film it probably works, even if it squandered real potential and took a great piece of American Gothic and turned into just another big action tent-post film. But still, Come'on, most of this crew here loved Transformers and what a piece of shit that was. Seriously, it wasn't even fun after 20 minutes, just mind-numbingly stupid. I still hold out hope that this will eventually get made into something that will do the book justice - or maybe there should never be that kind of vehicle. Maybe I Am Legend should just remain a good solid book with a million crappy film adaptations.
Electricity? They show his generator by Dreamwriter	Dec 14th, 2007 12:47:24 PM
You see his generator a couple times. Me, I really liked the first two acts, but wasn't that into the big action scenes at the end. And hearing that in the book all the creatures were intelligent and talked, and one had been the main character's friend, THAT sounds like a damn cool movie.
AWW HELL NAW by polyh3dron	Dec 14th, 2007 12:47:36 PM
I have HAD it with these MOTHERFLIPPIN vampires on this MOTHERFLIPPIN planet!
I Am Done...with asshole Talkbackers by DEZDOONZ	Dec 14th, 2007 12:56:51 PM
Granted, everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I suspect many of you here are assholes just for the sake of being assholes. I've read the book and yeah, I thought it was cool--but it was a book. This a movie. I expected there to be differences given that, and the modernization of the material. This is better than the Price and Heston versions--both which I bought and watched prior to seeing this. Aside from the poor choice to CG all of the infected, this movie really works.
Gasoline Goes Bad by MrDagon	Dec 14th, 2007 12:58:23 PM
On the whole, gasoline can sit around for maybe 1 year before it starts turning into varnish. 3 years? NO WAY !! They lost me with this stupidity. Just like the Chuck Heston version where the newspapers blowing down the street weren't yellowed.
Not To Mention Car Batteries by MrDagon	Dec 14th, 2007 12:59:12 PM
Freakin' DUH ALREADY !!!
for anyone whos read the book by abone114	Dec 14th, 2007 01:08:36 PM
i know a lot of things in the film are completely different than the book, but if anyones actually read the book, it IS mostly about Neville losing his mind, there isnt a whole lot of action until the end in the book as well. im excited to see it.
So did he clean up millions of corpses in NYC or..... by Stuntcock Mike	Dec 14th, 2007 01:09:49 PM
did they just evaporate?
Didn't suck by MJDeViant	Dec 14th, 2007 01:10:06 PM
It just felt half-assed half-way through. It felt so much more coherent and seamless until the alpha shows up. It was creepy and slick until that. Then it gets all actiony and stutters. Having more of something like the reapers in Blade 2 would have been better. They at least had SOME personality, especially the alpha. The only effective scene with the infected is when he fist sees them.
^yes, sees them with his fist...... by MJDeViant	Dec 14th, 2007 01:11:37 PM
I meant first....
dogphart3000 by Stuntcock Mike	Dec 14th, 2007 01:11:50 PM
As a CGI negro, I take offence to that comment. Just kidding, I'm CGI Polish.
I'm going to see this tonight. Like he said in by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 14th, 2007 01:12:11 PM
I, Robot "Do I look like I give a damn what you think."
Survival: Big Willy Style by captainCAPSLOCK	Dec 14th, 2007 01:20:34 PM
the zombies got Jazzy Jeff AW HEYLL NAW!!! I BE LEGEND
Alien 5 teaser script! by timberwolf4545	Dec 14th, 2007 01:23:00 PM
Not AVP - Alien 5. http://tinyurl.com/28e25e
Memories-Of-Murder by Mr. Nice Gaius	Dec 14th, 2007 01:25:16 PM
Your attacks on the writers/reviewers on this site and how they compare to your own personal tastes...well, it's one of the stupidest things I've ever read on this site. Why do you continue to to insult people's intelligence with this nonsense? I'll await your "Bayformers" laced reply that will no doubt include the unnecessary usage of the phrase "As it were".
M-O-M by pdennett316	Dec 14th, 2007 01:36:02 PM
I just can't take your stance seriously...they're lousy reviewers because they don't agree with YOUR personal tastes and opinions??? Aren't we the narcissistic one? Reviews are OPINION pieces, nothing more, nothing less. Find a reviewer who gels with your personal tastes and trust only them, stop constantly whining about guys giving positive reviews to movies you have already pre-determined you will not like. What kind of life is that?? Pretty pathetic if you ask me.
Memories-Of-Murder by Mr. Nice Gaius	Dec 14th, 2007 01:42:02 PM
Easily riled, I see. You know, when you get hot under the collar, your diction gets even worse. But you're missing the point, MOM. (SHOCKER) You keep failing to grasp the simple concept that people (and reviewers alike) have different tastes and different reactions to films. You can't expect Moriarty's or Capone's reviews to match up with your sentiments 1-for-1 or 100% of the time. It's just not gonna happen. In the meantime, you seem to view this as an excuse to attack (not "challenge") them. It's childish. And I find it endlessly entertaining to know that you've seen every single one of Michael Bay's films despite your rantings of hatred. I bet you even own a film or two of his. Am I right?
Does God love I am Legend by majordude22	Dec 14th, 2007 01:45:32 PM
I think this movie will be a great movie to watch with a tub of popcorn and enjoying the Sci-Fi, zombie elements. There's also a religious theme when Will Smith sees the phrase "god stil loves us" on a building after the apacolypse. This site is where I heard about the contest and it looks like you can win a macbook pro. Goto godstilllovesus.org http://www.filmplug.com/blog/2 007/12/god_still_loves_i_am_le gend.html
Thanks for the info on canned meat. by Uncapie	Dec 14th, 2007 01:50:29 PM
Ahhh, product placement for Prego. Too bad it wasn't Dinty More. Still, in the last two movies, Morgan and Neville had their stash in freezers. Does this Neville do the same? Sure, hunting deer is not a problem when you have to survive, but Manhattan is a big place for an island so, one stands to erason there should be lots of leftovers for years to come or he can grow his own.
Thanks for ruining it by Unlabled	Dec 14th, 2007 01:51:54 PM
Did you have to tell us he found other humans?
spoilers by majordude22	Dec 14th, 2007 01:52:47 PM
Stop spoiling the movie....
Should have been Omega Man by crweb	Dec 14th, 2007 01:55:11 PM
I think we all realize that there are going to be people who like this film, for whatever reason(s). I don't think that those of us who have no interest, indeed a hatred of this film, because it differs so much from the novel would have as much of a problem as we do with it, if they had just not called it I Am Legend. Call it The Omega Man and even I might have seen it at some point, probably waited for it to show up at the library for free. But even for free I will never watch this film.
No apocalypse food compares with the by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 14th, 2007 01:58:07 PM
scene from Road Warrior where Mel digs in to a delicious dinner of the Aussie version of Alpo. Then he shares with his mutt, and the chopper pilot gets sloppy thirds. Soylent Green doesn't count. Sure,the ending is great, but throughout the whole movie they're just eating green crackers as far as we're concerned.
Youth Without Youth ad by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 14th, 2007 02:02:04 PM
Dude, you're head is facing the wrong direction.
Spoilers!! by kevinwillis.net	Dec 14th, 2007 02:08:53 PM
He dies. Just in the nick of time! It's really pretty good, and felt short. Will Smith is great. There is no "aw, helll naww!" It moves a little quickly at the end, but it's still rockin. This movie? I am Box Office! And, it's even more straight up than Golden Compass, as Will Smith yells "There is no God!!!" Sure, he lapses a little just before he dies, but still . . . This movie is the last nail in the coffin of Golden Compass.
And I Am Legend Has a Point as the Title by kevinwillis.net	Dec 14th, 2007 02:09:52 PM
Just different from the book. But it's also a great title. Omega Man? What kind of cheesy title is that?
My thoughts, not that anyone cares. by critch	Dec 14th, 2007 02:09:55 PM
I haven't read the original book and from what I understand it's nothing at all like the original so I'm not going to look at that. It's been made before anyway, as "The Omega Man" and "The Last Man on Earth", so if you really want to see an adaption of the story as writte, I suppose those will work. Will Smith is, of course, the last man on Earth, conveniently enough one of the people that was working on a cure for the virus that eventually killed all but 1% of the earth. Supposedly I say because in a character point that really is just glossed over he never looks outside the city for anything. Anywhere where life could be he insists that nothing exists. It could be because at the point that the movie picks up, 2 years on from 'Ground Zero', he's quite mad. For most of the movie, he avoids/fights evil vampire/zombie/mummy looking things, hunts through the city with his dog, tries to pick up mannequins in the video store (With Green Lantern movie posters!) and so on. And this works. The sense of desperation, his sanity slipping, very well acted and well done. The problem is it spends an hour setting up this world where nobody else exists anymore, and then it completely destroys the buildup when another survivor shows up. With the requisite useless kid. Any sort of tension or anything is completely lost as we get 15 minutes of awkward interaction before the movie attempts to bring back some sort of energy, but by that point it's shoehorned a half-ass religious aspect to it and it seems like M.Night Shaymalan takes over the direction. Now that I type that, I was thinking throughout even the best parts that it was very M. Night ish. Long camera shots, a willingness to just slow down and ratchet up the tension. And then in the end we get what I can only describe as a half-ass M. Night ending with a combination of 'Signs' and 'The Villiage'. Good Effects, though every time the 'lead' dark-walker-thing yells, you expect bugs to come flying out of his mouth. City looks good, though there's the question: Where is his power coming from? Running Water? Two years without anyone! In the end, it's worth seeing as a matinee or something, but I don't think it's anything special. The worst type of movie I think is one that has all the potential in the world and then just squanders it on bad decisions, probably studio-enforced since we can't have Will by himself for the entire movie, can we?
My quick review: by skimn	Dec 14th, 2007 02:14:02 PM
Prepare to be entertained, then disappointed. A solid B-.
Don't Forget the Superman Vs. Batman Movie Poster by kevinwillis.net	Dec 14th, 2007 02:14:43 PM
Out on the street, maybe in Times Square. Had a release date on it. At least, they imagined there would be some awesome movies before the world ended.
Mike Patton does the monsters' screams by kevred	Dec 14th, 2007 02:17:04 PM
In case that hasn't already been covered here, a neat little bit of trivia. I've always liked that guy, though I've not followed all his crazy musical twists & turns over the years.
His Power Comes from Generators by kevinwillis.net	Dec 14th, 2007 02:20:18 PM
It shows the row of hona generators running. He's been there for a while; presumable he has a tank for water on the roof. If he was the last man in New York, he could probably have running water and electricity, although we he didn't have a bevy of two-way radios and CBs going and shortwaves going at all hours, I don't know. His gas comes from pumping it out tanks at gas stations. One would have to assume that it all ended pretty quick, for no one else to have draughted the gas, but still. I Am Legend does a better job of explaining how he manages than most of those kinds of movies. Even though the cars look a little too new, and washed (who would have time to keep washing there cars when they're getting chased by vampires, plus standing out with the clean cars) . . . but usually they were driving with tanks of gas and generators strapped to the top of the cars. On the whole, pretty well thought out, although why Neville didn't have a super-intense ultraviolet set up in his house and/or lab, or as a projector light on his car, I dunno.
Row of Honda Generators by kevinwillis.net	Dec 14th, 2007 02:21:29 PM
I meant to say. First thing. For those who have never had to run off a portable generator, that's what they look like, and they make electricity. You do have to put gas at them. Which he was getting by hand-pumping the gas out of still-somewhat-full tanks at various New York gas stations.
Yes, SvB! by MrSandwich	Dec 14th, 2007 02:21:50 PM
Best thing about this apocalyptic future: A Superman vs. Batman movie was about to come out. Worst thing: 'Legally Blonde: The Musical' was apparently still running.
I'm alone in the city. Let me drive these Fords. by GibsonUSA	Dec 14th, 2007 02:27:25 PM
Vampires should eat his butt just for stupidity.
Just so I've got this straight by PokitN	Dec 14th, 2007 02:36:51 PM
Everyone completely accepts that: 1) A Cure for Cancer is found 2) Everyone on Earth dies except for the new zombie vampires. However, NO ONE is willing to accept that gasoline would stay fresh? Why pick so many nits?
Started very strong by ewokstew	Dec 14th, 2007 02:43:36 PM
and finished somewhat weak. Not in terms on storytelling, perhaps. It's seemed the pacing was lopsided. It went from slow (but engaging and good) to a 100mph in the blink of an eye. I think some re-editing may be in order.
PokitN by GibsonUSA	Dec 14th, 2007 02:48:55 PM
Zombie Vampires are within the context of the storyline, like a man dressing up as a bat for The Dark Knight. However, these films are supposed to otherwise take place in the real world....real city, real Ford Mustangs. Grass is green, the sky is blue, and gasoline goes bad when left out too long. If liberties with reality can be taken at any level, why doesnt Will Smith just Form Blazing Sword Voltron style and chop his way to victory?
Gibson by PokitN	Dec 14th, 2007 02:58:18 PM
Good point, but why let a meaningless detail bother you so much? Maybe they've created a better type of fuel by 2012 that doesn't decompose as fast. Maybe he dumped a sheeet load of fuel stabilizer into one of the Gas station tanks. Who cares it just seems a little minutia to me. I'm guilty of it aswell it just seemed like people were going overboard.
That's like the James Bond flick with by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 14th, 2007 03:12:13 PM
Denise Richards. You believe that James Bond can battle out of wherever he is with no scratch, throw an airplane off the cliff, hop into it, jump start it, take off, while having sex with the girl simultaneously, etc., but you can't picture Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist?
Chuck Norris' tears are the cure by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 14th, 2007 03:13:03 PM
Too bad Chuck Norris has never cried, EVER.
This is not 'I am Legend.' by jae683	Dec 14th, 2007 03:15:22 PM
It's a remake of the Omega Man, but then that wasn't Richard Mattheson's story either. The original was about vampires. Robert Neville spent his days putting up garlic around the windows, cutting stakes to kill off vampires during the day, and discovering that sunlight kills them too. I hate it when Hollywood steals a title from a book and sticks it on a movie the doesn't resemble the original in the slightest, ie 'I Robot.'
Robert Neville Realized the Gas Would Decompose by kevinwillis.net	Dec 14th, 2007 03:31:47 PM
So he went around and added stabilizer to the tanks, and keeps it consistently up, so the gas doesn't go bad. It's a movie about being the last guy on earth, except for rabid vampires. Come on, people.
"acclaimed novel" by Happy Boy	Dec 14th, 2007 03:34:50 PM
Matheson's novel is acclaimed literature as Scooby Doo is acclaimed animation... ie it's not. The original novella is proud stupid American PULP fiction, with a gun wielding tough guy manhandling scantily clad chicks and kicking vampire ass. I dont object to the mischaracterization of the book as much as the fact that the reviewer obviously has NOT read the book yet sees fit to compare it to the movie in complete blissfull ignorance. Dick Wolfowitz is that U? Saw this movie and it sucked. It was also not at all like the book but that's another matter entirely
Yeah, the book is clearly a product of its time. by Christopher3	Dec 14th, 2007 03:43:38 PM
Reads like something one of the characters on "Mad Men" would write. BTW, Matheson never explained the gasoline going bad, and never had Neville hunting for water sources either. Probably because the only thing his Neville ever drank was alcohol.
Richard Matheson is a great writer by matineer	Dec 14th, 2007 03:46:04 PM
Screenplays include Twilight Zone: Nick of Time and Nightmare at 20,000 feet, and Duel, the TV movie filmed by Spielberg from Matheson's short story.
I am Legend was not pulp by jae683	Dec 14th, 2007 03:47:17 PM
It was really a study in what society considers normal. Neville essentially becomes the 'monster' in the end. It was very influential to people like George Romero and Stephen King.
Capone's credibility - by smiler2	Dec 14th, 2007 03:56:50 PM
Now in the toilet with this movie.
Meh--WITH SPOILERS BELOW by rxse7en	Dec 14th, 2007 04:06:50 PM
I enjoyed it. I put it above Omega Man and below The Last Man on Earth. Would have preferred if they kept more of the book's tone. I guess it stems from the "vampires" being stupid in this movie and not having the truly undead and just the infected--but then how did they set a trap for Neville? I just didn't get the feel that they saw him as the legendary killer that he was. The ending was ok, not the big "I AM LEGEND!" reveal I was hoping for.
I AM BORED by BurgerTime	Dec 14th, 2007 04:24:17 PM
Think I'll give this one a miss until it drops on DVD.
Alright I'll be an asshole. by Dokkalvar	Dec 14th, 2007 04:42:39 PM
If they decided to make Lord of the Rings set in modern-day Paris France for no reason, and it was basically the transporter, but all the characters ran around with names from the book it still wouldn't be Lord of the Rings and the fan base would have had a shit-fit. Same thing here. So yeah, I'm a little ticked. They should have called this something else. Omega-Man. I kill the dead. ANYTHING and I would have been right there with you going "Oh Neat, Apocalyptic Time-Square." Also, how did the deer and lions get onto Manhattan? all bridges and tunnells were destroyed. Central park zoo I assume.
I agree, Dokkalvar by jae683	Dec 14th, 2007 04:45:15 PM
Call it something else. Heck, the whole point of the book is in the title. Call it 'Omega Man' reboot, or whatever other remake excuse of a title.
It Was Just Okay by Johnny Storm	Dec 14th, 2007 04:52:05 PM
I was really looking forward to this, maybe I was expecting too much. The first half hour was great. Loved seeing New York abandoned and it was shot beautifully. W.S. did a great job over all. I'm not a CGI hater, but the Dark Seekers reminded me of bad CG from Van Helsing. It really took me out of the story -- the rest of the work was stellar, but those Dark Seekers sucked ass. It's actually a bit boring after a while and could have used more action in my opinion.
Xiphos I agree on the hunting thing by PurityOfEssence	Dec 14th, 2007 04:52:15 PM
Haven't seen the movie yet, more interested in the footage from The Dark Knight. As far as hunting with an actual UZI, 9mm isn't exactly the most effective hunting round (neither is the 5.56mm M4 which Neville/Smith uses). But if it is a select fire weapon and with the right ammo, you could probably drop a deer with one - assuming you could get close enough and that you shoot well.
Hey MJDeViant by BurgerKing	Dec 14th, 2007 04:58:33 PM
How can it be disappointing if it's what you expected? .....
I AM 28 days later. by Dokkalvar	Dec 14th, 2007 05:06:14 PM
Probably not. The names aside, the film adaptation has more in common with 28 days later then I AM LEGEND - and would have been accused of it.
skywalkerfamily + SPOILER by thebearovingian	Dec 14th, 2007 05:20:45 PM
It wasn't his blood that was the antidote. It was the blood of the vampire that he injected with a potential cure. That vampire started returning to a normal human state. He had found a cure. That being said, I really enjoyed the movie. I guess there are some vagaries in the story but I wasn't thinking about them as I watched b/c I guess I was busy being entertained. It had some really good, jumpy moments. One caveat, I didn't care for the scene with the dog being attacked and infected. It was one of those "Oh c'mon, you and the dog could easily get to the truck and be safe" moments. The mercy killing of the pooch was touching. (Old Yeller used to make me cry. Dammit, why do I love dogs so?)
Saw I Am Legend at IMAX: The Dark Knight Prologue by thebearovingian	Dec 14th, 2007 05:23:49 PM
was pretty damn cool. Can't wait for the non-bootleg trailer.
Lord of the Rings in France??!! by BillyPilgrim	Dec 14th, 2007 05:51:53 PM
So Frodo and Sam were gay after all....
Good movie..... by bugkill	Dec 14th, 2007 05:53:32 PM
I only found two things wrong with the film, 1) The film should have started when the outbreak happens and not seen in flashbacks, and 2) They should have used human actors for the infected and not have relied so much on the CGI. This film would have been great if they would have used human infected because the CGI takes away from the realism and horror. Will Smith did an excellent job in this film and he should be considered for an Oscar, he was that good. A note to future directors, do not use CGI for portraying zombies or infected humans, use the CGI as little as possible.
The Batman prologue..... by bugkill	Dec 14th, 2007 05:59:33 PM
was pretty damn cool and the film will be very good. Heath Ledger looks to be a good Joker because this Joker does not seem to look for laughs, but looks to be more ruthless.
Great CGI in this movie... by JimCurry	Dec 14th, 2007 06:13:47 PM
if you thought the awful CGI in I,ROBOT was anything other than horrid.
jae683 is your name M. Night Shyamalan? by Happy Boy	Dec 14th, 2007 06:44:47 PM
because the spoiler you noted in your post is a "TWIST." the novella itself is about man's will to survive when everything else is lost. Certainly I Am Legend is influential, but more as a result of its film versions than as literature. The book itself certainly is pulp in the tradition of Philip Dick, Lovercraft, Anderson et al
is this shit on bittorrent yet by jivatmax	Dec 14th, 2007 07:45:14 PM
10 bucks is a lot
1 hour 25 minutes = really good. Last 15 minutes = horrifically by FluffyUnbound	Dec 14th, 2007 08:29:51 PM
OK, to get my nitpicks for the good part of the movie out of the way first: 1) The guy has one uninfected companion, which has become his surrogate child, and he doesn't leave the damn dog at home during the day? That's all he has to do to have the dog be perfectly safe. 2) He's the world's smartest virologist, but he doesn't immediately realize that the mannequin was moved by the creatures? 3) He's had three years to fortify his residence against creatures that can climb multiple stories at will, and the windows on the upper floors aren't barricaded? 4) He was in charge of fighting the virus, but doesn't know about the Bethel VT fortress? 5) He's been broadcasting every day, but the people in Vermont haven't broadcasted back to him? OK, but those are nitpicks. The real problem is of course the last fifteen minutes. After perfectly setting up the REAL ending, they give us that shite ending? Boooooooooo. Because in 2007 it's not OK to make a movie where an American military scientist is undone by fear and misunderstanding of the other, and didn't know when he crossed the line and became the bad guy? No, that wouldn't have been a good call at all, right? Boooooooo.
great review Capone, but jeez, Spoiler Box? by BadMrWonka	Dec 14th, 2007 08:31:55 PM
there's a reason they exist, ya know? letting the cat out of the bag about finding 2 more humans alive? I understand that YOU might think it's unimportant, but people should be able to judge for themselves, yeah? at any rate, it falls smack dab in the middle of what the term "spoiler" defines, wouldn't you say? BOX IT UP! this film has 2 good reviews, and I bought $1000 of Time Warner stock 3 weeks ago since I think this film is going to be huge. don't spoil it! PLEASE!
Soylent Mean by FluffyUnbound	Dec 14th, 2007 08:40:28 PM
In the very beginning, Emma Thompson talks about how the virus hyperstimulates the body. The virus in this movie actually made a rough kind of sense for a change. The infected pretty much are speed freaks amped up beyond all reason, as you point out. I guess that leads to the question of what 10% of the population of Manhattan, jumped up with triple metabolism, has been eating for three years - but maybe a certain % of the darkseekers had been killed while the police and army could still fight back.
The Problem with the End by kevinwillis.net	Dec 14th, 2007 08:42:44 PM
Or the main one is that it felt like they scissored out about 30 minutes of pacing that really helped the movie start strong--and I mean strong. Great first half of the movie. CGI was too much, but I'll give it a pass, and would give it much more a pass if the pace had been slowed down a little bit at the end. I would have preferred it turned out the vampires were more human and Neville was a murdering monster in their world, and he could have realized that . . . that might have been cool. Or he could have started curing the vampires, and find out they hated being cured, that being a bloodthirsty vampire was exactly like having a 24-hour orgasm. Something like that. On the whole, I give it top marks, and will watch it again.
I dug it a lot. by mr.brownstone	Dec 14th, 2007 08:43:53 PM
Some dicey effects diminish the scariness of the vamps, but Smith's performance is very strong, the story is confidently and leanly told and the look was great. I give it a solid 3/4. Worth seeing in a theatre for the sound design and epic visual impact.
Bad Mr Wonka by kevinwillis.net	Dec 14th, 2007 08:44:17 PM
The film is going to tear up the box office, I will betcha. However, Time Warner has a lot more financial liabilities than I Am Legend, just so ya know.
Much Better than I expected by RoarsLoudly	Dec 14th, 2007 09:04:52 PM
And I only went to see this because, I really wanted to see, of course the Batman: Dark Knight 6 min. prologue. My only complaint were the 'creatures', even though they sounded scary and it gets under your skin, the look & conceptualization was rather poor.
If you have to use sniper rifle to hunt for food... by Han Cholo	Dec 14th, 2007 09:10:54 PM
Wouldn't the smart thing to do be figuring out the deer's game trail patterns and then once that's figured out station yourself in an area where you'll inflict maximum kill rate, in otherwords on top of a building or a billboard or in a perched area above ground. Seems much smarter than chasing your food like a dumbass in your cherry Ford Mustang with a rifle that can only shoot one bullet at a time. At least a powerful automatic weapon as I'm sure they're plentiful in a city like New York. This shit is stupid.
two good reviews on here, wow.. by couP	Dec 14th, 2007 09:13:05 PM
thought this type of thing has been done to death, but somewhat looking forward to it noW
PhoenixMagi by FluffyUnbound	Dec 14th, 2007 09:46:48 PM
In a couple of different scenes we see Neville pouring bleach on his scent trail. I assume that the "smart" infected leader determined that the mannequin was a "friend" of Neville because his scent was all over the video store. And the leader guy had recovered enough brain function to realize what the mannequin was for.
Having seen both movies and read the book... by kem070396	Dec 14th, 2007 10:06:16 PM
I have been looking forward to this since the early AHnold/Prosovetch (sp?) incarnation, what was that 10 years ago? I saw this movie with no expectations, and I wasn't surprised about my reaction; it was ok. Many of the talkbackers have touched on the the real nits, many of which might have been made mute had they kept this in San Fransisco rather than a cut off Manhattan. My biggest positive surprise was Will Smith's take of Charlton Heston's Neville; obviously, this movie had no REAL roots in the source material, other than the tone of the first 2/3rds. My biggest disappointment could have been solved with more exposition...just seemd too tight without enough explanation (why did he think it was HIS fault, and not Krippen's? His place in the big picyure was not explained...Heston's was done very well) and not making the point that Manhattan was cut off and his blood did NOT cure directly, which is a HUGE nit at the end (think about it, it'll come to you), I also had a real problem with the Dark Seekers...too much of the original AHnold concept, too little of the source material. I Would have loved an homage to Tony Zerbe or further fleshing out the Alpha figure..something...too much CGI... Definately going to buy the DVD when it comes out. I hope there is extra material they can re-edit in for a Director's cut that may be more enjoyable.
Someone said book is not a classic? WTF by Stormwatcher	Dec 14th, 2007 10:15:34 PM
Uh, it is. And NO there are no scantilly clad women and Neville is not Ash from Amy of the Dead, it is a quiet, sad story. Amazing. This movie I will watch but probably not compare it to the book
M4 is the right tool for the job by sith_rising	Dec 14th, 2007 10:19:09 PM
5.56 will drop and kill a deer, no problem, especially at the range he was. his was semi-automatic, which is probably better since you have to drive all around the city looking for ammo, and i'm sure those homos in NY don't have a gunshop on every street like we do down here in texas. regardless, you don't want to swap out magazines with those vamps running around, so I'd stick with semi. but I WOULD have tried to at least get my hands on a fully automatic shotgun. shotgun shells are abundant almost anywhere you go.
"The creatures are scary as shit." by TheFoywonder	Dec 14th, 2007 10:20:42 PM
You must scare easily, Capone. Possibly the least convincing CGI monster effects I've seen in a big budget blockbuster not directed by Stephen Sommers.
I AM LEPRECHAUN by ironic_name	Dec 14th, 2007 10:46:39 PM
I AM LEPRECHAUN STARRING warick davis, coolio, special appearance by jeremy irons as kathy bates' front entrance
Should have been Kurt Russell by Kirk's Toupee	Dec 14th, 2007 10:57:34 PM
And should have stuck to the original short story which is more a psychological piece than a horror story.
Not "I AM LEGEND", but 28 WILLS LATER by Bedlamite	Dec 14th, 2007 11:01:19 PM
The CGI was AWFUL. It looked liked they used the character CGI from the Brendan Frasier MUMMY film. It took me right out of the film. This could have been made so much better with 90% actors and 10% CG. I don't care about the lil things: Gas, Water, blah the fuckin' blah. DON'T CARE. However, the whole movie just missed one last piece of something grand. It was like a 5000 piece monster puzzle, and at the very end you notice that one tiny piece is missing. It's done, but it's just not quite right. Smith does a great job of carrying an entire movie on his shoulers. I'll give him that. There were a few scenes where it could have been a bit more tight, but they let it slip through. Best moments for me was chasing Sam into the unknown building. Worst moment was the entire last 20 minutes or so. What a bunch of shite. Sweet lord it was kicked in the balls and swallow a Jallapeno at the same time lame. Some weak ass shite. Overall B- I feel no need to own this thing, and as a fan of the story, well, this isn't it. Hell, I'm not so sure that Arnold (10 years ago) couldn't have done this pic. Last Man On Earth is still my favorite adaptation of this work.
First! by Zozma	Dec 14th, 2007 11:04:00 PM
sluts
first! by ironic_name	Dec 14th, 2007 11:07:27 PM
damn! beaten to the quick!
Decent Legend by zog71	Dec 14th, 2007 11:22:06 PM
Just watched I am Legend, and despite never reading the book, thought it was pretty good. Wasn't what I expected. Thought it would be more of an action movie, but worked very well. I find Smith to be a good actor and he carried it well by himself for the most part. I was interested in his way of life, and would have been interested if it would have been nothing but about that. I would have to agree that I was a little disappointed in the infected people, thought it would work better if they would have been real people and CGI used for more wide shots and the climbing and jumping around that was done, but all in all was pleased with them movie in whole and would recommend it to anybody
Happy Boy by jae683	Dec 14th, 2007 11:33:45 PM
I disagree. The main idea of the book wasn't just about survival, although that was apart of it early on. Matheson was questioning the perception of normalcy by turning the tables on the Human race, or the 'twist' as you put it. As one poster put it, it was a 'psychological piece more than a horror story.' And I believe the book is far more influential to other writers than the movies. Also calling me M. Night Shyamalan? Them's fightin' words, man. lol
The ending was disgraceful by NapoleonDynamite	Dec 14th, 2007 11:59:48 PM
The contrived, happy crappy ending was a slap in the face to Matheson (God told the bitch where this fortress was? Really? How is that not fucking retarded?) and the voiceover at the end completely stepped on and destoyed the final, ironic meaning of the title. People who haven't read the book might roll their eyes a bit at the lameness off the ending but people who have read the book and are hoping for a respecful rendering are going to be very disappointed. Whatever happened to seeing honest reviews on this site. Does everybody just suck studio dick now? From reading the reviews om AICN you'd think we were living in a fucking golden age of movies. Everything is 5 stars.
Decent movie (spoilerish in nature) by SlickyVonBoner	Dec 15th, 2007 12:04:03 AM
I thought it could have used more flashbacks. To scenes like when Night Seekers first start appearing in NY and him finally realizing he was alone. That was a beautiful Shepherd. I love those dogs, so loyal and intelligent. I knew it wasn't gonna go well for him. Damn I hate getting choked up in the theater. Oh, and for my nerdish-know-it-all input of the day. You don't have to wash German Shepherds. They shed so much, they shed the dirt right off and washing them with soap can dry out their skin. In a survival situation I would have saved the water. Oh, yeah. The creature effects were horrible and a waste of money. Why not use actors? That was a
So let me get this straight by Dokkalvar	Dec 15th, 2007 12:48:12 AM
For those of you who've seen the film..So, Big Willy gets up every morning and washes his Cherry Red Ford GT to a polished shine (there's not a mark on it) and then drives it around a desolate time square to hunt deer in it's lush long grass. I mean seriously, grass growing in Time Square? There's no dirt in Times Square.. so in less then five years or so GRASS has grown in no soil, and through 12 feet of steal and concrete. This feels like Transformers Jungle Fatigues in the Desert.
"Gettin' Legend With It" by MrMysteryGuest	Dec 15th, 2007 01:42:09 AM
Will Smith doing the Jiggy dance in "I Am Legend" would have been just wrong!
Nope, they sure don't make pictures like that anymore. by Anakin Whoopass	Dec 15th, 2007 01:49:44 AM
See it... really realize... what's really important... important is the fact that... can't all live together and be happy... if you have to be afraid to walk out in the street... if you have to be afraid to smile at somebody... right?
I agree with mr.brownstone by Phategod1	Dec 15th, 2007 01:51:52 AM
I enjoyed it And I'm not the Biggest Will Smith Fan but his skills have improved, in this movie he was not allowed to improvise. (except for the bacon comment.) If you nerds can get over the gas and the whole not being a direct translation you can see that this is a intriguing movie. I just can't see how anyone can enjoy the bombastic simplicity of Transformers and Dis this. Maybe I should Cryogenically freeze myself and be the rulers of the future morons to come. thats a Idiocracy reference.
and you guys call yourselves Nerds by Phategod1	Dec 15th, 2007 01:54:37 AM
You guys hardly Mention the "Worlds finest" poster and if it actually and does it have any real world applications.
SEE THE MOVIE by FlyinHawaiian	Dec 15th, 2007 02:12:00 AM
Will does a great job, and his emotion reflects on screen perfectly. Anyone who disagrees, obviously hasn't seen the film.
^ that was without a doubt... by TheMcflyFarm	Dec 15th, 2007 03:58:30 AM
the funniest thing ever said on the Chappelle Show. Also, SPOILERS the movie has several parallels to Signs to me. What with the way the flashbacks were put structured into the film and the whole epiphany with the butterfly at the end (like a sign)
I'm going to see it. by Motoko Kusanagi	Dec 15th, 2007 05:33:20 AM
No matter what the h4t0rs say :-)
Dokkalvar by FluffyUnbound	Dec 15th, 2007 06:35:59 AM
Actually, the grass isn't a nitpick for me. The grass didn't break through the asphalt - it's ON TOP of it. Without street cleaning you'd have enough dirt for grass to grip on from wind action alone after the first year. Not to mention that it's NYC, so all the paper, trash and crap - along with a few million dead bodies - have been rained on and dried out about 1000 times and probably turned to dust that has accumulated in the streets. The grass was OK by me.
$70 MILLION DOLLAR OPENING by TheDohDoh	Dec 15th, 2007 06:47:45 AM
HOLY SHIT. WHO OPENS A ZOMBIE/VAMPIRE MOVIE TO THAT KIND OF BOX OFFICE?
Phategod1 by ironic_name	Dec 15th, 2007 06:54:06 AM
the implication is that the world will end before a worlds' finest movie is made.
Saw it last night, and was shocked by how long the line was. by CreasyBear	Dec 15th, 2007 07:47:20 AM
I figured it would be No. 1 this weekend, but I've never seen a line like that at my theater. It's kind of grim and serious to bring in so much box office. Liked the movie, personally. Will Smith does give a great performance with range and depth, I gotta admit. This coming from someone who is definitely not a fan of the "Aww-Hail-Naw" Will Smith.
I wanted to like it... I hoped for something special... by Damer1	Dec 15th, 2007 07:51:23 AM
but it sucked. All the theaters were full here in Phoenix.
One thing I liked by Damer1	Dec 15th, 2007 07:59:53 AM
The Blair Witch first shot of the creatures. That was basically the only thing I liked.
This movie was great. Major Spoilers included by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 15th, 2007 08:21:09 AM
First, let me say to all haters if you haven't seen this, go see it, then give your opinion good or bad all you want. It was everything I wanted in a post-apocalyptic flick. Action, good plot (no, not a typo, good plot). Look I've never read the book so I will not compare the two. I own Last Man on Earth, and it's an okay movie. I loved Omega Man. There are no vampires in this, and of course we all know that Will Smith is not the last man. rxse7en mentioned the scene with the trap. But, he didn't get it, (no offense) and I bet a lot of moviegoers didn't get it. These are not mindless creatures. In one part the Neville character says the creatures have devolved to where there is not sense of humanity or sociological nature left into them. That is where he is wrong. They have lost intelligence, but aren't stupid. When Neville captures the creature for his experiment, he baits a snare in the dark with his own blood, the snare is tripped, the creature is bagged, and pulled out by the dead weight of a droppped automobile. We see another creature in the dark, it comes out for a couple seconds, gets singed by the sun as they are effected by UV, and goes back into the dark. This creature does have compassion, and humanity if you can call it that. He is sad and angry one of his people, perhaps mate were stolen. Are they smart? They not only used the same snare on Neville, but were smart enough to know how to bait it. And, when they released the mutant dogs on him they handled their dogs, just like he handles his. Oh yes, they're smart, they communicate, and they have a leader. Smith brought serious emotion to this role. Not up their with Hanks in Castaway, but he was great. This is the first movie in a long time that had "scary" scenes that actually were scary. Hey, I loved it. If you don't that's fine, but there's my two cents.
It's OKAY -- Everybody chill by Homer Goes DOH	Dec 15th, 2007 08:42:44 AM
Not a great movie. Not a BAD movie. But, DAMN! it's mostly an entertaining movie. Ending's whacked. "Smif" is on top of his, uh, "form" here. Few stupid one-liners, some actual acting. Yah, the CGI is INYOURFACE obvious and a little obnoxious. Didn't really hurt the experience for me. I've seen both Last Man on Earth and Omega Man and one of the few on this forum to have actually READ the novel (picked up in the 80s for, like, 10 cents at a second-hand bookstore). Like "The Shrinking Man", it's nothing like the book, but what are you going to do? Let's all google "Richard Matheson" and enjoy what that old man has given us in our geek lives, okay?
Grammaton Cleric Binks by rxse7en	Dec 15th, 2007 08:53:56 AM
I understand that they/he were "learning" from Neville, I just don't think the act of recreating the snare was enough to outweigh the fact that it was just one "infected" becoming/remaining intelligent. Based on that view, then the alpha male was also the last of his kind, as it seemed every other one of the infected was just plain brainless. Don't get me wrong here, I enjoyed this movie, I just don't think it should be compared to "Last Man on Earth" or the novel too much. I just didn't get the sense that these creatures were the new human paradigm and that Neville was now the monster. See what I'm saying? That was always the cool twist to the story. :D
rxse7en by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 15th, 2007 09:22:57 AM
Oh yes in Last Man on Earth the movie, and maybe the book which I really need to get around to reading some day, but in the movie anyway Price became the monster unbeknownst to him until the end. You have a good point, maybe it was only one of them left who was intelligent, but I don't think so. Because in Legend there was one in the house ripping the hole in the ceiling so everyone could rush in, and it wasn't the leader. He was still outside giving directions, if you can call the same howl he used everytime giving directions. They seemed to understand what he meant though. And I'm not trying to compare this to the novel or Las Man in any way. I enjoyed it for what it was, and I enjoyed it immensely. The only thing I did not like was when they were climbing into the house was that scene was lifted from I, Robot. Other than that it was great.
I'm luck I read the BOOK when I did... by zinc_chameleon	Dec 15th, 2007 10:26:45 AM
I read it as a small boy during the Cuban Missile Crisis of May 1962. Scared the total crap out of me, but I couldn't put it down. Rereading it now, it is a product of the atomic age. So much of it's imagery has to do with Los Angeles in the middle of a nuclear winter.
intelligent zombie by mpd1958	Dec 15th, 2007 10:30:03 AM
I was mostly happy with the movie, but was perplexed by the fact that the plot thread that was obviously meant to be important concerning an intelligent, planning zombie was never developed. I kept expecting Smith's character to at least comment on it, but he never even mentions it, even after being caught in the zombie's trap. I suspect this is the result of unfortunate editing, and hope it is explained in some future director's cut dvd.
I disagree with non-development of the by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 15th, 2007 10:41:27 AM
intelligent zombie angle. I think it was clearly there, just subtle. They build the same trap he made for them means they're intelligent. The facial expressions and the actions of the "zombies," it's all there even if it's in CGI. Okay, maybe a comment by Neville saying "oh crap I was wrong" would have been good. I didn't need to be beat over the head with it. As a matter of fact, the more I think about it, it wasn't subtle it was obvious, just not spoken. In this age of short-attention span Bayified moviegoers maybe some needed to be hit over the head with a sledgehammer. Think about it though, Neville hadn't been with a person so long he could hardly speak or interact even when she was a hottie. When he realizes he was wrong he's too busy trying to save himself and the others to think about how wrong he was.
Sandlers new movie trailer was before Legend by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 15th, 2007 10:53:02 AM
It looked liked typical Sandler, stupidly funny and entertaining with a good cameo by Rob Schneider. They filmed one of his movies in my hometown. Too bad it was Deeds.
captboulder by Funketeer	Dec 15th, 2007 10:59:51 AM
Actually, most Will Smith movies are placed around the July 4th weekend which is a pretty competetive slot. If he's got no competition, it's not because the studio chose a weekend without any but because the other studios avoid opening against him. You may not care for him, but most people do and his name alone opens movies. Frankly, I think he's a good actor and I don't want him to go away any time soon.
captboulder by Funketeer	Dec 15th, 2007 10:59:52 AM
Actually, most Will Smith movies are placed around the July 4th weekend which is a pretty competetive slot. If he's got no competition, it's not because the studio chose a weekend without any but because the other studios avoid opening against him. You may not care for him, but most people do and his name alone opens movies. Frankly, I think he's a good actor and I don't want him to go away any time soon.
Alvin Chipmunks CG > Legend CG by GibsonUSA	Dec 15th, 2007 11:08:20 AM
Little Chipmunks bouncing around the recording studio I bought into. A super fake X-Box looking Ford Mustang sliding over a background like its on an ice rink, a ridiculously fake looking lion, and laughabily non-scary zombies took away from the show.
Will Smith Sucks, Let's move on by picardsucks	Dec 15th, 2007 11:16:20 AM
You know it to be true
Good review Capone! by Yeti	Dec 15th, 2007 11:28:34 AM
You saw in the film a subtleness that some seem to miss declaring the film "boring"
He sucks so much he has by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 15th, 2007 11:30:48 AM
two academy award nominations.
Yeti and Capone by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 15th, 2007 11:41:36 AM
I'm glad I'm not the only ones to see it, but like I said it's subtle to a point, but if you can't see it you just don't have an attention span longer than the average Michael Bay explosion.
They didn't develop the Alpha Male angle because... by FluffyUnbound	Dec 15th, 2007 12:16:27 PM
...that plot thread leads to Neville realizing that he's the legendary monster now, he's Dracula, and has to die. And that's not how they wanted to end the movie. They wanted to end the movie with Neville being a legend like Bob Marley, not like Jeffrey Dahmer. So they had to let it go. BTW, I'm happy I wasn't the only one who thought that the female caught in Neville's snare was the Alpha Male's mate.
Will is a Legend by AlwaysThere	Dec 15th, 2007 12:29:51 PM
This movie solidifies it.
GOOD MOVIE by MindRadio	Dec 15th, 2007 01:07:53 PM
Man. To many haters on this site. Here's a little break from them. Anyway, Will Smith delivers a performance that rivals the best of Denzel Washington (IMO.) I know you don't want to hear me go on about Smith but he definitely does carry the movie. I, like most of you, had a problem with the CG. But, get over it. If you're not complaining about poor CG, then you're complaining about using it too much or to little. The CG wasn't great and it wasn't horrible. Concerning the alpha-male infected, I thought that was a little silly. It didn't work in Land of the Dead and I couldn't see it working here. I really liked the story. I loved the struggles Neville had maintaining his sanity. "Fred! Fred what you doin our here!?" Haha Overall, this viewer gives it 3 1/2 stars. P.S To the haters, instead of playing WOW for 2 more hours a day, pay 10 bucks and see the fucking movie.
One good thing about this film's $80 mill weekend by FluffyUnbound	Dec 15th, 2007 01:39:42 PM
I guess the zombie genre isn't dead after all. And yes, Mindradio, Smith does really good work. Frankly it's probably the best acting in a genre film since Ford and Hauer in BR. Gotta give credit where credit is due.
Richard Matheson is the man Happyboy by Amadeo Zeller	Dec 15th, 2007 01:59:23 PM
...Afterall, he wrote one of the best existential novels of all time: The Incredible Shrinking Man.
It mostly comes down to whether you accept the CGI by wuher da brewer	Dec 15th, 2007 03:27:13 PM
I thought Smith's performance was thankfully more subdued than usual. I actually enjoyed him in this movie. I thought that they failed to make the alpha vamp a deeper character. He was adept at learning and seemed to genuinely care about the female. Something they never explored.
hey captboulder, have you ever actually seen a movie? by dr sauch	Dec 15th, 2007 03:31:18 PM
Howard Terrance? What move is he in? Flow & Hustle? I hear he may turn up in Man Iron as Monger Iron. Moron.
So did they go with the "love conquers all" by Dokkalvar	Dec 15th, 2007 03:33:44 PM
Butterfly bullshit? I'm not seeing the movie in the theater. They aren't getting my $10.00, but I am curious if they really did go that route and whether people fell for it.
captboulder shut the fuck up by Amadeo Zeller	Dec 15th, 2007 04:00:31 PM
The Pursuit of Happyness did over 162 million dollars domestically...That doesn't include the 200 million over seas + ancilliary profits i.e. DVD, Cable and subsequent television syndication.
dogphart3000 by REDD	Dec 15th, 2007 04:46:13 PM
"They might as well have done a CGI negro" Wow, you are a douchebag. Go fuck yourself.
Anyone said "I Am Meh-gend" yet? by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 15th, 2007 05:33:59 PM
If they didn't keep the ending of the book, twas all for naught.
Hollywood got it mostly wrong... Again. by Gargolito	Dec 15th, 2007 06:08:25 PM
The short story by Robert Matheson on which this movie is partially based upon was about perspective and the human reluctance to accept change. Although they got the character of Robert Neville 99% right -- a mixture of mad scientist, survivalist and hopeful man -- they got the infected 100% wrong. The book makes a case for the infected in that, as natural selection would dictate, Neville is now the monster that makes things go bump in the day while the infected, who are now the normals, are resting. A mindless yet occasionally clever monster is no match for a brutally cold and calculating human being and I would have enjoyed seeing Ben Cortman playing mind games with Will Smith's Neville much more than the nameless weirdo that violates his home for the film's climax.
The ending ruined the film by chaseguy17	Dec 15th, 2007 06:25:25 PM
The movie was great...up until the end. Way too abrubt....and it was disappointing that the protagonist had to kill himself. Listen...here's the worst part of the movie. Will Smith knows that UV lights hurt these things...and he has all of these defenses in his house...but come on...you'd have to be a moron not to figure out what he should have done. That entire house should have been lit by UV lites. They should have been in every hallway, every room. The "vampires" would have never been able to get in. If I knew UV lites hurt those things...that would be the first thing I would do to survive the night. Screw bording up the windows. I would have UV lites everywhere. I mean...you'd have to imagine how scary of a scenario he was living in. That would be the first thing on my mind, and probably anyones minds to do.
Biggest Flaw. Smallest Spoiler. (strap their fuckin' heads down! by future help	Dec 15th, 2007 06:32:05 PM
when Nevile has the Infected straped/tied down in his lab...HE DOES NOT tie down their foreheads and chest. WTF? that obviously really bugged me. ALSO, even after 1,0000 days...he needs the alarm on his watch to REMIND him it's getting dark soon.? haha. OTHERWISE, i really enjoyed it.
The first two acts were great...third act blows! by Space Disc Jockey	Dec 15th, 2007 06:45:21 PM
The movie was excellent, until "help" arrived and that's when the movie went to shit. There were so many plot holes too. Oh, and the CGI effects of the "dark seekers" were HORRIBLE. They looked like videogame characters, especially the head-honcho creature. I don't know why they chose crappy CGI, over more believeable make-up/costumes/pratical effects. What a big mistake to use CGI! Anyway, it was still a good movie, but with some major disappointments.
Very entertaining...trailer for the Dark Knight...and the movie by davywankenobi	Dec 15th, 2007 07:45:24 PM
But the end is a bit abrubt...not bad, but abrubt. That and a few pot holes(no UV in the house?!?)are about the worst things I can say about it. I also thought the CG was a bit lacking, but not horrid. I would like to read the book, but as a long time comic fan, I've learned to accept different interpretations of source material and judge them on their own merits. It's a decent movie, great solo job by Smith. Just don't expect Insert favorite movie here and you will enjoy a lot of these movies you trash all the time. This whole talkbacker mentality of shitting on anything that you don't consider perfect...sheesh. Lighten up. By the way, SPOILER the plague is REALLY caused when Burger King quits offering the Whopper!
Did you catch... by Dkev00	Dec 15th, 2007 08:34:21 PM
The Justice League poster in movie? Thought that was cool. I is a bat symbol with Superman's "S" inside of it.
That superman batman logo by EightiesBaby	Dec 15th, 2007 09:03:03 PM
WTF? IS that a hint of a movie?
OK by EightiesBaby	Dec 15th, 2007 09:05:22 PM
I have to admit it was better than I anticipated BUT the Darkseekers looked cheesey. Especially when the leader walked out the dark with 2 zombie dogs. The worst! It had a PS2 look. The only scene that was on point was when they were huddled around feasting on the dead deer.
STILL NO SPOILER BOX??! by BadMrWonka	Dec 15th, 2007 10:40:27 PM
there's a reason why they exist, AICN!! this review contains a big spoiler, so it should have a box. very simple. several people have mentioned it, and no dice. you guys still read the talkbacks, yeah?
I'M WITH WILSON ON THIS ONE by Maniaq	Dec 15th, 2007 11:07:41 PM
no volleyball, no good movie
Hell yes... by Boober	Dec 15th, 2007 11:44:44 PM
to hellz with convention, pretense, and SoD. Pull out the Voltron Sword and go Medieval. LoL.
Just the Leader should have been Practical by topaz4206	Dec 15th, 2007 11:47:46 PM
Heck, they did a great job with the practical Reapers in Blade 2, should have gone CGI for everyone except Big Daddy, and that should have been Doug Jones. Other than that, a fine flick, my favorite of the three tellings of this tale.
GreatOne2: Number 10 by kevinwillis.net	Dec 15th, 2007 11:47:48 PM
Is the one I agree with most. The end of the movie is way to rushed, and having taken the time with it they way they did with the first part would have been great. Unstoppable vampires: it was a lot cooler when they set the trap, when they let out vampire dogs and stayed back themselves, than when they were doing the i, robot/spiderman thing. Too much. They were scarier when they were hidden, and showing signs of intelligence and plotting. Still, whatever they were going to do, it would have been better if they had taken their time in the last act. I liked the thrust of it, even when the new folks, pretty well--it just came and went and was done in a jiffy. After the careful pacing of the first half of the movie, that seemed a little odd.
Best Will Smith Movie Yet? by Saluki	Dec 16th, 2007 12:07:49 AM
Pretty much. He actual carries the freakin thing, and there are moments of outright seat jumping danger here and there.
question by systemsbroom	Dec 16th, 2007 12:07:54 AM
if the infected are harmed by sunlight, and they are at least somewhat clever, why don't they grab like a long coat, hat and gloves and then be able to go out in the day?
Because they aren't clever... by jfp2007	Dec 16th, 2007 12:26:47 AM
..only one is and that is the movie's "Bub." The rest are mindless psuedo-zombie-like vampires.
I actually thought Neville got caught by his own trap by thebearovingian	Dec 16th, 2007 12:41:48 AM
Anybody else think that? I thought that was showing him losing his mind and sense of reality. Like he forgot about putting the mannequin out there as a trap to capture another darkseeker. And it showed his blood dripping down from a cut on his head into that puddle beneath him (and the blood would draw the darkseekers there). Granted there was no dark blanket that wrapped around him like the other trap where he captured the female so... Anyway, that's what I thought b/c they never really mentioned the vamps intelligence. I guess I was wrong.
All this negativity is bumming me out by Vern	Dec 16th, 2007 03:52:38 AM
because Hollywood can shovel you a bunch of shit and then they can give you a movie that takes risks and respects your intelligence and most of you fellas can't even tell the difference. This is a very good movie. I got a couple problems with it but most of it is outstanding. If I dismissed it because it's not exactly the book or because I wish they could trade the CGI vampires for the scarier live action ones from 30 DAYS OF NIGHT it would be superficial, like I was only paying attention to the surface and not the actual substance and heart of the movie. The important thing to me is that a huge movie star, and a studio, went and made a horror movie, and they had the balls to make it a sad, thoughtful, quiet one that is more about character than action or effects, more about loss than about kicking ass or jumping because there's a loud noise. Will Smith has made moronic sci-fi (INDEPENDENCE DAY), painfully horrible sci-fi comedy (WILD WILD WEST), mediocre sci-fi comedy (MEN IN BLACK), half intelligent/half stupid hybrid sci-fi action (I, ROBOT)... this is the first time he's made a serious genre movie, and he is clearly approaching the role as one of his "real movies," his Oscar bait dramas like ALI. It's a movie that tells most of its story visually instead of spoonfeeding the answers to you, and expects you to be intelligent enough to understand it and not have to come onto this talkback and point out "inconsistencies" that are clearly covered in the movie, just not by some dude looking into the camera explaining it to you. Even in the uneven effects the ones that work best are the effects on the city, because the emphasis is on the atmosphere over the usual show offy things like rampaging monsters. (In fact I like that the monsters aren't on screen all that much. It's about servicing the story instead of showing off the budget or giving you a set number of gimmicks to show in the trailer.) What I'm saying is I can understand why somebody would not like this movie or would think it was a failure, but it makes me sad that you can't at least acknowledge that they were trying to make a serious movie and not the usual Hollywood bullshit. In my opinion this is the best movie version of the story, although I enjoy the other two for their own qualities. The book is the best version and I think that like Dracula it's a story good enough to be enjoyed in a million different permutations. I'd like to see somebody remake it every 20 years. This is the closest to the tone of the book if not to the specifics of it. Personally I'm glad that they did not follow it to the letter. The scientific explanations of traditional vampire weapons like garlic was a great idea at the time but now it's been done to death and would seem corny. And I like the ending better in the book but it would be fuckin terrible to translate that internal monologue to cinematic form. If you're gonna tell me you'd rather hear Will Smith narrating why he is legend I am gonna call your pants on fire. The portrayal of the vampires as non-talkers left mostly in the shadows is a good take on the story that puts more emphasis on Neville and his isolation. Also I would like to take this time to thank Jesus for getting Michael Bay off of this movie. And Arnold before that. I'm sure that would've been a funny action movie and I'd like to see what Ridley Scott would've done, but no fuckin way Arnold's Robert Neville would've held a candle to what Will Smith does here.
Vern by jae683	Dec 16th, 2007 04:19:37 AM
My issue with the movie isn't that it's good or bad (I rather liked Omega Man for what it was). I just wished they had called it something else, because it's clearly not the book at its center. If they want to remake the Omega Man, fine, but don't call it 'I Am Legend.'
Jae by Vern	Dec 16th, 2007 04:31:59 AM
Well okay, but then maybe DRACULA shouldn't be called DRACULA either. To me that's a small thing. It's weird that they've done it 3 times without ever really being the same as the book, but that just speaks to what a great idea it is, I guess. To me it is faithful to the main things I like about the book, even if it goes off in different directions.
by jae683	Dec 16th, 2007 05:07:21 AM
The main conceit of Dracula was the same in the movies as in the book though (for better or worse). But the main idea behind I am Legend, is different. I don't know, to me if they're going to veer that far off from the source material they should call it something else. Far be it from me to not suggest they do something orginal. heh.
In other words by jae683	Dec 16th, 2007 05:39:43 AM
It's kind of like a serial killer killing 50 people. He may think he's 'normal' for doing this, but that doesn't change the fact that he's a 'monster' according to society. That's kind of the way it is in 'I am Legend', only the Vampires have become 'society.' That's never been in any of the movies ... well, maybe The Last Man on Earth, a little. Anyway, peace
Pretty good. by American Mythos	Dec 16th, 2007 06:00:47 AM
I actually liked this movie, especially after especting to be so-so on it. I really was only going to see it because my friends were looking for something to do, this popped up, I remembered the Dark Knight trailer was attached, and we went. After being somewhat underwhelmed by the Dark Knight trailer (most likely because I watched the bootleg a gazillion times), this movie was definitely a surprise. I usually stear clear of Will Smith movies, but, if there is anything good to say about this movie at all, it's that he was great in it. Not comedic, not over-reaching and overbearing in his performance, actually pretty nuanced. But his performance isn't the only good thing about this movie. There were some nailbiting scenes of genuine terror (unexpected for a pg-13), great visuals of abandoned Manhattan, a sadness that didn't come off as artificial at all (especially the "old yeller" scene). The parts that were bad, while few and far between, are prominent in the film. Too much CGI. It does tend to take you out of the film. This next nitpick might be weird, but too much clothes on the monsters. I think they should have been nude. I'm sure there could have been a way to do this without getting an R rating. It would have added a scarier, more primevil element to the monsters. With sleeveless shirts and pants they sort of reminded me of common street thugs from cheap '80s films. A huge complaint is that I would have liked to see how a cured monster acted. Would memories of human life have come rushing back to it? Would its brain have de-evolved to a point to make this impossible? We did not get these answers sadly.
future help by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 16th, 2007 06:39:23 AM
He set his alarm every day to a different time because sunrise and sunset change every day. That is why he had the farmer's almanac out checking the dates. Those things come out the instant the sun is gone. I'd want to know the EXACT times thousands of freaks were coming out too. I'm not trying to be too negative but so many talkbalkers are just not only way too nitpicky, but seriously have been Bayified to the point where all they want to see it boom boom, and can't pick up on subtle, yet important details.
GreatOne2 here's your answers. Vern is right by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 16th, 2007 06:56:22 AM
1) How were the infected able to find his home? If they followed him, then why weren't they attacked immediately? Can't be just because he didn't put bleach on his front steps, or they would have found him sooner. 1) Try watching the movie again. He got home while it was still dark. They followed him. (2) Not only were the hunting, lack of fully protecting his home (protection for upper floors, UV lighting, better weapons, etc.) silly, but how could he live there and survive the winter? Can’t go out of his home without footprints. 2) The movie took place in the fall, who's to say he didn't stay inside during the winter. (3) The movie did not contain the scene from the trailer where Neville is standing amongst the infected as if he were trying to reason/talk with them. 3) I'll give you that one. (4) This Neville was not a hunter/killer of the infected; once he found that nest, if had access to hand grenades and C-4, he should have gone back and dusted them. 4) He was tryng to cure, not kill. (5) Like how becoming infected makes one super strong, super fast, and the ability to scale lamp posts and the sides of buildings. Stupid, stupid decision (busting through that lab reinforced steel lab door was ludicrous, as was doing a Spider-Man impersonation while being shot at). 5) It's like someone hopped up on PCP and adrenaline. Add the lowered intelligence, and there you go. (6) Also stupid how Neville seems indestructible himself - falls out of a 2-story building onto the ground without a scratch, as well as his lack of injury (other than his own knife) from cutting himself down from about 10 feet in the air. 6)You need to seriously watch the movie again. He fell on top of one of the creatures. It helped cushion the blow. (7) How does a Lt. Col. afford a house like that? And did he always have a lab down there? Tough to imagine a person, as the world is falling apart around him, having the ability by himself to haul all that equipment and material there. 8)Three years is a lot of time to put a shelter like that together. It seemed like a classy place, so it was probably owned by a hospital or university or something, and he was assigned the housing while working there for the military. The Time magazine cover article, and the news flashes made it appear he was the only one who could save society, so they're going to station him in a nice place. (8) If the cold is what stops the virus from advancing (remember that Neville lowered the infected woman’s body temperature to assist with his cure), then why wouldn’t New York City also benefitted? Gets pretty damn cold there, too. 8)Yeah, and it gets pretty hot there too. To quote Lovin' Spoonful "Hot town (or is it time) summer in the city" (9) (a) Two questions - after Neville blew up the cars around his house and he went upstairs and saw blood dripping, whose blood was that? I thought it was the woman’s or her kid’s at that point; and (b) What were the infected doing in that bank when Neville went in looking for his dog? Were they eating the deer? Couldn’t tell. 9 a) I don't know b) I don't think they were eating the deer because when he leaves doesn't he find one creature over the deer that blowws the whistle? Does it really matter what they were doing? (10) I think that it would have been better for the infected woman who was being cured to have been fully cured (and eliminate the woman and her kid entirely), then have her try to communicate with the other infected to get them cured. Or to at least have her tell Neville how they fear him from his exterminating/experimenting on them. Would have been more in tune with the book. 10) That's your opinion. They sort of tried that angle in The Omega Man. You say you liked this, and will buy the DVD,but man you are waaaaaaaay to nitpicky, and seriously need to see the movie again. It seems you missed out on a lot of things. I really think you need to un-Bayify yoursef. Vern is right, everyone here needs to seriously chill out on the nitpickyness and negativity.
Grammaton by American Mythos	Dec 16th, 2007 06:57:24 AM
I couldn't agree more. The only action movies I ever go see are superhero movies (especially Batman). To me, attacking an audience with explosions as a form of entertainment is like dangling a set of keys in front of a raccoon. Filmmakers need to appreciate or in the very least acknowledge the intelligence of their audience more. When I see a movie and there's an explosion, there had better be a damn good reason for it. I'm at a point as a discerning filmgoer (who's been fed mindless actioners his entire childhood), that I appreciate long periods of downtime in a film, so long as it uses it to build up the tension, ala I Am Legend. In fact, having just seen I Am Legend, I don't think there was a point in the film where they used an unnecessarily loud noise for a cheap scare (though the 14-year-old girls sitting behind me might disagree), or riddled it with explosions (which I am POSITIVE Arnold's version would have done). Sure there was an explosion, but it was warranted and not overly glorified in any way. Can you tell by now that I'm not a fan of explosions?
The crowd I saw it with laughed by songfighter	Dec 16th, 2007 07:06:40 AM
at the appropriate times. What I want to see is a movie that gets this fast zombie thing right. I want to see a tv anchorman reporting about the outbreak in a realistic tone, "The virus, which deadens human emotion yet drives the human body beyond its theoretical boundries, has infected 95 percent of the population,, fortunately, 98 percent of them were felled by an acl injury sustained in a superhuman leap towards the nearest clicking sound. They were easily dispatched with a brick to the head by the more common uninfected public."
dangling a set of keys in front of a raccoon is fine, yer nuts? by ironic_name	Dec 16th, 2007 07:17:33 AM
not fine.
Ironic Name. by American Mythos	Dec 16th, 2007 07:36:03 AM
No need to worry. My old lady keeps those in a lockbox somewhere.
American Mythos by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 16th, 2007 07:45:59 AM
Thanks for the support. Hey, I like explosions, but in the right place, and they will never replace a plot.
New word for today: Bayify by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 16th, 2007 07:48:30 AM
So remember boys and girls today's new word for today is Bayify (verb) def. - 1.to create a movie or scene where either the explosions block out any plot, or the plot is so bad the explosions tried to hide the fax. Ex. I Am Legend was not Bayified. 2). to have watched so many movies with explosions that your attention span has been shortened to the point to where you not only miss subtle plot points, but obvious plot points. ex. GreatOne2 was Bayified when he could not tell how the creatures tracked Nevilled even though Nevile told the girl it was because they drove home in the dark instead of waiting until dawn.
American Mythos by ironic_name	Dec 16th, 2007 07:55:17 AM
your problem sounds familiar.. by brother married a complete psycho.. but enough of that, did Nevile fuck the dog?
my brother by ironic_name	Dec 16th, 2007 07:55:57 AM
i was slightly bayified.
thebearovingian by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 16th, 2007 08:19:12 AM
Hmmm, a good point that maybe it was his own trap. After all, we did see the mannequin head move, and he was losing it. But, here's two reasonss why I disagree. First, there was no blood in the trap until he hit his head. The first trap used blood to bait the mutants. Second, there was no bag to protect the mutant from the sunlight. But see, there you go, thinking of possibilities, and using your noggin'. You clearly have not been Bayified.
cast away by darwinwins	Dec 16th, 2007 10:27:38 AM
this movie was like Cast Away but with vampires in the back of your mind. in essence, the movie was phenomenal because it wasn't dumbed down in the least. do i have the desire to read the book? no, i have better uses of my time like reading literature but that's all to the tastes of the individual. do i want to see this movie again? absolutely. the city itself was a character. there's a great article/story about how civilization would fall apart if there were no humans floating around on the internet somewhere. the city is almost a picturesque version of that article. and if no one cried when SAM's final moments come, you don't have a fucking heart.
You know everyone keeps saying vampires or by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 16th, 2007 10:35:57 AM
zombies. Having not read the book I don't know what the creatures were in it. In Last Man on Earth they were vampires for all intents and purposes. Omega Man and Legend the movie it was the same thing: they were humans which were mutated because of a virus that went awry. They weren't vampires, they weren't zombies, they were mutated slow thinking humans. Smith put so much into this because for most of the movie he was the only person in it. Gotta admit though, the dog was a great actor. Seriously, if they had academy awards in the animal category this dog would own.
Vern is right. I Am Legend was excellent. by Quake II	Dec 16th, 2007 12:12:36 PM
You people bitch about the dumbing down of film and we are finally given a deep, thoughtful big budget movie about life, love and loss and you spew your bile all over it. What I saw last night was a beautifully shot character drama/horror movie combo with some action scenes thrown in for good measure. The performance that Will Smith put into this film was amazing. It rivals his "art/indy" work. He gave 110% and the movie was so much better than I expected it to be that I am still thinking about it today. Hate all you want...Warner Brothers took a big risk with this film and I for one appreciate it. Thanks for not treating me like 13 year old boy with ADD.

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