Angel Dust on 7/1/2008 at 12:04
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
You're all forgetting that "Will going bonkers and talking to mannequins" has the prerequisite that he was bonkers enough to go fish out mannequins from stores and place them around in a way that he could then interact with in the first place...
Just saw it today and like many people I agree that it started well but went bad real quickly in the third act. In regards to the mannequins though I just thought that he initially set them up just for so it didn't feel completely alone. You know still having people shapes in his peripheral vision as opposed to complete desolation but as time went on he started talking to them.
I thought Will Smith was pretty good in the first half, especially when paired with the dog ([spoiler] the scene were he has to kill Sam was quite well done but then I have a tremendous soft spot for animal/human bond type stuff[/spoiler]), but as soon as you got to the third act he started slipping from the character. Not entirely his fault since he had to do some pretty stupid scenes like the Bob Marley one.
Overall quite disappointing as it could have been so much more and dear god those CGI zombies were terrible.
Also with regards to product placement: I have heard that part of the reason that it happens more today is that movies are costing a ridiculous amount and the money has to come from somewhere. The studio can't foot the entire bill.
KublaiKrim on 18/1/2008 at 13:13
The first hour was great, but I missed informations about the zombies, they seemed not so smart. So I thought Smith ran in one of his own traps.
But when he spotted Fred, didn't he (Fred) move his head a little bit?
jtr7 on 18/1/2008 at 13:35
One of the themes of the movie is a decent into madness. The head didn't really move. It was what Neville saw. The leader of the Dark Seekers--Alpha Dark Seeker--has enough brains to command and calculate and get even with Neville for what he did to get the female Dark Seeker. The trap we saw him make was the first he made to capture a Dark Seeker, to begin human trials for his serums.
kidmystik101 on 19/1/2008 at 11:43
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
You're all forgetting that "Will going bonkers and talking to mannequins" has the prerequisite that he was bonkers enough to go fish out mannequins from stores and place them around in a way that he could then interact with in the first place... which is a step beyond the batshit crazy of anthromorphically personifying a basketball a la Wilson in Castaway. That worked.
Plus, if good acting is basically Will acting like he always does and then shooting a mannequin and doing the requisite OHSHITDIDIJUSTDOTHAT face plus the reciting Shrek lines like it's somehow funny is jesus fuck what is wrong with you people this movie was so irredeemably horrible, sucky CG, terrible plot, horrifically cliched and the only thing that was decent was how fucked up NYC looked. I fucking hate you all these are the reasons we cant have nice things I'm off to watch
No Country For Old Men.
REAL TIME EDITING: okay 1h20m into THIS movie and this is what cinema is about you bunch of slackjawed faggots. jesus even a rudimentary dvd rip is making me go a big rubbery one.
Jesus christ, i was enjoying that coke. Then you had to go make me shoot it out my nose laughing.
GG, Scotts, GG.
On to the movie though. Not a bad flick for Will smith, but it could have been waay better. Loved the whole busted up NYC chasing deer in a mustang growing corn in central pack shit, the YEAAAH BOIII chasing deer in a mustang was just plain retarded, and the dog was awesome (why did he have to die :'(). Hated the whole IN THE NICK OF TIME GENERIC ACTION CHICK SAVES THE DAY bullshit though.
6/10
jtr7 on 21/1/2008 at 00:42
I should add, watching his family get killed probably got the dominoes falling.
Or maybe before that. Maybe the Superman vs. Batman movie sucked hard.
icemann on 21/1/2008 at 02:22
How the zombies managed to track him down when they hadn`t all those other times will never make sense to me. Or of why the defences he`d had several years to setup around his home to hold off the zombies didn`t work. In all those years, especially at the beginning he`d have had a few attack his home.
And yes the cgi was terrible.
SubJeff on 21/1/2008 at 08:08
Just seen this. What a crap interpretation of the book. Why call it I Am Legend instead of Generic Zombie Nonsense if you're not going to have the real reason the book is called that?
I curse you Hollywood for being unable to make a single good faithful adaptation of any sci-fi or fantasy novel, ever.
Yakoob on 21/1/2008 at 12:03
Wow. This was a terrible movie, as pointed out by others.
The first 20 minutes are pretty interesting, with a compelling premise and accompanying visuals, but then you realize the movie is actually your typical cliche action based hollywood drama. Everything is just so... typical. Oh hey, the guy is the "last man on earth" but he has a companion to help him, awww... but of course, the companion dies! So the character goes crazy and is just about to get killed when the only other human magically appears in the last second to totally save him! There's also the obligatory "we are not doomed, there is other pepilz \:D/," the necessary "oh noes there aren't BLARGH *throws bacon*" and the completly unnecessary and counter-productive self-sacrifice. Oh and lets not forget the "everything gets FUCKED" at the end that a movie could never proceed to credits without.
On top of that, the characters were very unrealistic and the scenarios unbelievable. I mean, you haven't talked to ANYONE for 3 fucking years and when you finally see someone you're not even gonna say anything, but just sit there and eat your fucking eggs and bacon (where the hell did she get eggs from anyway)? Jesus, if that was me I think I'd break into tears right there. And the bob marley thing was plain silly too, coupled with the guys random anger outbursts.
Oh and the glaring plotholes. Where did the power/ water come from? Where did he get all the boom booms from (granted he was a colonel, but how many colonels keep a whole wardrobe of ammunition in their living room?) Why didn't the zombies follow and find him before? Why did he have to kill himself, there was absolutely no need for that and throwing the granade into the pack of zombies would have actually caused more damage than running into them. How did he even manage to get food for 3 years without it going bad? AND WHERE THE HELL DID SHE GET THE EGGS FROM?
And yea, the CGI was terrible. The zombies were totally unbelievable and no, viruses don't do that to you...
SubJeff on 21/1/2008 at 19:23
There are good reasons why this film sucks and you missing things isn't one of them.
Why didn't the zombies follow and find him before?
He wiped his trail, and this was clearly demonstrated.
AND WHERE THE HELL DID SHE GET THE EGGS FROM?
They were powdered eggs, and she clearly said so
no, viruses don't do that to you...
Oh God
