I see your point, they may have been some similarities but I wouldn't say one ripped off the other. It's difficult to find anything in modern sci-fi that is entirely original.MrCrun said:
Poll: I Am Legend Review
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How in the World was 28 days latter a Rip off from Day of The triffids. I mean sure they guy woke up to find England screwed but thats it. And wasent The War of the Worlds originally a radio prgram based on a novel.MrCrun said:
Since when does anyone remake a movie of a book to be competely true to the book? never. because they dont want to advertise the book they want to advertise the movie. Also i dont recall them EVER making a refrence to the books when talking about the movie. They never even wanted people to compair the movie to the book because they didnt even try to follow the story line im sure. no i havent read the books or seen the movie yet but whenever you go into a book to movie showing you should always go in half heartingly and not let it fog the overall point of view of the movie. just have fun with it. and dont get too serious about book to flim titles. it will wreck all movies for you.
and arent we supposed to be talking about videogames?....not movies....
and arent we supposed to be talking about videogames?....not movies....
You went into it expecting too much. Movies of books are very rarely any good. You make up the world inside your head while reading a book, and movies demolish the way you saw those things.
The movie is worth watching for Smith's acting alone. It's brilliant. The story does get stupid at the end and I honestly did not expect it to turn out like that. It did not fit.
You're never going to get a straight adaptation of a character and story from a book either. So much life is breathed into characters in a book that there just isn't time to do in your average movie.myself said:
The movie is worth watching for Smith's acting alone. It's brilliant. The story does get stupid at the end and I honestly did not expect it to turn out like that. It did not fit.
I read the book but I didnt find the movie bad at all for the same reason I was able to stand Doom, I Robot, and EVERY OTHER ADAPTATION EVER MADE. I mean, all I Robot the book was, was a collection of short stories about robots. If something is different, that doesnt make it bad. If they called it something else and kept the movie the same, not only would people get mad they'd get sued so this is the only way they can make a story similar to the book, by "adapting it". It's stupid but so is the number of words we're not allowed to use that mean stupid.
i havent readed the book but i saw the movie, begining was ok and all that but by the end it becomes dumb, compared to the book or not, like if the writers of the script became lazy after that will smith is rescued.
note: i just readed the fellowship of the ring and i coulnt find the other books, buti readed the harry potter ones and they have made quite decent adaptations if you ask to me.
note: i just readed the fellowship of the ring and i coulnt find the other books, buti readed the harry potter ones and they have made quite decent adaptations if you ask to me.
I enjoyed the film but I felt that it moved way too fast and was a little jerky at times. The flashback moments were well done but the ending seemed a bit...off. By the way I haven't read the book but am looking for a copy so I can see how they compare.
If I had to pick two words to describe this movie, those words would be "Wasted Potential".
Here is a book that they've made into a movie three times, and they have never, ever gotten it right. The second half of this movie was not so much a case of them getting the book "wrong" as it was "the exact opposite of the book". It bothered me that they had an actor like Will Smith, who did a great job with what he was given and could have done the real role justice, and they had rights to do the story, and instead they did.... this. Why even bother?
But what bothered me the most is that I went to see it with my younger brother, who told me about all the "subtle" things the movie did that made it great. Like how the vampire was trying to get his woman back, and how Will Smith was glancing at the empty car seat and such, and it occurred to me:
1) He thinks those things were subtle, and not slapping you in the face.
2) Many people in the theater would agree with him. Many more probably DID NOT PICK UP ON THESE THINGS AT ALL.
That's what bothered me the most about this. You had this chance to take something I loved and bring it to life and instead you just have.... nothing. And one more thing (WARNING: SPOILER COMING!) why, at the end, didn't he just pull the pin, throw the grenade, and get into the bunker with them before it went off? His sacrifice was meaningless. Especially since this version of Robert Neville was pretty much an utterly swell guy.
AvP:Requiem was better. At least I got what I paid for with that.
- J
Here is a book that they've made into a movie three times, and they have never, ever gotten it right. The second half of this movie was not so much a case of them getting the book "wrong" as it was "the exact opposite of the book". It bothered me that they had an actor like Will Smith, who did a great job with what he was given and could have done the real role justice, and they had rights to do the story, and instead they did.... this. Why even bother?
But what bothered me the most is that I went to see it with my younger brother, who told me about all the "subtle" things the movie did that made it great. Like how the vampire was trying to get his woman back, and how Will Smith was glancing at the empty car seat and such, and it occurred to me:
1) He thinks those things were subtle, and not slapping you in the face.
2) Many people in the theater would agree with him. Many more probably DID NOT PICK UP ON THESE THINGS AT ALL.
That's what bothered me the most about this. You had this chance to take something I loved and bring it to life and instead you just have.... nothing. And one more thing (WARNING: SPOILER COMING!) why, at the end, didn't he just pull the pin, throw the grenade, and get into the bunker with them before it went off? His sacrifice was meaningless. Especially since this version of Robert Neville was pretty much an utterly swell guy.
AvP:Requiem was better. At least I got what I paid for with that.
- J
I liked the movie, and as i watched it i realized that there was something odd about the infected guy that exposed himself. It wasnt untill i saw it a second time (yes i saw it twice, mainly because i feel like i missed something, and i did) I was able to put it together that the female infected had some kind of relation to the male that exposed itself to light in anger. I also picked up on Neville's some what arrogant aproach to the infected. He looked down on them, and didnt try to explore what they were. Instead he just tried to fix what was wrong, even after he fell victim to the infected male's trap he didnt take a second to think "hmm he set up a trap to capture and kill me, that shows a high level of thought", nope he just goes on a killing spree...which i cant blame him, i almost cried when the dog died. All in all i thought it was a good movie and that Will Smith's acting was a major high light. I knew this was a remake or a book to film movie but i couldnt place it. Thank you for the info about the book its based on, im omw to mall in a bit as is and will probably pick up the bookand read it. The book is always better then the movie.
Holy HELL was this over-rated. I'm just going to consider this the pg-13 version of 28 Days Later. Let me compare what frustrated me the most about I am Legend with regard to 28 Days Later.
Atmosphere of Isolation
I am Legend
The insane majority of this movie is Will Smith wandering around a vacant Manhattan with his faithful dog Sam. His faithful dog Sam. Its strange how that completely kills this mood of being the last man on earth. Throughout the entire movie before he goes suicidal the only thing that really gravitated to me how lonely he was is that he set up manicans as store customers. Granted this is interesting but as soon as you seen the first one in the screen frame im pretty sure everyone in the audience anticipated the ensuing dialog. In regard to 28 Days Later.
Cillian Murphey wakes up and starts to wander around Great Britain with complete bewilderment at the lack of people. His puzzlement is something that the audience can completely relate to instantly in a shoe change swap. As he continues to walk around his swagger and hollering coupled with a MAGNIFICENT soundtrack really helps to add the tension and the mounting feeling of paranoia with the isolation. The musical score slowly builds along with this Cillians own deteriorating mental state.
I am Legend takes an entire movie to try to scrape a mood in that I think 28 days later does in about the first 15 minutes.
Emotional Connection that everyone is dead, except dogs
I am Legend
Now both these movies shows completely vacant metropolis that used to number the millions of people but empty streets doesn't exactly emotional charge the audience, we need a bit more. I am Legend does this in flashbacks. Three things stand out at least in my eyes during this flashback. Stop reading if you haven't seen the movie and go to the next bold. First thing, disgusting lady begs her baby to be allowed to exit. This failed on me completely, a wailing mother and her poor infant, its almost as if the writers of this movie were to lazy to think of a better emotional attachment, this just annoyed me. Second thing, when Will's wife is at first denied exit of the city. As worried as I usually am about the social and beautiful elite escaping the city, this made my heart do a slight flop and I was honestly quite relived when she was permitted to exit. Finally, the helicopter with her and their child *which I made no connection with, sorry annoying kid!* crashed into another helicopter. I wasn't as sad as I was bewildered on how those choppers managed to hit each other. In regards to 28 days later.
This movie also has 3 hitters on the "holy crap this situation truly does suck" scale. First off, Cillian gets home and finds both his parents death lying next to one another. The most wonderful musical score plays in the background. The music isn't as depressing as it is sympathetic to Cillians loss, as im sure the audience can only be as well. It doesn't go extremely far lengths to try to convey a message and the paragraph written on the photo was so sad and beautiful in its simplicity and I suppose love it conveys. "Don't wake up", loving it 28 Days Later. Secondly, 28 Days Later goes in for the kill in a morbid and dank setting as Mark *guy who Selena chops into pieces before he goes zombie* relates his story of his family doing his best to escape the city. While we all might not be the children of government scientists with massive military influence I think we can relate to a father doing his best to pathetically bribe his family out of danger *I say this with respect, it was pathetic but thats all he could do*. Eventually Mark loses grip of his sisters hand, climbs on a kiosk and describes the gorey manic panic. Man does that SUCK, but good emo connection to me. Third and lastly, after allowing the audience to see an un-zombie tainted family in the girl and her father that travels with the party it is cut to ribbons when the father pushes away his daughter with love before he turns into a zombie freak machine. Boo hoo, but it totally worked, damn you for making me feel!.
Although 28 days Later mood setups may have been hit and miss for the audience, more than likely one of the emotional connections did the job quite well for you and it was humbly spaced out throughout the movie, instead of trying to jam it all within a 6-10 minute flashback that I am Legend tried to do. And even if it did work, come on, that scene happened 30 minutes ago! I am not bummed out anymore and no if a baby didn't make me sad a dog sure as hell won't.
Zombies! Grrr!
I am Legend
This will be way shorter, holy hell did they SUCK. CGI zombies that look totally fake, more like wet pieces of clay with gigantic mouths. Thats pretty much it, after seeing them mobile I lost all feelings of terror. One thing as a plus though, when Sam the dog got lost in some subway catacombs and you seen those zombies huddled together, their flesh looked way more lifelike and even tho they were facing the other way it was truly horrific, I was scared as piss. In regards to 28 days later
These zombies were killing machines and looked it, demon from hell red eyes thats believable and relatedable *if you ever seen someone get insane drunk mad, eyes get bloodshot* and when those zombies in the church turned and gave Cillian the stink eye I was quite taken back. It was rather strange that throughout the movie even tho the "enraged" didn't attack each other there only seemed to be like, 8 zombies on the screen or in a given place at once. Minus the scene in the tunnel where you see a bunch of shadows of zombies. Shadows....=P
Wrap up
All in all, I am legend wasn't painful to watch as much as it was boring and better done in the past, its completely forgettable except maybe to remember how people can eat up such a mediocore movie. In regards to 28 days later, well whats to say. Plenty of people enjoyed this movie and it was great.
Also, im going to check what Big Brother Rotten Tomatoes has to say on this for creme of the crop. Ahh..not surprised, I am Legend gets a 65%. 28 Days later gets a 86%.
Atmosphere of Isolation
I am Legend
The insane majority of this movie is Will Smith wandering around a vacant Manhattan with his faithful dog Sam. His faithful dog Sam. Its strange how that completely kills this mood of being the last man on earth. Throughout the entire movie before he goes suicidal the only thing that really gravitated to me how lonely he was is that he set up manicans as store customers. Granted this is interesting but as soon as you seen the first one in the screen frame im pretty sure everyone in the audience anticipated the ensuing dialog. In regard to 28 Days Later.
Cillian Murphey wakes up and starts to wander around Great Britain with complete bewilderment at the lack of people. His puzzlement is something that the audience can completely relate to instantly in a shoe change swap. As he continues to walk around his swagger and hollering coupled with a MAGNIFICENT soundtrack really helps to add the tension and the mounting feeling of paranoia with the isolation. The musical score slowly builds along with this Cillians own deteriorating mental state.
I am Legend takes an entire movie to try to scrape a mood in that I think 28 days later does in about the first 15 minutes.
Emotional Connection that everyone is dead, except dogs
I am Legend
Now both these movies shows completely vacant metropolis that used to number the millions of people but empty streets doesn't exactly emotional charge the audience, we need a bit more. I am Legend does this in flashbacks. Three things stand out at least in my eyes during this flashback. Stop reading if you haven't seen the movie and go to the next bold. First thing, disgusting lady begs her baby to be allowed to exit. This failed on me completely, a wailing mother and her poor infant, its almost as if the writers of this movie were to lazy to think of a better emotional attachment, this just annoyed me. Second thing, when Will's wife is at first denied exit of the city. As worried as I usually am about the social and beautiful elite escaping the city, this made my heart do a slight flop and I was honestly quite relived when she was permitted to exit. Finally, the helicopter with her and their child *which I made no connection with, sorry annoying kid!* crashed into another helicopter. I wasn't as sad as I was bewildered on how those choppers managed to hit each other. In regards to 28 days later.
This movie also has 3 hitters on the "holy crap this situation truly does suck" scale. First off, Cillian gets home and finds both his parents death lying next to one another. The most wonderful musical score plays in the background. The music isn't as depressing as it is sympathetic to Cillians loss, as im sure the audience can only be as well. It doesn't go extremely far lengths to try to convey a message and the paragraph written on the photo was so sad and beautiful in its simplicity and I suppose love it conveys. "Don't wake up", loving it 28 Days Later. Secondly, 28 Days Later goes in for the kill in a morbid and dank setting as Mark *guy who Selena chops into pieces before he goes zombie* relates his story of his family doing his best to escape the city. While we all might not be the children of government scientists with massive military influence I think we can relate to a father doing his best to pathetically bribe his family out of danger *I say this with respect, it was pathetic but thats all he could do*. Eventually Mark loses grip of his sisters hand, climbs on a kiosk and describes the gorey manic panic. Man does that SUCK, but good emo connection to me. Third and lastly, after allowing the audience to see an un-zombie tainted family in the girl and her father that travels with the party it is cut to ribbons when the father pushes away his daughter with love before he turns into a zombie freak machine. Boo hoo, but it totally worked, damn you for making me feel!.
Although 28 days Later mood setups may have been hit and miss for the audience, more than likely one of the emotional connections did the job quite well for you and it was humbly spaced out throughout the movie, instead of trying to jam it all within a 6-10 minute flashback that I am Legend tried to do. And even if it did work, come on, that scene happened 30 minutes ago! I am not bummed out anymore and no if a baby didn't make me sad a dog sure as hell won't.
Zombies! Grrr!
I am Legend
This will be way shorter, holy hell did they SUCK. CGI zombies that look totally fake, more like wet pieces of clay with gigantic mouths. Thats pretty much it, after seeing them mobile I lost all feelings of terror. One thing as a plus though, when Sam the dog got lost in some subway catacombs and you seen those zombies huddled together, their flesh looked way more lifelike and even tho they were facing the other way it was truly horrific, I was scared as piss. In regards to 28 days later
These zombies were killing machines and looked it, demon from hell red eyes thats believable and relatedable *if you ever seen someone get insane drunk mad, eyes get bloodshot* and when those zombies in the church turned and gave Cillian the stink eye I was quite taken back. It was rather strange that throughout the movie even tho the "enraged" didn't attack each other there only seemed to be like, 8 zombies on the screen or in a given place at once. Minus the scene in the tunnel where you see a bunch of shadows of zombies. Shadows....=P
Wrap up
All in all, I am legend wasn't painful to watch as much as it was boring and better done in the past, its completely forgettable except maybe to remember how people can eat up such a mediocore movie. In regards to 28 days later, well whats to say. Plenty of people enjoyed this movie and it was great.
Also, im going to check what Big Brother Rotten Tomatoes has to say on this for creme of the crop. Ahh..not surprised, I am Legend gets a 65%. 28 Days later gets a 86%.
I cannot comprehend how it was possible to make this movie while the book has such great scenes that would translate amazingly in a film.
It is for me not so much that "I am Legend" as a film sucks (it ist well played by Smith, but just incredibly boring and no-brain-popcorn-standard-fare) but more how much opportunities were missed in a book that would translate into one of the greatest sci fi horror movies ever made...
It is for me not so much that "I am Legend" as a film sucks (it ist well played by Smith, but just incredibly boring and no-brain-popcorn-standard-fare) but more how much opportunities were missed in a book that would translate into one of the greatest sci fi horror movies ever made...
I joined this for Croshaw's reviews, but I must say I agree with that review more than anything else I've seen. The only thing I didn't see that I hated in there was the horror-movie-setting, arbitrary "He's in a dark room, quick, better make something scare the audience" creatures jumping all over the place.
The movie was... okay. It is something that I probably won't be buying bit it did have its traits. But let me get this off my chest; was it me or was the dog the best actor in the entire movie? haha, serious! She was probably my favorite character because all of the... well, Will was alright but I didn't think he was anything special. Some of the moments felt unnecessary too; like the Shrek part and I suppose the video store part, but I can kind of see how that was worked in. I liked all the preparation the main character had though, even though everything just screws up at the end. Whatever, I don't think it was a waste of my afternoon, but again... not something I would dish out $30 for when it comes to DVD.