Originally Posted by Cim
I actually bought the book and read it yesterday and finished it today and I thought it was rather good. Short, but pretty good. The book was better than the movie. The movie should have followed the book alot more and the movie would have been better I think.
Loki: I have an army.
Stark: We have a HULK!
Did anyone else want him to just yell "I... am... LEGEND!" really loud at the end? It would have been terribly corny and hilariously awful, so I really wish they had done it.
Boy am I an unfunny ass.
"I... Am... BEOWULF!"Did anyone else want him to just yell "I... am... LEGEND!" really loud at the end? It would have been terribly corny and hilariously awful, so I really wish they had done it.
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Exactly! It'd go great with that and "This... is... SPARTA!"
It's the year of yelling three words in movies.
Boy am I an unfunny ass.
Saw it. First half was entertaining; explored some interesting ideas. Second half was pure blockbuster-type mayhem with some decent acting from Will Smith when he interacts with Anna and the kid. Ending was totally lame. There was also a big disconnect from the book and why the movie suffers; Robert Neville as a character is supposed to be a mythical creature to the vampires just like vampires were once mythical creatures to humans. In the new world those immune are legends among the vampire community. Unless I'm missing something big, this idea was not communicated in the movie, rather Robert Neville is a legend for the new group of people restarting the human race. Entertaining, but flawed.
I've not read the book nor have I seen the film. I've skimmed over a few posts trying to avoid plot details just to get a feel for the film and it sounds like it was pretty disappointing. Still want to go see it, but to be honest, I wasn't expecting anything spectacular anyway. Is the book any good? I have to confess that I'd never heard of it until I saw the film trailer.
Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine.
Bloody fantastic book. Gonna watch the film, though I have no doubt it will be very different from the book (like I, Robot).
But, c'mon....it's Will Smith.
Definitely above average for an action film.
I liked all the scenes with Will Smith hunting around for food, running around in a desolate city, interacting with his dog, etc. That stuff was great. Plus, I thought Smith did a really great job of going back and forth between determined survival attitude to despair, paranoia and madness. The scene with Fred was pretty great. Oh and his face when he had to kill his doggy was so... ;_;
The action sequences were alright. But I kept waiting around the whole movie for the "still living" folks to turn up. I think they would have added so much to the movie since they would have been enemies that were more than rabid zombie like creatures. Why did they take it out? Did they think that audiences couldn't handle anything more complex than man vs. rabid humans? Pfft. I think if that had added that dimension, the movie might have been a lot better.
Having the bad guys in the movie be plain ol' crazy monsters made it pretty lame. They weren't even all that scary. The part where they tricked him and tied him up was promising because it indicated that the monsters were smart and knew that Neville was a threat. But it didn't go beyond that and it really should have.
Also, I can never watch a movie with Will Smith without thinking that I'm watching Will Smith. Like, his acting is great and everything but he never becomes the character for me. It's Will Smith washing the dog, Will Smith reciting Shrek, etc.
I cried during this movie a lot. I think the desolation created on screen was brilliant. New York looked amazing in the film and that kind of atompshere they so wonderfully created really pulled me in to the film.
I was disappointed it didn't follow the book closer but the first scene where Sam (SPOILER)runs off in to the shadowed building and you see them sleeping in a huddle really scared the hell out of me.
Everything up to that point of the film I really liked. Toward the end I got kinda bored with it cause the conclusion just felt so rushed. I don't know, the last thirty minutes or so were paced really weird I think.
I have never cried harder over (SPOILER)an animal's death than Sam's. I WAS impressed with Will Smith's acting during that scene. A lady beside me had to give me a tissue cause I was weeping so hard.
Overall, I didn't expect this to be a wannabe horror film. I knew there'd be creepy parts but I hated all the quiet quiet quiet quiet noise scratching quiet quiet quiet close up on Will Smith's face quiet quiet..... OMG SO LOUD YOUR EARS ARE BLEEDING JESUS CHRIST IT HURTS! OH GOD THE CAMERA AnGLes AND ThE shaKING! AM I STILL WATCHING THIS MOVIE OR AM I HAVING A SEIZURE?!
It was worth going to see but I'm not gonna buy it. If anything, it was worth it to catch the new preview for Cloverfield and Dark Knight. =D
Epic spoiler - he's his father.
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Also, I liked it...I already said that but yeah.
The CGI was almost embarrassing at times. And the end was beyond lame. (SPOILER)Typical American happy stupid church God ending. Yeurgh.
I did think Will Smith was awesome at times and the Fred thing with the (SPOILER)car and the trapwas awesome. And Emma Thompson as (SPOILER)smug bitch who destroyed the human race was very satisfying. ;D
(SPOILER)The dog's death was devastating and I was so scared I had my head inside my bag for a good half of it. xD
I just saw this, and I liked it a good deal. The weird thing is, it's not AAA material but at the same time, it has some golden moments and it's kind of hard to see how to improve it without changing some very fundamental things.
Following Sam into the dark building was insanely tense. The trap with Fred was brilliant in every way. The movie did the whole lonely, paranoid thing fantastically well, it's honestly one of the best such examples I've ever seen.
Well worth seeing, in my opinion.
Maybe Professor Umbridge was right bout her not being able to predict things...........Gosh, and only to think.......
Loki: I have an army.
Stark: We have a HULK!
Will Smith is just such a good actor and that made the film for me. It wasn't the best film I've ever seen but I would watch it again.
I really didn't know what to make of it. On the plus side, the early part of the film was interesting - tense and un-nerving. And Will Smith is always good. However, there was no plot - or what there was didn't really make sense. How did Anna arrive in the night - the messages said he'd be there at noon, and how did she cross the bridges anyhow? Did the infected do the mannekin trap? And, if so, why wasn't their humanisation explored?
Oh, and the ending was a total cop out. I guess the $150m budget must have just ran out and so the director had to fashion an ending in about 43 seconds.
I think it really suffers from being a very similar film to 28 Days Later. Essentially, it's nowhere near as good. Maybe if 28 Days Later hadn't been released, it would have been more satisfying.
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