I Am Legend (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)

I Am Legend (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
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Publisher: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 82
Released: 2008-03-18
Theatrical-Release: 2007
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Classic Will Smith (2008-04-17)
Will Smith just knows how to make movies that people enjoy. He might not win/get nominated for all the major awards (exception Ali), but the guy just makes Blockbusters. His streak right now is 7 straight movies that have grossed over $100 million.

This movie is no exception, it was well reviewed for good reason. Will Smith gives a powerful performance in a movie pretty much acted by himself. The only thing that he could have improved in this movie was his golf swing.Pleasantly Surprised (2008-04-17)
I never read the novel so I can’t compare the movie to the book. I enjoyed Omega Man with Heston immensely. I thought this movie stood up well to previous movie. The movie started well. New York City never looked so desolate and it felt real. Will Smith was in a tough role and he carried it off well. Smith had the almost the first half of the entire movie focused on him. No one to talk to except a dog. He does an amazing job of engaging the audience. The relationship with the dog was great. The dog deserved the academy award. The death of the dog scene was truly horrifying.

The main problem with the movie was that the ending was rushed. Once the dog died, the movie quickly jumped to the final act. As if the director knew where he wanted to go, but did not know how to get there. Another problem is that the zombies were poorly done.

In conclusion, thanks to Will Smith I enjoyed the movie. The beginning was great. The middle seemed rushed. The ending was good, but strange.Traditional, Stoic, A Great Performance (2008-04-17)
I’ve been a fan of Richard Matheson’s ‘I Am Legend’ for many years. It’s not a story that fits with popular film canons, it REALLY isn’t. I don’t want to spoil the book for anyone, but suffice it to say, the novelty of the ending works great on the page, but would probably have people storming the box office to get their money back as a film.

But every so often, seemingly about every 20 years, it gets made into a movie, anyway.

So what can you take from the book that WORKS? The desolation of a lone survivor in a great empty city.. the eerie beauty of that kindof place and what that life would be.

For this viewer this film nailed it. No, it’s not a slugfest, an action-packed thrillride.. No, Will Smith is not chewing a cigar and firing off one-liners to no-one for 2 hours (thank goodness- one can only imagine how this film would have played like with Arnold Schwarzeneggar, the original choice for the lead).

So, what it IS is a stoic, QUIET observation of one person and a dog against a vividly empty Manhattan. I say vividly because the CGI erasure of people used in this film is one the nicest understated effects I’ve seen used in a sci-fi film in many a year.

The vampires of the original story have been given a reasonable (if predictable) update, and CGI is used extensively to give them a jumpy, feral quality. If CGI makes them less believable, it at least succeeds in making them very unhuman, and the de-evolution aspect of these creatures makes this vision more isolating (and genuinely sad) than perhaps it should be.

Will Smith knocked me out in this film. It’s nothing more than a meditation on remaining hopeful and holding together, and he evokes a big range of emotion with hardly a word. No higher praise.

As a sci-fi enthusiast, I’d give it 5 stars, but there’s no way to resolve the ending of this story. The original ending is an ironic slap in the face to the reader, the Omega Man nails Heston/Jesus to a cross, and this film tries to find a hopeful middle ground, but it just doesn’t satisfy… to their credit they had an alternate ending that gives the story a stronger humanist slant, and it’s interesting, but even less satisfying than the one they chose to use.

So, yes, it flops in the last 3 minutes, but it’s the journey thru that stark beautiful city that you hope we don’t live to see that makes it worth it.

Its a good one. (2008-04-17)
For this genre of movie, you wont find much better. I never felt anything was corny at any point in the film as i do when watching other scary movies. Will Smith is actually pretty funny in this movie at times: cracking jokes with his dog, and chatting with manikins… Its the kind of movie that makes you think ‘what if this really happened?’. If you liked 28 days later, you will love this one. If you did not like 28 days later, you may want to pass.good sci-fi (2008-04-16)
i loved this movie will smith did a good job on his role action was spread out evenly good job francis

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