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[Darko]

I wish people actually liked good movies. Anyone who enjoyed this flick is so fucking worthless it really is sad. HORRIBLE flick. But I guess it's no surprise why Everyone Loves Raymond was the best rated TV show for so long. There are a lot of stupid people, even on GAF.

its called opinion dipshit. I didnt think the movie was so great but calling people worthless and stupid for liking something is fucking retarded.

 

[Stoney Mason]

I wish people actually liked good movies. Anyone who enjoyed this flick is so fucking worthless it really is sad. HORRIBLE flick. But I guess it's no surprise why Everyone Loves Raymond was the best rated TV show for so long. There are a lot of stupid people, even on GAF.

Shit post and I didn't even care for the film.

 

[rollingstart]

I wish people actually liked good movies. Anyone who enjoyed this flick is so fucking worthless it really is sad. HORRIBLE flick. But I guess it's no surprise why Everyone Loves Raymond was the best rated TV show for so long. There are a lot of stupid people, even on GAF.

speak up! I cant hear from your mile high ivory tower.

 

[Darko]

look at his post history, its only a matter of time...

How in the fuck can Halo 3 be at the top of your list. Are you 12? Seriously, its just a below average shooter. What the fuck?

How many dicks have you sucked in your life? Honestly, I would bet at least 20. You really seem the like that dude.

 

[j-wood]

Great movie. You don't see too many somber movies like this anymore. And after reading all the crap about the ending I thought it would suck but it was ok but I would have probably ended it right after that grenade which was surprising. Seeing that kind of echoed back to the old movies that didn't always end on a happy note so it was great to see that it was not entirely cookie cutter.

And some of you saying he went crazy too fast you got to be kidding me. Not seeing or talking another person for months and years? No fucking way. I would have probably hanged myself within the first year. And I cant believe some of you have to be lead and have everything explained. Use your head. We found a cure for cancer then "oh snap" half the population is dead. That needs no narrative in my opinion.

Also I cant help but think that what if that was Christian Bale playing that same role and in the same way that Will did. Will is great but Christian Bale has so much character and expression in him that I think it would have been a damn masterpiece. I think he would have had many in actual tears because even though I felt for the character I didn't think Will acting was quite strong enough to bring out emotion. Actually I take that back, the part where he got pissed at Fred for being where he put him was kind of crazy in more ways the one.:lol

One of the best movies of the year for me personally. I loved it and I hope there is another cut of it.

That whole string of scenes there were my favorites, if only because Smith acted them so well.

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First he goes crazy with Fred being out there "What the hell are you doing out here Fred?! Fred, if you're real, you better tell me right now!" Then the fight where his dog gets infected, having to kill his dog, and then fulfilling his promise to the dog of talking to the mannequin...it was flawless.

 

[HolyStar]

I saw the movie and loved it. How would you guys end the movie? Would it be bleak with a little bit of optimisim or having the vampires being more human like?

Also is there a black actor that GAF likes other than Morgan Freeman and Denzel?

 

[Stoney Mason]

I saw the movie and loved it. How would you guys end the movie? Would it be bleak with a little bit of optimisim or having the vampires being more human like?

Also is there a black actor that GAF likes other than Morgan Freeman and Denzel?

Not that it's restricted to black dudes but I think a more worldly actor like Forrest or Denzel could have possibly made me enjoy the movie despite the flaws. I never did buy Smith as the borderline crazy tortured soul. Certain scenes that were supposed to elicit emotion from me only made me cringe. The shrek scene being the worse offender although there were certainly others.

 

[fistfulofmetal]

How would you guys end the movie?

The way it was originally supposed to end

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The female infected never gets cured, the lead infected was only going after him for her and Smith realizes it. He gives the infected the girl and they stop attacking. Smith and crew leave for Vermont.

 

[JdFoX187]

The way it was originally supposed to end

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The female infected never gets cured, the lead infected was only going after him for her and Smith realizes it. He gives the infected the girl and they stop attacking. Smith and crew leave for Vermont.

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I thought people were complaining about happy endings?

 

[Darko]

I saw the movie and loved it. How would you guys end the movie? Would it be bleak with a little bit of optimisim or having the vampires being more human like?

changes i would have made
-they should have put more time/emphasis on them being intelligent and show wills characters reaction to that
-they woman+ son should have been introduced in a diffrent way

 

[Darko]

The way it was originally supposed to end

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The female infected never gets cured, the lead infected was only going after him for her and Smith realizes it. He gives the infected the girl and they stop attacking.

thats what should have done, wtf...

 

[fistfulofmetal]

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I thought people were complaining about happy endings?

It's not really a

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happy ending. The ending makes you realize the terrible things Smith has been doing to all of the infected. They are not mindless killing machines, and have feelings/emotions/stuff etc.

 

[Stoney Mason]

It's not really a

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happy ending. The ending makes you realize the terrible things Smith has been doing to all of the infected. They are not mindless killing machines, and have feelings/emotions/stuff etc.

To be honest I don't think that is what 9 out of 10 people will take from this movie.

 

[fistfulofmetal]

To be honest I don't think that is what 9 out of 10 people will take from this movie.

Which is why we have the ending we have.

 

[Darko]

To be honest I don't think that is what 9 out of 10 people will take from this movie.

cause they didnt focus on it at all in the movie

 

[JdFoX187]

It's not really a

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happy ending. The ending makes you realize the terrible things Smith has been doing to all of the infected. They are not mindless killing machines, and have feelings/emotions/stuff etc.

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That would fall in line with the book a little more. But I still prefer Neville dying. Even if no cure is found and there are survivors, it's still no longer his world. He has changed to something completely different and would probably never be able to fit in with normal society.

That's why I liked the ending the way it is. But they could have played up the intelligence of the creatures more.

 

[ACE]

Does anyone have a logical explanation for:

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The chick saying that god told her there were survivors in the mountains? If she just heard it on the radio like John's message she would have said so

 

[Greatness Gone]

Also is there a black actor that GAF likes other than Morgan Freeman and Denzel?

GAF thinks Denzel is shallow and pedantic.

 

[Mr Jared]

I just got back from seeing it (ON TEH IMAX) and I enjoyed it a lot. The parts with Fred were hilarious and scary all at the same time.

Although, I could have done without so many of those scenes where quiet moments are interrupted by screaming, naked men flying into the scene. They weren't without reward, however, as some older guy next to me totally screamed like a girl and and threw his popcorn into the air. High-larious!

 

[TheOMan]

Focus on hive intelligence and a different ending would have made this a better movie imho.

6.5 out 10.

 

[Armitage]

Nothing I can say hasn't already been said but:

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Throughout the entire movie there was a fat (i don't know if she was actually fat but she probably was) lady behind me practically narrating the movie. It was SO FUCKING ANNOYING.

"Oh, the dog's infected! Oh no his dog his infected!"

"Oooooo it set a trap! It's clever! They're not dumb!"

"GASP a butterfly tattoo!!"

Seriously like EVERY new plot element was parroted back to me by this asshole.

 

[Vyer]

I don't know; I think the movie ending is ok for the movie, and the story ending is perfect for the story.

Different mediums and all that; I don't think the book ending would have played out well on screen.

I wonder if this is what the producers ran into. If they really did alter the ending late in the game, that's very likely because of focus groups and the like.

I really don't think it was necessarily how it ended for a lot of people; it seems more that some folks thought it just happened too suddenly/quickly.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I don't know; I think the movie ending is ok for the movie, and the story ending is perfect for the story.

Different mediums and all that; I don't think the book ending would have played out well on screen.

I wonder if this is what the producers ran into. If they really did alter the ending late in the game, that's very likely because of focus groups and the like.

I really don't think it was necessarily how it ended for a lot of people; it seems more that some folks thought it just happened too suddenly/quickly.

They altered the ending, but not from one anything close to the book. It's more likely that Will Smith wouldn't sign unless his character was portrayed in a more positive light than what was in the book.

 

[Stoney Mason]

GAF thinks Denzel is shallow and pedantic.

GAF is also full of white dudes who think Bale and Depp have altered the very meaning of acting so you always have to consider the source and their bias.

 

[Blader]

Focus on hive intelligence and a different ending would have made this a better movie imho.

6.5 out 10.

The title of the movie is I Am Legend, not I Am Zombie. You're supposed to focus on Neville and his life in the post-KV world, not the world itself.

 

[Stoney Mason]

The title of the movie is I Am Legend, not I Am Zombie. You're supposed to focus on Neville and his life in the post-KV world, not the world itself.

huh?

 

[Blader]

huh?

The emphasis of the movie is on Neville, how are they going to "focus on hive intelligence"? Especially when the Infected having intelligence is in of itself a plot twist?

It's like War of the Worlds, in that the movie focuses on the ordinary (humans trying to survive) in an extraordinary premise (alien death machines). In the case of I Am Legend, you're focusing on Neville (the ordinary) rather than the Infected or the KV (the extraordinary).

 

[JdFoX187]

The emphasis of the movie is on Neville, how are they going to "focus on hive intelligence"? Especially when the Infected having intelligence is in of itself a plot twist?

It's like War of the Worlds, in that the movie focuses on the ordinary (humans trying to survive) in an extraordinary premise (alien death machines). In the case of I Am Legend, you're focusing on Neville (the ordinary) rather than the Infected or the KV (the extraordinary).

Finally, someone grasps what the movie was going for.

 

[Stoney Mason]

The emphasis of the movie is on Neville, how are they going to "focus on hive intelligence"? Especially when the Infected having intelligence is in of itself a plot twist?

It's like War of the Worlds, in that the movie focuses on the ordinary (humans trying to survive) in an extraordinary premise (alien death machines). In the case of I Am Legend, you're focusing on Neville (the ordinary) rather than the Infected or the KV (the extraordinary).

Then why even allude to the notion that the creature has a singular focus as going after him then. I don't think it's impossible to have done both. You didn't need 50 scenes of the creatures to understand there was some intelligence at work to improve that aspect even though going in that direction would have made it a far more interesting work.

 

[Christopher]

How would they even begin to

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cure humanity? Even with the cure, it just seems impossible to do.

 

[msdstc]

I wish people actually liked good movies. Anyone who enjoyed this flick is so fucking worthless it really is sad. HORRIBLE flick. But I guess it's no surprise why Everyone Loves Raymond was the best rated TV show for so long. There are a lot of stupid people, even on GAF.

holy crap a pretentious bastard on GAF? What makes your opinions better than anyone else asshole? what's wrong with people having opinions.

Oh for the record, I wasn't a huge fan of this movie at all, it wasn't as terrible as you say, but still nothing special. So don't think this is in defense of the movie, you're just an ass.

 

[effzee]

I wish people actually liked good movies. Anyone who enjoyed this flick is so fucking worthless it really is sad. HORRIBLE flick. But I guess it's no surprise why Everyone Loves Raymond was the best rated TV show for so long. There are a lot of stupid people, even on GAF.

WTF?

Everyone Loves Raymond was awesome!!!

DEBRA FOR THE WIN!

 

[Greatness Gone]

GAF is also full of white dudes who think Bale and Depp have altered the very meaning of acting so you always have to consider the source and their bias.

I haven't noticed the Depp love, but Jesus, does GAF love Bale.

 

[JB1981]

I actually worked on this movie. Was in Washington Square Park for about a month, freezing my ass off. Finally got around to seeing it last night and felt like it was half a movie. Completely ran out of ideas midway thru. The second half was really unsatisfying. Think it would have been better as a miniseries.

 

[RumFore]

I had this wallpaper for a over a year now if not longer. You would think whoever did it sorta got the idea from the movie.

 

[DarkAngelYuna]

I had this wallpaper for a over a year now if not longer. You would think whoever did it sorta got the idea from the movie.

You know where I could find that in a better res? like 1400x900 ?

 

[mashoutposse]

^^^

The bridges are in the wrong places... (that, or the Empire State Building is on the wrong side of the river)

 

[RumFore]

You know where I could find that in a better res? like 1400x900 ?

Sorry I have had it for awhile and forget where I got it. Here is the original 2000x1351 though so maybe you can downsize it.
http://i3.tinypic.com/6po6jbm.jpg

 

[fistfulofmetal]

Sorry I have had it for awhile and forget where I got it. Here is the original 2000x1351 though so maybe you can downsize it.
http://i3.tinypic.com/6po6jbm.jpg

Tinypic kind of screwed your resolution over there.

Try xs.to

 

[radioheadrule83]

I was really surprised by the ending and a little disappointed.

I'd read about what happened in the original book, and I think that had the movie tried to stay closer to that ending, it would have made this a truly interesting movie.

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Theres a suggestion in the movie that at least one of the monsters is intelligent, or at least vengeful, but that's it. Had they actually tricked him, captured him and tried/executed him, I think I would have liked it more... when he was dangling there just before the dog was killed, I felt sure that might happen. And again after he goes on a killing rampage in the car.

I'm not particularly bothered that the woman and child eventually found a survivors camp... they could have had the monsters kill the hero in the same way, but kept that in there if they felt they needed some kind of uplifting part to the story.

From what I've heard about the book, the 'hero' is a terrifying legend to those "still living" with vampire symptoms, but in this adaptation (which was still enjoyable I might add) he's more of a saviour style legend to humanity instead.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

I was really surprised by the ending and a little disappointed.

I'd read about what happened in the original book, and I think that had the movie tried to stay closer to that ending, it would have made this a truly interesting movie.

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Theres a suggestion in the movie that at least one of the monsters is intelligent, or at least vengeful, but that's it. Had they actually tricked him, captured him and tried/executed him, I think I would have liked it more... when he was dangling there just before the dog was killed, I felt sure that might happen. And again after he goes on a killing rampage in the car.

I'm not particularly bothered that the woman and child eventually found a survivors camp... they could have had the monsters kill the hero in the same way, but kept that in there if they felt they needed some kind of uplifting part to the story.

From what I've heard about the book, the 'hero' is a terrifying legend to those "still living" with vampire symptoms, but in this adaptation (which was still enjoyable I might add) he's more of a saviour style legend to humanity instead.

Major book spoilers ahead:

Having read the original book, unless they made changes early on to adjust closer to the book, the books ending premise doesn't really work that well in the film if it's just the ending being refitted.

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There is a clear different in the book and movie of living infected, Neville was hounded and hunted by the infected who would cry out to Neville and even offered temptations of lust from infected women to trick Neville and feed on him. The infected were clearly still ran at something of a normal level of communicative intelligence, who of course had an unyearning bloodlust for Neville. The films established a more more basic instinct of almost wild animal zombies looking more monstrous than a the more traditionally vampires in the book, beyond just exposure to sunlight they were even allergic to garlic in the book.

The film just hinted that reapers had some levels beyond just bare instincts but were still basically obvious they were unrelenting monsters; the film actually breaks down what happened to humanity in terms of the viral infection, that there were millions of others like Neville but were hunted and eaten by the living infected. The double irony in the book was the fact that it was another group of different infected that killed the ones that were tormenting Neville, as a seemingly new society sprang up, infected that managed to suppress parts of the more wild aspects of the disease, that saw those fell into the wild bloodlust were too savage.

It's within this new group that Neville learns of what they saw him as, as the new society's bogeyman who hunted them when they sleep in the day.

 

[guise]

*** SPOILERS WITHIN ***


Saw it the other day, reminded me a lot of 28 Weeks Later.

The whole setting, atmosphere and build-up was amazing - all for a cop out ending and hollywood's need for a bad guy. I didn't so much mind the survivor camp, considering smith said 1% had immunity, but what the hell was with that butterfly bullshit and the intelligent infected. Smith was awesome though, the scene with sam getting infected was brilliant.

The CGI was pretty shitty too.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

*** SPOILERS WITHIN ***
Smith was awesome though, the scene with sam getting infected was brilliant.

The CGI was pretty shitty too.

I dunno... I don't think any of the animals were real, and if you consider that...theCG was spectacular. The character designs of the zombies did leave a lot to be desired, but from a technical standpoint, I thought the movie delivered.

As for the dog fight scene... That was one of the weaker parts of the movie. I didn't understand why:

1.

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The dogs didn't charge through like they do w/ those electric fences
2. Why no other dogs or zombies rushed them after the initial wave. It was dark (enough) at that point after all.

 

[Defcon]

I dunno... I don't think any of the animals were real, and if you consider that...theCG was spectacular. The character designs of the zombies did leave a lot to be desired, but from a technical standpoint, I thought the movie delivered.

As for the dog fight scene... That was one of the weaker parts of the movie. I didn't understand why:

1.

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The dogs didn't charge through like they do w/ those electric fences
2. Why no other dogs or zombies rushed them after the initial wave. It was dark (enough) at that point after all.

Dramatic effect.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Pros:
Will Smith
Sam the Dog
Dark Knight Trailer

Cons:
Horrific product placement
Rushed dumb final third of the film
Worst CGI since Spiderman 3

 

[jordan0386]

Movie rocked...I was entertained...that is all

 

[BocoDragon]

I'm sure it's been said before but... it was surprisingly good. Will Smith was actually a decent Neville. Even though it strays from the plot of the book, it still certainly captured the basic idea of the whole story.

1. But that CG... seriously... of all creatures in movies to do in CG.... ZOMBIES?? That's why indie filmmakers are always doing zombie flicks, idiots... because they can just cover their friends in fake blood and start rolling. The one slightly CG use for zombies was when there was that one clawing through the ceiling. They could have just thrown some fake blood on Ray Park and gotten a better effect.

Seriously I can't state that enough... the bald, uniformly dressed zombies looked like generic fodder from a second rate Resident Evil clone videogame. Not something you want to see in an actual zombie film.

2. And the ending..... way to completely waste the "I Am Legend" concept, idiots. Why were they wrestling between two really half baked movie endings, when the book already had a simple, yet powerful ending, which confirmed the movie's title?

 

[Blader]

Worst CGI since Spiderman 3

Uh what?

In any case, while the zombies looked rough, the New York CG was fucking great. Best post-apocalyptic environment I've ever seen in a movie.

 

[Darko]

yea everything BUT the zombies was excellent

 

[Pachinko]

Seriously dude shut up. This is a far cry from a horrible movie that should make people lose their faith in humanity , it's not like "I am legend" is some awful adam sandler movie or even a shitty steven king horror film. It's a harmless movie based roughly on a good novella and it happens to work on many levels as a film.

I can see why people dislike it but to hate it that much .. well it's just too much.