Rotten Watch: I Am Legend
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Greatness Gone
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I haven't read the book, so my life wouldn't be ruined by seeing a bad adaptation. I'll go see it, I guess.
Night_Trekker
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I saw The Last Man on Earth last night. How badly would that spoil the book for me?
Emerson
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I saw the movie, a few thoughts.
- The main issue I have, is the movie was just WAY too short. This movie should have been 2.5 hours or so to live up to its potential. It could have gone so far but the short runtime limited it.
- I've got no problem with the fact that the movie eventually became a typical monster movie. I think it's to be expected that this kind of movie will eventually do that. But this was in way too big a hurry to do so. The best parts of this movie were Robert's day-to-day routines, and that part should have been twice as long as it was.
- Interesting stuff was underdeveloped.
, set up storylines that were never addressed again. Also, Neville's psychological issues are obvious but not fleshed out enough.
- The whole thing with
was stupid. They should have left that out entirely.
- The ending was a piece of shit, and the attempt to make the movie's title relevant with the final lines was ridiculous. I'm all for movies being changed for the screen adaptation, but the original ending was much, much better.
- The CGI was not the best I've ever seen, but you people worry about it too much. It gets the job done, and at no point was I thinking, "That looks crappy."
- The main issue I have, is the movie was just WAY too short. This movie should have been 2.5 hours or so to live up to its potential. It could have gone so far but the short runtime limited it.
- I've got no problem with the fact that the movie eventually became a typical monster movie. I think it's to be expected that this kind of movie will eventually do that. But this was in way too big a hurry to do so. The best parts of this movie were Robert's day-to-day routines, and that part should have been twice as long as it was.
- Interesting stuff was underdeveloped.
The behavioral abnormalities of the monsters, and the fact that they seemed to be learning from Neville
- The whole thing with
the girl and her son
- The ending was a piece of shit, and the attempt to make the movie's title relevant with the final lines was ridiculous. I'm all for movies being changed for the screen adaptation, but the original ending was much, much better.
- The CGI was not the best I've ever seen, but you people worry about it too much. It gets the job done, and at no point was I thinking, "That looks crappy."
Wellington
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After a failed attempt to see it yesterday, managed to get to it this morning, thoughts:
-It was a mediocre movie. I felt an enormous amount of apathy after it was over.
-The writing and pacing was horrible. They started so many threads that lead to nothing:
-The CG was noticably bad. That really took away from the movie
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-The Shrek moment was great, you fucks, pay attention to the dialogue.
Honestly, 28 Days Later did it so much better years earlier, and it's ending fell apart worse than I Am Legend. I didn't mind the ending as of course there were only two possibilities. Didn't think it was a cop out at all.
So much missed potential.
DKR trailer was good.
New Cloverfield clip was way better.
-It was a mediocre movie. I felt an enormous amount of apathy after it was over.
-The writing and pacing was horrible. They started so many threads that lead to nothing:
A) Human feeling of the dark seekers after Neville captured the girl
B) What happened to all the other people that stayed behind in NYC that were either quarantined or trying to help
C) The Dark Seekers showed some signs of learning and developing by trapping Neville, but then the rest of the movie were totally animalistic and instinctual
D) Failed possibility of showing Neville as the true monster
E) Nothing about the development of mutations in the K virus
F) No chance to see increasing desperation as the rest of the world succumbs to the virus
B) What happened to all the other people that stayed behind in NYC that were either quarantined or trying to help
C) The Dark Seekers showed some signs of learning and developing by trapping Neville, but then the rest of the movie were totally animalistic and instinctual
D) Failed possibility of showing Neville as the true monster
E) Nothing about the development of mutations in the K virus
F) No chance to see increasing desperation as the rest of the world succumbs to the virus
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The fight with the three dogs... you mean to tell me they wanted Neville so little that while he was busy with the dogs another Dark Seeker couldn't have come out and offed him?
Honestly, 28 Days Later did it so much better years earlier, and it's ending fell apart worse than I Am Legend. I didn't mind the ending as of course there were only two possibilities. Didn't think it was a cop out at all.
So much missed potential.
DKR trailer was good.
New Cloverfield clip was way better.
Green Shinobi
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So it doesn't really live up to the book, then?
The phrase "I Am Legend" isn't imbibed with profound meaning in the movie as it is in the book?
The phrase "I Am Legend" isn't imbibed with profound meaning in the movie as it is in the book?
MaverickX9
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Wellington said:
The preferred nomenclature is TDK, Dude.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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Thought it was a good movie, not spectacular but definitely passed my low expectations.
Dark Knight trailer was badass
since when does Will Smith die after he saves the world :O
Wellington said:
Thought it was self explanatory, the quarantine sections all failed once it went airborne, the outbreak was too widespread to control. once it became airborne you'd think if one person in quarantine became a dark seeker all hell would break loose.
Wellington said:
They continued to show intelligence from that point on. Didn't you notice they attacked in waves at the command of that one huge Dark Seeker (the leader?). And they seemed decent problem solvers when the one broke through the ceiling and continued to rip out more of the roof so others could fit in.
Dark Knight trailer was badass
Emerson said:
Just got done seeing it, I have some of the same complaints. I'd read the book, and two of my friends had not but we all had the same view mostly. It really is a completely different story from the book, which I was fine with.. the book would be an awful movie or at least it wouldn't be popular with that kind of ending. The first thing we mentioned was that it was really short for a modern feature film and how that was nice. Then a few seconds later we we're complaining about all the things that didn't get fleshed out, and how rushed the whole ending was. I agree with most of the points brought up by Emerson, and Wellie but would like to add these:
Outside of the fact that the whole part with the girl/kid was really rushed and they weren't built up at all as characters and I don't understand how they survived once they got off the boats. How the hell did she save him? He had tons of UV lights on his vehicle and they were doing nothing. Then she drops a UV nuke. What was she doing out at night anyway?
The monsters looked REALLY dumb to me. When he first goes in the dark warehouse it's creepy, and when you see them in the circle kind of chanting the mystique is still there. Once you see them in light they look really stupid and not very scary. I especially echo the releasing 3 dogs and then turning away bit. I was willing to overlook the fact that the dogs couldn't jump through an inch of sunlight, but not that the guy would have just released them and went away.
The monsters looked REALLY dumb to me. When he first goes in the dark warehouse it's creepy, and when you see them in the circle kind of chanting the mystique is still there. Once you see them in light they look really stupid and not very scary. I especially echo the releasing 3 dogs and then turning away bit. I was willing to overlook the fact that the dogs couldn't jump through an inch of sunlight, but not that the guy would have just released them and went away.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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SyNapSe said:
She said she was looking for him / driving around looking for a place to stay. She drove that afte rthe radio expecting to find him near the port, he didn't go because Sam died. She then had nowhere to go and found him near the port (im guessing this since it was near the river.
Saw the movie, and I loved it. There were parts that I wished could have been explained more and gone more in depth, still it did not make it any lesser of a movie. Some of you guys just over think too much for movies that are like two hours long and are complaining about things that were actually answered in the movie. If you focused on the movie more, you wouldn't be asking.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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SyNapSe said:
yup, what i'm saying if one became a dark seeker though, all hell would break lose in some form of fight that could easily break the quarantine.
The movie wouldn't be that bad if it weren't titled "I Am Legend". You can't fault the readers of the book for expecting a movie to stay faithful to the source material, and then get pissed when it doesn't. Other than the name and basic premise, this movie has nothing to do with the book at all. It's just another soul-less and shitty CGI fest. It makes for a decent popcorn movie, sure, but it could have been so much more.
TheDrizzlerJ11 said:
oh sorry, guess I misunderstood. I thought they set up for how quarantine was broke early on when the soldier scanned Will's wife and said she was a monster. Then he did it again and it cleared her. The scanner's apparently didn't work all the time, so they probably let out people who were going to turn.
WickedAngel
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I enjoyed the movie but there were definately some very, very weak aspects of it. The CG, as others have said, was ridiculously bad. I have a hard time believing that they couldn't have done a better job on that.
Will Smith did fine, on the other hand. The job could've been done better but he certainly didn't do as bad as some of the people here thought he was going to do.
They handled the
Will Smith did fine, on the other hand. The job could've been done better but he certainly didn't do as bad as some of the people here thought he was going to do.
They handled the
death of Samantha extremely well. It wasn't just that she died...but the fact that he had to kill her with his own hands. That was extremely depressing, IMO.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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SyNapSe said:
Forgot about that. Funny because when that was happening i remember thinking to myself,
"his wife will be the reason everyone outside the island catches it". Obviously she wasn't the person but others may have been.
Spruce Moose
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Just got back from seeing it. It was pretty enjoyable until the last 3rd. You can tell it had a "Big Studio Rewrite" instead of something along the lines of the original book's ending, which is too bad. They could have done soooo much more with it.
Will Smith was excellent I thought, not sure why some didn't care for his performance. Oh well.
As for the Dark Knight trailer, I just don't see what you guys see. Looks like yet another boring Batman movie. Whatever.
Will Smith was excellent I thought, not sure why some didn't care for his performance. Oh well.
As for the Dark Knight trailer, I just don't see what you guys see. Looks like yet another boring Batman movie. Whatever.
TheQueen'sOwn
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I must have bad eyes or something because I didn't have a problem with the CG at all :S.
Anyway, I loved the movie (which is pretty amazing considering the stupid french fuck beside me translating for the person sitting beside him.... christ almighty... *shakes fist*). There were some questions that I had that weren't answered but whatever... there wasn't anything that broke the movie.
Anyway, I loved the movie (which is pretty amazing considering the stupid french fuck beside me translating for the person sitting beside him.... christ almighty... *shakes fist*). There were some questions that I had that weren't answered but whatever... there wasn't anything that broke the movie.
Will Smith did a great job. :lol at the comments regarding horrible acting. GTFO.. so retarded...
I saw the movie last night. Thought it was enjoyable for the most part, though I could see why others would have gripes. I would've preferred just seeing more of Will Smith living his life from day to day...having
All in all, I felt like the premise and first two-thirds of the movie were compelling enough, in spite of the lack of a strong plot or direction, to make it worthwhile. And yeah, I liked Will Smith a lot in this, which I wasn't really expecting.
the woman come along to save him at the last possible moment was a bit of a cop-out. And the tacked-on religious imagery involving the woman felt really ham-fisted...omg she saves him and there's a cross dangling in her dash...WOO JESUS! :rolleyes
All in all, I felt like the premise and first two-thirds of the movie were compelling enough, in spite of the lack of a strong plot or direction, to make it worthwhile. And yeah, I liked Will Smith a lot in this, which I wasn't really expecting.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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was anyone else thinking during the forza 2 like cg when will smith is chasing the deer with the mustand that this would be a sick game. Hunter animals in a huge city with fast cars at your disposal. or even fight other people with cars and guns?
WickedAngel
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One more thing; they pretty much explained absolutely nothing about the capabilities of the Dark Seekers aside from limited intelligence. These things were supposed to be mutations of humans; how in the fuck were they bashing their bodies/heads into things and showing no signs of damage? If you run into a truck at full speed, you're going to break your shoulder at the very least.
WickedAngel
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NaughtyCalibur said:
Thank God that I'm not the only person who thinks the practice is fucking retarded. I'd understand if it was a premiere and the cast was in attendance but what is the point of clapping with a bunch of random strangers?
AgentOtaku
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WickedAngel said:
agreed....extreme discomfort inducing =/
...even moreso when its just like one dude doing it by himself and quickly releasing no one else is gonna jump in :lol
WickedAngel
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kablooey said:
I can't be certain but I thought The Omega Man (The second most-recent attempt at this story) did a lot more with the seclusion/hopelessness scenes). I can't remember how long the movie went before Lisa came into the picture.
That was probably the best part of the movie. Seeing him live in a world of hopelessness that he tried to make bearable through routine. New York looked incredible and the people responsible for those types of shots really did a damned fine job.
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chubigans said:
Though the ending only really works with books version of things and not really the movie's because of fundamental differences of their portrayals.
just got back from it...same gripes as other ppl had.
i enjoyed it mainly but i felt like they rushed it. im not sure if it was to fit the "perfect" time slot or what but the ending definitely was rushed and some ideas i would have liked bette fleshed out. like him working out...the interview i read talks about why they put that in...but in the movie it does not translate that same reasoning as well.
should have been about 1 hour longer and developed some of the ideas they threw out.
plus i would have liked the ending to be
but overall i liked it. nothing amazing but a pretty good movie.
also
i enjoyed it mainly but i felt like they rushed it. im not sure if it was to fit the "perfect" time slot or what but the ending definitely was rushed and some ideas i would have liked bette fleshed out. like him working out...the interview i read talks about why they put that in...but in the movie it does not translate that same reasoning as well.
should have been about 1 hour longer and developed some of the ideas they threw out.
plus i would have liked the ending to be
the girl and the boy get to vermont to find out there is no town or colony
but overall i liked it. nothing amazing but a pretty good movie.
also
am i the only who thought they would have violent passionate sex all night long since they had been without human contact for so long?
harSon said:
I dunno, the previews and such only barely hinted at the elements that make it an action movie near the end, unless I missed a bunch, it basically just showed Will Smith and His dog being the only ones in the city, essentially. Regardless they could have made it more mainstream action without having it fall apart as many are suggesting it did.
Well ok, it wouldn't have sold as well, but it still probably would have brought in a really good payday.
jamesinclair
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I liked it...
But:
The CGI sucked
But:
The CGI sucked
How did the woman and kid drive on to the island if all the bridges were gone?
eudaemonic
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I dunno if anyone else felt this way about it... but I thought it was kind of depressing. It was like watching a man's version of a Lifetime movie.
I guess I wanted to watch him turn into the beast he was trying to cure... not turn into a Dr. Phil guest.
So uh, a virus with rabies-like effects also gives you super strength, agility, a stretchy jaw and the ability to climb walls?
The religious imagery and connotations of the end was so tacked on and ridiculous. Between the cross, her supposed chat with God, the butterfly crap and the church... c'mon. It was the scientific method that brought the [possible] cure about. It was engineering and technology that allowed their survival through the night. I'm so sick of seeing hope be synonymous with religious. Why the hell couldn't she have heard about the colony and he just not believe her after seeing everything turn to shit and being alone for 3 years?
The utter lack of exploration for the dark seekers' obvious remaining humanity was very disappointing. We were teased several times, but they never went with it. [I have not read the novel].
Damnit. When I pay to see a new movie, don't give me a pair of interludes where I have to suffer through an older shitty movie (Shrek).
All in all, the movie was decent and generally inoffensive until Sam died. Then things took a turn.
Like others in this thread, I was fine with the movie until
Otherwise I thought Will Smith did a good job. The CG definitely could have been better though.
the woman and child came into the picture. The movie would have been so much better if it had stayed more faithful to the book instead of trying to insert a more "happy/hopeful" ending.
The movie just fell apart after the woman and child came into the picture. Besides examples mentioned in this thread, did anyone else have a problem with the grenade death? Why didn't he just wait a little bit longer to pull the pin, toss the grenade through the hole in the glass made by the dark seekers, and then hide with the girl and the boy before it went off? If you're going to have the main character kill himself to save everyone, it should at least seem like he had no other choice.
The movie just fell apart after the woman and child came into the picture. Besides examples mentioned in this thread, did anyone else have a problem with the grenade death? Why didn't he just wait a little bit longer to pull the pin, toss the grenade through the hole in the glass made by the dark seekers, and then hide with the girl and the boy before it went off? If you're going to have the main character kill himself to save everyone, it should at least seem like he had no other choice.
Otherwise I thought Will Smith did a good job. The CG definitely could have been better though.
TheDrizzlerJ11
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jamesinclair said:
never thought of this, but i'd imagine ferry's would be parked on the other side of the river still? maybe she jumped it? God?
bishoptl said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201574&page=9&highlight=Denzel+Washington
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What I don't understand about the ending is
how a cure is exactly beneficial at that stage? Obviously the ones that are still alive are immune to the airborne virus, and those that are infected are way too powerful to round up and cure. So...what good is a cure, other than to help those that are maybe infected if they're bitten? Or did I miss something here?
Hurricane_Chris
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TheDrizzlerJ11 said:
didn't his wife and daughter die in a helicopter crash. when they blew the bridge there were people trying to grab onto a helicopter that was on the side with rushing people. it spun out of control heading for the chopper his wife and daughter were in. they were on a collision path then moments before the crash the scene cut away. i assumed both of them died before they could even leave.
Hurricane_Chris
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re: the infected setting that trap. the infected were not watching him and did not see him set the trap initially. they only saw the end result. yet, they duplicated the trap exactly on their end. to set the trap from scratch requires a fundamental understanding pf physics and the ability to tie a knot. they also hit the trap in a puddle of water. with the exception of that trap, and the one infected trying to make the hole bigger in the roof i didn't see any hint that the infected had higher level thinking ability. did i miss something?
Spruce Moose
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Well, after having an evening to digest the movie I've come to the conclusion that the film is really good until
. After that it just goes downhill. Shame really.
he comes across the trap and Sam dies
I had to to see this with some friends last night. Let me just say that my wife fell asleep during it, and in watching her fall asleep, I kept nodding off every now and then. I didn't think it was bad that much, but it just didn't really have anything really spectacular to keep it going.
I felt like I was watching Cast Away again, but I realize this is my fault about knowing the premise of the movie and paying for what I watched...
The best part of the whole thing was the Dark Knight trailer....
I felt like I was watching Cast Away again, but I realize this is my fault about knowing the premise of the movie and paying for what I watched...
The best part of the whole thing was the Dark Knight trailer....
Spectral Glider
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Eh, it was just an ok movie. Had so much promise but missed on all the best ideas.
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