I AM LEGEND
POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 00:30
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Yeah, him shooting the mannequin in front of Grand Central was the "insanity" moment that I wasn't too sure if he could pull off, but did. When I listened to the audiobook with the narrator really getting into the characterization of Robert as he's gets drunk and gives this "defense of the vampires", I realized that the book was just as much a story of a guy trying to keep his sanity, as well as hold off the vampires. And while I could see Vincent Price and Charleton Heston being able to do that flawlessly, I couldn't necessarily see Will be able to do that. But when he started to yell at the mannequin and shoot at it, that's the moment that convinced me that he was able to do it.
I think he still has a way to go before I call him one of the best actors of our generation, but I do like the fact that he's said to himself "I have more money than God, I can do whatever I want. And what I want to do is stuff that intrigues me personally and not something that my agent or the studio wants me to do so that they can make more money."
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"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."
Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack
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I just got back from seeing I am Legend and my first impression is that this is one of the saddest movies I've seen in awhile. If you see it be prepared to shed a few tears. I was sceptical of Will Smith's ability to pull off this role but am happy to report he proved me wrong. Walking out of the theater it occurred to me that this role required a person of Smith's personal integrity to make it believable. Charlton Heston is one of my heroes and no one could be expected to live up to his performance in the Omega Man but Smith did as good as any could have. I'm just glad it wasn't a Omega Man remake because I can like this movie without having to make comparisons with one of the greatest movies ever made.
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When I first saw the previews for this, boy did I complain up a storm. The Omega Man was one of my favorite films when I was a kid, and I personally thought it was sacrilege to remake it.
Then came 4:00 this Sunday. And boy was I wrong.
I haven't read the book, so I can't compare and contrast the two, but I do have to say that this blows the Charleston Heston version out of the water. And I really have to hand it to Will Smith, it was an amazing performance. The hell with the monsters; watching him slowly lose his mind was truly frightening. And they were able to handle it in a realistic manner, I thought.
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Orginally posted by Strangebird:
Besides I hate it when they add in an animals death just to add some feeling of loss or saddness. It's seriously not bad enough for him that his family(not to mention everyone else) dies? They have to add more loss for the character to get him to whatever point he reaches?
You're missing the whole point here. Sam wasn't just a dog, she was his last connection to his old life. Sure, losing his family fucked him up, it screwed with him royally. But losing Sam meant that he had nothing left. That would make anyone go off the deep end, I'd think.
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"This is my timey-wimey detector. It goes ding when there's stuff. Also, it can boil an egg at 30 paces, whether you want it to or not, actually, so I've learned to stay away from hens. It's not pretty when they blow."
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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
You're missing the whole point here. Sam wasn't just a dog, she was his last connection to his old life. Sure, losing his family fucked him up, it screwed with him royally. But losing Sam meant that he had nothing left. That would make anyone go off the deep end, I'd think.
I agree. But I think it goes even deeper than that. In a world where everyone is dead, he saw Sam as more than a dog...it was a person. As real as "Fred" the manaquin. More so.
All of his interactions with Sam indicate a connection as strong as anything you might feel towards your own child. When they're eating : "Eat your vegetables, don't just push them around" When they're hunting in the car "What da ya see? What da ya see?" The extreme relief of saving Sam from the nest of infected after she ran for the deer was identical to that of a scared parent finding their child that had wandered away. The fact that he even went into the darkness after Sam...a dog...demonstates the deepest love possible, a thing reserved for kin or a foxhole buddy.
Do not fear me. Our's is a peaceful race and we must live in harmony.
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I haven't read the book at all but I did see the movie last week at a special employee screening. I didn't think those creatures in the film were vampires at all. Interesting that the book says they are vampires? I'll have to go get it so I can compare. I thought the movie was a great mixture of sadness and suspense.
"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."
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Re- the detail. I loved the almost $7 a gallon gas, and the Batman/Superman poster but did you read the scroll at the bottom of, was it CNN, when the woman who cured cancer was talking? Taken right out of today's headlines . . .
"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."
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Originally posted by Leiasky:
I haven't read the book at all but I did see the movie last week at a special employee screening. I didn't think those creatures in the film were vampires at all. Interesting that the book says they are vampires? I'll have to go get it so I can compare. I thought the movie was a great mixture of sadness and suspense.
"A government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned."
Yeah, in the book they were vampires. Virually created,like in the movie, but clearly vampires. I thought they were in the movie too, but it was subtle. But you have the burning in sunlight, and drawn by blood - having read the book, that was enough for me.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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