Just saw I Am Legend (Or was it Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I can't tell...)

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, March 21, 2008 13:30
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FINN MAC CUMHAL

Friday, March 21, 2008 2:14 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Good review, Finn, I had forgotten about it, since I was planning to see it on DVD. But what I highlighted is what destroyed the movie for me- and I TRIED to like it...but bad lookin' infected + having them not talk, but able to rig up a trap?
In Omega Man they were mad, but there was thinking behind it, also, they were less dangerous to Neville in OM, yet he was so much more well-prepared than Will's newer version in the face of an Orc-level attack...

On the whole, the script is what makes the difference for me, OM's being the superior one IMO.

I’d have to go with that also. The redeeming factor of the Omega Man is that it stayed more true to the message of the book, even though it did take some liberties. Legend just threw the message of the book out the window, turning a provocative and thoughtful story into a Hollywood action-flick, which wasn’t bad, but I would have preferred to have seen a more faithful adaptation.

As far as the animation goes, Legend takes Omega Man hands down on the landscape images - which are magnificent. As far as the Infected, they looked fake in both cases. I wasn’t the least big convinced by the Infected in the Omega Man, but the Omega Man was pre-CGI and I’m willing to give them more technical leeway. It easy to be disappointed with Legend in this regard, because there isn’t a technical excuse for the poor manner in which the Infected were animated. However, to be honest neither movie achieved an aesthetically realistic depiction.

As far as the acting goes, I think Heston has a certain unique style, but he’s also very melodramatic. Smith, in my opinion, excelled as an actor in this role. He wasn’t melodramatic, but very subtle and very realistic. And the way he approached the character added a lot of plausibility to the story.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

HUGHFF

Friday, March 21, 2008 2:53 AM

Ah, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" One of my top five movies of all time.

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CHRISISALL

Friday, March 21, 2008 1:30 PM

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:

I wasn’t the least big convinced by the Infected in the Omega Man, but the Omega Man was pre-CGI and I’m willing to give them more technical leeway.

Someone should have told them back then that hair can't change colour backwards up the follicle (thinkin' of Lisa & Ritchie's transformation here)...

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Smith, in my opinion, excelled as an actor in this role. He wasn’t melodramatic, but very subtle and very realistic. And the way he approached the character added a lot of plausibility to the story.

Absolutely.

I Robot fan Chrisisall

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