I am Legend

PJW · Post by **PJW** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:17 am

Should be "I am Leg End"

Another rubbish Will Smith-pithy-comeback-routine.

Inevitable, easy to guess where the plot goes and the same as every other virus/zombie film.

Not recommended.

big end floater · Post by **big end floater** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:47 am

i really enjoyed the film at the preview showing ,a lot of the older reviewers said similar things to you so its definitely aimed at a younger market

smile · Post by **smile** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:28 am

american 28 days later, but worst - with will smith... didn't work for me

Mynheers_a_pint · Post by **Mynheers_a_pint** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:38 am

i'm jsut impressed it's a 15! Usually these kind of block busters are specifically made to be a 12a.

empsburna · Post by **empsburna** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:30 am

i'm an hour in, and I've enjoyed it so far. Starting to get predictable now the degg has gone, but i'm sure there will be another twist to it.

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:32 pm

Can't believe Will Smith has an open relationship/marriage with Jada Pinkett-Smith

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:28 pm

Isn't this a remake-ish of 'The Omega Man'?

Kinda 'last man alive in the city apart from night zombies, struggle for survival' stuff?

If so, has some work to do to better the original. Chuck Heston was quite good but Anthony Zerbe as the head zomb was truly scary!!

BlueRover · Post by **BlueRover** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 3:13 pm

Most modern American films are remakes of older classics.

Independence Day was a remake of War of the Worlds as was, well, War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise.
The Ring and The Ring2 as opposed to Ring and Ring 2 (those mainly done since yanks can't watch films AND read subtitiles at the same time.
AI was Pinocchio meets ET.
The Assassin with Bridget Fonda was a scene by scene remake of a French language film, the title of which escapes me.

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:31 pm

The Jackal - remake of the old 60s film The Day of the Jackal - imho the original is much better.

The Italian Job - remake was carp in comparison to the original.

The War of the Worlds - old one was total sh!te so the remake didn't have much to beat lol

I haven't seen this film yet, but I'll reserve my judgement until I have.

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:03 am

The Assassin with Bridget Fonda was a scene by scene remake of a French language film, the title of which escapes me.

Nikita.

One of my faves is 'Yojimbo (The Bodyguard)', remade as 'Fistful of Dollars', which was re-re-made as 'Last Man Standing'.

'Day of the Jackal'? Read the book by Frederick Forsyth. 1,000 times better than the film!!

'The Krays'? Read the book on which it was based, 'The Profession Of Violence' by John Pearson. 2,000 times better than the film.

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:05 am

I don't have the attention span to read books

Mynheers_a_pint · Post by **Mynheers_a_pint** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:46 am

BlueRover wrote: Independence Day was a remake of War of the Worlds as was, well, War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise.

Hactually independance day was originally penned to be a sequal to stargate. Swap the flying pyramids with saucers and there you have it.

420gazza · Post by **420gazza** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 3:12 pm

i watched i am legend this morning and thought it was quite good tbh.

although it's very resident evil like.

empsburna · Post by **empsburna** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:21 pm

420gazza wrote:i watched i am legend this morning and thought it was quite good tbh.

although it's very resident evil like.

Finished it this afternoon, I liked it!

PJW · Post by **PJW** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:42 pm

Ending was whhhack.

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:14 pm

Seemed to build up into quite a good film and then, quick we've got 20 mins left how can we end it, bish bash bosh its all over.

Not bad, good xmas day afternoon watching, duno if its worth cinema tickets for

gib786 · Post by **gib786** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:34 pm

Ritchie wrote:Seemed to build up into quite a good film and then, quick we've got 20 mins left how can we end it, bish bash bosh its all over.

Not bad, good xmas day afternoon watching, duno if its worth cinema tickets for

i agree with this, i went to go watch it at the cinema today despite having a copy of the dvd rip thats been doing the rounds for the past week. not worth paying to see, the ending sucks

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:56 pm

Saw it on Boxing day, as above, ending could have been better but overall a good film I thought and different to my expectations

turboestate · Post by **turboestate** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:01 pm

Seen it today.. good watch imo

shaggy · Post by **shaggy** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:17 pm

Good film IMO. Based on the Omega man which in its time was pretty good.

My only dissapointment was the "infected" were too computer animated.[/b]

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:10 am

I've now found that the Will Smith character is Dr Robert Neville, same as the Charlton Heston one in The Omega Man. Wiki says this:-

The Omega Man is a 1971 science fiction thriller starring Charlton Heston. The movie is based on Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, I Am Legend.....

I doubt that I'll see this, as The Omega Man was such a good 'un!

200coupe · Post by **200coupe** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:36 am

stefaclese wrote: The Italian Job - remake was carp in comparison to the original.

The War of the Worlds - old one was total sh!te so the remake didn't have much to beat lol

The new Italian job had little to do with the original and it seams using the good name to sell average film.

I refer the original war of the worlds film to the tom cruse one, but having said that id rather listen to the vinyl and look at the pictures in the booklet and use my imagination to whats going on.

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:37 pm

Well going by the looks of the trailers for next years new releases I think I am Legend is probably the best we'll be getting in the cinema for a while as the trailers for other films looked carp.

John W · Post by **John W** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:28 pm

I thought the trailer for Jumper looked like it could be quite good.

Watched I am legend on Fri and personally I liked it, agree the ending was a bit sudden but overall a good watch imo

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:33 pm

John W wrote:I thought the trailer for Jumper looked like it could be quite good.

Looks rubbish to me

Was talking to my hairdresser about I am Legend today and ended up talking about Hitler and Milosevic lol. Strange how totally different subjects can get linked in to the same conversation like that lol.

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:34 pm

I saw it on saturday, I thought it was good.

Probably the most realistic/believable zombie film I've seen tbh.

It was similar to 28 days later I guess in that sense, but due to Will Smiths acting I prefered it as I felt more attached to the character. Was really rather sad when the dog turned and he had to strangle it.

Ending was not quite what I expected, and not overly happy, but still pretty good I thought.

As for people who moan about the action in the last 20 mins, I believe this is called building to a climax and is fairly common in stories/films

Oh, and the Shelby GT500 at the start was fecking awesome.

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:32 pm

Sheaf wrote:Oh, and the Shelby GT500 at the start was fecking awesome.

Shame it seemed to struggle to keep up with running deer...

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:58 pm

Ritchie wrote:
Sheaf wrote:Oh, and the Shelby GT500 at the start was fecking awesome.
Shame it seemed to struggle to keep up with running deer...

Thats because its American

Probs has leaf spring suspension like the Corvette as well

Post by **agw_01** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:00 pm

I liked 'I Am Legend'

Will Smith's acting was superb... right until the end

What a way to ruin a great film. Seriously disappointed by the ending.

Sheaf wrote:Oh, and the Shelby GT500 at the start was fecking awesome.

I was grinning all the way through that part as the whole cinema filled with the sound of Shelby muscle

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:09 pm

agw_01 wrote:I was grinning all the way through that part as the whole cinema filled with the sound of Shelby muscle

I would pay to sit in a Cinema just to hear the noise cars like that make in the surround sound

I'm sad, I know lol. Just a well I didn't see it with the missus lol

yas · Post by **yas** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:14 pm

i was extremely impressed with Will's acting. again, the ending was a let down

stefaclese · Post by **stefaclese** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 4:21 pm

yas wrote:i was extremely impressed with Will's acting. again, the ending was a let down

It made me chuckle with regard to his acting, as I was watching the Fresh Prince of Bell Air before I saw the film lol. He really has developed in to a great actor, and can do a good variety of different stuff, just look at The Persuit Of Happiness. Top man!

Semproxion · Post by **Semproxion** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:04 pm

The missus took me to see it for my birthday and I enjoyed it. Not the ending I was expecting but I think I liked it because it really is close to a possible future reality.

Even the missus said she liked it and she hates zombie-style movies (she must really love me to take me to see one lol)

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:28 pm

stefaclese wrote:ended up talking about Hitler and Milosevic lol.

The ex-aston villa striker? You must have been talking about people who were really rubbish!!!

Regarding the film......****SPOILER ALERT****

If he was such a legend, why didn't he think to rig up UV lights in his lab? End of zombies.........n00b

All in all 28 days later remains one of my favourite all time films, but I did enjoy this one too. I watched the DVD rip through my xbox 360 and 5.1 surround. It makes such a massive difference to the experience of watching a film. Â£75 from pc world

nathan 25 · Post by **nathan 25** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:18 pm

its good for a film and an hour and a half entertainment but then it lets its self down, the book is better, it goes into more detail about other things in they have borrowed and used in the film, for instance the alpha male is after him because he 'stole' his alpha female but in the book he was his best friend and the vampires are more human and taunt him, good film though, would like to see the omega man.