I Am Legend

[AlphaQ GehaD]

almost like Mass Effect...maybe? we'll see after this 2nd play through as the character Miss Bitch Shepard.

if you want to speak on the parts im interested to know just add (Without the Z at the end, i did that so they dont disapear)

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is Jessica albas mom hot?

[Leftie247]

Originally Posted by Nolimit4show

almost like Mass Effect...maybe? we'll see after this 2nd play through as the character Miss Bitch Shepard.

if you want to speak on the parts im interested to know just add (Without the Z at the end, i did that so they dont disapear)

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Ok for those who have seen the movie or those who don't mind a breakdown of the plot.

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Ok so a genetically engineered virus (measles?) supposedly cures cancer but winds up mutating and killing 90 percent of the worlds population. Of the 10 percent of people left in the world 9.8 percent are turned into "dark seekers". The other .2 percent are immune. The dark seekers don't come out during the day but hunt other survivors at night. Will Smith plays a military virologist who lost his wife and daughter during the evacuation of New York. He plays radio messeges trying to convince other survivors to meet him at noon at some Sea Port. Most of the entire movie is Will Smith and his daughters dog. They succeed on some levels trying to convey Smith's attempt to retain his sanity. The mannequins and taped broadcasts add to this attempt. His one companion (the dog) is almost lost at one point when it ventures into one of the hives where dark seekers stay during the day. Smith somehow manages to find a promising cure and captures a dark seekers to test his formula on but she doesn't seem to respond well. The movie tries to show the struggle that Smith is going through. How he is trying to find motivation to go on living when everything he has ever loved is gone. His final love dies whenever he gets caught in a trap the dark seekers lay and his dog is infected during his escape. In reaction to the death of his dog, Smith attacks a hive and is almost killed but is instead at the last moment rescued by survivors (who conveniently heard his broadcast that day but not any of the other days) and is taken back to his house. The next night the dark seekers find his house and attack it. At the last moment he finds out that his formula cured his test subject and he gives the two survivors a vial of her blood and sends them on their way to the camp in Vermont and sacrifices himself so the others have a chance to get away. The movie ends with the other two survivors showing up in Vermont. Everything is so predictable in this movie. There was never a moment where I wondered what was going to happen next. Of course Smith's only companion was going to get killed by the dark seekers otherwise there would be nothing to move the plot forward. I certainly knew that Smith would find a cure to the disease and conveniently give it to the remaining survivors at the last moment. Everything else in the movie is just filling time. His daily routines only partially succeed at trying to convey his sense of dispair. The movie felt like it was the frankenstein like monster of two different genres crudely melded together. First you have the Castaway type Smith is the only known survivor in the city lets detail his daily activities in order to show his ever decreasing grasp on sanity. The second half felt like it were a B Horror/Action flick with a paper thin predictable plot line.

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[Swasagon]

I personal;ly really liked this movie, i think its just different than the usual crap we get on the big screen these days, something about it was just really involving even tho at some times not much was happening.

Highly recommend you watch it and judge for yourselfs

[Snake1399]

i went and saw this finally last night and i would say it was about a 7. i thought there was a coupla parts that dragged and they could have spent more time on the backstory of the virus, but thats just me. good action and that Mustang was freaking sweet!!

National Treasure is next on the movie list for me

[AlphaQ GehaD]

Lol id have to say that was one of my favorite parts, Riding a Mustang (car instead of horse) and hunting. There could have been a bit more action and these stories are always compelling because its a version of a future we could create and its Post apocalyptic...everyone likes that. Its just intriguing, but what i have realized is that many of these apocalyptic movies take place in New York...haha thats funny. Glad i dont live there, seems like thats where shits about to go down. Even Cloverfield is in New York, Heros the tv show is in New York.

[MadBryan]

I got ahold of a screener so I'll be watching this in Casa de Mad tonite.

[Snake1399]

Originally Posted by Nolimit4show

Lol id have to say that was one of my favorite parts, Riding a Mustang (car instead of horse) and hunting. There could have been a bit more action and these stories are always compelling because its a version of a future we could create and its Post apocalyptic...everyone likes that. Its just intriguing, but what i have realized is that many of these apocalyptic movies take place in New York...haha thats funny. Glad i dont live there, seems like thats where shits about to go down. Even Cloverfield is in New York, Heros the tv show is in New York.

yeah they showed the previews for both Cloverfield and The Dark Knight and i'm lookin forward to both of those. It just happens that i have 1/18 off so i'll be going to the matinee for Cloverfield...

[WormholeXtreme]

The third movie adaptation was called "I am Omega" and was released straight to video this year(Nov2007).
I Am Legend, with Will Smith is the fourth movie adaptation of the book "I am Legend". Richard Matheson wrote the book and it was originally published in 1954.

Originally Posted by MadBryan

No, It was definately at least a short story. the name and author escapes me at the moment. It has been made into several movies and The Omega Man is the second version I think. ps. I just wiki'ed it and it says 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.The story was first filmed in 1964, under the title The Last Man on Earth, with Vincent Price in the lead role. A third adaptation of the story, I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, was released on December 14, 2007.

[Epyon MX]

The first half I think really succeeds, where it shows Smith alone in New York. He's become a creature of habit and routine. And the second time they focus on how alone he was, it was pretty powerful.

The second half of the movie, when the zombie/vampire/creatures are the focus is pretty typical. Not a lot new or unpredictable, but it was decent.

Here's the test: When you left the movie did you try to imagine what it'd be like if you were the only one walking out of that theatre? That you were walking through rows of cars that no one would ever drive again?

I did.

[MadBryan]

Sorry worm, but Wiki says I am Legend is the third and I believe everything I read on the interwebs.

[Causedawg 83]

I'm glad people are talking about this movie. I've seen it twice now, and if anyone asks me to watch it again with them, I'm there. It's a great movie. I might have to go back and watch The Omega Man now as well. I'm a big Charleton Heston fan.

[The Milk Man 09]

Originally Posted by Epyon MX

The first half I think really succeeds, where it shows Smith alone in New York. He's become a creature of habit and routine. And the second time they focus on how alone he was, it was pretty powerful.

The second half of the movie, when the zombie/vampire/creatures are the focus is pretty typical. Not a lot new or unpredictable, but it was decent.

Here's the test: When you left the movie did you try to imagine what it'd be like if you were the only one walking out of that theatre? That you were walking through rows of cars that no one would ever drive again?

I did.

I was doing that until my friend started to talk to me about the movie and I kinda snapped out of it.

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Is it just me or did anyone get a true sense of sadness or solitude when the dog died? Maybe its just me because sam really reminds me of my dog.

[Desi Cuse]

Originally Posted by Epyon MX

Here's the test: When you left the movie did you try to imagine what it'd be like if you were the only one walking out of that theatre? That you were walking through rows of cars that no one would ever drive again?I did.

I'm with ya there. Since I went on Christmas eve, with 6 cousins/siblings, the mall was pretty much abandoned. We heard someone yell in the background and I yelled ZOMBIES! That had all the female cousins running. We then debated what we would do if any one of us were that the last human alive. All but myself said suicide. I decided I would steal a really fast car, drive really fast on the highway, while smoking and drinking, and wait to crash.......

p.s. how do I use spoiler tags?

[Epyon MX]

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[AlphaQ GehaD]

well, I would literally travel the world, or at least the US. Funny how they still had power though after 2 years without no humans running the power plants. If there was power i would also hit up all the theme parks along the way. Spin donuts put the video on youtube

I didnt think to myself what if i was the last one alive, Ive done that on many occasions, because of Zombie movies.

[Epyon MX]

The power was out all over the city. Smith's character had gas generators is all. They showed it for like 10 seconds early in the movie.