BIG FUD

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Corradoboy sorry didnt know this site was full of english students word perfect ill try more in the future ......

Snake Plissken

Good film but one major flaw. How the hell did the woman manage to rescue him when there were so many of those things outside? Why would she be hiding in the dark near the jetty? Plus when the house got raided she was seen cowering under the bed like a typical soft bint. Didn't make sense. apart from that i enjoyed it. They did hurry the ending though. Would loved to have seen another hour or so.

SirFozzalot

Well I thought it was pretty good. A bit depressing, but ok.

corradoboy

Watched it again last night and wondered why a trained army guy capable of rigging explosive charges and running a complex lab had acquired himself a high-powered automatic rifle, complete with telescopic sight, but didn't pick up a night-sight on the way out ? Given the nature of his foe it would have been top of my shoplifting list. Also, why did he need to be 6 feet from the deer to shoot when he had that sight ? Running after it and jumping over car roofs he'd have got nowhere near any deer I've ever seen !

Godspeed Brakes

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I watched it and found it ok , the people around me probably got fed up being covered in popcorn in the jumpy bits the ending was crap and a bit sudden , also , if the bridges got blown , how did that women get on and off the island ??

corradoboy

I'd guess there's be abandoned boats as well as cars

Ian

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and at theend, why didnt he shoot the top zombie blooke in the head or something before blowing him self up, get into the hatch with the others, and chuck the hand granade out the door??

myblackwrx

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In fairness 28 weeks later was made about 50 years after the book of I am Legend

myblackwrx

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Heroic ending sacrificing himself (you know that Hollywood doesn't like sad endings)?
The original ending is him topping himself

stevebt

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Because "Iam legend" it wouldn't have the same ring if he survived as the girl says when she goes to the survivor camp with walls only a quarter of the size the infected scaled "the cure was his legend "

serega

Nice movie overall, but a few bits spoiled it for me.

There was a trap infront of the manequin, those zombies are quite smart eh, knowing exactly where he would step and knowing exactly which manequinn to take - and whats he deal with him losing consciousness for a couple of hours after the trap flipped him upside-down?

Then once he came back to his senses, the vampire was standing right outside with the dogs, now i can understand that they had to wait untill that little line of sunlight was in the way, but after it was gone - where did the vampire himself go then?

And damn that chick is tough, how did she manage find him and come right on time to save that weakling Will, and she did all that with a kid in a car eh! Thats Feminism for ya!

So if zombies followed them home that night to know where they live, why didnt they just eat them up on the first night, as obviously that chick wouldnt have a clue how to close all the shutters that fast while taking care of Will.

But a good movie nevertheless with very good shots. Good acting on Will's part as always.

Klaatu

The Omega Man, Charlton Heston, 1971. Seen it, thought it was great, like "Soylent Green" along with "The Planet of the Apes" two other classic Heston doom sci-fi movies. Haven't seen this re-make though.

bugeyeandy

Haven't seen The Omega Man but I am definitely bored of people all around me going on about how it's the original. If it's anything as dull as I am Legend i'll give it a miss thanks.
Could easily spend the middle hour asleep and not be any worse off....

SiPie

Did she not say in the film that a group of them had been on some kind of hospital/quarantine/rescue boat ?

Quite enjoyed the film... .

Preferred the Omega Man however

RMA26

Watched it at the weekend, good film , shame about the ending which could have been better

NACRO

I'm definitely bored of them saying it as well because it's WRONG. I suggest people try reading the whole thread before commenting in this and other cases.

PeteBrant

Of course. the book is the original. I thought the film was one of the biggest excercises in absolute stupidity have ever witnessed. The whole "I am Legend" title is based around the end of the book - Which makes it clear why he is a "legend" - The film basically makes the title entirely redundant.

The actual film itself is ok, in terms of entertainment, but they took a great twist in the book and decided to bin it - Madness.

DCI Gene Hunt

I actually watched "The Last Man on Earth" yesterday... Vincent Price black & white jobby... which itself is based on the "I Am Legend" book... I'm guessing the film is more focused on this film of the book, rather than the book itself!!

PeteBrant

The Will smith film is a effectively a remake of the "Omega Man" which is "inspired" by the book.

DCI Gene Hunt

The Last Man on Earth:

Robert Morgan... scientist.. spends a lot of time on his radio asking for other survivors to come to him..

Film opens showing him boarded up in his house
Vampires knocking on his windows
One of them threatening to "Kill Morgan..."

Then a good old flash back...

his daughters birthday party
His best friend & him are trying to find a cure for the plague sweeping Europe!!
They realise that the plague is making people into vampires
The government are collecting the 'dead bodies' of the victims & burning them
They take his daughter after she becomes ill and dies..
His wife then dies, so he decides to bury her himself
She 'returns from the grave'
He kills her
He finds a dog
The dog dies
While burying the dog he finds a person out in the daylight
He takes her home
They become friends
She tells him that the other 'survivors' are on their way to kill him as he is a MONSTER!!
He tries to leg it
They corner him in a church
One of them impales him on a spear
He dies

The End

New_scooby_04

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You did the old "hole in the bottom of the packet of popcorn" trick, didn't you?

"Popcorn is a bit salty tonight, dear"

New_scooby_04

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Well, what did you expect; the pilots were American!!

Ns04

SJ_Skyline

The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel?

It's about a half mile south of the Brooklyn bridge.


HTH

New_scooby_04

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Yeah, as if!!! That's jammed even when there are people behind the wheels of all the cars in it!

Boro

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For such a smart army/scientest guy, he missed the opportunity of installing UV lights everywhere. He wouldnt have needed shutters if he'd thought of that little gem, lol.

Infact, why didnt he just travel at night with a few of these strapped to him and his dawg...

New_scooby_04

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That might have marked his house out somewhat to the Vampires don't you think!

That said, the shutters weren't subtle, but I guess you can hide them behind the normal windows and some properties have them installed.

SirFozzalot

I have to admit I did wonder why he didn't have a load of UV lights as part of his arsenal and defence in and around his house

SJ_Skyline

One thing I felt the film lacked was an interim flashback of after his wife and child died but before he was the last human on Manhattan. The whole chaos on the streets on an island sealed off with population of over 1.5 million...

Kevin Mc

Suppose I'm a bit behind on this, though I finally managed to see the film yesterday. I enjoyed it. I'd seen bits of this thread saying about the ending being disappointing, though I didn't think it was that bad for after my low expectations.

Geezer

I really enjoyed, but I haven't read the book, I know how frustrating it is when they mess about with the story.

I did think there was no need for CGI vampires though, real people would have been better IMO, they looked overdone.

Geezer