I am Legend

[Jason Ross]

Just saw it today, but was told earlier that it was very cheesy. I thought it was good. Any others agree? Disagree?

[Mr.Otsredir]

i absolutely hated the ending. i really hate when a story takes a unlogical turn and justifies it in the name of religion(any mind you) its not creative nor interesting.

that being said up until he is saved by anna and ethan the movie is pretty cool, despite the completely generic and boring look giving to the infected. i mean heres humans who been altered to be more agressive, crave blood, and super sensitive to uv light, and the look you gave them is no better then a bad poser model. i mean if your gonna use CGI to replace people and then make the infected look like people with pale skin then whats the point?

[Jason Ross]

i absolutely hated the ending. i really hate when a story takes a unlogical turn and justifies it in the name of religion(any mind you) its not creative nor interesting.

that being said up until he is saved by anna and ethan the movie is pretty cool, despite the completely generic and boring look giving to the infected. i mean heres humans who been altered to be more agressive, crave blood, and super sensitive to uv light, and the look you gave them is no better then a bad poser model. i mean if your gonna use CGI to replace people and then make the infected look like people with pale skin then whats the point?

I loved the ending. Happy but unhappy. The best part was the relationship of Neville and Sam, and their story. Not sure how the ending was religious and unlogical at the end so please explain when you read this. I agree with you, as far as I'm concerned the story was good up to and supposed to end from Neville's point of view when before Anna saved him...which i didn't like either. that whole Anna dynamic didnt seem logical enough for me to relate to. I didn't like the infected either. The whole "superhuman" aspect was just unrelatable to me. Making them more human like and using real people would have been better imo. The whole "jaw opening beyond possible" to make them seem more terrorizing got old real quick. I mean these vampire zombies had some intelligence so some of the sequences just didn't add up too much. I mean come on. They are still flesh and bones and they're breaking steel doors and such, but still die when hit by a car?

[Mr.Otsredir]

I loved the ending. Happy but unhappy. The best part was the relationship of Neville and Sam, and their story. Not sure how the ending was religious and unlogical at the end so please explain when you read this. I agree with you, as far as I'm concerned the story was good up to and supposed to end from Neville's point of view when before Anna saved him...which i didn't like either. that whole Anna dynamic didnt seem logical enough for me to relate to. I didn't like the infected either. The whole "superhuman" aspect was just unrelatable to me. Making them more human like and using real people would have been better imo. The whole "jaw opening beyond possible" to make them seem more terrorizing got old real quick. I mean these vampire zombies had some intelligence so some of the sequences just didn't add up too much. I mean come on. They are still flesh and bones and they're breaking steel doors and such, but still die when hit by a car?

the whole thing about anna "knowing" theres a survivors colony because of a message from god, and how now that everyone is gone everyone left can hear god cause of it being more quite. neville still doesnt believe her and then the infected cracks the glass that looks like a butterfly (wtf?) and he remembers his daughter saying "look to the butterfly" (wtf???) and then seeing a butterfly tattoo on anna's neck (again wtf??)

i didnt like the superhuman aspect of the infect either. so a virus can increase your speed, strength, reconstruct your jaw and teeth, make you crave human flesh? i would have rather them just be mindless people who had to be in the dark and were violent. them being in mass numbers is scary enough so making them super powered isnt necessary

[Jason Ross]

spoilers ahead!!!






the whole thing about anna "knowing" theres a survivors colony because of a message from god, and how now that everyone is gone everyone left can hear god cause of it being more quite. neville still doesnt believe her and then the infected cracks the glass that looks like a butterfly (wtf?) and he remembers his daughter saying "look to the butterfly" (wtf???) and then seeing a butterfly tattoo on anna's neck (again wtf??)

ahh...i was too distracted by all the shiny objects to see this. I thought that she came across info about the colony elsewhere but God told her to turn on the radio that day. Perhaps religion or signs can "tell" you to do seemingly irrational things that when come out positive ends up being percieved as Gods work.

i didnt like the superhuman aspect of the infect either. so a virus can increase your speed, strength, reconstruct your jaw and teeth, make you crave human flesh? i would have rather them just be mindless people who had to be in the dark and were violent. them being in mass numbers is scary enough so making them super powered isnt necessary

99% agree. semi mindless...like maybe a violent 2 year old... mad baby. like the scene when he went into that building and saw all of them standing in that room all huddled up...scary stuff.

[wesburt]

read the book!! i cant recommend it enough.
it's a classic from 1954.
the book is excellent...the story in the movie was totally different. i mean completely totalllllllly different.

i thought the movie was okay for the first half but fell apart pretty badly in the last 45 minutes.
its strange how much they changed it so much from the book, the movie doesnt even preserve the whole reason of the title of the book.

[smugbug]

FYI, the last part of the movie was completely reshot around the beginning of November. In other words, the chick and the mute boy did NOT exist in the story at all until the reshoots.

And the book IS incredible and what I find amazing is that they use the title and the main character's name - but NOTHING else from the book. Like, WHY?

[Mr. Visions]

I actually thought the whole movie was pretty cool, I didn't see the butterfly in the glass, I was too caught in looking at the mutant's face screaming and so forth. The ending was a bit rushed I though, in the sense of connecting things together, but I did like the turn of the character and how clues were dropped through the movie that he was in a since a savior of the race. I will have to read the book, it sounds intriguing that the movie was completely different. And I will say the most touching part of the movie was the relationship with Sam and Neville. PatriciaS said the ending was re-shot, I hope they put the original on the DVD release to see.

I also was in a great mood to watch this because of the Batman trailer, what a great way to start the evening.

- Visions

[s.ketch]

I thought that even though the movie is called I am Legend, it was based on the Omega Man book? Im not too sure though, havent read either.

[Elwell]

I thought that even though the movie is called I am Legend, it was based on the Omega Man book? Im not too sure though, havent read either.
Backwards. The Omega Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/) and the Last Man on Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/) were both adaptations of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Legend-Richard-Matheson/dp/0765318741).

[cotron]

the book is excellent...the story in the movie was totally different. i mean completely totalllllllly different.

Yeah, the book trumps the movie in so many ways... I was bummed when I found out how little the movie stays with the book.

And for me, the whole bob marley thing was retarded too... "you see, bob marley was like a virologist..." huh!?

[ricksmith]

I'd have to agree with Wes. The book is amazing. I've read it and listened to the audio version. Possibly one of the scariest (psychological as well as intense-creepy) vampire stories I've read. From what I've seen of the film (previews, mind you), it looks as if I Am Legend (the novel) and Omega Man smashed together into a new story. I'll most likely still watch the film, but I'll just enjoy it for what it is - not what I want it to be.

[Costau D]

Cast Away

Chuck Noland: Wilson!?...Wilson!...Wilson!

I am Legend (2007)

Robert Neville: SAM!?...Sam!...S...Vampire!!! Oh noes!

Know what I mean?:shrug:

I have to ask though. How the hell could the human body withstand 106 degree temperatures and a VERY fast heart beat at the rate the vampires were experiencing. And still be able to function and live?

[Presence]

They lost me at CG vampires...

Were all 600 creature and effects makeup studios in Hollywood and NY out for lunch when they went to pre-production on this? Is that the best they could give Will? A CG slack jaw vampire? CG Vampire Dogs? For God sakes the Resident Evil series did this and did it BETTER!

I am blown away that they tried to shove this mediocre visual down our collective throat. Will rocked this thing, he held back, he wasn't casual and funny he was honestly projecting a character, even in the medical jacket and glasses I didn't roll my eyes once...Will Smith playing doctor, convincingly, and then you cut to CG VAMPIRE :wtf:

Could you imagine, 28 Days Later level makeup in this film? I would have gone back into the theatre for the second late show.

[Jason Ross]

read the book!! i cant recommend it enough.
it's a classic from 1954.
the book is excellent...the story in the movie was totally different. i mean completely totalllllllly different.

i thought the movie was okay for the first half but fell apart pretty badly in the last 45 minutes.
its strange how much they changed it so much from the book, the movie doesnt even preserve the whole reason of the title of the book.

I definetly plan to. Im looking for it now.

They lost me at CG vampires...
I am blown away that they tried to shove this mediocre visual down our collective throat. Will rocked this thing, he held back, he wasn't casual and funny he was honestly projecting a character, even in the medical jacket and glasses I didn't roll my eyes once...Will Smith playing doctor, convincingly, and then you cut to CG VAMPIRE :wtf:

Could you imagine, 28 Days Later level makeup in this film? I would have gone back into the theatre for the second late show.

absolutely

[Undertow]

*SPOILERS GALORE FOR BOTH BOOK AND MOVIE SO DON'T SWIPE TEXT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW*

I liked it and I have read the original short story. I do agree with the complaints on the ending. The books ending explains the title perfectly, the movie went in the completely different direction with the survivors colony and having the female character from the book be an actual human kind of pissed me off.

Allot of the changes made to the film worked rather well as an update. If the original story was turned into a series it would've been better. It took a while for Neville to figure out the genetic mutation angle in the book as he wasn't a scientist, and the fact that they ditched the different types of vampires sucked. In the book I liked his old car pool buddy yelling "Come out Neville!" every night and having that established interaction and plot device. Additionally in the book the vampires surround his house every night waiting for him to screw and that to me was much more intense. It seemed as if they started to go that direction in the beginning but then threw it all out of the window in the end where they "Found him" which made no sense. Short cutting him already having his dog still kept true to the device of the dog being the only thing keeping him from killing himself. What I didn't get was that 1 vampire is smart enough to build a perfectly executed snare, handle dogs, but can't speak... that was dumb.

What I will say is that after watching the Golden Compass the day before, this movie kicked the ever loving crap out of it. The Golden Compass was a pretty movie but I was bored to tears for all but 1 scene.

[jfwalls]

One of the best things about the story was the ending. Matheson wrote some great stuff for the Twilight Zone, and the original story had a Twilight Zone style ending. Without that they shouldn't even call it I Am Legend. Looks like the Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price is still the best version.

[smugbug]

*SPOILERS GALORE FOR BOTH BOOK AND MOVIE SO DON'T SWIPE TEXT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW*



**More Spoilers**

And to expand at what you began to mention - the perspective shift towards the end of the story in the book:
The creatures that Neville had assumed all along were nothing more than brainless "things" - were actually intelligent. And in the end, HE (Neville) was their boogyman; their monster; he was the creature that killed them and wanted to destroy them. Hence, "I Am Legend".






**End

NOW, if the film makers had one iota of an idea of what a good story is - they have kept this major plot point IN and it would have made a badass movie.

[Undertow]

**More Spoilers**

And to expand at what you began to mention - the perspective shift towards the end of the story in the book:
The creatures that Neville had assumed all along were nothing more than brainless "things" - were actually intelligent. And in the end, HE (Neville) was their boogyman; their monster; he was the creature that killed them and wanted to destroy them. Hence, "I Am Legend".






**End

NOW, if the film makers had one iota of an idea of what a good story is - they have kept this major plot point IN and it would have made a badass movie.

Agreed!

[Orunitier]

It was good until the vampires show up. If the entire movie was just Will Smith and the dog, it would've been fine. But the CGI vampires ruined it.

[Undertow]

It was good until the vampires show up. If the entire movie was just Will Smith and the dog, it would've been fine. But the CGI vampires ruined it.

You have to admit though, that scene in the building where he hits his flash light and sees that group of them huddled together was awesome. The CG wasn't that terrible, it just didn't match up to what it should have been. They should have used prosthetic make up and gone with real actors.

[Jason Ross]

You have to admit though, that scene in the building where he hits his flash light and sees that group of them huddled together was awesome.
scariest part of the movie.

[Pav]

agreed, zombies were too generic and overpowered, after watching x amount of movies I feel like I know that they are and what they do, I suppose a virus can do many interesting things to humans rather than make them pale and aggressive, butterfly tattoo(?), but the city atmosphere and the way Will was making his living was awesome. Movie makers should forget about overused cliche and follow the book, it was written for a reason!

spoilers:

-I got the canned food, gas and ammo part but unlimited electricity source in dead city? (fresh bacon and eggs?)

-how did one frag grenade killed them all at the end? was it for the gas tanks he kept around?

-how come deers and lions were immune, but dogs and rats got infected?

-Will has hunted a lot of zombies for studies before, why did the zombie leader decided to revenge, after Will captured their 20 years old female? was it his "girlfriend"

-general question for all movies, what do infected eat to stay alive an be so energetic? They have to die out of hunger and dehydration right? They are still flesh and bone.

P.S. This is the original movie trailer from 1964:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4mYireNvcg

and Omega Man 1971:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-MosmUseSY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-MosmUseSY)

[Orunitier]

spoilers

^ I can questions 3 and 4:

3. The animals were immune to the airborne virus. The rats were injected by Neville and his dog was bitten by an infected dog. As long as they didn't get bit, the deer and lions are okay.

4. I don't know about the book (haven't read it...yet), but in the first movie, not all of the vampires were crazy. Some people got infected and were still intelligent, but could only come out at night. In this movie, instead of having two types of vampires, it shows that they aren't as mindless as Neville thinks.

[Flake]

As a standalone film, not bad.

As an adaptation of one of my favourite books, that fails on every imaginable level.

[Jacob Kobryn]

I just saw it. It was very disappointing. On one level, the vampires were literally clones. Who ever was the animator in the movie just sculpted one model and multiplied it like a hundred times. It was really good until about half way through. It pretty much fell apart when the vampires made the trap. Also their mouths moved much wider than a normal human beings. This is a structural adaptation. Structural adaptations don't occur during the animals life cycle but rather during development in the animal's mother's womb. There were many things to point out here but I don't have the time and I'm sure it's already been said.

[Jacob Kobryn]

I got the canned food, gas and ammo part but unlimited electricity source in dead city? (fresh bacon and eggs?)


He had a generator to run his electricity. That's one of the reasons why he was collecting gas. If you don't know what a generator is then go to Home Depot and ask about one. ;)

[Jason Rainville]

I was looking forward to this. Never read the book, but the idea of the legend role reversal I read about online (which is aparently part of the novel) had me really excited.

In the end the story was stright forward, the vampires looked like CRAP and it was all just frumpy and boring.

I agree though that the first time he found the vamps all huddled in a corner was the best part of the movie. They should have just copied that moment into the rest of the encounters. And used real people. And didn't give them super powers. And followed the original story. And and and...

[timpaatkins]

Yes I was also pretty disappointed. And they didn't tie up the storyline where someone hung that bloody piece of meat (ie the woman) in his house dripping with blood? That would have kept in line with the novel. There is talk of there being a re shoot because test audiences found the original endiong to be too depressing. If thats the case, then I say: fuck those guys.
what the hell are they teaching in the animation/film/acting/whatever schools today by the way? every damn film has monsters howling and screaming in rage at the camera in every scene. (see 30 days of night, dawn of the dead remake etc) For the love of god, think of something ELSE to emote your fucking characters besides useless howling.

On a side note, abandoned NYC was EXCELLENT!

[Jacob Kobryn]

The ending was weird... They have the cure. Now what? They capture every last mutant and inject them???

[ciots]

i loved it!
i can see the original story idea working better though..i remember hoping this movie wouldnt turn out like war of the worlds because it was starting off so well, anyone else feel that? i could just see an anticlimactic ending happening, but it was a pleasantly finished one

if i hadn't so many books in a queue for me to read, id really like to get reading on it, damn!

[Sketch Monkey]

I just saw this yesterday. I haven't read the book (although I plan to soon), so I cannot comment on how well or poorly they adapted it. I can just judge the film on its own merits.

I enjoyed the movie for one reason. Will Smith did a great job. His performance was "A" quality work.The scenes with him and Sam were genuinely touching. I believed his isolation and how valuable a canine companion could be in that situation. That made the scene where Sam chased the deer into the dark seekers lair one of the most emotionally effective I have seen in a long time. The tension between his sense of self-preservation and his love for his dog was gripping. The helplessness of not being able to call out and shine his flashlight really got to me. Will played the part perfectly. I think that a lot of people lost interest in the movie after Sam's tragedy because they had so much emotional investment in the believable relationship he had with his dog.
Anything that came after that just didn't ring as true.

The scenes of abandoned NY were good but not great. I'd give them a "B". I think the filmmakers missed an opportunity to play up the theme of light=life a bit more. The lighting was pretty straightforward, but it could have been much more dramatic and given the city an epic feel. The zombie/vampires were seriously weak character design. Generic and bad anatomy along with sub-par rendering. I'd give them a "D". Monster movies need believable and memorable monsters. Makeup on humans would have been way better than jello-jointed, weightless clones. Digitally manipulated human actors would have been my choice Something with a Chris Cunningham feel would have rocked.

Something that did bother me was all the fu*king product placements for apple and ford. Driving shiny, newly washed and waxed cars around 3 years after civilization fell apart is just A LITTLE unbelievable. PLEASE, PLEASE stop ruining our movies by inserting inappropriate product placement that adversely affects story!

Overall, I liked the move. The ending wasn't great, but it didn't bother me as much as some others here. Will carried this one on his back. With that performance, it was a missed opportunity to make something really great.

[IvkeBG]

How's it going good people?

Just seen it today. Figured there might be a thread here. Before I went to see it I was only worried about the plot being ruined by bullshit blockbuster punchlines and pseudo heroic bravado. But I was pleasantly surprised by acting. And I also liked a the relationship between the main character and his dog, and the fact that he is slightly insane because of the isolation.

What really got to me is the CG (again, for the millionth high budget movie in a row). There's an aspect which was greatly enhanced by CG imo, environments, and the other aspect, mentioned by a lot of people earlier, the infected humans, done in CG, which was completely fucked up.

As timpaatkins pointed out, why, for the n-th time, do the CG characters have to scream at the audience with their mouth gaping wide open, just to show that they are angry/insane/dehumanized/all of the above? If an animator is incompetent to show a definite emotion of mindlesness without resorting to blatant screaming-and-clenching-my-eyebrows combo, then they deffinitely should have used live actors, like in '28 days later'. Furthermore, since the movie industry began using CG for modeling organic characters, I haven't seen a single animation of a dynamic movement (like jumping) that looks even remotely substantial and real. This stuff turns me away from movies with CG. It turned me well away from 3D animation of characters. It just doesn't look convincing.

I have to read the book. Thank you, oh wonderful world of CG, for showing me that nothing beats literature, even if it's printed on toilet paper.

[Flake]

The book is great, and probably cheaper than a movie ticket.

[playforchrissy]

I just saw this movie and I thought it was pretty good. It makes me want to read the book now so I can see how different it is.

[magicgoo]

I just saw it last night, finally.

My husband and I read the book a couple of years ago and were reeeaaaally disappointed with this movie. I would have been happy with the movie if A: It followed the book, or if B: it didn't call itself I Am Legend and was an entirely independent film from the book.

Also HATE when they add growling to humans and make their stupid jaws all stretchy digitally. C'mon! I can believe extra human strength as a result of a virus, but why the hell would human vocal cords just suddenly start sounding like tiger growls?? Gay. Take out the cheesy rubbery digital human forms and go full on analog for these monsters by using real human actors. It's so much more scary when the body movements are believable and no one is growling like a beast-tard.

Final complaint.... Typical Hollywood style film: Make endings happy or hopeful. Blah. Maintain the integrity of the bleak outcome of the book, or don't rewrite endings at all.

[MrHoboX87]

I dont think I've ever been so let down by and ending. It even felt like they were building to the books ending by including Anna (I have no clue why the hell the kid was even there, he had no lines).
Fuck optimistic happy endings. It's called I Am Legend for reason...
Only good spots were the first hour, Smith's acting, and that I got to see "The Dark Knight" trailer.

[Olof]

I for one can't listen to "Three little birds" without missing a dog I never had.

(don't read on because of potential spoilers)
I enjoyed the movie alot, mostly because I expected some really bad wildwildwestcomedycrap-will with some B-scifi vampire theme. And even though it had ALOT of crap in it.

To list some things, his recently polished sportscar that he drives through the city, hunting herds of deers. As if that wasn't weird enough he misses the deer because a fkin lion managed to get it before him. Sure he could set up electricity. Pumping gas and getting a couple of generators can't be that hard. But his house, and all the places he went looked as if they were disenfected, contained or cleaned everyday since they were left. So except for being a military, a doctor (or scientist, whoever reseraches viruses), carpenter, electrician, he manages to teach his dog every trick there is, loot half a town etc. IMHO he didn't need all that crap, and I think the feeling of loneliness could have been improved by giving him a bit lower standards of living.

BUT. I enjoyed this movie. It felt like a big rpg, and we were following a NPC. I really enjoyed the post apocalyptic journal.

[HunterKiller_]

I just saw it today.
Have to agree with the majority of the comments, i.e. awesome story till the dog died, lame CGI zombies/vampires, etc.

Btw, did the same CGI studio work on this as The Mummy? Because as soon as that zombie/albino dude screamed, I was like "Wtf, The Mummy?".

[lumar]

i didnt like it. To me it was another high budget, good looking movie without any substance but with an initial good idea.

and its funny that you mention the girl and child being introduced in reshoot PatriciaS, because i thought to myself that they were thrown in to advance the plot in a fairly transparent way. at about 1/3 in the movie seems to have done all the cool things it wanted to and then just snore its way to an ending.

we need hollywood to run out of money so that movies have to be good to get anywhere

oh yeah and the zombies looked lame and stupid. why bother with guns, just walk around with a UV light and you are invincible.

[John.D]

I liked it.

I havn't read the books and have no knowledge of them. I did find it emotional when Sam died, more how he died than anything, and I am fairly strong emotionally. I wasn't a great fan of Anna being introduced as it took away from the whole feeling of isolation, but I did like the ending. Maybe I just don't watch many films, but it's always a welcome change seeing the main character die (don't take that the wrong way), and I did like the fact Anna found the other survivors like she believed she would.

It was a dark film. I think it worked overall (wasn't a fan of the zombie aspect although Neville's M4 kicked arse)

[Jabo]

Just came home from watching it. I'm surprised how many nice movies are out or will be out this year. I Am Legend was the one I was really looking forward to. Funny how much you can make the first half of a film so overly awesome and then screw up so deeply and obviously with the second half.

I enjoyed the movie for one reason. Will Smith did a great job. His performance was "A" quality work.The scenes with him and Sam were genuinely touching. I believed his isolation and how valuable a canine companion could be in that situation. That made the scene where Sam chased the deer into the dark seekers lair one of the most emotionally effective I have seen in a long time. The tension between his sense of self-preservation and his love for his dog was gripping. The helplessness of not being able to call out and shine his flashlight really got to me. Will played the part perfectly. I think that a lot of people lost interest in the movie after Sam's tragedy because they had so much emotional investment in the believable relationship he had with his dog.
Anything that came after that just didn't ring as true.

Quoted for emphasis. This was Will Smith's best performance. The part with the dog running into the dark building was the best scene in the movie and a really good one even compared to other movies. Real emotion, but between a dog and a man (GOOGLE searchers, NO PERVERSION!). Hell, I even liked the acting of both Smith and the dog in the "barrier of light" stumble scene.

The scenes of abandoned NY were good but not great. I'd give them a "B". I think the filmmakers missed an opportunity to play up the theme of light=life a bit more. The lighting was pretty straightforward, but it could have been much more dramatic and given the city an epic feel.

Disagree here. I enjoyed the scenes so much, I wish there was about 2 hours more of this. The vegetation was so great and also, it wasn't all destroyed like in your typical post-apocalyptic horror movie. It was just so amazingly empty. And the lighting was actually pretty well done IMO. It established a big contrast between the day and night scenarios. Also, we all know that NYC is epic. Seeing it in this (rather non-hollywoodish) light was refreshing.

I have to read the book. Thank you, oh wonderful world of CG, for showing me that nothing beats literature, even if it's printed on toilet paper.

Will order the book tonight so I can start reading Saturday :D EDIT: No I won't, as the book isn't available until in 3 weeks :(

[Dizon]

I enjoyed the movie a lot, but like some of you here, I wished they kept the dog instead of the other characters.

[Barts]

Something that did bother me was all the fu*king product placements for apple and ford. Driving shiny, newly washed and waxed cars around 3 years after civilization fell apart is just A LITTLE unbelievable. PLEASE, PLEASE stop ruining our movies by inserting inappropriate product placement that adversely affects story!

get a grip mate, you ever tried to make a movie??? do you know how much
funding for your movie you can get if you put a little apple sign or a ford logo
in??, it doesn't ruin the movie at all, look around u mate product placement is
everywhere in our day to day life, it doesn't adversely affect the story at all
unless u are ann overcritical person like yourself, boo hoo hes typing on a Mac
and driving a Ford what did u expect him to use??? would you have a cry if he
was using a NEC monitor with a pc and driving a Cadillac?? be reasonable man.

[Jabo]

Heh, I'm dito with that. I didn't care. Actually, I loved the car, and it was cool to see that Apple survived so long, even after the apocalypse.

[Curse]

As everyone's said, the best part of the movie was before the dog died, and all the little things that didn't make sense were kinda bleh. What was the deal with the single intelligent zombie guy? They're supposed to be completely mindless but he can set up traps and command zombie dogs (??). Someone mentioned different types of zombies in the book but that wasn't even mentioned in the movie.

[Jabo]

I think "mindless" is the wrong word. The only thing that seems to happen to them is a high pulse and high adrenaline release, plus high temperature...

...

... on the other hand, when he records a report, he says they've completely lost the human behaviour. And outside of the Disney sandbox, I've never seen an animal giving commands to another animal. You're probably right :P

[IvkeBG]

As everyone's said, the best part of the movie was before the dog died...

spoilers

I agree that the story was watered down and rushed at the end, but I disagree about the death of Sam. I mean, it was all spiraling downwards, after the dog died we see another flashback when we find out that his family died right there during the evacuation. I think they should have pushed on and finished the movie with him blasting the zombies and himself just after finding the cure, without introducing Anna and the boy at all (and fixing plotline as to how the zombies followed him back home). That would have been an emotional knockout imo. He finds the antidote, but he's cornered and we realize he won't be able to cure the desease.
Not that I'm a sucker for gloom, but '28days later' had an optimistic ending. I wanted a 'requiem for a dream' ending, damnit :)! For once, the humanity faces impossible odds... and looses.

[Flake]

I wanted a 'requiem for a dream' ending, damnit :)! For once, the humanity faces impossible odds... and looses.

Then you want the book.

[Professor Az]

Looks like the Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price is still the best version.

QFT - This latest version is just a remake of The Omega Man, and Heston dies better. In fact, we made it a point to watch my copy of The Last Man On Earth, plus the 1970's version before we went to the theater, just so we could do some comparisons. Smith is a good actor, don't get me wrong, but the story lacked some depth, and the ending felt rushed. Not a bad movie, but Smith is no Vincent Price.

The book is very, very good reading, BTW. I highly recommend it. :confident

[GriNGo]

I didn't want the dog to die... so there's a testament of how good the character buildup was until that part of the movie. After that, it all seemed rushed. The ending wasn't bad, but I really felt the movie was too short.

[Jazz]

(for anyone else who didn't see it, couple more spoilers)

When I saw it, I thought it was good! But so sad throughout, just what Neville was going through! I was sad for Sam...but sadder for the family parting! I think the wife and daughter leaving was more heart-breaking to me than the copter just getting blown up...well, you know. I felt bad, but my sympathy left the whole family for some reason.

Also...I thought it was confusing when Neville gets himself blown up with the zombies instead of throwing the grenade in that little hole in the glass and jumping. Unless he just wanted to die. :P I didn't care for that ending, though I was happy the woman and her son got to that colony. :)