I am Legend

[POTTENI]

Who is going to see it today? It looks so awsome, I can't stand it.

[krunsh]

It was a great movie

[hooray for zombies]

I will be going to see it at some point in the near future (especially since I just got out on winter break)

[dontleave]

I will be going to see it at some point in the near future

[gorgoth]

Want to see, saw No Country For Old Men today instead, which was also great.

[No Shelter]

Saw it. It was pretty good. Shitty ending.

[The One]

Shitty ending.
Lol it was complete bs actually, I read the book so i saw it coming, but I would figure they would change it....... still pretty good movie.

[squerl]

Yeah, it was a good movie, but the ending c'mon.

[The One]

Yeah, it was a good movie, but the ending c'mon.
Hence the name "I am Legend"

[krunsh]

I don't think the ending was that bad, but it could have been better.

[Etheallmighty]

either everyone else is too critical, or I'm a pushover.....but I can't remember a movie where I said "I liked it, but the ending sucked"

(I've seen the first two, so I could see it coming also)

I thought it was awesome.....

best part 2 me:(brief as possible as to not spoil)
this part was SO FREAKING SUSPENSFUL!!!
-slowly dragging back to the car with dogs waiting to get past the sunlight.

great acting by the Smithinator





SPOILER SPEORISEUOIREUROPEIRUORPIWEUROPIRUWOIPRUOIRUROI!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




that sucks sooooooooo much in the flashback right after the heli takes off and the other one runs into it....also strangling the dog :(....tear.......

[POTTENI]

Yeah, awsome movie, SPOILERS * but after the dog died, i felt that the movie started going a little downhill.*

"Frank, if you're alive, you better tell me!"

[No Shelter]

"NO!!! NO!!"

[Evilferret]

Isnt the movie with vampires? People in my school say terrorist attacks -.-.... and my friends say zombies......so...ya.. Oh ya! btw yesturday when i got on the bus the guy on the radio said "Ya the movie was going great until Will Smith randomly takes off his shirt and exercises" umm...ok...

[No Shelter]

It wasn't randomly. The scene just starts off with him exercising. I guess it was to show what he does on a daily basis.

[The One]

It wasn't randomly. The scene just starts off with him exercising. I guess it was to show what he does on a daily basis.
yeah, it shows his daily routines so....

[engagequadlaser]

The way the book got its title "I am legend" was much better than the way the movie worked it in. But meh, when is a movie ever as good as the book.

[frogopus]

I really loved this movie... I blame the ending on a high stress situation and a hero complex

[POTTENI]

Just saw it for my second time. HA HA!

[lilsamuraijoe]

what about that Dark Knight trailer? That gave me chills.

Here is another bootleg trailer, a different one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwV_SOgvq2s

you better watch it quick for it goes down.

[globalenjoi]

***SPOILERS, but you shouldn't be in a thread about a movie that you haven't seen if you don't want it to be ruined duh!!***

I fucking loved this movie. Every bit (I actually liked the ending) of it was incredible. The intesity when he was crawling back to his car nearly killed me... I gripped my chair soo hard.. And the dog thing.. made me sad =( But the movie did an excellent job portraying Neville as the last man, struggling to maintain his sanity.

So yeah... 28 Days Later was good, 28 Weeks Later was good too... this one tops them both imo. (all are in the Fast-Running Zombie-Like Things category of course)

[PsychoJoe]

It was pretty good. Shitty ending.
Haha same with 30 days of night but on topic i wanna see it!

[dontleave]

I just saw it... have to say though, cold air stopping a virus? It didn't even look that cold there. I mean, they said mountain...

Anyway, wouldn't that mean everyone in the Arctic circle is alive, and half of Canada.

Also, the pilot in the blue helicopter is a fucking moron... Like what the fuck was that?

I don't like the deviation from the novel that turned the Infected into near mindless savages. They 'hinted' at their sentience but really, it wasn't enough. At most it made the movie seem more awkward. Like:

"I'm pissed you stole my zombie chick, now even though you have a cure and all, and shes in that room with you, ima still be a masochist, smash my head around and try to kill you. And moreso, you have a grenade!!!"

[frogopus]

Comparisons to the novel will always hurt the movie. I always think of them as two separate attempts at a similar story.

[dontleave]

Yeah but still. They totally turned the nature of the title and the villains around, didn't like that very much.

[Cradoc]

The intesity when he was crawling back to his car nearly killed me... I gripped my chair soo hard

I turned to my Friend while watching it in IMAX and said "oh Shit Son"

[globalenjoi]

I turned to my Friend while watching it in IMAX and said "oh Shit Son"

Rofl. There was a chick behind me who screamed sooo loud at every jumpy moment... scared the hell out of me each time.

[tripp36]

oh oh we cant throw that granade thru that hole and run inside the hole with the women and boy....oh fuck no...why live..silly i idea...and oh yeah there not showing ne sign of being human not the hole trap with fred.....

acutlly i have a Q. did fred move and look at will or was that just me?

[Cradoc]

An illusion? I donno, I saw that too

[gorgoth]

As the foremost Vermonter here, who has seen the movie, the whole "Oh, look at us, Bethel Vermont and our big concrete walls! And the cold will stop the virus in the mountains!", was wrong and dumb. As far as temperature, as it wasn't winter in that movie, Vermont really isn't cold except in the winter. I live in Burlington VT, about 60 miles north of Bethel, and it's hit 104 degrees before. Also, that was in no way Bethel. Also, Bethel is not in the mountains. A side note. If the zombies can climb Will Smiths like 5 story house, how is a 18 foot concrete wall going to even slow them? And another thing. How did Anna and Ethan get from NYC, all bridges and tunnels kaput, to Bethel? And another thing, That zombie leader dude is way to resilient. And another thing, how is like 50mL of cure that is exclusively from Neville's (blow'd up) body going to save them if they can't reproduce it? And another thing, why the fuck would the military go ahead and destroy the bridges and freak out the pilots instead of waiting for 'em? And how does the zombie leader move Fred like 40 blocks, set up a snare trap rigged to a taxi hanging over a ledge to get Will? I suppose dontleave is right about them not really being sentient in the movie, but if they aren't how in gods name do they do that? And how do you break an inch of bullet proof glass with your forehead? And why Bethel? And What retarded doctor makes a cure for cancer that magically mutates into a disease that turns people into bald decaying UV avoiding zombie people? And why are dogs not immune to the contact strain but the airborne strain? And what about lions and deer? Are they immune? And how did Will capture so many damn squirrels? And oh yeah, if this shit does happen, Vermont wins ftw w00t. Also, great movie, loved it.

[tripp36]

As the foremost Vermonter here, who has seen the movie, the whole "Oh, look at us, Bethel Vermont and our big concrete walls! And the cold will stop the virus in the mountains!", was wrong and dumb. As far as temperature, as it wasn't winter in that movie, Vermont really isn't cold except in the winter. I live in Burlington VT, about 60 miles north of Bethel, and it's hit 104 degrees before. Also, that was in no way Bethel. Also, Bethel is not in the mountains. A side note. If the zombies can climb Will Smiths like 5 story house, how is a 18 foot concrete wall going to even slow them? And another thing. How did Anna and Ethan get from NYC, all bridges and tunnels kaput, to Bethel? And another thing, That zombie leader dude is way to resilient. And another thing, how is like 50mL of cure that is exclusively from Neville's (blow'd up) body going to save them if they can't reproduce it? And another thing, why the fuck would the military go ahead and destroy the bridges and freak out the pilots instead of waiting for 'em? And how does the zombie leader move Fred like 40 blocks, set up a snare trap rigged to a taxi hanging over a ledge to get Will? I suppose dontleave is right about them not really being sentient in the movie, but if they aren't how in gods name do they do that? And how do you break an inch of bullet proof glass with your forehead? And why Bethel? And What retarded doctor makes a cure for cancer that magically mutates into a disease that turns people into bald decaying UV avoiding zombie people? And why are dogs not immune to the contact strain but the airborne strain? And what about lions and deer? Are they immune? And how did Will capture so many damn squirrels? And oh yeah, if this shit does happen, Vermont wins ftw w00t. Also, great movie, loved it.




your awsome i loved the movie but WTF

[dontleave]

I was under the impression they were rats...

[gorgoth]

I like the idea of Will Smith running around trying to catch fuzzy little squirrels more than filthy rats. More comical.

[FireFog]

I have to see this one for sure :)
So many movies to see in a very short amount of time *sigh*
^^
I guess i'll see it after the holidays^.

[QuotidianTemerity]

I finished watching it an hour or so ago. Definitely one of the best movies of this year, in my humble opinion.

[frogopus]

I finished watching it an hour or so ago. Definitely one of the best movies of this year, in my humble opinion.

Thats how I felt Quot, there were some weird details and fair is fair but it was still a great movie, both emotional and thrilling.

[lilsamuraijoe]

The trap that trapped Robert was his own trap. You guys really shouldn't worry about these random things.

[dontleave]

I thought that the zombie guy set that up? (woot ps3 post)

[Deadly]

the ending was actually changed because will smith gave it away!

b ut ya really good movie.

on a side note, first post on the forums in a long long time!

[dontleave]

the ending was actually changed because will smith gave it away!

How does he give away a 40 year old ending?

[ShadowSlayer7]

Just saw the movie a couple hours ago... It was brilliant.

Frank's head does move as he is passing by. That was freaky. And when he would go into the DVD stores, I would always expect the models to be the infected. Especially the cashier guy. =D

And to me, I don't really care if movies don't follow the book/game. As long is the movie is good, that is good enough for me.

[globalenjoi]

Frank's head does move as he is passing by. That was freaky. And when he would go into the DVD stores, I would always expect the models to be the infected. Especially the cashier guy. =D

Yeah, the models scared the shit outta me. But, that could be because I have always found manicans to be quite creepy. Just don't like'em. But yeah... was on the edge of my seat each time he was around them.

[gorgoth]

Ok, they fucked up explaining if it was Smith's trap. I like the idea of zombie leader dude #1 moving it more. Great movie.

[QuotidianTemerity]

Ok, they fucked up explaining if it was Smith's trap. I like the idea of zombie leader dude #1 moving it more. Great movie.

I'm quite positive the leader himself set the trap. Plus, there are many allusions that the infected are actually quite sentient, though morbidly antipathic.

[dontleave]

I'm quite positive the leader himself set the trap. Plus, there are many allusions that the infected are actually quite sentient, though morbidly antipathic.

That's what I was thinking. But the other guy seemed pretty convinced.

[frogopus]

I think we were meant to feel uncertain whether it was the Infected who moved him or if we were in Neville's head and he was losing it.

[gorgoth]

I think that that deer moved. The bastards.

[Shrubberyjsc]

OK!

I just saw it.

I thought it was great, and it's probably as close to L4D as movies are going to come.

BUT!

I agree with what Gorgoth said in his fat-ass paragraph. The part about the jets blowing up the bridges made me mad too. Implosions go out of style or something?

As far as guns go, Neville really sucked.

*He was inaccurate as hell.
*He didn't seem to take any guns on his suicide run.
*He has so many in his closet, but can't even tape two mags together for fast reloads?

He seemed over-prepared, and then you find that all his fortifications can be overrun in mere seconds. Silly. Not even an emergency knockout gas button for the lab?

For many of the movie's important events, I got the same feeling when I watched a stealth bomber shoot down Air Force One with air-to-air missles in the TV series 24.

DX

I could almost believe that it was Neville's own trap, but if it was... He was really losing it.


If I'm supposed to accept the sentient nature of the 'dark seekers' I think I'll puke. Seriously. If they can set traps, why not just snipe neville with the guns he leaves lying around? Sentient and hunter/tank-like? C'mon!

=P

All in all, good movie. Some things were off though.

[dontleave]

Come to think of it, I think Frank was Neville's trap, or atleast the trap itself. (Maybe the Zombie moved the mannequin) I mostly think this because the zombies although somewhat intelligent are retarded. I mean, the end of the movie pretty much proves that for 10 minutes.

If I'm supposed to accept the sentient nature of the 'dark seekers' I think I'll puke. Seriously. If they can set traps, why not just snipe neville with the guns he leaves lying around? Sentient and hunter/tank-like? C'mon!

Ironically, don't they shoot him in the novel? Or atleast in another remake, probably Omega Man or The Last Man on Earth.

[Shrubberyjsc]

Yeah, I'd accept that they moved the mannequin.

(looks like I made a 'fat-ass paragraph' too!)

=)

Edit:

Ironically, don't they shoot him in the novel? Or atleast in another remake, probably Omega Man or The Last Man on Earth.



Wow. If so... wow.

I much prefer stupid hordes. Thinking Zombie seems the most ironic oxymoron.

[gorgoth]

Zombies with guns is stupid. IF they are smart enough to fire and use guns and shoot people, it really doesn't matter if they are zombies or crazy people with guns.

[dontleave]

Wow. Considering they're NOT zombies... in the book or film, that was a stupid comment. In fact, nevermind... if you didn't get it, I shouldn't explain. I r t3h lazeh.

[gorgoth]

I know that they are not zombies, but as far as the movie goes, portraying them as stupid mindless zombie like thingies, they can't set up traps. In the books, which I have not read, I believe, based on your comment, that they are more sentient and it does a better job of portraying that.

[dontleave]

In the books, which I have not read, I believe, based on your comment, that they are more sentient and it does a better job of portraying that.

Well there's two version in the book, the zombies, and the 'still living'

SPOILERS

The 'still living' end up capturing him, even tricking him, then executing him in front of the 'new society'

[gorgoth]

That sounds like a great ending.

[dontleave]

That sounds like a great ending.

Better than M1 Kamikaze stupid butterfly glass window retarded zombie head bash.

[Shrubberyjsc]

Wow! Now I almost want to read the book. Almost.

[globalenjoi]

What, what are the books called?

[dontleave]

... I AM LEGEND?

Omega Man and the Last Man on Earth are both, along with this years I Am Legend, based on the novel.

[Etheallmighty]

spoilers (for the two original movies)


I've seen the original "last man on Earth" and in that one I think he is killed by (not the zombies, but other survivor people) in a church....

I just bought the "omega man" with Charleston Heston, and they are not even close to zombies/vampires, but they are hippy looking cult sort of people. they can talk and organize and in the end he gets speared in front of his house in a big fountain.

Those infected have black......well just think of those people from monty python and the holy grail, who hit themselves in the head with boards.but with sunglasses and long hair :)

[Sifer2]

Hmm well I have not read the book or seen the other movies. An so far it sounds like the ending from this movie is the one I prefer. Since its just ironic that he finally gets the cure just in time to redeem himself but he has to die so the dark stalker things will leave the other two alone. Or at least that was my interpretation of it being the dark stalkers didn't like him in particular. You could say it was because he had kidnapped lots of them for his experiments. But you could also view them as being like his demons he had to face for his part in making the virus. I liked how for a while there we were not sure if the guy was sane or not.


Just remember that usually whichever version of the story you read or viewed first is probably the one you will prefer. I mean I still prefer the ending from the lord of the ring books where the shire gets attacked but I do understand the movie ending works better for the movies.

[krunsh]

I love the book and the movie (read the book before the movie), and I think both are very good, and since the book is very short, It was fun to have a whole new story.

Yesterday, I watched the Omega man... I hated it. No vampire or monster or anything... I hated the whole evil family thing... I hated all the other survivor... I hated most of it :p

but Nevil was cool before he met that girl.

[Asura]

Just wached it, i loved it.
I even cried for that dog called sam.

As the foremost Vermonter here, who has seen the movie, the whole "Oh, look at us, Bethel Vermont and our big concrete walls! And the cold will stop the virus in the mountains!", was wrong and dumb. As far as temperature, as it wasn't winter in that movie, Vermont really isn't cold except in the winter. I live in Burlington VT, about 60 miles north of Bethel, and it's hit 104 degrees before. Also, that was in no way Bethel. Also, Bethel is not in the mountains. A side note. If the zombies can climb Will Smiths like 5 story house, how is a 18 foot concrete wall going to even slow them? And another thing. How did Anna and Ethan get from NYC, all bridges and tunnels kaput, to Bethel? And another thing, That zombie leader dude is way to resilient. And another thing, how is like 50mL of cure that is exclusively from Neville's (blow'd up) body going to save them if they can't reproduce it? And another thing, why the fuck would the military go ahead and destroy the bridges and freak out the pilots instead of waiting for 'em? And how does the zombie leader move Fred like 40 blocks, set up a snare trap rigged to a taxi hanging over a ledge to get Will? I suppose dontleave is right about them not really being sentient in the movie, but if they aren't how in gods name do they do that? And how do you break an inch of bullet proof glass with your forehead? And why Bethel? And What retarded doctor makes a cure for cancer that magically mutates into a disease that turns people into bald decaying UV avoiding zombie people? And why are dogs not immune to the contact strain but the airborne strain? And what about lions and deer? Are they immune? And how did Will capture so many damn squirrels? And oh yeah, if this shit does happen, Vermont wins ftw w00t. Also, great movie, loved it.

And lol :D

[OBLITROX]

I liked that movie alot

[tripp36]

u know the part wen they find him at his house becuz of the dumb bitch.. well that one he first starts shooting at....i think to my self...."ITS A FUKCING GUN!" how the fuck did he miss...what is this the matrix

[caboos]

oh oh we cant throw that granade thru that hole and run inside the hole with the women and boy....oh fuck no...why live..silly i idea...and oh yeah there not showing ne sign of being human not the hole trap with fred.....

acutlly i have a Q. did fred move and look at will or was that just me?
ya thats what i thought what happened

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gkyT1vir_fg
yep i replayed it like 50 times he moves

[dontleave]

Wow, there must be a lot of thought into this if there's 4 videos. When does he move exactly? I don't see it, I thought he moved when they were at the movie rental place.

[Master_Bungle]

Wow, there must be a lot of thought into this if there's 4 videos. When does he move exactly? I don't see it, I thought he moved when they were at the movie rental place.
If you look closely, when he spots Fred, Fred's head moves slightly to the left, quite slowly. Hard to notice. I saw it at the cinema and thought maybe the infected had realised wearing a hoody would protect them from the sunlight... But I was wrong... Didn't see that trap coming though! Did he set that trap up and just forget about it or something?

Also, the only thing I didn't really like about the film was that the infected had some sort of leader infected.... How the hell did that come about! They are just crazed mutant things!

[Asura]

Also, the only thing I didn't really like about the film was that the infected had some sort of leader infected.... How the hell did that come about! They are just crazed mutant things!

The mutant got fucking angry cuz out hero stole hes girl friend =O

[krunsh]

The mutant got fucking angry cuz out hero stole hes girl friend =O

true

[Master_Bungle]

The mutant got fucking angry cuz out hero stole hes girl friend =O
Really?! I recall him saying in the film after stealing the girl and encountering the mutants that all social aspects seen in humans was no longer apparent in the mutants... Or something to that effect...
I assumed they were just reduced to rage and hunger...
I'm guessing I'm wrong then?

[tripp36]

Also, the only thing I didn't really like about the film was that the infected had some sort of leader infected.... How the hell did that come about! They are just crazed mutant things!


they remind me of .(well the leader). Zombie/vampire and imhotep from the mummy

it bugged me

[Master_Bungle]

it bugged me
Me too... I guess I assumed they would be more mindless and angry, much like the 28 Days/Weeks Later infected. They seemed to show intelligence sometimes though. Like that one that released the dogs that time... You know... When the dogs attacked...
And also, at that point where he stood in that trap, was that one of his that he just forgot about?

[dontleave]

Quoting: Asura
Also, the only thing I didn't really like about the film was that the infected had some sort of leader infected.... How the hell did that come about! They are just crazed mutant things!


they remind me of .(well the leader). Zombie/vampire and imhotep from the mummy

it bugged me

Lol, we know someone hasn't read the book. (ASURA)

Wait, that wasn't subtle.

[Master_Bungle]

In the book they were vampires weren't they? Is the book worth reading folks? The film was good so I'm guessing as per usual the book is good/better...

[dontleave]

In the book they were vampires weren't they? Is the book worth reading folks? The film was good so I'm guessing as per usual the book is good/better...

Yes and yes.

[hooray for zombies]

My theory on the trap is that it was practically identical to the one he used on the girl zombie/vampire. So, while they weren't smart enough to come up with it, the leader zombie/vampire was able to recreate the trap.

[Master_Bungle]

My theory on the trap is that it was practically identical to the one he used on the girl zombie/vampire. So, while they weren't smart enough to come up with it, the leader zombie/vampire was able to recreate the trap.
Ah, makes sense! I underestimated their intelligence... I'm gonna find the book and read it! After my exams... First exam is tomorrow. I'm sad cause I haven't done enough revision... Shit...

[Asura]

Lol, we know someone hasn't read the book. (ASURA)

I dont read books :P
And thats not my text!!

[Master_Bungle]

they remind me of .(well the leader). Zombie/vampire and imhotep from the mummy

it bugged me
And thats not my text!!
You are... Correct! :D
I don't read books either really... Sometimes though, if it's a good book and I want to read it. And I want to read I Am Legend! So I will! Some other time...

[darksora2323]

it was dope.

[Mustacio]

was a great movie. ending was stupid though


*ending spoilder below*



why didnt he just hide in the air shaft with the chick and throw the frag?

[dontleave]

Because it'd be intelligent and destroy the frantic atmosphere sooner than realizing he could have done that AFTER he blew himself up.

[Jimmyboe]

I thought i am legend was a massive FLOP, the amount of money that was spent on it was obsured, i just thought there wasnt much that stuck out in the film, the vampires wernt in it that much ffs, too much effort was put into the sense of isolation and desperation of wills character(that wasnt even that impressive) and i was left thinking, that was disappointing, IMO 30 days of night is a far better vampire film.

[Evilferret]

They werent really vampires! And the book is way better. The 1950s version is better too! Its only good because will is in it...lol

[arsis]

i just watched it. it was creepy as hell how they just like stood together in a pack in the dark when his dog ran in that garage thing.

[darksora2323]

i just watched it. it was creepy as hell how they just like stood together in a pack in the dark when his dog ran in that garage thing.

that was super funny to me.

[arsis]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=anmsvr0Ziyg&feature=rel ated (http://youtube.com/watch?v=anmsvr0Ziyg&feature=related)

freds head does move

[Jimmyboe]

http://www.youtube.com/v/iFu04yq5yw8&rel=1
Check that shizzle out.. alternative ending!! Better IMO!