I am Legend

Watched this the other night and thought it was ok, but not great.

Agree about the CGI zombies...I wonder why they used CG and not real people in prosthetics...would have looked a lot more 'real'.
 
Having read the book since watching the film, I have to agree with previous posters. The film completely misses the point of the book, and thus the title is pointless.

Just to reiterate, at the end of the book, Neville realises that civilisation has moved on without him, and the vampires are now the social norm. As they are only just developing the ability to go outdoors in sunshine, Neville has been massacring them during daylight hours. In the final act of the book, he accepts that they are now going to kill him, but is surprised to see that the vampire population is scared of him. He has become the "creature of the night" that vampires used to be. He is legend.

Will Smith wasn't. In the happy Hollywood ending, the zompires didn't become the new civilisation.
 
12A is a recent addition to our classifications just above a PG, it doesnt really have a comparison in the states.

Rated R is the same as our 18's, we have R18 which is the equivelent of the USA's NC-17

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1. I am Legend by Richard Matheson.
2. The Last Man on Earth [Vincent Price].
3. Omega Man [Charlton Heston].
4. I am Legend [Will Smith].

This is the order of how I see them.
 
Surely 12A is just a replacement for 12 but slightly more lenient, therefore it will be more or less equivalent to whatever 12 used to be equivalent to in US?
 
It was unfortunate that they had to throw in a happy ending, or at least one that offers hope. I read the novel 20 years ago and the fantastic thing about it was that the hero gets killed and humans are extinct, no happy ending for once. It's just a shame the tarts who run Hollywood seem to imagine time will stand still if a movie doesn't end on an "up".
As far as the movie goes, I enjoyed it nonetheless. Will Smith was great, and the moment with the dog dying was genuinely moving. The old bottom lip was quivering! My only gripe was the CGI. The vampires were a little too computerised, their movements reminded me of Spiderman.... shame.
 
12 isn't that old a rating (it was invented for Batman). I'm pretty sure the US doesn't have a direct equivalent - not that there is parity between the US and UK rating systems anyway.
 
I agree, can't see the point of a sequel. One thing I picked up on in that article (going off thread topic) was where it said,



DUH!!!!! The Golden Compass is the first part of a trilogy of course there will be a sequel.
 
TBH I don't really have that much call for the word Aluminium so doesn't occur very often and it will likely be only in informal conversation with folks who know I am not any of those things.

Folks :eek: :o :p

I actually like a lot of Americanisms :

Trash / Garbage instead of Rubbish
O-regg-ano
Bay-zil

And, again, I would only use them informally with frienRAB and family :p

And of course, I do not have, nor affect, an American accent !
 
The book was written in the 50s but set 20 years in the future. Richard Matheson did a good job of describing life then. In the 50s a lot of scifi writers seemed to think we'd all be living in some sort of utopian society by the 70s, holidaying on the Moon etc. This book was far more realistic and actually described quite a mundane day to day life.

The film was bound to be different as it was updated to the present day and took advantage of present day technology. Despite that I think they stayed faithful to the general idea of the situation that Richard Matheson was telling in his story i.e. a man watching society disintegrate and everyone and everything he loved taken away, then his personal fight to stay sane and do what he can to resolve the situation.

In the book the most moving part for me was when after years alone Robert Neville discovers a dog that has survived and it becomes the focus of his life. This may not have been told exactly the same in the film, but the dog was an important part of the story and the loss really tipped Neville over the edge.

I enjoyed both the book and the film - they just portrayed the story in a different way.
 
Oooo I never knew that. It was around by the time it became relevant to me, so I just assumed it had always been there. I remember being refused entry to Mrs Doubtfire cos I was only 11! :( You learn something new every day....
 
Loved 28 days later
Loved Resident Evil 1/2

Watched IAL today and was so disappointed. I quite like films that have a long, slow build-up as long as they deliver in the latter half of film.

But this film did not deliver, what a tediously long film. I have never shuffled around in my seat so much.

Have to agree with many of the plotholes ppl have pointed out. A little one of my own......when the lady/boy found Will Smith injured in his car, how the heck did she manage to get him out of there, into her car, avoid all the zombies, get Will up those steps into his house all whilst keeping her son safe? Picky I know, but, as a woman, I tend to pick up on the practicalites in the films!
 
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