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I Am Legend is an interesting movie but only to the mid point. The real star of the movie is not Will Smith, but his big German Shepherd called Sam or (we later learn) Samantha. Some of the best acting I've ever seen from a dog. The problem is, the marvelous Sam the dog dies in the middle of the movie, and thus the relationship between will Smith and this wonderful dog. After that, the movie doesn't know what to do with itself and turns into a not very good horror movie with not much story. I would recommend going to the movie but get up and leave just after the dog dies. The special effects of a peopleless NYC are nothing short of spectacular and I have no idea how they did that. But again the interesting stuff is all in the first half of the movie
The semi - happy ending was phony as the happy ending tacked on to Bladerunner in its original release. Let me rephrase that - the ending of I Am Legend is so stupid, illogical, and insulting to the audience that it ruined the movie for me. Hell, I left the theater wanting to drive to LA to hunt down the screenwriter so I could yell at him. The survivors' camp in Vermont is explained away with an off - hand remark that the "virus couldn't handle the cold." If Vermont is cold enough to kill off the virus then why didn't everyone in New Hampshire, Maine, upstate New York, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Alaska, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and Mongolia survive the virus too? Vermont isn't the coldest place on earth, yet everyone on the planet was killed by the virus except for those in a small pocket of the Green Mountain State. Right.
Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I what I thought I heard was there were "healthy" survivors of the original plague who were still vastly outnumbered and (mostly) hunted down by the "vampire" survivors. It might make some sense that a few "healthy" survivors were able to get together to create safe havens for themselves, say in Vermont.
If I let myself be bothered by Hollywood's all-pervasive illogic, I'd probably never want to see another movie.
nt
Hello Dave
I agree but the movie did keep me entertained.
I've seen all three versions of I am Legend then finally read the book.
Last man on Earth follows the book the best.The story is really good if they
would have been true to it the film would have been superior.
Never understood the title till I read the story.
Later
Rich
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