kerosene says
15 years ago
would rather watch No Country for Old Men again than watch the trash that I am Legend was.
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kerosene
15 years ago
SOOOOO many details left out, so many holes. The only thing I could respect was Will Smith. And that dog. What a friggin sweetie.
tantrum says
15 years ago
haha i've never seen it... watched the first half, but the person had a bad copy and it cut out before anything happened...
tantrum says
15 years ago
and the original plot of i am legend is AWESOME... too bad it was butchered for that adaptation...
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kerosene
15 years ago
there were so many things that got emphasis and then..were just forgotten. fortunately there was someone there who had read the book and
kerosene
15 years ago
explain what was supposed to be happening.
kina
15 years ago
i haven't read it, but it seems like a LOT could have been added to be more loyal to some sub plot or something
kina
15 years ago
wil smith did an amazing job but he's just awesome. it's too bad the plot had some holes in it tho
kerosene
15 years ago
there was OBVIOUSLY a primary zombie/vampire guy (charles argued us to the death that they were vampires and not zombies, and wouldn't even
kerosene
15 years ago
compromise with vampire zombies).
kerosene
15 years ago
but they totally opted out of even telling his story ...so why make him significant?
kerosene
15 years ago
in the book he was a major force in all of this.
kerosene
15 years ago
(according to our friend).
kerosene
15 years ago
ill try to not give too much away if you feel like wasting your time with this movie
tantrum says
15 years ago
nah i'm familiar with the book... it was an old movie, too
tantrum says
15 years ago
thanks for the shielding, though
VanVsMachine
15 years ago
i liked the movie but i havent read the book. i do feel i wouldnt like it if i did.
kerosene
15 years ago
supposedly the girl will smith was working on was the main zombie dude's girlfriend which is why they made such a big deal to fuck him up
kerosene
15 years ago
after all that. before they sort of left him alone mostly.
tantrum says
15 years ago
well the point is to show that we condemn what we do not understand...
tantrum says
15 years ago
will smith was called legend among the vampires because he would slaughter them in their sleep like a boogeyman...
kerosene
15 years ago
lol, i get what the movie was SUPPOSED to be. it just wasn't.
kerosene
15 years ago
it could have been friggin amazing. the intent was in the right spot, just pooooorly executed.
Kayiko says
15 years ago
;-; when i saw that he had the dog as a friend.. i was like "damnit.. i know something is going to happen to that poor thing."
Kayiko says
15 years ago
i never read the book tho.. but the movie was eh
kerosene
15 years ago
same here. i was just trying to figure out how soon. i dont get why he didnt just start testing on his dog. made sense to me - way to be a
kerosene
15 years ago
scientist.
barachan says
15 years ago
yeah josh read the book and has been disappointed for ages that it's never been done proper justice despite its multiple movie adaptations
kerosene
15 years ago
at least im not alone in this! the movie wasnt built at ALL to make you feel sympathy for the creatures
Shiin
15 years ago
the movie was an atrocious adaptation, i actually wrote a paper on it 2 years ago. UGHHHHHHH makes me so mad
Shiin
15 years ago
Brad have you actually read the book? I think I may have missed that information
kerosene
15 years ago
nah - there was someone there who had read it and ranted for a while after the movie was over. it filled in SO many of the friggin holes.
Shiin
15 years ago
I hated that they didn't mention vampires once. NOT ONCE! Will Smith is a great actor but that character is NOT a fit, successful black man
kina
15 years ago
man they spent so long emphasizing his 'fit' ness. like..a full 30 second shot of him doing pull ups. wtf?
Shiin
15 years ago
I thought it was more of an "inspired by" movie rather than a "based on" movie
Shiin
15 years ago
kina, in the book he was middle aged, out of shape, and described as anglo-saxon very specifically, former military, and he doesn't
Shiin
15 years ago
have a family OR a dog. but I won't elaborate
kina
15 years ago
hahaha awww i'll definitely have to read it then. that profile makes more sense actually, considering his background
kina
15 years ago
when we were watching we were like 'wait he's a dad, a military guy.. a freaking doctor AND a body builder?!"
VanVsMachine
15 years ago
hahaha, well, he's military, they are required to keep up a strict regiment. and if i was the last man on earth against a pack of vampzombi
VanVsMachine
15 years ago
es, I'd work a little on my fitness as well
VanVsMachine
15 years ago
but the movie does move really quick....not alot of exposition outside of the main character.
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