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Went to see I Am Legend last night with
doseybat and
timeplease. This is another playing-it-straight zombie movie, and apparently not bearing very much resemblance to the source material.
Not sure what to make of it. I liked the details (Neville's competence at surviving - lots of cool little details there - versus his increasingly deranged state; the deserted New York; the flashbacks to the evacuation), but not the film as a whole. In particular, it would have been a better film without the last scene, leaving it more ambiguous.
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Not sure what to make of it. I liked the details (Neville's competence at surviving - lots of cool little details there - versus his increasingly deranged state; the deserted New York; the flashbacks to the evacuation), but not the film as a whole. In particular, it would have been a better film without the last scene, leaving it more ambiguous.
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Date: 2008-01-08 02:23 pm (UTC)The whole point of the book is the twist to the ending, not a sixth sense type twist that's been done before but an entire twist on perspective. It could only be done as the original storyline in a lower budget art house flick as it just wouldn't sell to mainstream audiences. I'd like to watch the Vincent Price version which was the first attempt.
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Date: 2008-01-08 03:08 pm (UTC)Twice he wakes up, in bed, with light streaming in. He's somehow got from one to the other, and opened up the windows...
(As for the lions, eh, I'll give them that silliness on points :-) Burroughs used it for a deserted London, after all, so it has tradition behind it...)
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Date: 2008-01-08 04:51 pm (UTC)Mostly I was miffed at the "ooh, pesky scientists have destroyed the world again" aspect, especially the "there is no god, there are no more survivors... waitaminute! There *are* survivors! Hey, maybe there's a god too" schtick.
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Date: 2008-01-08 05:08 pm (UTC)Although I wasn't keen on anything after Anna turned up, the final Vermont scene really took the biscuit.