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Went to see I Am Legend last night with [livejournal.com profile] doseybat and [livejournal.com profile] 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.

Date: 2008-01-08 10:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doseybat.livejournal.com
Chopping out all the melodrama would have helped. But melodrama was the main point, so maybe not.

Date: 2008-01-08 10:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abigailb.livejournal.com
For some reason Hollywood don't make bleak, depressing special effects films starring Will Smith.

Date: 2008-01-08 11:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doseybat.livejournal.com
Could drop Will Smith to make room for longer bleak scenery shots? *looks hopeful*

Date: 2008-01-08 11:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abigailb.livejournal.com
Would we keep the dog? We need a lead, after all.

Date: 2008-01-08 12:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abigailb.livejournal.com
Strangely when I wrote that, I was not consciously aware that it was a bad pun. However, I can think of no other reason for writing it. It's as if my pun generator had been hardwired directly to my fingers without involving my brain.

Date: 2008-01-08 01:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] firinel.livejournal.com
cultural imperative, me thinks.

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