I Am Legend (2007)
2007-12-18
I think this was a slightly better movie than 30 Days of Night.
The CG was fucking terrible... and they didn't even try to hide it. That being said, the movie made excellent use of the darkness. The scene in the hive was very fucking tense. I loved how that whole sequence played out. And when the vampires started laying traps for him... that was the peak of my interest. Oh, the places they could have gone with that plot!! Will he revise his hypothesis that all humanity was lost in the infected? Will he have a vocal showdown with the leader of the horde? Will these hack screenwriters actually make a decent adaptation of the original novel? Nope. Instead Big Willy goes ridin dirty at night. And wait... what's this? Two humans to the implausible rescue? Fuck. A glimmer of hope during the scene where Will explains how Bob Marley is the cure for all the ills in the world. Perhaps music will factor in soothing the savage beasts?! No. The movie was pretty much already completely over for me, the scene before when he quoted Shreck.. FOR A MINUTE STRAIGHT.
I'm sure if I hadn't read the book I'd have enjoyed the movie more. I mean I can recognize the blatant symbolism of him getting a second chance to save the mother & child that he failed to save before, so it wasn't a completely pointless self sacrifice... but book readin' or no... that was a pretty weak ending. Granted, "first person" stories in film theory are by requirement of the medium almost always third-person-limited-omniscient, but come the fuck on: "He is Legend"... sheesh!
It kinda hurts to have to rate this movie, which overall I did not like, the same as one of my favorite movies of this year. I try to be objective with my numerical ratings. So, while they may share the same rating on my scale, unlike "The Mist", I do not recommend "I Am Legend". 8/10
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posted by pureevilmatt @ 20:10,
