So I got back a while ago from watching an advance screening of the movie. Overall I'd say it gets a 3 out of 5 stars. It is a pretty basic plot. Man creates virus, virus kills man, survivors fight for their life.
Theres plenty of action and moments that'll make you jump, but it lacks a good flow and sometimes draws out parts that are unnecessary. If you're the average movie goer you will probably like this a bit, like if you enjoyed I Robot, Transformers, Live Free or Die Hard, or The Mummy series.
Smith's character was played well and I probably wouldn't choose anyone else to play it. As for the baddies, if you've seen any of The Mummy movies then you'll know what to expect. The movie atmosphere also kinda reminded me of Jumanji.
Oh and if you wanna see what kind of movies I'd compare this to on my rating scale, look at these: The Mummy series: 3 Transformers: 5 Next: 2 Resident Evil series: 2 National Treasure: 4 The Departed: 5 300: 5 <- how could I not
Don't read the following spoiler if you're planning on watching the movie. + Show Spoiler +
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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If you didn't enjoy The Departed then something is wrong with you. What kinda movies do you like? 30 Days of Night? Cabin Fever? Sci-Fi channel movies?
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
Does it make you that much cooler? I only listed those movies because thats what the AVERAGE movie goer has seen or heard of. I'm not going to list off movies like Trainspotting, Requiem for a Dream, The Machinist, or Green Street Hooligans.
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
lol, idiot.
sar·casm /ˈsɑrkæzəm/[sahr-kaz-uhm] –noun 1. harsh or bitter derision or irony. 2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.
rofl i expected a nice summary of the plot.. thinking it wouldnt spoil it that much and worth the read. I know you gave us a heads up, but... jerk.
And i really did enjoy national treasure too.. but i just finished reading the davinci code at that time and i wanted to see someone find the holy grail sooner or later.. so im probably bias towards that
You gave transformers a 5 out of 5...that throws me off completely, and as for departed, 4 out of 5. i've seen the original movies it was based on, and i think the originals were better.
aside from that, i've seen the trailer and read what the book was about (not the actual book..>_>) and i'm definitely looking forward to watching this =D
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
lol, idiot.
sar·casm /ˈsɑrkæzəm/[sahr-kaz-uhm] –noun 1. harsh or bitter derision or irony. 2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
lol, idiot.
Lose the insults. It only makes you look like an idiot, especially when the comment went right over your head.
Well... you can only judge a critic based on how closely his review would match your own...
300 a FIVE!? and National Treasure a FOUR!?
Even if you were just giving 300 a throwaway 5 for its quirky over-the-top-ness, giving National Treasure a 4 or higher is INSANE. That probably lost you half your potential audience, the other half gaping at the 5 you gave Transformers I'm sure.
Ahhh geez. I accidentally clicked the spoiler tag. I thought that was where his ratings of the other movies were. I was looking through the thread, saw some of the "rating disputes" and decided to check it out myself. I clicked the spoiler tag.
The Mummy series: 3 Transformers: 5 Next: 2 Resident Evil series: 2 National Treasure: 4 The Departed: 5 300: 5
Whaaat...?
First of all, the Mummy series is a 5. Second of all, Transformers has was so ridiculously awful and I even liked the transformers: beast wars. I downloaded the movie at high speed and still somehow feel like I got ripped off after watching it. The movie was so bad that even that really, really hot girl couldn't save it. Sheesh. I'll stay away from 300.
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
lol, idiot.
sar·casm /ˈsɑrkæzəm/[sahr-kaz-uhm] –noun 1. harsh or bitter derision or irony. 2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.
do you enjoy making a fool of yourself?
do YOU enjoy making a fool of yourself?
please note that this was sarcasm yep, the 5th layer of sarcasm, now decode that
I've actually read the book which I enjoyed after watching the 2nd adaptation of this movie, "the omega man" with Charlton Heston. I read the book almost by accident and while reading it I realized I had seen the movie based on it.
I am looking forward to this movie except I won't watch it in the cinema. I will wait till its out in video. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend (the original novel/book)
Infernal Affairs > The Departed, so theres no way The Departed can get a 5/5 . 300 wasn't a very good movie despite having nice action and all the manly men like it, however that doesn't make it a good movie.
I've heard its going to be terrible simply for the fact that its a virus, not crazy ass vampires that used to all know him. The virus thing is over done, it's unbelievable enough already why not just make them vampires?
Also: the Departed was amazing and deserves a 5/5, it may not be the greatest ever, but it's so solid and much of the acting is very, very good. Besides, only children throw everything down because you could see the ending, of course you could, its a tragedy. Anyways the whole 5 star rating system is too vague. There are movies I'd give a 6/5 to.
I will never listen to anyone who gave transformers a 5/5. It deserves maybe a 3, for the combined talents of Shia Lebeouf, good casting for Megan Fox, and the phenomenal special effects. Everything else about this movie was horrible.
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
lol, idiot.
Lose the insults. It only makes you look like an idiot, especially when the comment went right over your head.
Live2Win: T_T !
I'm not a moron, and I know he was being sarcastic.
On December 10 2007 14:26 Phantom wrote: You gave transformers a 5 out of 5...that throws me off completely, and as for departed, 4 out of 5. i've seen the original movies it was based on, and i think the originals were better.
aside from that, i've seen the trailer and read what the book was about (not the actual book..>_>) and i'm definitely looking forward to watching this =D
I would disagree departed definite 5/5. Transformers 4/5 and original departed (infernal affairs) is shitty as hell 0.5/5.
300 gets a 1/5
PS- 5 is not enough numbers, you need to use at least a 10high system.
Back on topic, I don't understand why this movie is titled the way it is. That and the fact that its a Will Smith movie made me assume it would be 2.5/5 I still kinda want to see it though.
On December 10 2007 14:26 Phantom wrote: You gave transformers a 5 out of 5...that throws me off completely, and as for departed, 4 out of 5. i've seen the original movies it was based on, and i think the originals were better.
aside from that, i've seen the trailer and read what the book was about (not the actual book..>_>) and i'm definitely looking forward to watching this =D
I would disagree departed definite 5/5. Transformers 4/5 and original departed (infernal affairs) is shitty as hell 0.5/5.
300 gets a 1/5
PS- 5 is not enough numbers, you need to use at least a 10high system.
Back on topic, I don't understand why this movie is titled the way it is. That and the fact that its a Will Smith movie made me assume it would be 2.5/5 I still kinda want to see it though.
Are you pretending to be elitist about an opinion based subject such as movies?
Its not even politics so chill down a bit
Ive not seen the movie but the mix reminds me about another movie I have seen called The Thing.
I highly recommend it though,
btw, 300 was the perfect mainstream movie and anyone who doesnt know what a mainstream movie is suppose to factor in can allways ask because of how it perfoms and its simplicity its so worth a 5
National Treasure is sure not a 5, but its still a mainstream movie that perfoms adequetly...
Anyway Ive been waiting for this movie for a few months now. I love will smith even when he plays the "serious roll" he deserves some creed.!!!
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
lol, idiot.
Lose the insults. It only makes you look like an idiot, especially when the comment went right over your head.
Live2Win: T_T !
I'm not a moron, and I know he was being sarcastic.
I don't think you knew he was being sarcastic, otherwise, there was absolutely no reason for your comment... it wouldn't even make sense in that context. Unless you were flat out calling him a moron for no reason in which case you should actually be banned for wanton flaming(the only reason I'm not is because you embarassed yourself and that's enough for me). You got called out, and now you're backpeddling. It happens, get over it.
I can read your edit btw. There was nothing that went over my head, your comment was not sarcastic, and don't try to portray it as such after you got called on it.
YEA LETS WASTE E-INK FOR GARBAGE MOVIE FEATURING THE BLACK VERSION OF TOM CRUISE.
seriously how big must your ego to play in a movie called ''I AM LEGEND'', and i bet you, just like in MI3, you wont get more then a 20 se brake of seeing his fake monkey ass excuse for an actor! go back to Fresh prince, thats all he was good at. stop wasting money on crappy films
I'll have to agree with everything expect the rating of National Treasure and The Transformers. It should be lower and as for the Departed having a 5.. I guess that's fine but remember- it's a remake.
I'm going to watch I Am Legend regardless of what anyone says.
On December 11 2007 02:06 Bub wrote: I'll have to agree with everything expect the rating of National Treasure and The Transformers. It should be lower and as for the Departed having a 5.. I guess that's fine but remember- it's a remake.
I'm going to watch I Am Legend regardless of what anyone says.
Steps to succesfull blockbusters:
1st. announce a multi million dollar movie (3/4 of the budget goes to promotion) 2nd. spend more money on the people doing the trailers then the actual movie 3d. Release awsome trailers so much it gives consumers seizures wanting them to see the movie on the first day befor any real critics are allowed to comment on that movie (watch rotten tomatoes ratings, is always at its peak when the movie is about/ is out and then goes on a peak towards mediocracy, im talking about the same blockbuster formula) + ????
On December 11 2007 02:06 Bub wrote: I'll have to agree with everything expect the rating of National Treasure and The Transformers. It should be lower and as for the Departed having a 5.. I guess that's fine but remember- it's a remake.
I'm going to watch I Am Legend regardless of what anyone says.
Steps to succesfull blockbusters:
1st. announce a multi million dollar movie (3/4 of the budget goes to promotion) 2nd. spend more money on the people doing the trailers then the actual movie 3d. Release awsome trailers so much it gives consumers seizures wanting them to see the movie on the first day befor any real critics are allowed to comment on that movie (watch rotten tomatoes ratings, is always at its peak when the movie is about/ is out and then goes on a peak towards mediocracy, im talking about the same blockbuster formula) + ????
= $$$$$$$$$$$$$
your all sheep
I guess you were too busy not conforming in school to pay attention in writing class?
And im still confused at your logic. one is deemed a sheep by you for watching a blockbuster without reading a real review. so youre sayin that people should listen to the reviews first in the same breath? wtf?
really i love watching shitty movies all the time, but i dont give into this hype bullshit and i think its bad for the movie industry as a whole, and i want people to realize that they are the reason why we are flooded with shitty blockbusters, and all the money is going towards sensetional textbook directors who are willing to bend down to their marketing director, u know what i mean?
you sound like one of those jackasses who wont see "mainstream" films because you buy into all this bullshit about these movies only being made for money.
a lot of big movies are also good... and almost all little obscure movies completely blow ass. sure there are a few gems to be found among the obscure movies, but if you compare the amount of good blockbuster movies / total blockbuster movies to the amount of good random movies / total random movies, which will have a better ratio? Obviously there are 34095834098 random movies and maybe 1/100 will be good.
Can someone pm me what happens? Even though I might watch the movie, the trailers/teasers already got me seriously wondering what's gonna happen/how it happens.
On December 10 2007 20:31 CharlieMurphy wrote: Back on topic, I don't understand why this movie is titled the way it is. That and the fact that its a Will Smith movie made me assume it would be 2.5/5 I still kinda want to see it though.
If you see the movie or know anything about the book, it's a really clever title. So yeah, don't knock the title lol!
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
On December 11 2007 04:01 MYM.Testie wrote: What kind of fag puts a spoiler like that in his main post. You know we're click monsters. Fuxer.
you know...i knew the ending to this movie, but i just had to click on the spoiler...and for some reason mentally i feel like the movie has been spoiled for me =(
Lol, if I take out the spoiler that ruins the point of having the spoiler. So instead of that, I doubled up the spoiler. Now if anyone clicks the spoiler twice, thats your fault even more cause you're just asking for it.
On December 10 2007 14:22 Polar wrote: Wow, not exactly the brightest bulbs in the chandelier are we, boys?
honestly that was probably one of the most failed usage of sarcasm I've ever read in a forum... I couldn't tell that you were sarcastic until you pointed it out
On December 10 2007 13:56 Spartan wrote: The Mummy series: 3 Transformers: 5 Next: 2 Resident Evil series: 2 National Treasure: 4 The Departed: 5 300: 5 <- how could I not
Are those out of 10?
The only decent movie out of those is The Departed, even if it's an adaptation.
The rest are popcorn flicks. I especially loathed Transformer. "I sense the boy wants to mate with the girl."
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Yea sure, I sense my fist smashing your balls ya moneymongers.
I read the novella by richard matheson and It was really good and I know this will be shit and ruin all the images in my mind's eye so I will only watch it if it comes on showtime 3 years from now.
Well nothing will be on and I will be flipping through and just stop and watch. I cave in alot when I have read the book or story beforehand. I just try not to go out of my way to see the movie. I guess they're not always bad though. I just watched 'No Country for Old Men' and if any of you haven't seen it yet, you need to get your ass to the theatre. I haven't felt so entralled by a movie in a long time. About thirty minutes in I knew I was watching a masterpiece. If you are watching it for action, it's there. For techinical acheivement, it's there too. ( the sound effects are amazing ) Deep and universal themes are there too. It's not as good as Fargo, but close.
On December 10 2007 23:39 pyrogenetix wrote: I give apples 5/5 and oranges 3/5
no seriously how the fuck would anyone else think differently?
I will never listen to anyone who gave apples a 5/5, you sir clearly do not know the first thing about fruit!
Hmph. You don't know anything, since you do not like the obscure Sri Lankan Guava-Pineapple. You are not a REAL fruit fan, you just eat the normal stuff sane people serve
wow that movie was so fucking depressing i can sum it up quite quickly in the following spoiler + Show Spoiler +
will smith last man alive, random flashbacks of before epidemic, family dies, he keeps dog. random exploration of city, catches a human subject, then the darkseekers do the same trap to him, dog + smith get attacked, dog kicks ass but is wounded, dog transforms, and the saddest thing i've seen in a movie since My Dog Skip occurs, smith has to choke out the beloved dog. I was feeling suicidal around this point. Then he goes on a suicide rampage and some chick finds him and saves him (how? who knows) and then they follow her back to his house and a bit of action ensues, they hide in the lab, he gives her the cure to spread + hide, he suicides with grenade to kill the baddies, girl gets to survivor colony, the end
On December 15 2007 14:40 decafchicken wrote: wow that movie was so fucking depressing i can sum it up quite quickly in the following spoiler + Show Spoiler +
will smith last man alive, random flashbacks of before epidemic, family dies, he keeps dog. random exploration of city, catches a human subject, then the darkseekers do the same trap to him, dog + smith get attacked, dog kicks ass but is wounded, dog transforms, and the saddest thing i've seen in a movie since My Dog Skip occurs, smith has to choke out the beloved dog. I was feeling suicidal around this point. Then he goes on a suicide rampage and some chick finds him and saves him (how? who knows) and then they follow her back to his house and a bit of action ensues, they hide in the lab, he gives her the cure to spread + hide, he suicides with grenade to kill the baddies, girl gets to survivor colony, the end
you shouldnt do these things you know they tempt people to read it! >.>
i think the saddest part of this whole thing was when his dog dead, because it was with will throughout the whole movie(up until he goes insane and shit that one night). all the flash backs had the dog in it, so i felt like the dog was more valuable than the wife/kid were.
the dog was a trooper though, he took on those dogs like a champ. :D
On December 15 2007 15:29 JudgeMathis wrote: i think the saddest part of this whole thing was when his dog dead, because it was with will throughout the whole movie(up until he goes insane and shit that one night). all the flash backs had the dog in it, so i felt like the dog was more valuable than the wife/kid were.
the dog was a trooper though, he took on those dogs like a champ. :D
' SPOILERS
i would've loved the movie if the dog had fucking lived. I'm still fucking pissed the dog died that dog was a baller and smith's only friend for ~3 years and then it dies? but it still rolled those other dogs ez. but if smith had just contained it till he had the cure...? And stupid bitch led zombies to his house wtf
nothing personal I'm just saying in general, like have some common sense about it, some people would put it anywhere it's annoying.
edit: you were right though I was kind of sleepy, sorry ^.^ good thing I only read the first sentence of that post and backed off, wouldn't want to ruin it for me this Sunday.
If they sealed out Manhattan island, how did Anna and his boy get onto the island in the first place? And how did she get off the island (by car) to Vermont afterwards?
Also, I don't think the zombies set up a trap, I think Will just went psycho (you can tell by this part of the movie) and accidently stepped into his own trap. But then again, you notice how the zombies each had their own leaders and even trained dogs to attack, so who knows?
This is stupid, but the zombie chick that Will captures, at first her shirt is really dark and dirty, which looks as if shes naked. When she is cured, its obvious that she is wearing a cleaner white wife beater.
On December 15 2007 15:52 Lycaeus wrote: ^_ nice nob with the spoiler! lol, but seriously the movie was depressing. But confusing as fuck, the whole plot didn't really make sense.
What do you mean? I'll tell you how it makes sense by doing it in spoilers. :D + Show Spoiler +
Some british bitch thinks she found the cure for cancer. So, whatever. That shit was a fuck up, and people were getting this virus spread around the world. Only a few people had immunity to it. So, what is Will Smith doing? He's trying to find a cure to get people back to their normal selfs. How does that not make any sense? He's trying to bring back civilization, that just dead. He's also trying to get people to begin a civilization where he's currently located.
Damn you.... I was planning to quickly hit the spoiler and then hit it again so i wouldn't actually see what it said... but it was so short... and now it's all over.
i spent ten dollars, didnt really have that much of a plot >_> + Show Spoiler +
if there was one good point it was will smith -_-; the whole anna part and how she got to vermont and to manhattan in the first place confused the hell out of me
the scene where the dog goes inside the building to catch a deer(?) and will smith tries to bring her back thinking the vampires got her, not knowing whether she is dead or not, that part I thought was amazing and seemed very real. The movie was good until the moment they decided to put Anna in the movie. From that point, it started to get real shitty. It couldn't have hurt to make the movie with a positive ending where both will smith and sam (the dog) just live.. waste of $10
Even after the spoilers i went to watch it, and it was completely different, I knew what was going to happen but how and the how was what surprised me a lot.... I seriously give this movie a 5 star >:O
I thought it was pretty good, but the Infected were not that scary. I mean the Infected in the 28 ___ Later series were pretty scary. Yeah, it's obvious that Sam was going to die since Neville's character had to live on long enough throughout the movie. It sucked that he had to sacrifice his life, but it was a little epic. According to Wikipedia, it said there might be a sequel, but it's not final. All I got to say is that there were a crap load of trailers before the movie started. The ending reminded me of Land of the Dead with the whole colony of survivors left, but this time it was in the country side. Crazy how the colony had a barrier of walls around it.
Well, she said she is from Ireland (I think? or I heard wrong) and she heard the radio transmission from Neville. So it's really weird how she can find a boat and travel across the Atlantic and finding the exact pier where he waits.
Well, she said she is from Ireland and she heard the radio transmission from Neville. So it's really weird how she can find a boat and travel across the Atlantic and finding the exact pier where he waits.
wtf is the point of the deer/hunting of deer? why didnt he know about the survivor colony? why are the darkseekers entirely immune to blows to the head? why are will smith's reflexes so slow he didnt step back after the car started to tilt? where the fuck did he get that shelby gt500 i want that car so bad wtf why did the dog die? why didnt he just lock up his dog till he had the cure? why did 5.4 billion people die to the cure for cancer? shouldnt only the people who had cancer have died? more to come.
Uh, think about it. It's been 3 years and most food that are in cans, bags, etc are expired so he has to go with the old fashion way of hunting for food. Well, he's been alone for 3 years and he's by himself so it's hard for these kind of information to get across about a survivor colony. Dunno about the dark seekers or Will Smith's reflexes. Uh... the world is depopulated and if you're one of the few left of course you can just go to a dealership and steal the keys and car. The dog had to die to make it dramatic and keep things fresh. The 5.4 billion people died because the infection spread? Maybe the infected ate human flesh which made them get infected who knows. Hopefully they'll be a sequel to answer most of the questions.
I can't believe I caught this but theres a newspaper clipping in the house will smith explores and it reads the dogs can come out at dusk and it had a picture of one of those rabid dogs. Perhaps its still too bright for the dark seekers.
I can't believe I caught this but theres a newspaper clipping in the house will smith explores and it reads the dogs can come out at dusk and it had a picture of one of those rabid dogs. Perhaps its still too bright for the dark seekers.
oh shit i was wondering about that, i thoguht it was referring to normal dogs able to come out bc they cant catch the infection via air.
the virus is said to be airborne so that would explains it. 90% of ppl die due to the virus. 1% immune like will smith and the woman and the kid. The other 9 percent turn to zombies
On December 18 2007 02:19 new_construct wrote: the virus is said to be airborne so that would explains it. 90% of ppl die due to the virus. 1% immune like will smith and the woman and the kid. The other 9 percent turn to zombies
Oh yeah I have a question. (Don't know if it's been covered already.)
Okay so I seen this movie on opening day. I was greatly disappointed. I got home and was thinking about the movie... when it hit me. How in the hell did the woman the kid make it to the island exactly? Let alone leave it with a vehicle. The island was sealed off remember?
Anyways as for the movie... It was a recycled plot... It pretty much reminded me of 28 days/weeks later series. But shittier. The computer graphics were fucking bad. + Show Spoiler +
They didn't explain why that one Infected guy was smarter then the rest...
It was just a bad movie in my books. Then again I would still have to say it was decent and worth seeing.
I think they were just trying to tie it in with the books telling of the story in which the darkseekers actually have their own society and Robert Neville is regarded as a legendary monster within that society who randomly kidnaps and kills them(like the boogie man sorta). However instead of actually going deeper into that plotline I guess they decided to just throw one somewhat civilized darkseeker into the story and call it a day.
I thought 300 was a piece of crap movie. I didn't expect it to be like that. I thought it was going to be like a serious movie. Instead it wasn't. It was a fantasy piece of crap. The battle scenes sucked completely. I don't know why people like it. 2/5.
On December 18 2007 08:53 Krohm wrote: Oh yeah I have a question. (Don't know if it's been covered already.)
Okay so I seen this movie on opening day. I was greatly disappointed. I got home and was thinking about the movie... when it hit me. How in the hell did the woman the kid make it to the island exactly? Let alone leave it with a vehicle. The island was sealed off remember?
Anyways as for the movie... It was a recycled plot... It pretty much reminded me of 28 days/weeks later series. But shittier. The computer graphics were fucking bad. + Show Spoiler +
They didn't explain why that one Infected guy was smarter then the rest...
It was just a bad movie in my books. Then again I would still have to say it was decent and worth seeing.
The island wasn't completely sealed off. If it was then the outbreak would only be on that island. Like all movies involving zombie like monsters, the military quarantine always fail. As for Anna, I couldn't hear what she said, but it sounded like she said Maryland or Ireland. But yeah, I agree how the hell she get to the EXACT pier where Neville waits is weird. Hopefully they'll be a sequel or more extended footage when the DVD comes out. Also there's a comic strip about Ethan, the boy that was with Anna. http://iamlegend.warnerbros.com/ you can find it there.
And the reason they probably didn't go into the intelligence of the darkseekers (sp?) was probably because the film revolved around Neville's experience, and since he was trying to research and understand these people, there was not enough information to disclose about how they had a leader, or why they had some human-like characteristics despite the demented virus. They probably didn't want you to know more than Neville knew about these things, hence why it was never really released. A movie needs to be more straightforward than a book can be, don't forget. You could probably have gone on for about an hour just on the darkseekers and their way of life. Why did that one get leadership skills and why was it going against it's basic survival instincts to wreck havoc upon Neville's research. Do these things have feelings and should we care for them? It could have taken a whole day to discuss things in regards to the darkseekers. Production probably just felt it would be better to make them look completely inhuman and not allow any character growth for them. It's far cheaper to do that anyway, since we only really knew about a handful of characters (like... 5 maybe?)
EDIT: By the way I didn't post this before, but I give this movie a 3.5/5. It's good but not the best. I actually didn't get to see transformers yet, so I'm hoping to be impressed because EVERYONE says it's good. As for The Departed, I noticed it's on OnDemand so I'll probably watch it once finals are over =]
The departed was so lame at parts, they had to add their stupid hollywood romantic trio between the good the bad and the stupid bitch not to mention they like invented a whole new character just to have their stupid fucking hollywood ending, and they couldnt even change some of the fucking jokes
If you havent seen infernal affairs then i guess its not so bad, actings good at least.
Well, she said she is from Ireland (I think? or I heard wrong) and she heard the radio transmission from Neville. So it's really weird how she can find a boat and travel across the Atlantic and finding the exact pier where he waits.
Well, she said she is from Ireland (I think? or I heard wrong) and she heard the radio transmission from Neville. So it's really weird how she can find a boat and travel across the Atlantic and finding the exact pier where he waits.
That is what I was thinking when I remember that Maryland is much closer to New York than Ireland. On Wikipedia, it said that she was on a medical ship from Brazil and the Infected invaded the ship and somehow she ended up in Maryland. And I know that Wikipedia can be wrong.
Yeah I caught that. I didn't bother saying anything though when I noticed it. Just figured it was pointless. Didn't really think of it as an easter egg.
@OP-How can you even compare The Departed and I Am Legend. I like you think that The Departed was a great movie, but it is nowhere near the same genre as I Am Legend. I Am Legend is a sci-fi ish action while The Departed is an intense drama...
It was very good I thought, very well done with capturing how shitty it really is to be by yourself, totally isolated. Talking to mannequins, treating the dog like a human, etc. And the dog dying was pretty sad scene
I just saw the movie last night. Unfortunately my curiosity got the best of me and I read the spoiler before seeing the movie, but honestly that didn't impact the movie negatively at all. Thought the movie was great through and through. The last 30-45 minutes became sort of a generic action thriller movie but I don't know how else they could of closed it so whatever.
Well, she said she is from Ireland (I think? or I heard wrong) and she heard the radio transmission from Neville. So it's really weird how she can find a boat and travel across the Atlantic and finding the exact pier where he waits.
That is what I was thinking when I remember that Maryland is much closer to New York than Ireland. On Wikipedia, it said that she was on a medical ship from Brazil and the Infected invaded the ship and somehow she ended up in Maryland. And I know that Wikipedia can be wrong.
Yes it was Maryland. I liked this movie a lot, Will Smith is always great and it had a really good feel to it.
Up until it became a shootout with zombies it was really good. It seems a lot of movies I've been seeing lately just lose steam at the 75% mark and start going downhill T_T
On December 21 2007 16:48 Xeris wrote: Up until it became a shootout with zombies it was really good. It seems a lot of movies I've been seeing lately just lose steam at the 75% mark and start going downhill T_T
Yea I mean, for a moment I thought the movie was about to take a totally different angle with the whole zombie overlord/kidnapping female zombie plot. They could have gone so many places with that but nope, the mysterious master zombie who defies what Smith has come to believe about their nature is just blown up.
As for the Batman/Superman "easter egg", i saw it too, but didnt take it to be any such thing. Instead I thought it more or less a goof on the future, seeing something silly they thought man would come up with one day. Besides, easter egg's are usually a bit harder to spot than right smack in front of your face billboard action. Like maybe show a DVD case featuring the logo while he's hunting for movies to watch.
On December 21 2007 16:48 Xeris wrote: Up until it became a shootout with zombies it was really good. It seems a lot of movies I've been seeing lately just lose steam at the 75% mark and start going downhill T_T
As for the Batman/Superman "easter egg", i saw it too, but didnt take it to be any such thing. Instead I thought it more or less a goof on the future, seeing something silly they thought man would come up with one day. Besides, easter egg's are usually a bit harder to spot than right smack in front of your face billboard action. Like maybe show a DVD case featuring the logo while he's hunting for movies to watch.
The easter egg is more than a goof. The Batman vs Superman comic is one of the most read/popular comics ever to have been made. Clearly great grounds for a movie, albiet tough.
Please stop posting spoilers. You spoil the nemesis in this movie pretty blatantly.
On December 19 2007 10:25 decafchicken wrote: A good point of this movie was the Prince Caspian trailer. I love how they skipped straight to book 4
Prince Caspian was the second book published. That's the only reason I can think of why they'd do it next.
On-topic: I thought the movie was quite good, and that Will Smith performed very well in the role. I would have preferred a different ending, but what can you do.
But Sam dying completely fucking sucked. Yes, it was necessary for the story, but damnit that was one of the saddest scenes I've seen in a movie in a long time. It speaks to the tone and performances in the movie, however, that it was so heartbreaking.
anyone who rates transformers high is too young to have grown up with the original movie and series. 300 was a homoerotic music video and The Departed was a shadow of the original without any of the suspense. But you're right about I Am Legend being a 3/5. Or maybe a 4. The first half of the movie was really good. The second not so much, and I thought the idea of there being a big bad alpha zombie kind of tainted the movie throughout.
Of course Will Smith's character dies! Otherwise it would be called "I Am Alive" not "I Am Legend." What would be the point of him being legendary if he was still alive and well?
Of course Will Smith's character dies! Otherwise it would be called "I Am Alive" not "I Am Legend." What would be the point of him being legendary if he was still alive and well?
lol, this is pretty true. As for my experience I would say that this movie was pretty good at first then got a little dumb towards the end. As for something good about the movie, during the beginning and middle only it did a good job advancing the plot and telling the story of what happend at the same time. Towards the end however it got kinda stupid and confusing and the viewer is left with alot of un answered questions.
I would give it a solid 3 / 5 purely for the entertainment vaule. Minus points for the shitty in your face try to scare you thriller aspect Plus points for the cool sceneries and semi good story.
You know in highschool english where they teach you about the story arch....how it builds up to a climax and then quickly closes?....yeah..they climaxed + Show Spoiler +
sam's death
way to fucking early and then realized their movie was only an hour long.
"What the fuck do we do now? Its only an hour long lulz" + Show Spoiler +
I KNOW!!! BRING IN SOME FUCKING MORE CHARACTERS DESTROYING THE PREMISE THAT HE IS INFACT THE LAST MAN ON EARTH AND MAKE ALL THE ZOMBIES LOOK LIKE BILLY ZANE'S HALF HUMAN FORM FROM THE MUMMY SERIES!!!...
WHAT THE FUCK WAS WITH THAT STUPID HALF SMIRK THE ZOMBIE WAS DOING AS HE WAS BASHING HIS FACE ON THE GLASS....THE VIRUS DIDN"T MAKE THEIR BONES STRONGER ASSHOLES HE SHOULD BE KNOCKING HIMSELF THE FUCK OUT WHEN HE HITS HIS HEAD LIKE THAT.
Also i almost started to cry when sam died but then this 14 year old punk ass bitch sitting beside me puked all over the floor and i had to move
Like most people mentioned, the first half to two/thirds of it was pretty good, and Will's acting overall was solid. The last bit, while still maintaining some good scenes, felt relatively half-assed in comparison.
Grrr...
I'm tired as hell now, but I can't go to sleep because I keep thinking about that damned scene with the dog. ;_;
Well, she said she is from Ireland (I think? or I heard wrong) and she heard the radio transmission from Neville. So it's really weird how she can find a boat and travel across the Atlantic and finding the exact pier where he waits.
Yeah, my friend thought the same thing. He's like "man, if I've been alone for 3 years I would bang the first girl I see". Did they really say she's from Sao Pablo, Brazil? I remember in the I Am Legend comics (it's on the movie site and it was made to create hype for the movie) the disease was first treated in South America and Africa. Also I think she mentioned that she was on a medical ship with survivors, but it soon got overrun by the infected and she escaped to Maryland.
Why the hell do we have to use spoilers. If you wanna see the movie see the trailer and go see it. Don't read reviews and previews and postviews and otherviews, just go freaking view it.
I didn't like the ending at all. It was too sudden. Not enough drama, not enough firepower, etc. I guess they kept a bit of "real" in it by going for something like that, because it's nice to see good guys die in movies, but I didn't think his character reached full potential.
Also, what about the "thinking" zombies? The leader of the pack, not much emphasis on that either. He's smart enough to imitate a complex trap but then again he just bashes his head through a window instead of using one of the other mindless zombies to do it.
I don't know, there are loose ends to it, but other than that it was a pretty decent movie. It just surprised me because I was hoping for at least 30 minutes more.
lol... you are thinking of the book ending where he gets killed by vampires and becomes a legend because he killed so many vampires. In the movie ending, it's the other way around since he saves humanity instead of going out and killing vampires. The movie is more of a remake of The Omega Man.
A FREAKING 20 YEAR OLD CHRISTAN-ZEALOUS LATINA AND HER SON survived the virus + zombie apocalypse? I'm sorry, is that Maya from Heroes? Or a thousand other characters in a thousand other cliche movies?
The whole 'god's will' aspect was SO artificed it ruined the movie for me. The first building you see when they open the doors at the end is a freaking CHURCH. UGH!!
The premise of the movie is that he is the last man alive. Good movies do NOT start with one premise and then ditch that premise whenever they feel like it! Totally ruined the movie! Did that colony up north just ignore Neville's radio broadcasts every day for NO REASON?
First i was thinking "I dare say, this chap has some odd routines, it looks like he knows what he's doing. I'm not sure what all these animals are doing running around, but ass CGI goes, at least Will is not acting that badly". Then he was all upset because of these traumatic experiences and i was thinking that as acting goes, that CGI wasn't all that bad. And then all of a sudden he found god and i thought that as far as the plot was concerned the acting and CGI weren't that bad.
I guess the movie wasn't bad, but i can't say neither the acting, the CGI, or the plot appealed much to me. I wonder what would have happened if the director would have picked a clear theme for the movie instead of doing a little bit of everything. Make it about something, instead of everything. Some zombie movies go for gore, other for the feeling of dread and hopelessness. and others go for the troubled protagonist that escapes to safety. I guess this happens when you stuff all three into 90 minutes.
Uhh... he does the daily routine to stay in shape and stay alive since natural resources come in handy than store bought food. Since it's been 3 years and most of the food are expired probably. Imagine being out of shape and trying to escape from the dark seekers. Also the animals are roaming the city because there's a zoo in New York according from my friend who's been to New York.
According to my friend who hasn't visited NY it still doesn't make any goddam sense that a herd of goddamn deer survive long musky romantic NY nights with goddamn dark seekers in the goddamn vincinity.
Goddamn. I'm don't care about thoser little plotholes like that though, because it's a zombie movie. Suspension of Mental faculties is somewhat of a requirement for enjoying a hollywood movie nowadays. I was commenting about why i thought it was a very "ok" movie, because it tries to do a little of everything. I still somewhat liked but that could have been the chocolate talking. I like chocolate.
On December 25 2007 09:58 badteeth wrote: According to my friend who hasn't visited NY it still doesn't make any goddam sense that a herd of goddamn deer survive long musky romantic NY nights with goddamn dark seekers in the goddamn vincinity.
Goddamn. I'm don't care about thoser little plotholes like that though, because it's a zombie movie. Suspension of Mental faculties is somewhat of a requirement for enjoying a hollywood movie nowadays. I was commenting about why i thought it was a very "ok" movie, because it tries to do a little of everything. I still somewhat liked but that could have been the chocolate talking. I like chocolate.
i'm pretty sure they didnt gain gazelle like speed when they turned to zombies, just immunity to blows to the forehead and ability to withstand gunshots better.
On December 25 2007 09:58 badteeth wrote: According to my friend who hasn't visited NY it still doesn't make any goddam sense that a herd of goddamn deer survive long musky romantic NY nights with goddamn dark seekers in the goddamn vincinity.
Goddamn. I'm don't care about thoser little plotholes like that though, because it's a zombie movie. Suspension of Mental faculties is somewhat of a requirement for enjoying a hollywood movie nowadays. I was commenting about why i thought it was a very "ok" movie, because it tries to do a little of everything. I still somewhat liked but that could have been the chocolate talking. I like chocolate.
i'm pretty sure they didnt gain gazelle like speed when they turned to zombies, just immunity to blows to the forehead and ability to withstand gunshots better.
you forgot to add inhuman agility, the capacity to scale brick walls np and the superhuman ability to rip a hole in a ceiling in seconds with their bare hands. they were pretty damn strong.
On December 25 2007 09:58 badteeth wrote: According to my friend who hasn't visited NY it still doesn't make any goddam sense that a herd of goddamn deer survive long musky romantic NY nights with goddamn dark seekers in the goddamn vincinity.
Goddamn. I'm don't care about thoser little plotholes like that though, because it's a zombie movie. Suspension of Mental faculties is somewhat of a requirement for enjoying a hollywood movie nowadays. I was commenting about why i thought it was a very "ok" movie, because it tries to do a little of everything. I still somewhat liked but that could have been the chocolate talking. I like chocolate.
i'm pretty sure they didnt gain gazelle like speed when they turned to zombies, just immunity to blows to the forehead and ability to withstand gunshots better.
you forgot to add inhuman agility, the capacity to scale brick walls np and the superhuman ability to rip a hole in a ceiling in seconds with their bare hands. they were pretty damn strong.
This is by far the biggest thing I hate about Zombie/Infected movies. Especially at the end how easy they break down his lab door. It goes flying...
I just don't get how a virus could mutate a human body to be able to have such super feats of strength and agility.
At least on other movies such as these, the zombies don't have powers like that.
Good Examples;
28 days/weeks series: The infected are pretty much human, except they're pumped with adrenalin which allows them to run fast as hell and posses slightly higher strength than a normal person. (Which is completely plausible.)
Dawn of the Dead - Remake (Best Zombie movie ever by the way): They are pretty much normal, other than the fact they are the living dead.
Bad Example;
Planet Terror: This was just made to be cheesy as shit, so the zombies super human strength is acceptable.
I just don't like zombie flicks where they get super strength it's just stupid. The human body cannot do half the shit that the infected could do.
Krohm, you're an expert on zombies and what they can and cannot do? Its a movie. I didn't even know zombies were real in the first place in order for you to make these judgements.
I read the book a while back and just saw the movie. I know I shouldn't have expected the two to be similar but still, so disappointed. The ending of the book is great and this...is just lame. So Hollywood.
On December 25 2007 09:58 badteeth wrote: According to my friend who hasn't visited NY it still doesn't make any goddam sense that a herd of goddamn deer survive long musky romantic NY nights with goddamn dark seekers in the goddamn vincinity.
sure it does.
there are only so many deer that the zombies will eat until they are satiated. the rest escape and reproduce. it follows one of the three natural equations for population predation/growth.
if all the deer died, then all the dark seekers would probably die as well if that's their chief form of food.
Well, she said she is from Ireland (I think? or I heard wrong) and she heard the radio transmission from Neville. So it's really weird how she can find a boat and travel across the Atlantic and finding the exact pier where he waits.
no, she said she's from virginia or some other state (forgot which) lol. she didn't travel across the atlantic.
wtf is the point of the deer/hunting of deer?
meat goes bad.
why didnt he know about the survivor colony?
maybe denial? maybe he just didnt' hear about it.
why are will smith's reflexes so slow he didnt step back after the car started to tilt?
he was in a craze.
where the fuck did he get that shelby gt500 i want that car so bad
im sure he had access to every car in nyc.
why did the dog die
to save will.
why didnt he just lock up his dog till he had the cure?
his dog helps, as we saw in the previous q.
why did 5.4 billion people die to the cure for cancer? shouldnt only the people who had cancer have died?
the virus mutated and jumped from the cancer having people to the non cancer having people. it was airbourne, and so everyone except those with immunity died.
Okay so I seen this movie on opening day. I was greatly disappointed. I got home and was thinking about the movie... when it hit me. How in the hell did the woman the kid make it to the island exactly? Let alone leave it with a vehicle. The island was sealed off remember?
boat / ferry from new jersey. or maybe tunnel with high beams during the day.
On December 26 2007 02:34 intotherei wrote: answers to alot of q's ive seen: + Show Spoiler +
Well, she said she is from Ireland (I think? or I heard wrong) and she heard the radio transmission from Neville. So it's really weird how she can find a boat and travel across the Atlantic and finding the exact pier where he waits.
no, she said she's from virginia or some other state (forgot which) lol. she didn't travel across the atlantic.
wtf is the point of the deer/hunting of deer?
meat goes bad.
why didnt he know about the survivor colony?
maybe denial? maybe he just didnt' hear about it.
why are will smith's reflexes so slow he didnt step back after the car started to tilt?
he was in a craze.
where the fuck did he get that shelby gt500 i want that car so bad
im sure he had access to every car in nyc.
why did the dog die
to save will.
why didnt he just lock up his dog till he had the cure?
his dog helps, as we saw in the previous q.
why did 5.4 billion people die to the cure for cancer? shouldnt only the people who had cancer have died?
the virus mutated and jumped from the cancer having people to the non cancer having people. it was airbourne, and so everyone except those with immunity died.
Okay so I seen this movie on opening day. I was greatly disappointed. I got home and was thinking about the movie... when it hit me. How in the hell did the woman the kid make it to the island exactly? Let alone leave it with a vehicle. The island was sealed off remember?
boat / ferry from new jersey. or maybe tunnel with high beams during the day.
I just saw this movie today, it was pretty good, I wasn't really expecting anything different than what I got. I DIDN'T expect it to be that sad though! I was about to cry when his dog was hurt/dying in his hands (yes his dog dies if you are on the 11th page of a movie thread you can expect spoilers).
And I think I figured out something terrible about the dog's death: She didn't have to die. Will smith gave her (the dog's a her) the antidote and she started acting crazy (like the lady), so he thought it was hopeless and killed her. Then we find out later it actually just takes time for the antidote to work, so really if Will Smith would have just sedated the dog it would have eventually been ok. At least thats the way i figured it...sucks to know about that though.
On December 27 2007 14:27 sith wrote: I just saw this movie today, it was pretty good, I wasn't really expecting anything different than what I got. I DIDN'T expect it to be that sad though! I was about to cry when his dog was hurt/dying in his hands (yes his dog dies if you are on the 11th page of a movie thread you can expect spoilers).
And I think I figured out something terrible about the dog's death: She didn't have to die. Will smith gave her (the dog's a her) the antidote and she started acting crazy (like the lady), so he thought it was hopeless and killed her. Then we find out later it actually just takes time for the antidote to work, so really if Will Smith would have just sedated the dog it would have eventually been ok. At least thats the way i figured it...sucks to know about that though.
He lost faith when all his experiments failed. Also he got the idea of using ice cubes to speed up the cure after the dog died. The dog had to die so it creates character development since Neville had to live long enough until the end.
On December 27 2007 14:27 sith wrote: And I think I figured out something terrible about the dog's death: She didn't have to die. Will smith gave her (the dog's a her) the antidote and she started acting crazy (like the lady), so he thought it was hopeless and killed her. Then we find out later it actually just takes time for the antidote to work, so really if Will Smith would have just sedated the dog it would have eventually been ok. At least thats the way i figured it...sucks to know about that though.
i thought it was a diff cure that he changed slightly after he was rescued that worked? either way he could've just waited till he had the cure and put the dog on ice + sedated till then.
spoilers ahead... The plot is fundamentally flawed... the film didn't really need all that hollywood-type hero crap, nor making it look like that sick guys with hydrophobia had actually a keen sense of social hierarchy when we were told at the beginning of the film the opposite.. of recent comparable works, "28 days later" was a much better film in this respect.
On December 27 2007 14:27 sith wrote: And I think I figured out something terrible about the dog's death: She didn't have to die. Will smith gave her (the dog's a her) the antidote and she started acting crazy (like the lady), so he thought it was hopeless and killed her. Then we find out later it actually just takes time for the antidote to work, so really if Will Smith would have just sedated the dog it would have eventually been ok. At least thats the way i figured it...sucks to know about that though.
i thought it was a diff cure that he changed slightly after he was rescued that worked? either way he could've just waited till he had the cure and put the dog on ice + sedated till then.
just saw the movie today
i thought that what he injected into the dog was something to euthanize her, not the cure to the virus. he knew the dog was infected, and at that point he didn't know that the cure he had would work 100% on animals, so the only option he had was to kill the dog (and maybe give her some painkillers). animal euthanasia typically takes less than a minute to kill the animal, and with those kinds of injuries it didn't look like the dog would live very long anyway.
this is probably also why he chooses to hold the dog in his arms right after injecting her (to make her feel comforted and loved right up until she goes crazy and dies). anyone who's ever had a loved pet put to sleep would know what it feels like in this situation.
i thought the movie was decent, but the ending was shit -_-
What was up with the mannequin that moved? I didn't get that at all, the infected guy with the dogs put it there supposedly? He said that all the people lost all human like traits, like they all basically went crazy for blood or something. Setting up a pretty elaborate trap doesn't really follow the story very well. And when that guy came out with the dogs it seemed pretty cheap, like a boss in a video game or something, he showed intelligence unlike every other infected person in the city. And if he was infected and crazy why didn't he chase will smith just like the dogs did? I just thought that whole scene was stupid.
Thought this was a good movie, could've been better, the Bob Marley thing was stupid, the Boss zombie was too much and i think it would've been a better ending of the woman did not find the camp in the end but rather the ruins of the camp
On December 27 2007 17:35 jimminy_kriket wrote: What was up with the mannequin that moved? I didn't get that at all, the infected guy with the dogs put it there supposedly? He said that all the people lost all human like traits, like they all basically went crazy for blood or something. Setting up a pretty elaborate trap doesn't really follow the story very well.
From FAQ's section on imdb.com
How did "Fred" the mannequin get moved? The Dark Seekers set up the trap for Neville. When Neville captured the alpha female Dark Seeker, the alpha male saw and was noticeably angry. He copied Neville's trap design, using Fred as the bait. When Neville approached, he triggered the trap.
On December 27 2007 17:35 jimminy_kriket wrote:And when that guy came out with the dogs it seemed pretty cheap, like a boss in a video game or something, he showed intelligence unlike every other infected person in the city. And if he was infected and crazy why didn't he chase will smith just like the dogs did? I just thought that whole scene was stupid
Supposedly, in the book there're a group of vampires that are actually intelligent and have their own society. About the dogs, if you look carefully in the movie, there was piece of newspaper saying "infected dogs come out at dusk", that explains why.
I don't understand why the dogs didn't just run through the light I mean it was only about a foot long. Also Will Smith trying to drag himself to the car was kinda dumb. Why not just make a run. In that situation, no matter how bad his injury was at least he should've known better he should've hopped his way to the car.
Also when Will Smith spots Fred the Mannequin where he shouldn't be, I saw his head moving and I was like "wtf guys, was that just me or his head just moved" and all of my friends were looking at me weirdly saying "uhhhhh... no? what are you talking about" and they thought I was going crazy just like Will Smith.
If you look at the clip you can see his head move and you can actually find an article on the internet that claim that his head actually did move. Haha what slow people they are (my friends) so I was right all along bastards
On December 27 2007 17:35 jimminy_kriket wrote: What was up with the mannequin that moved? I didn't get that at all, the infected guy with the dogs put it there supposedly? He said that all the people lost all human like traits, like they all basically went crazy for blood or something. Setting up a pretty elaborate trap doesn't really follow the story very well. And when that guy came out with the dogs it seemed pretty cheap, like a boss in a video game or something, he showed intelligence unlike every other infected person in the city. And if he was infected and crazy why didn't he chase will smith just like the dogs did? I just thought that whole scene was stupid.
Maybe I missed something though. Someone explain!
The whole thing with Will Smith talking into the camera and saying that the infected ones had completely lost all human logic and emotion was supposed to be ironic in a way. Clearly the main reason the male guy stuck his head out into the sunlight, burning himself in the process, was because he was extremely upset that Will Smith took his girl. If somebody takes your wife in that manner, most humans would react in a similar manner. The fact that Will Smith does not even consider this as a possibility despite him being a very good scientist gives us a look into his character's psyche: he cannot think of them as human, if even a little. They MUST be completely as unhuman as possible, and he'll twist anything he sees to fit this view. But the infected guy DID set a trap. He DID follow Will Smith. blah blah blah. So obviously they have not lost all human traits as mentioned before, but that statement is merely there not to tell us the state of the infected (because the words clearly conflict with what is seen) but to dwell deeper into Smith's character.
I was also wondering why the guy himself didn't go out with the dogs, but whatever. The virus definitely affected people in different ways, and I just assumed in the movie that some of the infected lost more brain capacity than others, and so the "boss" guy was just one of the smarter more fortunate ones who asserted his dominance over the others.
Did you guys noticed that the "boss" infected wore military camo pants? Which means that he might have some strategic thinking skills left. Also near the end with the infected invasion on Neville's house, noticed how they attacked in waves? The "boss" infected probably predicted that Neville can kill a wave easily so he had multiple waves.
On December 27 2007 14:27 sith wrote: And I think I figured out something terrible about the dog's death: She didn't have to die. Will smith gave her (the dog's a her) the antidote and she started acting crazy (like the lady), so he thought it was hopeless and killed her. Then we find out later it actually just takes time for the antidote to work, so really if Will Smith would have just sedated the dog it would have eventually been ok. At least thats the way i figured it...sucks to know about that though.
i thought it was a diff cure that he changed slightly after he was rescued that worked? either way he could've just waited till he had the cure and put the dog on ice + sedated till then.
just saw the movie today
i thought that what he injected into the dog was something to euthanize her, not the cure to the virus. he knew the dog was infected, and at that point he didn't know that the cure he had would work 100% on animals, so the only option he had was to kill the dog (and maybe give her some painkillers). animal euthanasia typically takes less than a minute to kill the animal, and with those kinds of injuries it didn't look like the dog would live very long anyway.
this is probably also why he chooses to hold the dog in his arms right after injecting her (to make her feel comforted and loved right up until she goes crazy and dies). anyone who's ever had a loved pet put to sleep would know what it feels like in this situation.
i thought the movie was decent, but the ending was shit -_-
I'm pretty sure the dog died from him strangling her, didn't it? Besides, why would he keep the animal killing euthanasia stuff in the box with the cure? Heres the way I saw it go down. 1. He sees cuts, knows dog is infected for sure. 2. Crazy with sadness he does the only thing he thinks might help, gives the dog the experimental cure. 3. Within a minute the dog begins to transform into one of the infected and he thinks the cure was a failure, so he holds the dog tight and suffocates it.
If I remember right, he tried the cure on the lady before this, and it hadn't work then, so he really figured it was a failure anyway but it was worth a shot -> leads to him killing dog needlessly. If he had simply waited, the dog would have been cured.
This section in the movie wasn't incredibly clear, and it was hard to tell what Will Smith was thinking a lot of the time.
Great movie, i'm not a critic when i watch movies so i'd give a 4. Entertainment wise i enjoyed it, and they're way worse movies out there, so i think a 3 would be a bit harsh.
Geez, it's been said over and over. He killed the dog because his cure didn't work. He tried it on the infected woman, but it didn't work... yet. He then got the idea of using ice cubes to speed up the cure from Anna. But yeah, it just leaves the viewer guessing that Neville's thoughts were.
How did the woman get into Manhattan when they fucking quarantined it? Why does Neville just leave that cured zombie woman to die? Disappointing move imo, needed more polar bear action!
On December 29 2007 17:09 FragKrag wrote: How did the woman get into Manhattan when they fucking quarantined it? Why does Neville just leave that cured zombie woman to die? Disappointing move imo, needed more polar bear action!
Edit: Why Quarantine when a virus is airborne lol
This is what imdb.com has to say
Q. How did Anna get into Manhattan if the island was quarantined? A. While we do not know how the quarantine process was executed (possibly army/national guard troops), we can assume that 3 years following the deaths and/or mutation of 99% of humanity, the island is no longer being actively quarantined. One could easily hijack or build their own boat to gain access to Manhattan island.
The movie had tons of potential to be succuessful and they just fucked it up.
Oh and about the dog, I'm sure Will Smith strangled her after deseperate attempt of injecting vaccine in her which would have worked in over time.
Obviously the quarantined failed since the world is overrun by the disease. He let the infected woman die even though the cure was working because there was probably not enough room in the chimney. They probably quarantined without knowing the disease was airborne. Neville knew it was airborne, but he most likely didn't tell the other military officers in time.
Seriously, just read the book. I know everyone always says the book is better, which is usually true, and it is in this case. The theme of the book is incredible as well as how the title is derived.
On December 10 2007 14:04 red.venom wrote: the departed and 300 both a 5? How much of a faggot drone can u be.. go back to looking at imdb ratings, jewb
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Totally. SO mainstream. If you like movies that critics like you should probably just go mix yourself up a nice bleach cocktail.
My favorite movie is The Slingshot by Åke Sandgren. Bet you've never heard of it! Know why? Because it's obscure and quirky. I'm a real movie fan, not like those mainstream assholes.
Does it make you that much cooler? I only listed those movies because thats what the AVERAGE movie goer has seen or heard of. I'm not going to list off movies like Trainspotting, Requiem for a Dream, The Machinist, or Green Street Hooligans.
rofl, those movies are pretty damn mainstream as well
yes this movie had some inconsistencies, but it was a really good film none the less. i was worried for him when he was out in the dark, i was sad for him when his dog died, and i was pissed off when that chick lead the zombies to his house when he told her not to. for me, it's a 4/5. it got me involved, which is alot more than i can say for 99% of zombie flicks out there.
on another note, maybe someone can clear this up for me. when he injected the zombie female with the syrum, and she was returning to normal, but then flatlined, he injected her with something else (the virus?) which brought her back to life (with the elevated heart rate, presumably an evil zombie again). i don't understand why she died because of that syrum. if all the ice did was speed up the activation of the syrum then why would the syrum, in normal room temperature, kill the patient?
On December 31 2007 01:47 L!MP wrote: yes this movie had some inconsistencies, but it was a really good film none the less. i was worried for him when he was out in the dark, i was sad for him when his dog died, and i was pissed off when that chick lead the zombies to his house when he told her not to. for me, it's a 4/5. it got me involved, which is alot more than i can say for 99% of zombie flicks out there.
on another note, maybe someone can clear this up for me. when he injected the zombie female with the syrum, and she was returning to normal, but then flatlined, he injected her with something else (the virus?) which brought her back to life (with the elevated heart rate, presumably an evil zombie again). i don't understand why she died because of that syrum. if all the ice did was speed up the activation of the syrum then why would the syrum, in normal room temperature, kill the patient?
lol the thing that sucks a lot is all the horror movies I've seen lately are all about god and religion like: i am legend, the mist, silent hill, and I'm sure there are a lot more but I can't remember
although i am legend shouldn't be a horror movie in the first place but w/e, it's their decision
On January 04 2008 23:51 Noun wrote: lol the thing that sucks a lot is all the horror movies I've seen lately are all about god and religion like: i am legend, the mist, silent hill, and I'm sure there are a lot more but I can't remember
although i am legend shouldn't be a horror movie in the first place but w/e, it's their decision
So what if they're about religion? I'm religious and it intrigued me, unless you're some anti-religious person who cringes when someone uses the "G" word
I don't think I Am Legend was a horror movie... if anything it was a Thriller//Drama. Horror usually has like 7-8 drunken teens who go to a house because it's what everybody does in their town once and 1 by 1 they go missing. These films usually include 3 women (one of which is a ditz, 2 are more normal, but one cries over everything until her head gets chopped off), and it usually contains 1 black guy (comic relief), usually none to a 1/2 of a jew, no asians, a computer nerd (the coin flip death character, b/c he usually has all the answers so he moves the plot along), an athlete (usually saves the girl at the end, usually the last to die), a sex-driven guy (fucks everyone, gets fucked first), and the professor//priest//doctor//teacher//etc who usually has some sick and twisted motives that make no sense.
I Am Legend had 4 characters during the post-quarantine phase, a boy, a mother, will smith (he's his own person, no category for him), and a dog. This is the difference between I Am Legend and a Horror Movie.
Not all horror movies are about 7-8 drunken teens go missing one by one etc etc. That's where you and I have differences of opinions. The original book wasn't even about religion and there was no point of inserting (plus zombie like creatures) it in the movie either. It totally drives away from the concept of the original theme.
I'm not gonna try to argue with you about religion b/c it's pointless.
On December 10 2007 13:56 Spartan wrote: 300: 5 <- how could I not
the problem with 300 is that it is visually stunning but everytime a character says something i burst out in laughter.. cheesiest movie ive ever seen. i know it's supposed to be like that but why did they have to exaggerate that much :>
mh, while quoting this i accidentally read the spoiler, damnit i was planning on watching it soon. well, at least i can spoil it for my friends now while we're watching.
I noticed a fresh bowl of apples in Smith's homebase. There must have been an orchard that he takes care of, with all the wild animals around...Or maybe he just picked it up from a local supermarket, 3 years ago?
Smith as a Colonel chooses the worst firearm to carry around for the kind of encounters he'd expect, and he uses what he carries in a totally retarded fashion. Not to mention the use of explosives, uncontrolled ones at that around the house is the single dumbest decision (from the point those explosives are planted I suppose) in the movie.
I'm always pissed at the portrayal of 'scientists' in movies. It is just not realistic and their methods appear random. My HS science experiments were more focused and controlled.
What was the point of the movie? We screw everything up, we should listen to god?
And the zombies sucked. Super strength? Really? They were just presented in a way that completely ruined any affect they might've had.
Everything before he went stupid (confronted the zombies and got miraculously saved) was 10/10 and then it just went down hill.
I guess it's supposed to go like this: -Everything is destroyed -He is hopelessly fucked but holds on and tries his best to change things while going insane because he can't deal with his shitty existence. -???? -Miracle ......
If I had to have a gripe with this movie it would be the ending. It was a bit too Hollywood, but it was still pretty cool.
I'm pretty sure they were mutants and not zombies (as they were in the Omega Man) which explains the enhanced strength, speed and the mutants' intelligence (setting the trap).
The movie is typical hollywood sub par movie. A generic end world vs zombies type movie. The stupidest things to me about it are all those wonderfully directed dark scenes where you can't see shit except random flashes of images from a flashlight or whatever and just hear sound. Why the fuck do directors do this, to save money? It sucks you douche.
The second thing that was hugely annoying is the fact that he is basically king of new york with food, mansion, companion(pet), weapons, cars, jets (albeit maybe he cant fly it), an entire research lab with drugs and chemicals, a routine including a workout, and hes gone crazy in 3 years??? That is just ridiculous to believe. PS- Why the fuck does he watch Shrek over and over? He can surely get his hands on other movies that don't suck. What, they don't have blockbuster in NY?
I also find it pretty hard to believe that there was a colony a couple hundred miles south and they never bothered to go to MAJOR cities and look for any survivors with a radio or whatever.
The ending was shitty as hell too, Its already bad enough the he just so happens to be a pathologist, a general in the marines or whatever, in the .5% of people not affected, but he finds a cure and makes the 'ultimate sacrifice' when he doesn't even need to? thats not cliche at all.
On January 07 2008 07:28 CharlieMurphy wrote: Oh yea, and can anyone tell me why there was a manikin on the end of the road with a rope trap below it? Did he set that up himself or what?
edit- answer 2 pages back, this movie is even worse now that I know the answer.
yeah I was confused by that too, but i figured it HAD to be the dark seeker guy with the two dogs that set it up... which is crazy to think he would be smart enough to do that. perhaps he set the way before he started losing his mind??
anyway... just saw this movie and freaking loved the first 50 minutes or so. What an awesome idea for a movie this was!! They also did a great job making the dark seekers terrifying. I just think they should of kept the premise that Will Smith was the ONLY guy left on earth. Once they brought in the woman and the kid it kind of ruined it. still though... definately worth seeing.
1) It was a different mannequin with the same clothes. Sometime in the past, Neville placed it in front of one of his own traps then abandoned it. He eventually forgets about it and is caught in his own trap.
2) The Dark Seekers set up the trap for Neville. When Neville captured the alpha female Dark Seeker, the alpha male saw and was noticeably angry. He copied Neville's trap design, using Fred as the bait. When Neville saw Fred, he thought that he saw his head move, which caused him to breakdown and approach after he shot him. Then Neville stepped directly into the hidden snare trap that the alpha male set up, which knocked him out.
How can you not like the scene where he goes after the dog in the dark building? It was perfect to be honest since it felt realistic. There was no music in the background and you can hear how hard he was breathing. I do admit that they should have made the dark seekers more scary but they pretty much look like the robots in iRobot, but with flesh.
As for the survivor colony, don't you think it's a stupid and risky idea to go search for survivors in other cities? Sure they can do it in the day time, but when it becomes night time they're screwed. Unless they have that armored vehicle like the one in Land of the Dead.
How do we know he watches Shrek over and over? He just said he loves Shrek, which doesn't mean he watches it all the time since we see him going to the movie store picking out other movies.
The ending would have been changed I do agree, but he did say that they won't stop chasing after them since they want Neville because he took the female dark seeker. A grenade takes about 3-5 seconds to explode I think, but I doubt he can throw the grenade and jump right into the chimneyish door. Also it's called " I Am Legend" for a reason since he has to die to become a legend, which is the savior of mankind. One of my biggest question is how will they treat all the infected now they have the cure?
The first theory is totally wrong because the mannequin is 'Fred' from the book store. Same clothes and shit.
Blank screen with just sounds for 3 minutes is just bad directing no matter how you look at it. I Robot fucking sucked, just like this movie. Good comparison there.
In the last scene you can see they have some form of military, I'm pretty sure they have tanks and aircraft.. Which brings to the other point, wouldn't they want to go to major cities not only for survivor search but for scavenging and resource gathering?
Yes, he watches Shrek over and over because he knows the entire dialogue (why does firefox think dialogue is incorrect spelling?) of the scene the boy is watching, and for all we know the entire movie as well. When does he go pick movies out?
No one says he has to throw a grenade all he has to do is get in the chimney or whatever that was.
What's wrong with watching a movie you like a lot? i've watched the lord of the rings series probably 10 times, and it's not like new movies came out in the last 3 years for him to watch
And they clearly would have seen him get into the chimney, how would that have helped?
why would they need to go scavenging and resource gathering when they were clearly surviving perfectly fine in their safe haven? they had no reason to think that anyone else survived for that long anywhere
i thought (like some people) that the movie was pretty good 2/3 of the way...kinda got messed up when will loses his mind and the chick rescues him...it was downhill from that point...i really loved that scene where sam chases a deer into a bank(?)...the heavy breathing, the deafening silence...damn that was just so real...but the ending however was disappointing...oh well, you can't please everyone
On January 07 2008 07:19 CharlieMurphy wrote: The second thing that was hugely annoying is the fact that he is basically king of new york with food, mansion, companion(pet), weapons, cars, jets (albeit maybe he cant fly it), an entire research lab with drugs and chemicals, a routine including a workout, and hes gone crazy in 3 years??? That is just ridiculous to believe.
I was surprised he wasn't even crazier. Three years of NO HUMAN CONTACT whatsoever? Try to imagine living by yourself for 3 years, in an enormous city with nothing but zombies and wild animals on the loose, and the memory of losing your loved ones. Oh, and in this imagination of yours, you can't post on TL.net, sorry. I'm pretty sure you'd go insane within months.
On January 07 2008 07:19 CharlieMurphy wrote: PS- Why the fuck does he watch Shrek over and over? He can surely get his hands on other movies that don't suck. What, they don't have blockbuster in NY?
Wow, out of all the things you could criticize, you chose this? Well, I'll come up with an answer then. Maybe Shrek was his daughter's favorite movie? After she died, he watched it over and over so he could remember the times he and his daughter shared watching it together.
On January 07 2008 07:19 CharlieMurphy wrote: I also find it pretty hard to believe that there was a colony a couple hundred miles south and they never bothered to go to MAJOR cities and look for any survivors with a radio or whatever.
Later in your post you say .5% of the people weren't affected by the virus. Think about the ratio of "zombies" to survivors, and now think about the ratio of "zombies" to survivors at the colony. Why would they bother wasting whatever few resources they had to scout major cities? I'm pretty sure they were more worried about staying alive and keeping mankind from becoming an extinct species. Plus major cities were probably the least likely places to have survivors, considering how easy it was for an outbreak to occur in NYC.
On January 07 2008 07:19 CharlieMurphy wrote: The ending was shitty as hell too, Its already bad enough the he just so happens to be a pathologist, a general in the marines or whatever, in the .5% of people not affected, but he finds a cure and makes the 'ultimate sacrifice' when he doesn't even need to? thats not cliche at all.
Yeah, it was a typical shitty Hollywood ending to a great movie.
On January 07 2008 10:49 CharlieMurphy wrote:Blank screen with just sounds for 3 minutes is just bad directing no matter how you look at it. I Robot fucking sucked, just like this movie. Good comparison there.
I Robot was bad, yes. I don't know why you're complaining about that scene being too dark though. I'm sure it would've been much more intense if Will Smith had thermal goggles on.
On January 07 2008 10:49 CharlieMurphy wrote:In the last scene you can see they have some form of military, I'm pretty sure they have tanks and aircraft.. Which brings to the other point, wouldn't they want to go to major cities not only for survivor search but for scavenging and resource gathering?
The best thing for them to do would be to defend themselves and increase the human population. Once their numbers grew, they could slowly expand their colony, gathering whatever resources they could.
On January 07 2008 10:49 CharlieMurphy wrote: No one says he has to throw a grenade all he has to do is get in the chimney or whatever that was.
The ending was pretty stupid, thank you Hollywood. But he couldn't just go into the thing because the zombies were breaking into the room. He bought the girl and boy time by getting rid of all the zombies with the grenade. That way, by the time any zombie reinforcements had come, it would already be dawn, giving the two a chance to escape. Why he couldn't just throw the grenade into the center of the zombies, rather than dive into them with it, I have no idea.
Yeah, so in my opinion I think its wrong to name the movie "I am legend" since the book and movie differs so much. It should be called something else, and been "based on 'I am legend' " or "inspired by 'I am legend' "
In the book, hes a legend for something completely different, and the phrase "I am legend" makes sence. In the movie, its just an half-assed sentance made by an insignificant irish chick.
On January 07 2008 07:19 CharlieMurphy wrote: The second thing that was hugely annoying is the fact that he is basically king of new york with food, mansion, companion(pet), weapons, cars, jets (albeit maybe he cant fly it), an entire research lab with drugs and chemicals, a routine including a workout, and hes gone crazy in 3 years??? That is just ridiculous to believe.
I was surprised he wasn't even crazier. Three years of NO HUMAN CONTACT whatsoever? Try to imagine living by yourself for 3 years, in an enormous city with nothing but zombies and wild animals on the loose, and the memory of losing your loved ones. Oh, and in this imagination of yours, you can't post on TL.net, sorry. I'm pretty sure you'd go insane within months.
I definately agree here... it was very easy to believe a person would go crazy after 3 years. I myself was actually surprised too he wasn't even crazier.
I mean can you honestly say you can predict the psychological repurcussions of being the ONLY FREAKING PERSON ON EARTH FOR 3 YEARS. I mean I'd probably snap after a week.
On January 07 2008 10:49 CharlieMurphy wrote: The first theory is totally wrong because the mannequin is 'Fred' from the book store. Same clothes and shit.
Blank screen with just sounds for 3 minutes is just bad directing no matter how you look at it. I Robot fucking sucked, just like this movie. Good comparison there.
sorry have to disagree with you. The scene where the dog ran into the dark abondoned building was easily one of the best scenes in the whole movie. It kept me at the edge of my seat the entire time, and it was great how they didn't reveal the zombies right away and left it to your imagination. Allowing the viewer to use his imagination is actually a great directing technique, as oppose to just quickly showing all the monsters on screen constantly and using excessive gore to invoke fear (with cheesy music in the background). THAT is bad directing.
Also regarding the mannequin thing. He said it was a DIFFERENT mannequin with the same clothes. So that theory is feasible.
On January 08 2008 00:28 Epicfailguy wrote: Yeah, so in my opinion I think its wrong to name the movie "I am legend" since the book and movie differs so much. It should be called something else, and been "based on 'I am legend' " or "inspired by 'I am legend' "
In the book, hes a legend for something completely different, and the phrase "I am legend" makes sence. In the movie, its just an half-assed sentance made by an insignificant irish chick.
There were actually two movies created based off the book but with different names. This one should have followed suit.
And don't read just Wikipedia for the book ending, read the actual book. Its amazing.
On January 08 2008 00:48 stk01001 wrote: Also regarding the mannequin thing. He said it was a DIFFERENT mannequin with the same clothes. So that theory is feasible.
I may have missed this. But who said it was a different mannequin, and when? Was it Neville? but I really don't recall it.
On January 08 2008 00:48 stk01001 wrote: Also regarding the mannequin thing. He said it was a DIFFERENT mannequin with the same clothes. So that theory is feasible.
I may have missed this. But who said it was a different mannequin, and when? Was it Neville? but I really don't recall it.
Sorry, I wasn't referring to Neville. I was referring to the poster who offered two theories as to who set up the mannequin. He said one theory (from IMDB) was that Neville himself set up a different mannequin but with the same clothes as Fred and then forgot about it.
Someone then argued this theory wasn't possible because Fred was the mannequin from the video store.. and I was simply pointing out it is possible because the theory was that it was a DIFFERENT mannequin in the same clothing. Regardless, I for one don't even think this theory is right. The theory that the dark seeker saw Neville capture the alpha female and then used a similar technique to try and trap him is much more believable.
On January 08 2008 00:48 stk01001 wrote: Also regarding the mannequin thing. He said it was a DIFFERENT mannequin with the same clothes. So that theory is feasible.
I may have missed this. But who said it was a different mannequin, and when? Was it Neville? but I really don't recall it.
Sorry, I wasn't referring to Neville. I was referring to the poster who offered two theories as to who set up the mannequin. He said one theory (from IMDB) was that Neville himself set up a different mannequin but with the same clothes as Fred and then forgot about it.
Someone then argued this theory wasn't possible because Fred was the mannequin from the video store.. and I was simply pointing out it is possible because the theory was that it was a DIFFERENT mannequin in the same clothing. Regardless, I for one don't even think this theory is right. The theory that the dark seeker saw Neville capture the alpha female and then used a similar technique to try and trap him is much more believable.
I dont agree at all with that.
When I watched the movie I assumed he just set it up there himself and because he was going crazy forgot about it.
On January 08 2008 00:48 stk01001 wrote: Also regarding the mannequin thing. He said it was a DIFFERENT mannequin with the same clothes. So that theory is feasible.
I may have missed this. But who said it was a different mannequin, and when? Was it Neville? but I really don't recall it.
Sorry, I wasn't referring to Neville. I was referring to the poster who offered two theories as to who set up the mannequin. He said one theory (from IMDB) was that Neville himself set up a different mannequin but with the same clothes as Fred and then forgot about it.
Someone then argued this theory wasn't possible because Fred was the mannequin from the video store.. and I was simply pointing out it is possible because the theory was that it was a DIFFERENT mannequin in the same clothing. Regardless, I for one don't even think this theory is right. The theory that the dark seeker saw Neville capture the alpha female and then used a similar technique to try and trap him is much more believable.
I dont agree at all with that.
When I watched the movie I assumed he just set it up there himself and because he was going crazy forgot about it.
OK so you agree with the first theory then...
Honestly to me, neither theory is more feasible than the other. Saying he set up the mannequin and then just forgot about it is just as feasible as saying the dark seeker set it up. (to me anyway)
edit: after watching the scene again on Youtube, I am almost sure now the dark seeker set it up. It really makes the most sense, i really disagree with you.
The seeker most definitely set it up. That's how he knew Will Smith was going to be where he was in the first place. That's why he released the dogs at dusk to go get him. Also, it follows the story because the alpha male was obviously very upset and wanted revenge for his female.
As far as the survivors not going out of their colony... forget the seekers... you can't escape an airborne virus. Remember, the only reason the few others didn't get infected is because they are immune. The normal survivors would have been screwed by the air alone.
If the survivors who were not immune wouldn't they get infected anyways because it's airborne? It's not like the survivor colony has a force field around the place to block out the airborne disease.
The leader zombie made the trap, and it was Fred. We see Fred through Nevilles eyes, and we see him moving his head. This is because Neville is going mad.
The reason he made the trap, is because Neville trapped his wife.
This is explained by the director, but I cba to find the interview.
Just watched it, I didn't see any trailers or any hype beforehand. It was actually more of a drama about a hopeless man living in desolation than zombie action move. The drama parts are nice because Will Smith is a good actor, the action parts are average. Overall not much happens and it just ends. I guess it's exactly 3 stars no more no less. Pretty disappointing blockbuster.
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