I am Legend

[Karried]

Do not pass go, do not collect $200.. in other words..

Stop.. another Spoiler Alert!

The only think I can think of is if they were coming there to save the girl he took, not so much to kill him. They did ultimately wind up in the same room as the girl on the table.

I think you are right.. but they set the trap and were planning on killing him (not knowing where the girl was). The only reason they found the girl is because they followed the car home ( the one driven by the lady and son who rescued Will Smith) Had they killed him on the spot, they never would have found the girl.. maybe they hadn't become that evolved to figure that part out! lol

I just wish the ending didn't end the way it did... that's all I'm saying about in case someone didn't heed our warnings and reading this as we speak.

I need to go see it again.

[Karried]

mmm, you are pretty darn smart my friend.

[Stan Silliman]

For comparison, add "OMEGA MAN" to your DVD rental queue. Same story, but starring Charlton Heston. Of course the special effects are no where near as cool.

The Omega Man (1971)

I unfortunately got there late and miss the opening, came in when he was chasing dear in a Mustang.

Who has done more "end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it" movies than Charlton Heston?

Planet of the Apes "Damn monkeys. Where's my gun?"
Omega Man: "Damn mutants. Where's my gun?"
Soylent Green: "Soylent Green is people. Where's my gun?"

[ad47aw]

"Omega Man" is played for laughs, at least early in the film. The scenes
where he dines by himself are really funny.

[MadMonk]

SPOILERS


The first 2/3rds or so featured some great apocalyptic scenes, a fine-tuned performance from Smith, and a perfectly executed emotional breaking point.

But it falls apart in the third act, even more than I first realized. The Shrek and Bob Marley shout outs were ridiculous and out of place. Anna's behavior is illogical, and the climatic scenes are riddled with holes. How did the lone vamp upstairs get in, and why was there a bloody shard of glass if it hadn't gotten to Anna or the boy yet? Also, the science in the film was bogus. A virus that kills cancer? Why were certain people immune? Why did sunlight hurt them? So the cure to it all was ice?

The ending felt very rushed, and the attempt to make the title sensical was very forced.

7/10 or B

I just got around to watching this one and I have to agree with your assessment. The first 2/3 was very good, but the rest seemed rushed and left me disappointed. Hopefully a nice director's cut release (which I hear is over 2hrs long) will make it a better flick.

[NikonNurse]

Movies are to expand the imagination.....just use yours. Quit trying to push reality into movies like this!!! Who cares if the science is bogus, it makes for a good movie.

[NikonNurse]

there is an alternate ending on the DVD. I am more pleased with the movie outcome now.

[Karried]

Cool, I bought the DVD, I'll have to watch the alternative ending.

I watch a bit of the movie last night but it was late and I fell asleep.. but even still, a few more of my questions were answered.

[jbrown84]

I saw the alternate ending online, and I liked it even less. It had an interesting aspect to it that was hinted at in the movie, but overall it was much more of a "hollywood ending" and didn't give the title much weight.

[Martin]

there were some things about thie alternate ending that i liked and some that i liked better about the original.

what i like with the alternate ending is that the 'vampires' are shown to be intelligent beings with feelings and emotions. the original ending never really showed the viewer this aspect of them. to me, this plays much better with what was in the book, where the 'vampires' are shown to be making their own culture out of the ashes of mankind.

i like the original ending in that it attempts to explain the title, 'i am legend' since the protagonist's blood is the cure, he becomes the legend since it is he who saves humanity.

however, it is the book's ending that is by far still the best. the basic plot, like the movie, is that robert neville is one man in a world full of vampires. by night he holes up in his fortified home and fends off attacks. by day he hunts the vampires and kills them while they sleep. at the end of the novel, this group of vampires captures neville, imprisons him and sentences him to execution. in the book's final scene, neville looks out the jail's windows at the mob of vampires around the jail... upon seeing him in the window, neville can see that the vampires revile and are scared of him... so... the roles are reversed. the monstrous vampires are normal and the 'normal' guy is the monster that kills them while they sleep... just like vampires are to us, neville is legend to those vampires... really cool stuff, imo.

-M