I Am Legend
 

After reading on another forum about the upcoming Will Smith movie "I Am Legend", I bought the original novel by Richard Matheson.


It's brilliant :tu:


Best book I've read in ages.



I can only hope that the new movie version does it justice.


Trailer:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/iamlegend/



Richard Matheson himself has apparently said it is "First Class!" according to "Total Film".

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Saw the thread title and thought your modesty had overtaken you :p:

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Nah - he used to suffer from false modesty, but not any more - he's perfect now...... ;)

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I dunno..I reckon Charlton Heston already did this well..I really hate the way Hollywood keeps going back and remaking classics.:(

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I've not seen The Omega Man, but from reading a synopsis, it sounds like it is quite different in places to the original novel.

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The part with the golf club is eerily similar...;)

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As long as they improve on the original, I see no reason on updating classics. Unfortunately they very rarely improve on the Original.

A quick poll from my memory;

Planet of the apes: Original Yes, remake no

King Kong: Original Yes, 70's remake no, latest remake yes

Italian Job: Original Yes, remake no

Get Carter: Original Yes, remake no

feel free to add.

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Latest trailer

Light up the darkness!

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The Wicker Man: Original :tu:, remake :td:

The Hitcher: Original :tu:, remake :td:

Halloween: Original :tu:, remake :td:

Escape from New York: Original :tu:, upcoming remake most likely a :td:

Hellraiser: Original :tu:, upcoming remake most likely a :td:

etc.


Do get some good remakes though.

Thomas Crown Affair was good, & The Ring, IMO. Manchurian Candidate was OK, but not as good as the old Sinatra classic.


But the general pattern does tend to be remake = crap.


Looks good :)

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The ring was SO CRAP compared to the original jap version :(

The lake was also a terrible remake of "il mare"

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First 3 minutes of I am Legend (and other clips) here

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I saw it this afternoon.

Loved it.


The ending was annoying, but at least Neville . On the other hand, I think it simplified things, & it was handled well.


Very close to the book I thought, apart from some minor changes, plus the more major deviation near the end (& the odd other bits which aren't too important, although would have been nice to have). Still has the feel of it.

I thought it was very well done, Will Smith was very good, & the flashbacks were a nice touch too.

When the , I was expecting things to be like the book, so was a bit surprised later.

Still, before that, I had been wondering how exactly they would do the same end as the book, seeing as in the movie you don't see him properly going out .


If anything, I'd have like it to be longer, with a bit more of his daytime & night-time activities, & more of the "Dark Seekers".

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Nothing special.

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i really enjoyed it :) , just not long enough

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your joking Matt, the film as in affect a load of tosh, and you could sum up the whole film in a 10 minute clip, infact you have already seen the best parts of it in the TV clips .

the zombie and his dogs could have been so much more to bring the viewer into the microscopic plotline, VERY POOR IMO....

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btw bulky it was a she not a he.... the poor zombies were far better i thought.