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That pretty much sums it up. 2007's I Am Legend is basically a remake of 1971's The Omega Man with Charlton Heston, which was a piece of crap in my opinion. I Am Legend isn't nearly as crappy, but still retains Hollywood's penchant for raping good books.
My first major complaint with the film was the fact that the vampires were completely CG (I think). They could have been much more believable had they been actors ala 28 Days Later, another film at least partially based off of the original book. Richard Matheson's book is the basis for all zombie movies after all. Anyway, the worst part of the CGI was the lead vampire's awful dislocated-jaw-roar. So cheesy.
My second complaint was the ending. It was the biggest copy-over from The Omega Man. Of course, I admit that the ending in the book is hundreds of times more depressing than what was used and therefore not acceptable to Hollywood, but still, I wish they could have stayed true to the source material. At least that had a message, although I'm not entirely sure what it was.
A cool tidbit: Mike Patton, the prolific musician who fronted Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Peeping Tom, Tomahawk, and a million other groups, as well as performing the voice of The Darkness in the recent video game, did the vampire noises in this film. That dude is just too dang cool.
2 comments:
i agree about the cd vamps. it quit being scary when they showed dreamworks cartoon zombies.
i liked the ending. i haven't read the book, and if what your sister has told me is accurate, i don't want to. that ending (and that chick) sounds gay on ice. also, i haven't seen the omega man.
you know what would have been cool, though? if will smith took the cure from the vampire, injected it into himself and then let the vamps have their way with him, releasing the antidote the same way the sickness was spread. that woulda been rad.
I agree. That would have been a better ending.
The reason I would prefer the book's ending is because of the ironic message; I've been thinking about it more lately, and I figure the point it's getting at is that the the hunter is a monster to the monsters it hunts. Not very deep I suppose, but better than the generic hero theme.
Thanks for the comments, by the way. I look forward to meeting you.
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