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anyone seen I AM LEGEND..i am thinking of going to see it this pm as the cinema is shut tinite

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SantaBabyBeenAnAwfulGoodGirl · 31/12/2007 13:58

..will smith as a scientistleft in NY

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themoon66 · 31/12/2007 14:07

bump... coz i want to know if it's any good too. Am planning to go with best mate later this week.

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S101 · 31/12/2007 14:07

My dh went yesterday afternoon by himself.

Said it was a good film, a bit jumpy in places.

Worth seeing.

But that is dh opinion.

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SantaBabyBeenAnAwfulGoodGirl · 31/12/2007 19:53

well it wasn't that impressive to me

will smith looked quite fanciable occasionally the opening car sequence was ok

and some of the cinematography

but the story was fairly ill explained

and i kept dropping off to sleep

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Bluestocking · 31/12/2007 19:56

I started a thread about it a few days ago, it's here. I enjoyed it!

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SantaBabyBeenAnAwfulGoodGirl · 31/12/2007 19:59

lol i did look but under film not in chat babe

well i did say he was ok and the sequence yep showing ny

zombies were unscary imo too

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WendyWeber · 31/12/2007 20:01

DS2 and his mates went to see it this week. I said was it OK and he said yes but that's as far as he went about it!

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Bluestocking · 31/12/2007 20:06

I wasn't sure where to put it - I wasn't sure I was up to composing a full review, just wanted to know if anyone else had seen it!

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handlemecarefully · 27/01/2008 19:21

I know this is an old thread that I am resurrecting, but only got around to seeing the film last night.

Have checked out this thread, and the referenced linked thread, and can't quite believe the mixed reviews.

Badly explained - que?
Weak ending - eh?
Zombies not scary - wot?

Were we watching the same film? I felt it was extremely good example of it's genre. Didn't rely on lots of gratuitous gore for the scares, and kept the tension going throughout...

In answer to the point made about Will Smith's character being suspiciously over organised - he's a scientist and it's his job to methodical and pay attention to detail. He still had electricity because he had rigged up his own Heath Robinson method for generating it himself....

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Bluestocking · 27/01/2008 19:24

Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it so much, HMC!

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constancereader · 27/01/2008 19:25

I enjoyed it, thought it was good but it scared the crap out of me. I think I am too old for films like this, I literally jumped out of my skin and made little shreiking noises.

I couldn't believe the way they changed the meaning of 'I Am Legend' from the book to the film though. It couldn't have been more different.

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discoverlife · 27/01/2008 19:25

I liked it too.

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Bluestocking · 27/01/2008 19:26

Tell me, Constance, what was the meaning in the book? I haven't read it.

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constancereader · 27/01/2008 19:27

shrieking (not sure if that is right either...what has happened to me????)

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EllieG · 27/01/2008 19:28

Made me scared. Didn't like the monsters.

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lunavix · 27/01/2008 19:30

CRAP

lol

it was 28 days later but about one man and his dog, as opposed to a group of slightly more diverse people

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ZippiBabes · 27/01/2008 19:31

rofl i still hold to it was not very good and not scary and plot free

you wil be saying sweeney todd was scary next

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ZippiBabes · 27/01/2008 19:33

i had an exciting nye didnt i

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constancereader · 27/01/2008 19:33

In the book he isn't a scientist, but he goes around killing the vampires as it is the only thing to do...

The vampires talk in the book, and hang around outside taunting him.

In the end he comes to realise that the new society that exists now is the norm and that HE is the monster (due to the killing). He is now the legendary killer.

It is a very bleak ending.

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Bluestocking · 27/01/2008 19:34

Thanks CR, that is a much more interesting idea than the film - that "happy ending" is so totally bogus!

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MingMingtheWonderPet · 27/01/2008 19:35

I really liked it.

Made me laugh that a fab scientist was also well buff, super fit and had great looking wife and kid. I thought they all wore sandals, had beards and only chatted to people on the internet!

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Bluestocking · 27/01/2008 19:37

... not to mention that he had possibly the most desirable residence in the whole of Manhattan - a whole brownstone on Washington Square - I mean, come on, how much do they pay soldier-scientists?

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Kimi · 27/01/2008 19:42

Saw it 2 weeks ago and loved it, although I do like will smith.
It is NOTHING like the book.

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Kimi · 27/01/2008 19:45

DS2 ask me what I was going to see and DH1 said, mum is going to see I am leg end, its a film about a foot

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constancereader · 27/01/2008 19:59

I thought Emma Thompson must have had a laugh playing her part.

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evenhope · 27/01/2008 20:47

I went to see it only because DS (15) wanted to go, but found I really enjoyed it.

The suspense when he was going through the building looking for the dog was almost unbearable

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