I Am Legend

[5t3IIa]

Saw the trailer! Wooooooo! I love apocalyptic movies and the empty and fucked NYC looks amazing. And, if I'm honest, I think Will Smith is extremely good at what he does, whether it be a quip-tastic alien-bopping fighter pilot or a geneticist

What's the book like? Readable, is it? Shall I spoil myself for the film (out in Jan 08 )

 

[DotCommunist]

Saw the trailer! Wooooooo! I love apocalyptic movies and the empty and fucked NYC looks amazing. And, if I'm honest, I think Will Smith is extremely good at what he does, whether it be a quip-tastic alien-bopping fighter pilot or a geneticist

What's the book like? Readable, is it? Shall I spoil myself for the film (out in Jan 08 )

will smith annoys me by never taking any challenging roles. Six Degrees of seperation PROVED that he is a quality actor, but he's just done shite films since. Will be pleased if this ones a good role for him

 

[5t3IIa]

will smith annoys me by never taking any challenging roles. Six Degrees of seperation PROVED that he is a quality actor, but he's just done shite films since. Will be pleased if this ones a good role for him

Was he any good in Ali? Not seen it myself.

Block-buster action =! shite :shakesfinger:

 

[secretsquirrel]

Blimey. I've just finished reading this - can't imagine Will Smith in it! Definately worth reading. It has previously been filmed as The Omega Man with Charlton Heston. Link

 

[g force]

He's been good in Six Degress, Pursuit of Happyness (yes blockbuster fayre and horribly marketed, but at its heart a decent - and true - story) and Ali. The rest of his career is basically him being:

a) a wise-cracking badass - BadBoys, Iamrobot etc
b) pulling faces and being a wise-cracking smartass - Fresh Prince, Hitch, etc

 

[camouflage]

Saw the trailer! Wooooooo! I love apocalyptic movies and the empty and fucked NYC looks amazing. And, if I'm honest, I think Will Smith is extremely good at what he does, whether it be a quip-tastic alien-bopping fighter pilot or a geneticist

What's the book like? Readable, is it? Shall I spoil myself for the film (out in Jan 08 )

read the book first, you'll find it will definately be better then the film, and also you'll get to enjoy the original plot (and prose) instead of whatever Hollywood corruption The Producers have commanded their army of disposable writers to come up with and call "I Am Legend".

Still, hopefully Will smith will redeem the movie, somewhat.

I saw a trailer and found myself railing long into the night in a fit of rage because of the dog. Bad sign, that dog in the trailer, bad sign.

 

[Belushi]

Its years since I've seen it but I remember the Omega Man as being a cracking film.

 

[5t3IIa]

*ebays frantically*

 

[Maltin]

It has previously been filmed as The Omega Man with Charlton Heston. Link

and prior to that as The Last Man on Earth.

 

[Balbi]

He's been good in Six Degress, Pursuit of Happyness (yes blockbuster fayre and horribly marketed, but at its heart a decent - and true - story) and Ali. The rest of his career is basically him being:

a) a wise-cracking badass - BadBoys, Iamrobot etc
b) pulling faces and being a wise-cracking smartass - Fresh Prince, Hitch, etc

Apart from Enemy Of The State, where he was neither and awesome

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Loved the book, not convinced the film will be worth seeing. Especially as Smith is in it...

 

[Augie March]

I'm looking forward to this. The book is ace and I'm interested to see how they turn such an introspective film into a wide audience appealing blockbuster movie. The Omega Man version didn't quite work for me, so hopefully this will do it better.

I'm thinking this is going to be Will Smith's Castaway, replacing Wilson with a dog though.

 

[DexterTCN]

I'm thinking of the way he slaughtered "I, Robot".

Can't see it being any more than a CGI wise-cracking action fest where the good guy wins and he'll probably save the human race too.

 

[Cid]

Errr... Hang on a sec, I Am Legend is classic literature, it's an intense, claustrophobic look at isolation, desperation and fear. It was the first vampire literature to look at the idea of a disease and to talk about aversions as related to that disease or psychological.

Think about what Will Smith did to I, Robot - he's going to fuck this one right up.

e2a: missed Dexter's post, great minds etc...

 

[golightly]

The title 'I am Legend' refers to the fact that Nevill, the main protagonist, rather than being the hero turns out to be some kind of a mythical monster or bogey man in the eyes of the infected survivors. If they are giving the film the title of the original book then for the title to make sense the ending needs to be reasonably close to the book. I know I may be clutching at straws, but just because 'I Robot' was trashed doesn't mean that this will be.

 

[Cid]

The title 'I am Legend' refers to the fact that Nevill, the main protagonist, rather than being the hero turns out to be some kind of a mythical monster or bogey man in the eyes of the infected survivors. If they are giving the film the title of the original book then for the title to make sense the ending needs to be reasonably close to the book. I know I may be clutching at straws, but just because 'I Robot' was trashed doesn't mean that this will be.

Have a look at the trailer...

 

[golightly]

Oh, do I have to!

 

[Cid]

Oh, do I have to!

'Fraid so...

WARNING: Trailer may contain gratuitous six pack shots, a fast car, a large explosion and dramatic voice-overs.

 

[golightly]

*sigh*

I'm starting to see a pattern.

"Hey, guess what they are making **** into a film!"

"Oh, it's shit!"

"Hey, guess what they are making **** into a film!"

"Oh, it's shit!"

"Hey, guess what they are making **** into a film!"

"Oh, it's shit!"

Repeat...

 

[camouflage]

The title 'I am Legend' refers to the fact that ....

Erm... abit spoiler.

 

[golightly]

Only if I'm not talking shit.

 

[Augie March]

'Fraid so...

WARNING: Trailer may contain gratuitous six pack shots, a fast car, a large explosion and dramatic voice-overs.

Hmm, wouldn't judge it by it's trailer though. If the film is a dark, introspective look into the human psyche, inevitably, the advertising bods making the trailer are going to make it look like a dumb action-packed blockbuster.

Shit trailers can often make good films, due to the silly sods trying to promote the film, will nearly always fuck up the trailer by trying to make the film appeal to a young American audience.

Of course, the film could just easily be shit as well though.

 

[camouflage]

Only if I'm not talking shit.

Maybe I'm chatting shit but the bit at the end when he realises what they see when they look at him was a paradigm shift in the perspective of the situation up till that point, the swing of understanding the story as that of the last man in a post-apocalyptic world to that of a freakish and solitary predator was a testament to the skill of the writer for me, I'm glad I didn't have a clue that was coming when I read the book.

The thing with the dog was also one of the most touching parts of the book I think, and if they've changed that (and by the trailer they definately have) then... fuck it, whole thing's broken.

 

[Stigmata]

I'm guessing they put the dog in so he has someone to talk and exposit to. In the book it was all very internalised. Just like Wilson in Castaway, as Augie march says.

Not sure about the sports car though. The chap in the book was far to pragmatic for that sort of nonsense. And I bet he'll be listening to inoffensive hip-hop rather than moody classical music too.

 

[DotCommunist]

Errr... Hang on a sec, I Am Legend is classic literature, it's an intense, claustrophobic look at isolation, desperation and fear. It was the first vampire literature to look at the idea of a disease and to talk about aversions as related to that disease or psychological.

Think about what Will Smith did to I, Robot - he's going to fuck this one right up.

e2a: missed Dexter's post, great minds etc...

I don't think Will did the re-write on that one, and it's that that makes it shit

Why buy asimov's rights, only to do a shit 're-imagining'

 

[5t3IIa]

I suppsoe there's a dog in it so he has someone to talk to, just like Wilson was someone for Hanks to talk to. As far as I can tell from you lot, it's an introspective book so the movie will need tweaking by necessity.

Empire's Winetr Round-up thing had a quite from Smith saying '7 weeks and not one quip - it's killing me!' which hopefulyl will assuage some fears of it being Apocalypse Bad Boys Later

 

[5t3IIa]

I'm guessing they put the dog in so he has someone to talk and exposit to. In the book it was all very internalised. Just like Wilson in Castaway, as Augie march says.

Not sure about the sports car though. The chap in the book was far to pragmatic for that sort of nonsense. And I bet he'll be listening to inoffensive hip-hop rather than moody classical music too.

Jinx

 

[camouflage]

I'm guessing they put the dog in so he has someone to talk and exposit to. In the book it was all very internalised. Just like Wilson in Castaway, as Augie march says.

Not sure about the sports car though. The chap in the book was far to pragmatic for that sort of nonsense. And I bet he'll be listening to inoffensive hip-hop rather than moody classical music too.

Yeah, Americans wouldn't understand the idea of a black man listening to classical music, it'd confooz em.

 

[camouflage]

I don't think Will did the re-write on that one, and it's that that makes it shit

Why buy asimov's rights, only to do a shit 're-imagining'

Tell me about it.
I'll only trust book-to-screen jobs now if it's Peter Jackson who's been given all dictatorial powers necessary, as I understand that's how the LoTR trilogy got to be so true to the original book (as I imagined it anyway).

 

[Stigmata]

Yeah, Americans wouldn't understand the idea of a black man listening to classical music, it'd confooz em.

I was just thinking he'd slip in one of his own tracks, as per usual. 'Iiiiiiiin post-apocalyptic NY, born and raised...'

Jinx

Get out of my head!