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citydreams said:
Doesn't mean I'm visiting Dicken's world though :mad:
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dallink you live in london... you are already there ;)

I dunno i'm downloading this atm ... not read the book will be objective about the film when i have seen it... not expecting a great deal but love post apopcaliptic type films...
 
5t3IIa said:
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 :cool:

What's the book like? Readable, is it? Shall I spoil myself for the film (out in Jan 08 :mad: )
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i'm going to check this out, loved the chuck heston movie:cool: and post apocalyptic movies? i'm there:cool:
 
Not seen the film but BBC 7 are currently doing a serial of the book at 6.30 p.m. each day repeated at 12.30 a.m. - it's really gripped me. Already up to episode 7 today but I think anyone interested should be able to catch it on Listen Again - it's well worth it.
 
I happened to read this a couple of weeks ago and then found out that a new film was being made. I don't think I'll bother, going by Reno's review.
 
veracity said:
Not seen the film but BBC 7 are currently doing a serial of the book at 6.30 p.m. each day repeated at 12.30 a.m. - it's really gripped me. Already up to episode 7 today but I think anyone interested should be able to catch it on Listen Again - it's well worth it.
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Sounds interesting.

Will check it out. :cool:
 
Er, thanks for the spoiler;)



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.
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foreigner said:
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Shame about everyone reading this post though. Want edit or warn of spoilers?
 
DexterTCN said:
I bet you anything he gets his daughter back at the end.

At which point, I will go postal.
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Apparently the last shot of the film is Smith picking up his Motorola to answer a text: "Dad, I'm OK" at which point we fade to credits and P Diddy kicks in with a radical "street" rework of Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's "Monster Mash"

;)


Spolier, I know, but wtf...
 
Saw it this weekend. Its an overbudgeted zombie movie. Luckily I like zombie movies. The more B quality the zombies the better as far as I'm concerned.

If you are expecting it to be like the book, don't bother.
 
Yuwipi Woman said:
Saw it this weekend. Its an overbudgeted zombie movie. Luckily I like zombie movies. The more B quality the zombies the better as far as I'm concerned.

If you are expecting it to be like the book, don't bother.
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oh well... the book had Vampires.
 
Structaural said:
by who? *reads post again* - that would spoil it for me mate.
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It would spoil the ending of the book, but it wouldn't spoil the ending of the film, which completely different and incredibly lame.
 
Reno said:
It would spoil the ending of the book, but it wouldn't spoil the ending of the film, which completely different and incredibly lame.
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The book's what I'm talking about. Someone comes into this thread out of interest and gets the book spoiled. ie. the entire point of the title and the final twist is revealed. And the fact that there's no warning in the title of that post.
 
I, Robot, which I've sat through twice for some reason, was shite but Will Smith was the WRONG man to add any kind of gravitas that would have saved that film some credibility. He's just too down wiv da kids, y'knowwhatI'msayin'...
Typical 'upbeat' ending demanded by Hollywood which is the opposite meaning of the title for the book but hey, quelle suprise! Anyway, I've been suckered by the Cloverfield trailers, roll on 18th Jan, I think I'll make that the first movie I see of 2008.
 
The book is absolutely great. IIRC the Heston version didn't exactly stick rigidly to the plot - I hope this does a bit more.

It does look like a modern take on a 50 year old novel, & I like the idea of him wandering around making merry with civilisation's leftovers before locking himself up at night. The SFX also look pretty good.
 
RenegadeDog said:
Will Smith can actually be a decent actor. See "Pursuit of Happyness".
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I have no problem with Will Smith either. I find him charismatic and likable and he'd already proven that can be a good actor in his first film role as the enigmatic gay hustler at the centre of Six Degrees of Separation.

He isn't the Neville of the book, but his casting isn't what ruins the film. Many adaptations had their central characters tweaked while remining faithful to the core of the novel.
 
Superape said:
The book is absolutely great. IIRC the Heston version didn't exactly stick rigidly to the plot - I hope this does a bit more.

It does look like a modern take on a 50 year old novel, & I like the idea of him wandering around making merry with civilisation's leftovers before locking himself up at night. The SFX also look pretty good.
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Read my review above. This departs much more from the novel than The Omega Man did. The Heston version also changed the vampires to mutants, but at least it followed the ouline of the book. This new version only keeps the original premise while chucking out nearly all of the story and coming up with nothing but tired cliches instead. The deus ex machina ending is a cheat and throws in some Chrisitan uplift on top.
 
Reno said:
Read my review above. This departs much more from the novel than The Omega Man did. The Heston version also changed the vampires to mutants, but at least it followed the ouline of the book. This new version only keeps the original premise while chucking out nearly all of the story and coming up with nothing but tired cliches instead. The deus ex machina ending is a cheat and throws in some Chrisitan uplift on top.
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I skimmed the thread & missed it, but I am *ahem* 'acquiring' a version to see if it is worth going to the kinematograph to view in person.

I would definitely urge people to read the book - I enjoyed it a lot when i read it from my dad's collection as a yoof. I never realised Matheson also wrote the book that inspired The Incredible Shrinking Man either :)
 
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