I Am Legend

[smarta5150]

Anyone seeing the midnight show???

[ChldsPlay]

Anyone seeing the midnight show???

I only go Saturday or Sunday mornings when it is only $5 a ticket. Though the theatre here just started doing $5 Mon-Thursday too, so I might go more often during the week. Rarely will we go on Friday/Sat/Sun night anymore.

[Achozen]

Nah. I'll probably go sometime this weekend though.

Will Smith acts in entertaining movies, it should be good.

[smarta5150]

I think I am gonna go tonight.

If so I will be sure to come back and spoil the ending for you all ;)

[Yeagermeister]

I'm too old to do midnight showings :D

[smarta5150]

I'm too old to do midnight showings :D

Come on, I'm 78 :rolleyes:

[Yeagermeister]

Come on, I'm 78 :rolleyes:

CBZ would call you a young whiper snapper :D

[smarta5150]

CBZ would call you a young whiper snapper :D

I would comment back but I already called CBZ the old-man in the Six Flag commercials.

My 1 old man joke a week was used on that.


oh and I meant 78-55

[Rack Bauer]

Dude, your sig is freakin' hilarious!

:lmao2:

[silverbear]

Come on, I'm 78 :rolleyes:

Well, you don't look a day over 70... :p:

[smarta5150]

Coooool movie.

I give it 2 thumbs up.

Won't say much until you guys see it.

Go see it.

[big dog cowboy]

I like what I've seen from the commercials. Plus I like Will Smith.

[burmafrd]

How does it compare to "The Omega Man"?

[Yeagermeister]

Dude, your sig is freakin' hilarious!

:lmao2:

It reminds me of one I saw a few years ago. One guys name was Coke and the other Head.

I don't know if it was a photoshop but it was funny.

[smarta5150]

How does it compare to "The Omega Man"?

I have actually never saw that movie.

Sorry, maybe I'm too young?

[the kid 05]

How does it compare to "The Omega Man"?

isn't this a variation of omega man? thats what ive been hearing

[Rack Bauer]

I have actually never saw that movie.

Sorry, maybe I'm too young?

I Am Legend is a remake of The Omega Man (which is based on book).

[Mavs Man]

I Am Legend is a remake of The Omega Man (which is based on book).

Right on. I'm a fan of the book so I'll elaborate a bit...

The short novel I Am Legend was written by Richard Matheson in 1954. It was first adapted for the movie The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price in 1964. In 1971 Charlton Heston starred in a second version titled The Omega Man.

I've read the book and seen the Vincent Price version; I have yet to see Omega Man, but I heard they took a little more license with the story. This latest version is the first to use the original title.

It would be difficult for them to make it exactly like the book, unless they wanted Will Smith to just walk around talking to himself for two hours, with flashbacks filling in backstory.

[Mavs Man]

Ha! Looks like someone else did an I Am Legend remake to cash in on the Will Smith movie.

I Am Omega (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075746/)

[ConcordCowboy]

Loved Omega Man.

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[mr.jameswoods]

SPOILERS!!!

It's just a zombie film. I wanted to like this film and I enjoy horror and science fiction films in general but this was horrible. The only thing that gives this film some credibility is Will Smith's fine performance. This is the best acting I've ever seen from him.

The "vampires" or infected are cheap CGI constructs that resemble the robots in "I Robot". They express no intelligence nor can they speak. They just behave like mindless zombies. The film could have been interesting had they explored the science of it. They could have showed the initial effects of a human being turning into one of these virally infected zombies. They could have made the vampires into characters and showed their side of the issue as they too have a story; they are trying to survive having been transformed.

Nope, instead, this is just another mindless zombie film. What's especially irritating is the film pumps up the sound so it's so excessively loud when it doesn't need to be. My ears were ringing after the movie because it was needlessly loud at times. For example, the zombies are banging against this glass wall and with each bump, it's painfully and excruciatingly loud to the point that it sounded like bombs were going off, but the only action that was occuring was a zombie ramming the glass. There is a lot of downtime in this film with Will Smith just talking to himself and manequins. It gets extremely tedious at times.

The ending also differs from the novel's; it's actually worse

[Heisenberg]

I saw it tonight and overall, I thought it was pretty good. The movie starts out well. I really enjoy the main character going about his day to day life in that environment. The relationship between him and his dog is good (strange as that sounds) and I was amused by his interactions with some manequins he set up in a video store which he drops by occasionally to grab a movie to watch.

However, it takes a turn for the stupid and ends that way...

SPOILER ALERT














When the friggin kid and the woman show up, it's like the writers realized that they painted themselves into a corner and needed a quick wrap-up. It went downhill in a hurry at that point. The ending? Good lord. How Hollywood of an ending can you get?

[gazmc_06]

I thought it was excellent, a really, really good movie. definitely one of my favorite movie's this year, Will Smith is my favorite actor so I may be a little biased but it was still a great movie.

Will Smith was excellent in it, I think he was better in The Persuit Of Happyness but this was up there with his best performances.

[smarta5150]

They express no intelligence nor can they speak

The main "zombie" guy set up a trap and actually caught Will Smith, too bad for him the sun was still out. This did show a sign of intelligence by mimicking Will Smith in the same way WS caught a "zombie."

Also, they tracked WS, the woman and child.

Another sign of intelligence was when they attacked the house: they took out the spotlights and a few minutes later one "zombie" ripped a whole through the roof in order to make an entrance point.

Same scene... The main zombie seemed to be barking out commands and ordering the others to attack (both the spotlights and house). Maybe they couldn't talk but they definitely were communicating.

Overall it did have the feel of a zombie movie but the creatures weren't as clueless as you made them out to be.

When the friggin kid and the woman show up, it's like the writers realized that they painted themselves into a corner and needed a quick wrap-up. It went downhill in a hurry at that point. The ending? Good lord. How Hollywood of an ending can you get?

I would agree with this. I enjoyed the movie but the ending did feel rushed. They could have made this a 2 hour film and built it up slightly more. I never saw Omega Man, was the ending similar?

[Heisenberg]

BOOK SPOILER ALERT:






I'm not sure about Omega Man, but in the book, he offs himself when he realizes that he's the last of his kind and much like he was trying to rid the world of them, they were trying to rid the world of him.

Of course, in the book they're vampires and can talk:

"Robert Neville looked out over the new people of the earth.  He knew he did not belong to them; he knew that, like the vampires, he was anathema and black terror to be destroyed. And, abruptly, the concept came, amusing him even in his pain.

A coughing chuckle filled his throat. He turned and leaned against the wall while he swallowed the pills. Full circle, he thought while the final lethargy crept into his limbs. Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever.

I am legend."

That's how the book ends and how much more powerful of an ending would THAT have been?

[StevenOtero]

I'll probably just download it when a R5 or good TeleSync comes out.

[mr.jameswoods]

The main "zombie" guy set up a trap and actually caught Will Smith, too bad for him the sun was still out. This did show a sign of intelligence by mimicking Will Smith in the same way WS caught a "zombie."Also, they tracked WS, the woman and child. Another sign of intelligence was when they attacked the house: they took out the spotlights and a few minutes later one "zombie" ripped a whole through the roof in order to make an entrance point. Same scene... The main zombie seemed to be barking out commands and ordering the others to attack (both the spotlights and house). Maybe they couldn't talk but they definitely were communicating. Overall it did have the feel of a zombie movie but the creatures weren't as clueless as you made them out to be.

I was speaking figuratively. Of course they have some intelligence but relatively speaking, they were pretty mindless characters. They acted more like animals with a pack mentality than what we typically think of as vampires. That's partly confirmed in the scene in which they are sleeping standing up with their heads touching each other oblivious to Will Smith and his flashlight entering the room. Now does that represent human-like characters or bats to you?

You mention the trap they set up but the film never shows them setting up the trap. The vampires were not even played by actors but were CGI characters. And these CGI "vampires" all looked alike. The only one that stands out somewhat is the leader and that's only because he was screaming more than the others and the camera focused on him. And I deliberately use the term zombie because those things didn't remotely resemble vampires. In fact, they looked like a taller version of Golum from The Lord of the Rings. And if they were so intelligent, explain why they don't help their dogs attack Will Smith after Will cuts himself out of the trap? The sun is no longer out. The vampires just unleash their dogs and then goes back inside. What were they doing, grabbing a beer and hoping their dogs would take care of the job? That vampire could have recruited some others and easily grabbed Will Smith at that point. And don't tell me they were trying to be careful because they were never careful approaching Will Smith at any other point in the film especially when they are throwing themselves into his car. To me, it's rather silly to belabor this point. I doubt most people who saw this film would go out of their way to contradict the idea the film depicted them as mindless zombies.

[DallasCowpoke]

They express no intelligence. They just behave like mindless zombies.
Of course they have some intelligence but relatively speaking, they were pretty mindless characters. They acted more like animals with a pack mentality that creatures capable of independent thought. That's partly confirmed in the scene in which they are sleeping standing up with their heads touching each other. Now does that represent intelligent beings or bats to you?

So they're based on eagles fans you're saying?


:muttley:

[jterrell]

All in all I enjoyed this movie.

WS did do a very solid job.
His mindset did present itself as delusional.

All in all a fairly close novel adaptation but like others I would have preferred had they simply ended the movie with WS and not with the drive et cetera....

[mr.jameswoods]

That's how the book ends and how much more powerful of an ending would THAT have been?

The problem is you can't apply that type of ending to this film because the vampires were not depicted as characters. You don't empathize with them or see their side of it. In the novel, the vampires have their own society and are afraid of Will Smith. In this film, the vampires are portrayed as zombies that just mindlessly attack when they see Will Smith.

I would have preferred the novel's ending but then again, I would have preferred if they made the vampires more intelligent instead of these flesh eating zombies. This film was designed to entertain a mass audience with cheap thrills and special effects. Anyway, I guess I'm kind of a movie snob. I don't get as easily entertained

Seriously though, the worst part was the vampires failure to aid their dogs in the scene when the vampire dogs attack Will Smith and his dog Sam. The writers did a really bad job there. The vampire sticks his head out and then goes back inside. Everyone I know was questioning that scene in the film

[locked&loaded]

this.

movie.

sucked.

come on, let me wrap it up for you.

Man is immune to virus

Man loses dog

Man finds survivors

Man sacrifice's himself... for no apparent reason.

Everything inbetween was worthless fluff. and it wasnt even entertaining

These guys in hollywood need to step IT UP. at 9 bucks a pop they h ave to make movies worth while.

[dlv6177]

i liked the movie until the bull**** ending

[Kangaroo]

this.

movie.

sucked.

come on, let me wrap it up for you.

Man is immune to virus

Man loses dog

Man finds survivors

Man sacrifice's himself... for no apparent reason.

Everything inbetween was worthless fluff. and it wasnt even entertaining

These guys in hollywood need to step IT UP. at 9 bucks a pop they h ave to make movies worth while.

People wonder why no one cares about the writers on strike because the majority of their stuff sucks big time. The other half are nothing but remakes of stuff from the 80's or 70's :banghead::banghead::banghead:

Good to know I will just skip it then. Then again the original omega man movie was pathetic too

[locked&loaded]

People wonder why no one cares about the writers on strike because the majority of their stuff sucks big time. The other half are nothing but remakes of stuff from the 80's or 70's :banghead::banghead::banghead:

Good to know I will just skip it then. Then again the original omega man movie was pathetic too

I hear you, can i see something original that doesnt suck? please?

[Heisenberg]

The problem is you can't apply that type of ending to this film because the vampires were not depicted as characters. You don't empathize with them or see their side of it. In the novel, the vampires have their own society and are afraid of Will Smith. In this film, the vampires are portrayed as zombies that just mindlessly attack when they see Will Smith.

This is very true. However, he could have at least sacrificed himself, by himself. They didn't need the woman and the kid to bring hope into the story. The story doesn't need hope. It would have been all the more powerful and heartbreaking if he's got the cure, realizes it, but it's too late. He then yanks out the grenade, pulls the pin, and blamo! He takes out as many as he can in one explosion.

If anyone saw "The Mist", you know the kind of ending I'm talking about. Such a heartbreaker, but so anti-Hollywood in its greatness.

[mr.jameswoods]

This is very true. However, he could have at least sacrificed himself, by himself. They didn't need the woman and the kid to bring hope into the story. The story doesn't need hope. It would have been all the more powerful and heartbreaking if he's got the cure, realizes it, but it's too late. He then yanks out the grenade, pulls the pin, and blamo! He takes out as many as he can in one explosion.

If anyone saw "The Mist", you know the kind of ending I'm talking about. Such a heartbreaker, but so anti-Hollywood in its greatness.

I was really hoping the woman and child were traitors who were setting him up or were trying to learn about his motives for the vampires.

[ConcordCowboy]

this.

movie.

sucked.

come on, let me wrap it up for you.

Man is immune to virus

Man loses dog

Man finds survivors

Man sacrifice's himself... for no apparent reason.

Everything inbetween was worthless fluff. and it wasnt even entertaining



Nice wrap up. That's about it. Plus the zombies weren't even scary...to me anyway.

This movie did suck.

And I loved Omega Man.

[peplaw06]

I thought the movie was good. Not great, but good enough. It's not like I feel like I particularly wasted my money, not any more than anything else I can do for $7. It was very intense IMO. The lack of music for the entire movie -- reminded me of Cast Away -- but for the first part of the movie, it was so intense that even in the day I couldn't "relax."

Even after you find out that the "dark seekers" can't be in the sunlight, I still had problems feeling completely relaxed in the day scenes. The problem is you can't apply that type of ending to this film because the vampires were not depicted as characters. You don't empathize with them or see their side of it. In the novel, the vampires have their own society and are afraid of Will Smith. In this film, the vampires are portrayed as zombies that just mindlessly attack when they see Will Smith. I disagree. It's pretty obvious to me that the leader was emotionally attached to the female that Will Smith captured. He had experimented on who knows how many of the dark seekers, but only when he started experimenting on her did they set up the trap for him, track him as fervently, etc. You can empathize with them, given this, and when they flashed back to the evacuation, and the woman was denied passage, it helped you empathize with them generally. They were once normal humans.

I would have preferred the novel's ending but then again, I would have preferred if they made the vampires more intelligent instead of these flesh eating zombies.I thought they were pretty smart, considering the circumstances. Will Smith was talking about their human instincts being almost completely eroded away when the leader showed himself to him in the daylight. Despite that loss of instinct, they still set the traps, tracked them that night where the girl and her son showed up, etc. This film was designed to entertain a mass audience with cheap thrills and special effects. Anyway, I guess I'm kind of a movie snob. I don't get as easily entertainedI agree with the cheap thrills part. The movie was intense enough without the attacks out of nowhere.

Seriously though, the worst part was the vampires failure to aid their dogs in the scene when the vampire dogs attack Will Smith and his dog Sam. The writers did a really bad job there. The vampire sticks his head out and then goes back inside. Everyone I know was questioning that scene in the filmThat scene was my biggest problem with the movie. But all things considered I thought it was a pretty good flick. I mean it was a Will Smith action flick, you don't exactly expect flawless storytelling.

[mr.jameswoods]

Pep

I disagree as well. I didn't see or feel any particular connection between the leader and the female. Now that you mentioned it, I can see your point but I didn't notice that the first time I saw the film, it wasnt' readily apparent to me.

The woman who was denied passage was played by an actor that had makeup not a CGI character so I felt no connection between her and the other cheap CGI zombies because they looked nothing alike. If the vampires looked somewhat real instead of like cheap video game characters from a Playstation 2 game, I might have empathized with them more as characters. And I dont' consider barks and shrieks as intelligent forms of communication especially considering these were humans or previously humans. I undestood your take but I felt you were stretching to understand them as characters. If you are having to stretch to really understand them, that means the filmmakers did a poor job depicting them as characters.

I was expecting more because it was based on a true science fiction novel instead of a cheap horror film or alien invasion movie. Also, this movie was released during the hollidays. That means a lot because films released in December are the ones pining for critical acclaim since it's prior to the advent of the award ceremonies. Films that are released in the summer are designed to make a lot of money and provide thrills. In intereviews, Will Smith claimed this was a critical role for him and not just an action piece. I don't think this film was trying earn Oscars but I think it was trying to achieve some critical acclaim as opposed to films like Independence Day. I just think the producers spent more time investigating the alienation and delirium associated with being apart from humanity. They did a great job exploring that facet of the film but then got lazy and ended the film prematurely and did a poor job depicting the vampires because they exhausted so much effort with the alienation theme. It was two different stories being told in one movie except they forgot to tell the other story (the vampire one)

[HogsRLegends]

this.

movie.

sucked.

come on, let me wrap it up for you.

Man is immune to virus

Man loses dog

Man finds survivors

Man sacrifice's himself... for no apparent reason.

Everything inbetween was worthless fluff. and it wasnt even entertaining

These guys in hollywood need to step IT UP. at 9 bucks a pop they h ave to make movies worth while.


It seems like these days most of the best films are either independent or foreign. I didn't get the ending either. Why not just throw the grenade then go into the shelter where the woman and boy were.

[Bob Sacamano]

the movie just sucked

I would say it was a typical Will Smith movie, w/ all the wisecracks and such, but the action just wasn't there, and it was too drawn out for my tastes, and why does Hollywood insist on casting females w/ barely intelligible English? it's so grating listening to them talk, you forget that you want a cure to be found, not to mention for the movie to just end, that you want a seperate scene where she just gets off'd

all in all, just another end-of-the world schlock film

the best parts of the movie were Will Smiths' wise-cracks, that's sad

[mr.jameswoods]

I promise you there will be several awful direct-to-video sequels of this film much like all the horrible Living Dead zombie sequels that are out. Think about it. The zombies were cheap CGI characters in the movie so it will be cheap to reproduce them. The sequels will entail some unknown actors trying to survive a zombie/vampire in NYC only to die in the end much like the Living Dead zombie films.

Seriously, I don't get these zombie films. The original Night of the Living Dead in the 60's was good because it was novel back then. But how is it fun watching people try to survive a bunch of mindless automatons. There is nothing fun about these movies. There is no cure for them. There are too many of them so you can't wipe them out. And the worst of it is you know the main characters are all going to die in the end anyway. The entire plot is one large chase; that's it.! I'm sorry but give me A Nightmare on Elm Street or the Exorcist over this crap. Even that movie 28 weeks later was horrible. It was just a glorified zombie film!

[joseephuss]

I was speaking figuratively. Of course they have some intelligence but relatively speaking, they were pretty mindless characters. They acted more like animals with a pack mentality than what we typically think of as vampires. That's partly confirmed in the scene in which they are sleeping standing up with their heads touching each other oblivious to Will Smith and his flashlight entering the room. Now does that represent human-like characters or bats to you?

You mention the trap they set up but the film never shows them setting up the trap. The vampires were not even played by actors but were CGI characters. And these CGI "vampires" all looked alike. The only one that stands out somewhat is the leader and that's only because he was screaming more than the others and the camera focused on him. And I deliberately use the term zombie because those things didn't remotely resemble vampires. In fact, they looked like a taller version of Golum from The Lord of the Rings. And if they were so intelligent, explain why they don't help their dogs attack Will Smith after Will cuts himself out of the trap? The sun is no longer out. The vampires just unleash their dogs and then goes back inside. What were they doing, grabbing a beer and hoping their dogs would take care of the job? That vampire could have recruited some others and easily grabbed Will Smith at that point. And don't tell me they were trying to be careful because they were never careful approaching Will Smith at any other point in the film especially when they are throwing themselves into his car. To me, it's rather silly to belabor this point. I doubt most people who saw this film would go out of their way to contradict the idea the film depicted them as mindless zombies.

I liked the movie. It wasn't great or anything, but it was enjoyable. It could have been better and easily could have been worse.

I did wonder about them being termed mindless, devoid of normal human social interaction or however it was described in the film? If they were truly mindless then why don't they just attack and eat each other or their dogs. How do you train a mindless dog? Smith's dog was well trained, but as soon as he changed Smith could not control him. Maybe that is why the dark seekers did not help their dogs. The dogs could just as easily turned on them in the fracas. Not worth the risk, but in their other actions at the pier and at Smith's house the death seekers acted without considering consequences. Just a little too inconsistent. Also, why does the virus only affect humans and dogs? And why are the canines immune to the air borne strain?

[theogt]

THe movie sucked. It was absolutely terrible. Will Smith sucked. The zombies sucked. The pacing sucked. The CGI was terrible.

Every single aspect of the show sucked.

[Dallas]

I liked the story except the crappy ending. I felt they could have done a crapload more with this movie than they did. As someone already said, the infected sucked. They were not even slightly scarey.

I don't know. I just felt a little let down once I left the movie. It started off great tho then just kinda took a nose dive there in the middle.

Also as Theo said. The CGI was pretty bad.

I am surprised actually. I just expected a better showing from WS and this movie as a whole. It was a let down.

[DT101]

I thought it was ok. Entertaining for a little while to me at least. The ending did suck though. Why do we have to have a happy ending? And like someone said, the woman said there was enough room for three people in that thing, just throw the grenade and get in. Then he would live.

[MichaelWinicki]

Seriously, I don't get these zombie films. The original Night of the Living Dead in the 60's was good because it was novel back then. But how is it fun watching people try to survive a bunch of mindless automatons. There is nothing fun about these movies. There is no cure for them. There are too many of them so you can't wipe them out. And the worst of it is you know the main characters are all going to die in the end anyway. The entire plot is one large chase; that's it.! I'm sorry but give me A Nightmare on Elm Street or the Exorcist over this crap. Even that movie 28 weeks later was horrible. It was just a glorified zombie film!


Wow!


The original (1978) "Dawn Of The Dead" was a terrific film. I remember Siskel and Ebbert both giving it a thumbs-up.

Heck, I had to alter the date on my then driver's permit in order to get in because the film was rated X for violence, which for the time was very unusual.

But the film had more going for it than just all the violence. The idea of a mall being the connective piece between the living and the dead, was incredibily telling.

Yes, the original DOTD deserves its place as being one of the greatest horror films ever made.

By the way, look for a movie adaption of the novel "World War Z", by Max Brooks, which is an excellent book centered around a world war against the undead.

[Achozen]

I didn't really like it.

I Robot > this crap

[bbgun]

The search for a "cure" confused me. In 2012, if you were still alive and "normal" (e.g. Smith, his newfound friends, and the Vermont colony), that meant that you were already immune to the virus, right? So who was the "cure" meant for? The zombies? If so, how was it to be administered? Did they plan to track down thousands (millions?) of dangerous zombies and inject them? Why not let them die of natural causes or whatnot?

Also, how did the petite woman save Smith that night? His battered SUV was surrounded by tens of high-powered zombies. She bested them all with a flashlight or something?

[Yeagermeister]

The search for a "cure" confused me. In 2012, if you were still alive and "normal" (e.g. Smith, his newfound friends, and the Vermont colony), that meant that you were already immune to the virus, right? So who was the "cure" meant for? The zombies? If so, how was it to be administered? Did they plan to track down thousands (millions?) of dangerous zombies and inject them? Why not let them die of natural causes or whatnot?

Also, how did the petite woman save Smith that night? His battered SUV was surrounded by tens of high-powered zombies. She bested them all with a flashlight or something?

It was a mag lite :D

[Crown Royal]

It's funny to me the different opinions on this movie in this thread. Everything from Will Smith was awful to this was his best performance, from the movie was a complete disaster to it was really good except for the ending.


What do you know - different people have different tastes.

[ZeroClub]

I'd give it a B+.

Special effects, action, and startle moments were solid. Casting was good.

Story was on the lame side with several highly predictable elements. The dog storyline, for example, was blatantly telegraphed at least twice. Ending was abrupt and unsatisfying.

[ajk23az]

I'll probably just download it when a R5 or good TeleSync comes out.

Here is a good DVD Screener

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3942109/I.Am.Legend.PROPER.DVDSCR.XviD.avi

[ajk23az]

I'd give it a B+.

Special effects, action, and startle moments were solid. Casting was good.

Story was on the lame side with several highly predictable elements. The dog storyline, for example, was blatantly telegraphed at least twice. Ending was abrupt and unsatisfying.

If you think that ending was abrupt and unsatisfying go see "No Country For Old Men".

[ZeroClub]

If you think that ending was abrupt and unsatisfying go see "No Country For Old Men".

Are you saying that the ending for "No Country For Old Men" is better (or worse)?

I haven't seen it.

[ajk23az]

Are you saying that the ending for "No Country For Old Men" is better (or worse)?

I haven't seen it.


I liked I am Legend better. Just the ending for No Country For Old Men is a lot more abrupt and unsatisfying then the I am Legend ending.

I liked the whole movie in No Country For Old Men except for the ending I guess.

[bbgun]

The whole "Shrek" scene was pointless and dragged on too long.

[FloridaRob]

The main "zombie" guy set up a trap and actually caught Will Smith, too bad for him the sun was still out. This did show a sign of intelligence by mimicking Will Smith in the same way WS caught a "zombie."

Also, they tracked WS, the woman and child.

Another sign of intelligence was when they attacked the house: they took out the spotlights and a few minutes later one "zombie" ripped a whole through the roof in order to make an entrance point.

Same scene... The main zombie seemed to be barking out commands and ordering the others to attack (both the spotlights and house). Maybe they couldn't talk but they definitely were communicating.

Overall it did have the feel of a zombie movie but the creatures weren't as clueless as you made them out to be.



I would agree with this. I enjoyed the movie but the ending did feel rushed. They could have made this a 2 hour film and built it up slightly more. I never saw Omega Man, was the ending similar?

I saw it New Years NIght and absolutely hated it. Zombie, Zombie Dogs, Needles and whatnot. Just hated it.

I didn't get the thought that the zombies set the trap for Smith. I just thought Smith was playing games with himself the same way he did with the manequins in the video store. I don't see how THOSE zombies could have jumped to any kind of plan other than to kill and destroy. Hated the movie. My wife now wins the priveledge of going to 15 horrible chick flicks after that miserable experience.

[bbgun]

I didn't get the thought that the zombies set the trap for Smith.

Neither did I, but why would he voluntarily step in his own trap? Since the zombies are former humans, maybe they did retain a shred of intelligence.

[bbgun]

kinda interesting

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=505980&in_page_id=1965

[mr.jameswoods]

I saw it New Years NIght and absolutely hated it. Zombie, Zombie Dogs, Needles and whatnot. Just hated it.

I didn't get the thought that the zombies set the trap for Smith. I just thought Smith was playing games with himself the same way he did with the manequins in the video store. I don't see how THOSE zombies could have jumped to any kind of plan other than to kill and destroy. Hated the movie. My wife now wins the priveledge of going to 15 horrible chick flicks after that miserable experience.


The zombies set up the trap. The reason why they set up the trap unlike the past is because Will Smith unknowingly nabbed the girlfriend of the leader of the zombies. The leader came out and stared at Will Smith exposing himself to the sun and getting burned in the process. Will Smith even acknowledges that was the first time he had seen a zombie allow himself to be burned. This is why they set up the trap. Will Smith had taken many zombies in the past but when Will stole the leader's girl, he made it personal and was determined to get revenge.

[mr.jameswoods]

Wow!


The original (1978) "Dawn Of The Dead" was a terrific film. I remember Siskel and Ebbert both giving it a thumbs-up.

Heck, I had to alter the date on my then driver's permit in order to get in because the film was rated X for violence, which for the time was very unusual.

But the film had more going for it than just all the violence. The idea of a mall being the connective piece between the living and the dead, was incredibily telling.

Yes, the original DOTD deserves its place as being one of the greatest horror films ever made.

By the way, look for a movie adaption of the novel "World War Z", by Max Brooks, which is an excellent book centered around a world war against the undead.

Wow is right, you think the original Dawn of the Dead had depth? What is telling about a group of zombies trying to eat the brains of some people hiding out in a mall? By that logic, I could argue the hospital in the "Return of the Living Dead" was the connective piece between the living and the dead. In fact, all these 'Dead' movies have that same theme and you could argue that wherever they are hiding out is the connective piece between the living and the dead. A group of people are confined to a building while the zombies are trying to get in and kill them; that is the theme of all the zombie films. Sorry but I think the zombie films get way too much credit for essentially being mass slasher films. I love and respect you Mike but like Siskel and Ebert, you are wrong on this issue. :)

[mr.jameswoods]

I liked the movie. It wasn't great or anything, but it was enjoyable. It could have been better and easily could have been worse.

I did wonder about them being termed mindless, devoid of normal human social interaction or however it was described in the film? If they were truly mindless then why don't they just attack and eat each other or their dogs. How do you train a mindless dog? Smith's dog was well trained, but as soon as he changed Smith could not control him. Maybe that is why the dark seekers did not help their dogs. The dogs could just as easily turned on them in the fracas. Not worth the risk, but in their other actions at the pier and at Smith's house the death seekers acted without considering consequences. Just a little too inconsistent. Also, why does the virus only affect humans and dogs? And why are the canines immune to the air borne strain?

Great Post

I'm not disputing the fact they were intelligent. I'm disputing the filmakers effort to portray that intelligence in the film. The story which it's based on has the creatures depicted as intelligent beings who could speak and had their own society. The filmmakers did such a poor job depicting that intelligence that fans are questioning whether Will Smith set up the trap he got caught. You have to look closely to observe the leader had a fondness for the female vampire Will Smith abducted. That is why he walked into the sunlight and allowed himself to be burned so he could confront Will Smith. The leader set up the trap to get revenge because he was angry at Will Smith. Will had taken several zombies in the past so why did they suddenly decide to act now....it's because he took the leader's girl.

The zombies are vampires. I've been calling them zombies but the proper term is vampires. In the book they are vampires. They attack living creatures because they can sense their blood. When Will Smith's dog changed into a vampire, it attacked Smith because he is an unaffected human with blood flowing through his veins. That's why the dog instinctively attacked him. The vampiric dogs wouldn't attack the vapiric humans because they obviously are not blood filled beings. The book provides a scientific basis behind the vampirism.

I had the same questions you did. Why does the airborne version not affect dogs and why only humans and dogs? I wish the film explored those elements

[CPonder14]

The zombies set up the trap. The reason why they set up the trap unlike the past is because Will Smith unknowingly nabbed the girlfriend of the leader of the zombies. The leader came out and stared at Will Smith exposing himself to the sun and getting burned in the process. Will Smith even acknowledges that was the first time he had seen a zombie allow himself to be burned. This is why they set up the trap. Will Smith had taken many zombies in the past but when Will stole the leader's girl, he made it personal and was determined to get revenge.

How did the zombies know about the manikin? I thought Will only went to the store when it was light out?

[FloridaRob]

The zombies set up the trap. The reason why they set up the trap unlike the past is because Will Smith unknowingly nabbed the girlfriend of the leader of the zombies. The leader came out and stared at Will Smith exposing himself to the sun and getting burned in the process. Will Smith even acknowledges that was the first time he had seen a zombie allow himself to be burned. This is why they set up the trap. Will Smith had taken many zombies in the past but when Will stole the leader's girl, he made it personal and was determined to get revenge.

I don't know James. That is a pretty big leap. I am no Zombie expert as I usually avoid those kind of movies with like the plague but unfortunately I wanted to see a movie last week and that is all there was left. . But Zombies have girlfriends?? I thought all a zombie wants to do is eat and survive. And if it was a plan, why werent they waiting there when the sun went down after the trap went off. ONly the zombie dogs were there. And the trap is not how they almost captured him. It was from him trying to kill them in the car.

JUst one wierd movie.

[peplaw06]

I don't know James. That is a pretty big leap. I am no Zombie expert as I usually avoid those kind of movies with like the plague but unfortunately I wanted to see a movie last week and that is all there was left. . But Zombies have girlfriends?? I thought all a zombie wants to do is eat and survive. And if it was a plan, why werent they waiting there when the sun went down after the trap went off. ONly the zombie dogs were there. And the trap is not how they almost captured him. It was from him trying to kill them in the car.

JUst one wierd movie.The leader of the vampires was there to let the dogs loose. he knew where the trap was. He was there seconds before the shadows would allow the dogs out, to let them loose. How else would he know if he didn't set it?

[theogt]

How did the zombies know about the manikin? I thought Will only went to the store when it was light out?*blank stare*

[CPonder14]

*blank stare*

what you mean?

[Rack Bauer]

I just watched the movie a couple of days ago. I liked it a lot. It was enjoyable.


Some of you are overanalyzing the movie - a fictional movie.