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6z3 - I Am Legend [Blu-ray]
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List Price: $35.99
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Smith, Richardson, Braga, Pollack
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391176350
Format: AC-3
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-03-18
Running Time: 100
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-12-14
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Summary: I agree with the other Reviews,see it for Will Smith
Comment: Will Smith is one of the greatest Actors of our generation."I am Legend"should have been the film that got him the awards he deserves,but its not the one,even though you are interested in the movie from begging to end because of him.
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Summary: A new version of the 1954 novella 'I Am Legend'
Comment: Colonel Robert Neville, also a doctor, is the last man alive in New York City. He broadcasts daily on AM radio asking for people to meet up with him at what looks to be an old naval base by the water. Neville and his German Shepherd Sam show up everyday looking for other survivors of the virus, named KV. Once thought to be the cure for cancer, the engineered virus mutated and spread airborne, killing people and radically altering those who didn't die into zombie-like, mindless beings.
Neville spends his days hunting deer, loose from the park or the zoo, and picking up supplies for his house. His nights are spent inside his altered house, shuttered and barricaded against the beasts of the night. Beneath the house is his lab, where he continues to work diligently on a cure for those infected monsters that prowl the streets at night, hungry for blood. He sets traps to catch the zombies for test subjects using his serums. At last, Neville believes he's found a serum that will work.
During an excursion in town, Neville notices one of his store mannequins has been moved, and when he investigates he's caught in a trap and unconscious until nightfall. Who moved the mannequin and who set the trap? Is someone else still alive and uninfected? Neville and Sam must make it back to the car before sundown, but the hour is late and the darkness is falling. Something bad is about to happen.
To those of you who've read the classic 1954 novella, 'I Am Legend', by Richard Matheson, the movie does not follow the book very well. Other movies have been made from the novella, including the 1964 movie 'The Last Man On Earth' and 'The Omega Man' filmed in 1971 starring Charlton Heston. In this version, the infected are more like zombies than vampires, and more aggressive. The film had been modernized (the incidents in the book take place in 1976) which is more attractive to today's audiences, and there's a lot more action involved. The movie is more external (action) which is well suited for a film version than the book, which is more internal (introspective), but what I really didn't like was how they twisted the ideal of Neville's "legend" status.
Will Smith does an excellent performance as Neville, and the atmosphere of a deserted New York City was captured quite nicely. The zombies are pretty cool, though I don't know who dreamed up the hairless idea. Sam the dog is added to the film (not in the book) but Sam stole the show for me. (I love German Shepherds!) If you're a Matheson fan and have enjoyed both novella and the other remakes of this story, then 'I Am Legend' is well worth the purchase. Enjoy!
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Summary: One of the best of 2007
Comment: Just about any movie with Will Smith is good, if not great. He is one of the best actors at this time and just seams to add a lot to the movie. The bonus features of the Blu-Ray are nice. I wish that I had not watched the alternate ending. It is just to weird. The theatrical ending makes him into more of a "legend".
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Summary: "Light Up the Darkness"
Comment: I Am Legend DVD
I am Legend stars Will Smith as a scientist who has survived a deadly virus that was developed by genetic engineering to kill cancer; instead it has killed off most of mankind. Smith struggles to live in New York City with his German Shepherd dog surrounded by cannibalistic super strong zombies that only come out at night. This is a jarring apocalyptic movie that speaks well of Hollywood. I'm glad that someone in Hollywood is reading Science Fiction. There's a ton of science fiction books that could be made into good movies.
This movie is based on the novelette I Am Legend
Recommended for fans of Will Smith, and science fiction (Note: I have not read the book so I don't know how closely the story follows the book.)
Gunner October, 2008
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Summary: Amazing Film
Comment: I absolutely loved this film. I must admit i did not expect much going into it. I have never been a huge Will Smith fan or a fan of science fiction which this film seemed to be. Wow, was I shocked and amazed with the excellent, quality film of the highest caliber that totally took me by surprise.
This film is so well made. I thought the story was very well laid out. The government thought that they had finally found a cure for cancer by using a vaccine for another illness. After much use the treatment backfired with major side effects with the people turning into flesh eating zombies who could never be in the sun. I didn't look at the creatures as mere vampire like beings but thought the deterioration due to the vaccine was well documented. Back to the plot, New York City becomes quaurantined and Will Smith plays Neville, a military scientist who stays in New York to work on finding a cure.
The barren and stranded New York City is amazing to view. I was caught up in the film from the first second and amazed as I watched the small world Neville had created for himself and his dog which allowed him to work on the cure but also have protection from the creatures. He ventured out every day and returned at night. Will Smith has been praised for other films but his work here was truly Oscar worthy. The first half of the film is the best when it is just him and the dog. His characterization is more than believable as the lone survivor who deals with loneliness by talking to mannequins etc. He has not gone crazy but has adapted. I found the story to also be believable and the creatures when shown were also believable and very well created. The movie has a serious basis but also has chills and thrills like one of the best horror films there are.
In the latter half of the film the plot changes a little (I won't give it away) and the 5 star plus caliber of the first half gets a little off track. It is still excellent but the first half was so superior it is hard to compete with. The film has a purpose and shows Will Smith as never seen before. Whatever your expectations for this film, upon viewing they will be far surpassed. Excellent acting, amazing production and directing.
Highly recommended.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Robert Neville is a brilliant scientist but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable incurable and man-made. Somehow immune Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world. For three years Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague -- The Infected -- lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last best hope Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time.Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre:Â ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC:Â 085391176350 Manufacturer No:Â 1000026365
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