I think the anti-climax + sudden death ending isnt on everyone's mind. Most would be expecting a good fight from Sam but instead he sacrifice himself together with the darkseekers. Thats so anti climax... and I was thinking man, how is he gonna finish the fight. Aww...

superman and batman combined....opening 2012.

Probably that'sbecause we are all so used to the usual Hollywood brand of ending. Rambo taking on the entire battalion of army and walk out the victor.

I thought the last part where is one of the best part of the movie. Some powerful scenes.

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Added on December 20, 2007, 12:18 ammore like Batman vs Superman...

who knows... its might be coming. u know lar... some of these director like to pay tribute here and there.

This post has been edited by demio121: Dec 20 2007, 12:18 AM

Hahaha.... Great movie! f***ing love it! If u love zombie, this is for U!....

finally saw the movie this evening.

love it to bits

i dunno what everyone else saw in the trailer,but it pretty much sums up the movie,for me..

best part of this movie,are the characters.

real and believable.

sucks to see,but really off the edge

i prefer the ending,though.

then again,if he is the then i guess it's perfect

9/10 for me.

minus point:
a few plot holes/unexplained points in the movie(covered in this thread)

this movie isn't for everyone... some ppl love it to the max and some didn't like it at all...

me? i love it... the movie pace is just nice for me, ending although sad but it's good storyline, acting no nid i say dy... all agree 999 pure gold. cgi vs human play, thank god they use cgi...

i think the legend part in the title refer to his legacy. . not so much as being legend for being the last man around.

Just came back from the cinema. What I can say is it's not quite the typical "zombie" movie I was expecting where the main actor goes slashing and trashing up every undead. Instead, it was an interesting and refreshing style... I LIKE IT!

I would give this movie a 9/10, good intense action at times, yet being emotional and powerful. Very good combination

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Dec 20 2007, 01:10 AM

yeah..i think err...(whats her name again?) the girl says it at the end...
something about them being his legacy (or something like that)

i still prefer the last man on earth "legend",though

many hate this movie's ending,i love it for being different.
it sucks seeing the good guys/hero win all the time

My turn for a review on this movie. Hehe, haven't really done movie reviews for almost a year now. Didn't really watch many movies this year thanks to the ever rising RM-AUD exchange rate.

Let's start with the storyline. My initial view on the concept of "the last surviving human" is that it's a really good concept to elaborate on. A bit like "Unbreakable". However when I found out that it involves zombies/vampires I sort of felt apprehensive about it due to my bad experience with movies such as Resident Evil. I was worried that it might turn out to be just another typical hollywood action flick where the hero/heroine takes on an entire army of gnarled humanoids. The poster where Will Smith carries a badass rifle didn't help either.

Nevertheless, my worries turned out to be redundant. This is by no means an full-fledged action movie, despite having loads of gun shooting and fights. I don't really know what genre it should be classified as - Drama? Not really, since there's virtually zero character interaction. Sci-fi? Not exactly, since there ain't much scientific explantions nor are there any fancy tech. If anything, I felt that this movie resembles "War Of The Worlds", where it focuses more on human characters and emotions with an action-themed/scifi setting.

Never mind, genres don't really matter.

Character-wise, meh... there's only one true character and that's Robert Neville. There's nothing new or interesting about this character anyway - Family loving guy losing his loved ones, lonely outcast hell bent on saving the world, all action hero with tons of muscles, and of course sacrificing himself to save all humanity. He does show signs of weakness such as his fears for the zombies and his apparent loneliness, but we've all seen characters like this, haven't we?

This is not to say that Robert is a poor character, in fact it's pretty decent, but compared to superb complex characters like those in The Prestige (yes, I can't stop praising this movie) it's fairly mundane.

Will Smith. Ah... the saviour of this movie. His acting is undoubtedly top notch in this movie, especially for someone who will always be associated with the words "slick", "smooth", and "cool". I haven't seen his earlier work "The Pursuit of Happyness", but previously Will has always given the impression of a tough guy. In this movie, his portrayal of a desperate yet lonely hero on the verge of losing his faith and sanity was indeed impressive. I would say his best part in this movie was when Sam ran into the dark warehouse, and Robert was forced to enter. His expression of fear gave me the sense of horror much more than the disfigured creatures did.

About his portrayal of loneliness and yearning for human contract? That was good, but I dare say that Tom Hanks did much better in "Castaway". I felt more pity and compassion for Hanks than Will when comparing both movies. Overall, the theme of "sole mankind" in "Castaway" was much better done than "I Am Legend".

Other characters were merely stand-ins. Can't say much for Sam, (hehe, she's a dog what do you expect?) while Anna and Robert's family got too little screen time to make an impact. The zombies? Apart from being annoying I don't find them giving me any psychological scares. In other words... meh... not horrifying enough. I'd love to shove a grenade down their throats for screaming so much

Speaking of the zombies, I'd like to see more of them for example how they managed to survive, how savage they were especially when hunting etc. And I cheered when Robert got trapped by his own method - It means that they might have some intelligence after all instead of being mindless beasts. Yet as the movie unveiled they were merely dumbasses with a lot of brute strength and speed yet not having any brains.

Now for cinematography. The CGIs were well done, yet nothing spectacular like Transformers (I didn't really like that movie despite it being well made but that's for another day). Action scenes weren't particularly well too. The harbour melee after Sam's death was far too messy to be enjoyable. I feel that a good brawl should be shot clearly for the viewers to enjoy the moves, the fights, and of course some bloodshed; yet when everything happens so fast that no one can see what's going on, that's not a good scene. "Transformers" suffered the same at the ending part where every robot just got together in a wrestling match and kicked the shit out of each other... Can't see anything

Maybe I'm getting too old for fast packed action fights... The sudden, loud sound effects which tried to frighten viewers failed too. It's used far too often in horror movies nowadays, to the extent that it simply fails to excite anymore. A temporary stun maybe, due to the high decibels, but none of the fear factor.

Another thing that I disliked was the shaky camera views whenever there's some action. The shooting angle was shuffling too fast from one side to another while shaking as if an earthquake was happening at the same time. It just made my head spin more and there were times I'd just shut my eyes instead of watching at the shaky images. I'm sure it's intentional to showcase the feeling of urgency in the movie, but again it adds to the blurriness of the action parts where I just could not concentrate enough to appreciate it.

If anyone remembers, "I Am Sam" (superb movie) had the same shaky, fast shifting camera views despite NOT being an action flick. I had headaches watching that too

Finally, the pacing. BAD. Seriously BAD. I almost fell asleep in the first one hour of the show. It's important to highlight Robert's lonesome in the dead city, but one WHOLE hour of man-dog interaction is utterly boring. Why not show more flashbacks of the period when the KV spread around Manhattan? Showing how people dropped dead one by one, or transforming into zombies would be a much better explanation (and visual stimulation too) compared to a one paragraph verbal outbust in the ending part, where Robert shouted NO GOD! to Anna.

I got really bored until Anna appeared... I was like WOW... chun chick finally. The point is, now at least we'll have some character interaction. Not romance of course, I'll cringe if they kissed or make out (damn they've only just met and are fighting to survive). Too bad, as mentioned above, Anna and Ethan got too little time to be significant.

The ending was very rushed, but kinda expected for a story like this. There's no way to end it except the way it did, and I'm particularly bothered about it. Just the pacing... just that.

Conclusion? Hm.... I can't say I liked this movie, yet at the same time it wasn't that bad after all. I've wasted money on more disappointing movies before. All I can say is, my expectations were too high, hence the disappointment. There's so many aspects which can be improved on, but thankfully it didn't turn out to be a mindless kill-all-zombies flick.

GhazzerRate: 3/5... So so... Will Smith's acting saved it from the movie zombies

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Dec 20 2007, 01:41 AM

Wow nice summary there man..Agreed with u on some part of the movie..Tis movie is quite nice act cuz its a movie with a variety of genre mixed up together and making it somethin fresh and new..

The pace of the movie is quite decent to be frank..Maybe ive watched much slower movie but this one really moved in a v subtle and nice flow..IMHO ofcuz.. Every scene connects with each other so beautifully and its not as messy as other movies(i.e GC )

I think it all comes back to one's expectation of the movie..Luckily i din really put too much expectation on the movie..(read this thread b4 hand.) But still its better for those interested to watch it to rate the movie by themselves..

Hmmm.. it was different.. but not groundbreaking.. passable..

I'd say better than just passable. Just my humble opinion

As the title said, its his legacy.

I oso prefer the book coz the movie relly sucks...

its a so-so movie only....

especially the ending....

i was like WTF?!...... is that it??? is that all????

For a movie that tries to instill realism, the vampires look like they were ripped out from the Resident Evil 4 cutscenes. Secondly, I didn't like why Neville was legend. He was supposed to be legend for the same reason vamps are regarded legends by people and not saving humanity again. Thirdly, I took offense with the ending. Remember Independence Day when the fighter pilot when kamikaze? Will Smith took a page from that again

As I mentioned, I don't see why Smith couldn't enter the panic hole/room. I mean, surely he could throw the grenade then enter the hole and lock it? Don't tell me, you need someone to close it as if so, who opened the hole for the lady/kid? Ending seemed forced upon to make Neville die. Applaud the intelligence but thumbs down on the CG for vampires and the way he died (seemed a stupid way for him to die).

And for a FIVE million scene at the bridge, it surely seem like it didn't create that much carnage Anyway, decent movie. 3/5 as well. And for the record, I ain't saying I'd watch RE or 28 Days/Weeks Later, it's just I had a couple of problems with the movie.

Well, as a lot of people mentioned before, Robert was considered a legend because he was the one that found a cure, and the remainders of mankind owe their lives to him. I'd say that the events that happened after Anna reached the sanctuary place was that the authorities gained a method to cure the zombies and used it to reverse the effects of the KV hence saving all humanity.

That's why Anna claimed that humans (those who survived and got cured) are the legacy of Robert Neville, and he is considered as their "legend" or "saviour".

As for the ending... well, that's heroic effect for you. A hero's death brings a stronger emotion than him surviving the ordeal. It also glorifies the sacrifice he made in order to save mankind. Stupid, you might say, but Hollywood emphasises more on glory than reality.

If a reason is to be made, we could say that :
1. Robert was already on the verge of insanity, hence he did not value his life anymore.
2. He wanted revenge so badly due to the deaths of his family and Samantha to the extent that his rage clouded his rational judgement.
3. He did not believe in the so-called sanctuary in Vermont despite Anna's insistence, hence he did not even think that he'll survive to reach there. He probably wouldn't want to go there as well since he didn't believe in God and he refused to leave Ground Zero.

Meh... don't think too much into it. The hero just had to die. He must.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Dec 20 2007, 01:54 PM

there is no other way to end it...hero must die..and ppl will critise if the hero too superior d.