I saw this Friday... thought it was real good. Tough to watch him have to kill his dog though :(
I didnt think the CGI looked bad at all and I have taken classes on it...
A lot of the CGI was A-ok, but a lot of the close ups of the main nightwalker (mostly his face/expressions/Mummy mouth) were bad.
I think a lot of the criticism was due to the fact that it was so obvious.
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer Sun Dec 16, 3:21 PM ET
LOS ANGELES - For the last man on Earth, Will Smith sure has a lot of friends. The Warner Bros. tale "I Am Legend," starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of Hollywood's top box-office champs, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"It's no wonder Will Smith feels so lonely. Everyone else on Earth is in the movie theater," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
The 20th Century Fox family flick "Alvin and the Chipmunks," starring Jason Lee in a big-screen take on the cartoon critters, opened a strong No. 2 with $45 million. The two films combined to give Hollywood a year-end surge after a drowsy fall season.
"Forty-five million acorns," said Chris Aronson, senior vice president for distribution at 20th Century Fox. "Chipmunks are diurnal animals and they do hibernate, but not right now."
Overall business soared, with the top 12 movies taking in $153.6 million, up 39 percent from the same weekend a year earlier, when Smith also was No. 1 with a $26.5 million debut for "The Pursuit of Happyness."
The previous No. 1 movie, New Line Cinema's fantasy "The Golden Compass," nose-dived in its second weekend, coming in third with $9 million, down a dismal 65 percent from its less-than-expected $25.8 million debut a week earlier.
"The Golden Compass," which cost $180 million to produce, has done $90 million so far overseas but has proven a dud domestically with just $41 million.
On the other hand, "I Am Legend" smashed Smith's personal debut record, easily exceeding the $52.1 million opening weekends of "I, Robot" and "Men in Black II," his previous bests. "I Am Legend" outdid the $72.6 million premiere of 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the previous best December opening.
"It's nice to be in the Will Smith business," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. "He is just the No. 1 box-office star in the world today."
Based on the Richard Matheson novel filmed twice before as Vincent Price's "The Last Man on Earth" and Charlton Heston's "The Omega Man," "I Am Legend" casts Smith as a scientist trying to find a cure and fighting off the vestiges of humanity, people transformed by the plague into vampire-like creatures.
Two Golden Globe nominees just hitting theaters did well in their second weekends.
Focus Features' "Atonement" — a tragic romance that led the Globes with seven nominations, including best drama and acting honors for Keira Knightley and James McAvoy — pulled in $1.85 million in 117 theaters. That gave "Atonement" a strong average of $15,835 a theater, compared to $21,224 in 3,606 cinemas for "I Am Legend."
Fox Searchlight's "Juno," a teen-pregnancy comedy whose three nominations included best comedy or musical and an acting honor for Ellen Page, grossed $1.44 million in 40 theaters for a $36,018 average.
"Atonement" and "Juno" expand into nationwide release over the next three weekends.
Another Golden Globe nominee, the Paramount Classics-DreamWorks foreign-language contender "The Kite Runner," debuted strongly with $450,970 in 35 theaters for a $12,885 average. Spanning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to modern times, the film follows an emigrant to America who returns home to rescue the son of a childhood friend.
Francis Ford Coppola's first film in 10 years, "Youth Without Youth" from Sony Pictures Classics, had a so-so debut of $27,815 in six theaters, averaging $4,636. The film stars Tim Roth as an elderly language scholar whose youth is restored by a lightning strike.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
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I really liked it, but I have to say that I really found the cgi mutants to be really distracting and awful. I wish they hadn't gone that route, because a close up of one of them usually took me out of the moment.
That was my biggest complaint. It was a big problem for me, but I really did like the rest of it.
just saw this tonight and aside from will smiths acting the movie was terrible. why did they even call it i am legend? all they really used was the main characters name.
ok thread title says spoilers. what was the deal with the vampires not knowing where he lived? that was the whole book. he defended his home and then killed vampires during the day. oh but these vampires dont sleep during the day. this was hollywood cashing in on a name. if they would have kept this anywhere close to the book will smith would have been in the greatest vampire movie ever.
just saw this tonight and aside from will smiths acting the movie was terrible. why did they even call it i am legend? all they really used was the main characters name.
ok thread title says spoilers. what was the deal with the vampires not knowing where he lived? that was the whole book. he defended his home and then killed vampires during the day. oh but these vampires dont sleep during the day. this was hollywood cashing in on a name. if they would have kept this anywhere close to the book will smith would have been in the greatest vampire movie ever.
plus he never got drunk, not once.
im not even going to get started on the ending.
I never read the book so I didnt know the movie deviated that much from it
I liked the movie but I can see where you would be disappointed after reading the book first
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and the CGI on them does suck, they're standard, straight out of the monster factory shitty monsters but they don't ruin the movie , the terrible third act and ending does.
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just saw this tonight and aside from will smiths acting the movie was terrible. why did they even call it i am legend? all they really used was the main characters name.
ok thread title says spoilers. what was the deal with the vampires not knowing where he lived? that was the whole book. he defended his home and then killed vampires during the day. oh but these vampires dont sleep during the day. this was hollywood cashing in on a name. if they would have kept this anywhere close to the book will smith would have been in the greatest vampire movie ever.
plus he never got drunk, not once.
im not even going to get started on the ending.
i actually enjoyed the film very much. what i didn't like is that he didnt really kill/fight with those infected people (vampires/zombies, etc.) so i can see your point. i wished it were longer. i'll have to read the book soon. i also wished the film was longer and more gory, bloody violence and action were involved.
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A lot of the CGI was A-ok, but a lot of the close ups of the main nightwalker (mostly his face/expressions/Mummy mouth) were bad.
I think a lot of the criticism was due to the fact that it was so obvious.
I thought the lions in the beginning were the worst of the CGI..
I liked the movie though
Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
i actually enjoyed the film very much. what i didn't like is that he didnt really kill/fight with those infected people (vampires/zombies, etc.) so i can see your point. i wished it were longer. i'll have to read the book soon. i also wished the film was longer and more gory, bloody violence and action were involved.
I just watched the film online.. It was good, but too short. It ended to quickly. It was missing something.
Just rented this fucker last night and thought it was really entertaining and well made. Yeah the ending could have been a little more creative but I still give "I Am Legend" 3 out of 4 muffins..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Just rented this fucker last night and thought it was really entertaining and well made. Yeah the ending could have been a little more creative but I still give "I Am Legend" 3 out of 4 muffins..
The book was much better (and I liked the movie).
There's a special edition coming with an alternate version...and controversial ending. I wonder how different the 'alternate version' is
I thought this movie was really weak. It focused too much on the 'emotion' of Will Smith... The infected (they are not zombies :rolleyes: ) were ok but nothing special, just another generic Hollywood stylized 'creature'. I think it would've been better if they'd gone along with the idea of the 'Family' and Matthias from The Omega Man. I'm a big fan of that though so that could be why I didn't like I am Legend.
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... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
The book was much better (and I liked the movie).
There's a special edition coming with an alternate version...and controversial ending. I wonder how different the 'alternate version' is
The dvd I rented only had some weird comic book style animation features..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
The dvd I rented only had some weird comic book style animation features..
It isn't out on DVD yet...
Best Buy lists a regular edition and special edition and only lists the alternate version & ending on the special edition. I'm hoping for something more than animation extras...
When the special version dvd comes out, let us know if it's worth another rent..I was definitely surprised in the lack of special features in the one I saw..
'I want to hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
When the special version dvd comes out, let us know if it's worth another rent..I was definitely surprised in the lack of special features in the one I saw..
There's a three disc blu ray special edition coming....all of a sudden 50g isn't enough space.....
I've heard that the 'alternate version' that is coming only has 4 extra minutes of footage or something, and the alternate ending makes more sense, or is closer to the book, one of the two..
It's cheaper than the regular edition, so I guess it doesn't matter.
It focused too much on the 'emotion' of Will Smith...
i finally saw this movie last night and the emotion is what i really liked about it. i felt like i had been isolated for three years after watching it... this movie left me emotionally drained. i liked it, though i agree the ending kind of went downhill. after reading everyone's thoughts i'm curious to read the book...
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I didnt think the CGI looked bad at all and I have taken classes on it...
the only bad thing i have to say is that will smith's golf swing needs some work....
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A lot of the CGI was A-ok, but a lot of the close ups of the main nightwalker (mostly his face/expressions/Mummy mouth) were bad.
I think a lot of the criticism was due to the fact that it was so obvious.
It was packed where I saw the movie a lot of the shows were sold out
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071216/ap_en_mo/box_office
Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer Sun Dec 16, 3:21 PM ET
LOS ANGELES - For the last man on Earth, Will Smith sure has a lot of friends. The Warner Bros. tale "I Am Legend," starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of Hollywood's top box-office champs, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"It's no wonder Will Smith feels so lonely. Everyone else on Earth is in the movie theater," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
The 20th Century Fox family flick "Alvin and the Chipmunks," starring Jason Lee in a big-screen take on the cartoon critters, opened a strong No. 2 with $45 million. The two films combined to give Hollywood a year-end surge after a drowsy fall season.
"Forty-five million acorns," said Chris Aronson, senior vice president for distribution at 20th Century Fox. "Chipmunks are diurnal animals and they do hibernate, but not right now."
Overall business soared, with the top 12 movies taking in $153.6 million, up 39 percent from the same weekend a year earlier, when Smith also was No. 1 with a $26.5 million debut for "The Pursuit of Happyness."
The previous No. 1 movie, New Line Cinema's fantasy "The Golden Compass," nose-dived in its second weekend, coming in third with $9 million, down a dismal 65 percent from its less-than-expected $25.8 million debut a week earlier.
"The Golden Compass," which cost $180 million to produce, has done $90 million so far overseas but has proven a dud domestically with just $41 million.
On the other hand, "I Am Legend" smashed Smith's personal debut record, easily exceeding the $52.1 million opening weekends of "I, Robot" and "Men in Black II," his previous bests. "I Am Legend" outdid the $72.6 million premiere of 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the previous best December opening.
"It's nice to be in the Will Smith business," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. "He is just the No. 1 box-office star in the world today."
Based on the Richard Matheson novel filmed twice before as Vincent Price's "The Last Man on Earth" and Charlton Heston's "The Omega Man," "I Am Legend" casts Smith as a scientist trying to find a cure and fighting off the vestiges of humanity, people transformed by the plague into vampire-like creatures.
Two Golden Globe nominees just hitting theaters did well in their second weekends.
Focus Features' "Atonement" — a tragic romance that led the Globes with seven nominations, including best drama and acting honors for Keira Knightley and James McAvoy — pulled in $1.85 million in 117 theaters. That gave "Atonement" a strong average of $15,835 a theater, compared to $21,224 in 3,606 cinemas for "I Am Legend."
Fox Searchlight's "Juno," a teen-pregnancy comedy whose three nominations included best comedy or musical and an acting honor for Ellen Page, grossed $1.44 million in 40 theaters for a $36,018 average.
"Atonement" and "Juno" expand into nationwide release over the next three weekends.
Another Golden Globe nominee, the Paramount Classics-DreamWorks foreign-language contender "The Kite Runner," debuted strongly with $450,970 in 35 theaters for a $12,885 average. Spanning the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to modern times, the film follows an emigrant to America who returns home to rescue the son of a childhood friend.
Francis Ford Coppola's first film in 10 years, "Youth Without Youth" from Sony Pictures Classics, had a so-so debut of $27,815 in six theaters, averaging $4,636. The film stars Tim Roth as an elderly language scholar whose youth is restored by a lightning strike.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
I really liked it, but I have to say that I really found the cgi mutants to be really distracting and awful. I wish they hadn't gone that route, because a close up of one of them usually took me out of the moment.
That was my biggest complaint. It was a big problem for me, but I really did like the rest of it.
ok thread title says spoilers. what was the deal with the vampires not knowing where he lived? that was the whole book. he defended his home and then killed vampires during the day. oh but these vampires dont sleep during the day. this was hollywood cashing in on a name. if they would have kept this anywhere close to the book will smith would have been in the greatest vampire movie ever.
plus he never got drunk, not once.
im not even going to get started on the ending.
I never read the book so I didnt know the movie deviated that much from it
I liked the movie but I can see where you would be disappointed after reading the book first
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
stay in the dark, check
attracted to blood, check
clearly vampires.
and the CGI on them does suck, they're standard, straight out of the monster factory shitty monsters but they don't ruin the movie , the terrible third act and ending does.
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I thought the lions in the beginning were the worst of the CGI..
I liked the movie though
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
There's a special edition coming with an alternate version...and controversial ending. I wonder how different the 'alternate version' is
it used to be on youtube but got taken down. but someone else put this up for download.
but nice people sw****w
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
The dvd I rented only had some weird comic book style animation features..
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
Best Buy lists a regular edition and special edition and only lists the alternate version & ending on the special edition. I'm hoping for something more than animation extras...
When the special version dvd comes out, let us know if it's worth another rent..I was definitely surprised in the lack of special features in the one I saw..
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I'm very, very frightening
and I'll overdo it'
It's cheaper than the regular edition, so I guess it doesn't matter.