Thread: I Am Legend

Enjoyed most of the film. As others have said, the trap was inconsistant. I don't really see why it was needed either, since the dog could have been killed in so many other ways. Silly

I loved that scene when Sam goes into the dark building and Will Smith has to try and find her. It's soo full of suspense, and at that point you still haven't seen the zombies. When he takes his hand off the torch and you see the whole room of them, all standing in a group and shivering, that was just awesome (what WERE they doing?). After you've seen the zombies it becomes a lot less interesting, and after the dog dies it just gets worse.

The thing I understand least is why Will Smith had to kill himself at the end. I thought when he said "they'll keep on going... they'll never give up", that he meant they'd keep on going until they got something to eat, and that he was going to feed himself to them. But if he was just going to blow them up with a grenade, then couldn't he have done it from inside the safe box?

They just can't make a sequel... is there a sequel to the book? I mean, the whole film was Will Smith. If he's dead, and they've found a cure, then what could happen more?

I noticed, incidentally, that the well-meaning but obviously idiotic woman at the start was English.... typical

Originally Posted by Lord Toaster

They just can't make a sequel... is there a sequel to the book? I mean, the whole film was Will Smith. If he's dead, and they've found a cure, then what could happen more?

Oh I think they can, and probably will. A lot more could happen. just takes a little imagination is all. If you do much reading novels, you can see how writers can take just about any story. And make them go on and on almost indefinitely.

Originally Posted by Caradon

If you do much reading novels, you can see how writers can take just about any story.

So there is a book that is the sequel? The next film won't just be another Hollywood Zombie Film?

What I meant is that the story from I Am Legend has finished. The main character is dead, and he has found the cure which enables survivors to completely eliminate the enemy (the virus) from the world. If there is a sequel, it won't be a good one.

I know what you meant. But, I don't think the story is finished. There is a lot more to be told. they left so much out. And just because they found something that can cure it. It's a long way off from actually curing the whole world. And like I said before, writers can come up with anything to keep a story going.

I disagree. I think a sequel would be much better than the original. because there would be a lot more monster action. And that's what I really want to see. the first one was way to slow for me. but it had it's intense moments.

Besides, all they really need for a sequel now days. Is for the original to make enough money. Which I'm sure this one has.

I saw it yesterday and I agree with what has been said (recently). It was okay. I'd seen Omega Man with Charelton Heston, so I knew that Will was no Chuck. I felt it was pretty much all suspense and special effects, and not much else, but I'm glad I saw it in a theater and was able to see it on the big screen.

Overall: Erm, meh.

Originally Posted by MontyFlatts

I saw it yesterday and thought it was awesome.

Ethen, I understand your argument, but here is how I saw it. The zombies were stupid overall, but they had that one smart leader who was in control. Remember he saw Duvall set the trap for the zombie girl? He learned how to do it and set his own for Duvall. He was like the "brains" of the group. And the reason they could "jump 30 feet in the air" (an exaggeration, I don't remember anything of the sort, but they WERE pretty damn strong) is that their adrenaline glands were constantly open.


Yeah, a few things were kind of strange. Like, how exactly did lions end up in New York City? (I guess they might have escaped from a zoo, but it's still kind of weird).

About how he got water... I heard he had set up many rain captures on his roof and such. He also has many generators/solar panels and the such.

I agree that I think he set up the trap himself. I mean, I heard the directors actually say that it was intended that the zombies did, but just because the directors said so doesn't really make it true. I think it makes sense for him to have set it, having the fake man there for the zombies to try to grab. He saw it move, and shot it. But I dunno.

Originally Posted by Lord Toaster

The thing I understand least is why Will Smith had to kill himself at the end. I thought when he said "they'll keep on going... they'll never give up", that he meant they'd keep on going until they got something to eat, and that he was going to feed himself to them. But if he was just going to blow them up with a grenade, then couldn't he have done it from inside the safe box?

Yeah, what is up with that?

Originally Posted by wasup

I agree that I think he set up the trap himself. I mean, I heard the directors actually say that it was intended that the zombies did, but just because the directors said so doesn't really make it true. I think it makes sense for him to have set it, having the fake man there for the zombies to try to grab. He saw it move, and shot it. But I dunno.

Wait he set it up himself? That dosn't make any sence. Why'd he step into it? He knew it was there.

I plan to find and read the book, as soon as I'm finished with the series I'm reading now. hopefully all questions will be answered then.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

I doubt it would be a mistake, because they would actually have to put something inside the mannequin to make it move. It was just two perfect, coinciding with the ominous (boom), when Neville got his first look at Fred in the and then you see Fred's head eerily, slowly, turn to face Neville.

If that was a directing mistake, it definitely made that scene. I don't think it was, though.

It does move, thats for sure. And there is also another part like this. After Neville starts running down the zombies in his car...Its when he first comes back to consciousness on his couch after being saved (and is watching shrek on the TV)...as he walks into his kitchen he sees his own son and his wife for a split second...but it quickly turns into that woman and that other kid

As for the theory that he set the trap himself and forgot in his growing dimensia, I don't think so. I mean, you can make sense of that if you try hard enough. He does see things that aren't real on more than one occasion, he talks to manicans regularly, and it was bizzarre that the zombies could set up s trap that sophisticated...BUT I don't think that is enough to justify it.

Firstly, it seems that Neville uses his blood to lure the zombies, not manicans (much less his "friend"). But more importantly, why would he use such a trap, I mean really?

He seems to do all of his trapping in the day when it is safe, right? Since the manican was right out in the open, the zombies wouldn't go for it unless it was at night. BUT, even that doesn't make sense if you really think about it. If the zombie goes for that manican and gets trapped, then what? Neville isn't going to be there to recover the zombie until is light outside, and by then the zombie is going to be toast, and of no use to him. Also consider that there wasn't black sheet in the second trap as there was in Nevilles trap. he uses that sheet to protect the zombie because he needs them alive. Then second trap did use the sheet, meaning it probably wasn't his.

It was definately the zombies who set it up, no doubt in my mind.

-different bait ("human luring" bait, as opposed to "zombie luring" bait)
-nonsencial placement/usage if trying to trap a zombie (the zombie would die)
-no black sheet to keep zombie alive (ands what the point of capturing a dead zombie?)
-no recollection of setting the trap (could be dimensia, or maybe his just didn't do it)
-Plus, the zombie was waiting on the inside of that building with dogs...as if it were his trap.

"Agreed" @ all of that^.

Yeah, it never would have made sense to me that he set the trap himself.

If anything, it was the Alpha Male. Neville already underestimated his willingness to expose himself to sunlight. Also, he was smart enough to bring out the dogs, when dusk was coming, so he's obviously got some sort of intelligence. The virus was only three years old, so he would have had to figure that little tactic out relatively quickly. I don't think it would be too much of a stretch to see that the A.M. was smart enough to mimic his trap.

[Edit: Except for maybe the actual triggering mechanism. I'd like to know just how in the hell he pulled that one off.]

I just thought the triggering mechanism was one of Robert's traps and while he was "losing it" after seeing Fred, he just seemed to forget that he had previously set it.

Just one question, why did he cover the torch on the gun when he entered the dark building after Sam ran in. The part when he kept putting his hand over it and then off. I didn't get what it would have done.

Originally Posted by NeAvO

I just thought the triggering mechanism was one of Robert's traps and while he was "losing it" after seeing Fred, he just seemed to forget that he had previously set it.

Just one question, why did he cover the torch on the gun when he entered the dark building after Sam ran in. The part when he kept putting his hand over it and then off. I didn't get what it would have done.

At first I was thinking that he wanted to use the light as little as possible, so that he didn't send the Dark Seekers into a frenzy, since they hate the light so much. But, someone else had brought up that he was probably trying to keep his eyes adjusted to the dark by not letting them be exposed to the flashlight, for too long.

I dunno for sure, though.

Couldn't he have just not wanted to alert the zombies to his presence with the light?

Originally Posted by 27

Couldn't he have just not wanted to alert the zombies to his presence with the light?

Sure.

But it just seems like a pretty strange thing to do, if that was his only objective. He was letting it go every couple of seconds so, regardless, those things would see the light, no matter what.

Also, it's plausible that, since they live in the dark, they have excellent night-vision. I doubt that covering the light with his hand would really stop them from seeing him anyway.

But hey, it's all speculation.

Yeah, i've seen it. It was ALRIGHT, Will Smith could've been like, a robot. Although the best acting came from "Frank"...or..."Fred".... the damn mannequin

To those who want to read the book, let me say its COMPLETELY difereent from the movie... they changed almost everything... Nevilles house IS known by the zombies from the start, they are more intelligent, there is not so much action and more day to day tasks of Neville are covered... its not action, its more like a psyhcologic suspense...

But the book os a CLASSIC! Worth reading no doubt! Just a little outdated, becasue it was written in the 50's. Get it... but dont expect answers to the movie's incoherences...