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Almost legendary: watch out...possible spoilers

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I Am Legend  (2007)
First off, I didn't come out of the theater wanting my money back; that's for sure. If you go in, wanting an action thrill ride that will make you jump, scream, laugh, and possibly even cry then go see this movie. But that's all this turns out to be, is a big hollywood movie. There are so many great set ups in this film, without many great payoffs. I think this is one of the only times that I will say that I wished a hollywood blockbuster was longer. This film could have used about 20-30 more minutes of character and environmental development, of the other players that come into his world,  even of exposition of what in fact these vampire/zombie/infected human things were, and what the rules of that world were. The pacing breaks into a full sprint in the third act, that gives an inconsistency to the rest of the film. Most films would do better completely using subtext and making arguments for their characters based on preexisting knowledge. But I continually wished this film would give me more answers to my questions (aka: How can these things jump 20 feet in the air and rip holes through ceilings with their bare hands, but can't break out of leather bindings?), rather than trying to give me more reason to feel for Will Smiths character.

posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:34 PM by STEPHENtheDIRECTOR


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