urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:tf23tf23tf23tf232007-12-19T00:39:39Zurn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:tf23:511i am legend review2007-12-19T00:39:39Z2007-12-19T00:39:39ZRhonda and I went to the local movie megaplex and saw <a href="http://iamlegend.warnerbros.com/">I am Legend</a>. Apparently it's been quite a while since we've seen a movie in the theater, because we were surprised at the $9 tickets. Add in a beverage and we shelled out $22. ouch. I'm glad we ate before we went, otherwise a popcorn and maybe something else and it's into the $30's.<br /><br />But back to why I'm posting, the movie. I thought the movie was very good - except for the ending. Smith's performance I think was exceptional. He made me sympathize with him, the loneliness. The scene were he lost same was really kinda wrenching. When he goes frantically trying to rescue Sam - the shaking, the fear. Very realistic. Good <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief">suspension of disbelief</a>.<br /><br />The CG was very impressive except of the animal scenes. I'm no computer graphics expert, but it sure seemed like they cheaped out w/ the animal modeling. Which is too bad, because the work they did on the scenery was fascinating.<br /><br />But that damned ending. <sigh> It was really a let-down. It was as if they were thinking "Let's wrap this up into a nice tidy little package that the American public will <i>accept</i>". I've never read the book, though after hearing bits and pieces about it I intend to. It sounds as if the book had a far better ending then the movie. And the book seems to have had fewer "holes" in the story line then the movie has. The main being the <b>movie title</b> itself. I thought the movie didn't explain what I understand to be the true meaning of the "legend" from the book.<br /><br />If you're big on good endings, don't see the movie. But otherwise I'd recommend it. If you have a big screen TV and good sound system you could probably get away with waiting for the DVD to come out.