I Am Legend [spoilers]

jaerdaph · Dec 17, 2007

frankthedm said:
Hmm, how the heck does he stay thin?

When he's not filming, he gets to spend eight hours plus a day in the gym.

Mean Eyed Cat · Dec 17, 2007

TogaMario said:
2.) Who the heck set the trap for him with the mannequin and all? The film shows that the dark-seekers aren't brainless, but a lot of them seem to be fairly stupid / not capable of planning. Maybe that's why there was a leader. But wait, they wouldn't listen to Will Smith about his curing abilities, but they listen to the boss-with-brains?

Was it the dark-seekers who set the trap or was it one of Robert's and he was so delusional he didn't realize it? And, if it was one a dark-seeker trap [maybe mimicking Robert's traps?], why did they have enough intelligence to set a trap and, later, they abandon intelligence for madness when they assault the house?

While I liked most of the movie [the overgrown and deserted New York was cool], the part that really annoyed me was when alpha dark-seeker guy smashes into the bullet proof glass. Really? No amount of adrenaline could negate the physics involved. His skull should have caved in :\

BadMojo · Dec 17, 2007

JoeGKushner said:
While he dies, he cures the disease. It is his cure of the disease that makes him a legend. This is the biggest divergent for me and while it doesn't ruin the movie, it makes me think that no, like the Omega Man and Last Man on Earth, they should've picked a different title for this movie and said "heavily based on the novel, I Am Legend."

Wow. That's pretty disappointing.

I think this may win the award for "totally didn't get the meaning of the book title". They really should have used a different title. From what the OP says, the new title just doesn't make sense with this movie.

Queen_Dopplepopolis · Dec 17, 2007

Did anyone else catch the Batman/Superman movie poster in Times Square? Date was some time in 2010...

Hand of Evil · Dec 18, 2007

Queen_Dopplepopolis said:
Did anyone else catch the Batman/Superman movie poster in Times Square? Date was some time in 2010...

The director/producer said they took Liberties, he did not mean anything, even surprised that it made it by the editors and lawyers. Figured they would be owning someone money for it. (It was linked on the News page)

frankthedm · Dec 18, 2007

Hand of Evil said:
Hand of Evil said:

The director/producer said they took Liberties, he did not mean anything,

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Darn.

even surprised that it made it by the editors and lawyers. Figured they would be owning someone money for it. (It was linked on the News page)

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Considering that this is a Warner brothers movie and they own both properties, and have merged those properties previously many times, its not going to be that big of an issue unless the project WAS secretly in the works.

Emirikol · Dec 19, 2007

Sooooo...why was this movie such a big hit?

It was essentially a zombie flick. I know it's been done before, but you dont see people talking about the last man on earth or omega man otherwise (except maybe as the basis for Resident Evil).

I don't get it. I thought the movie was good, but I wouldn't go see it twice. WHy was it such a hit?

jh

Hand of Evil · Dec 19, 2007

Emirikol said:
Sooooo...why was this movie such a big hit?

It was essentially a zombie flick. I know it's been done before, but you dont see people talking about the last man on earth or omega man otherwise (except maybe as the basis for Resident Evil).

I don't get it. I thought the movie was good, but I wouldn't go see it twice. WHy was it such a hit?

jh

Will Smith - just by having him in the movie made it a hit. Yep, people go to a movie because of the actor and Will Smith will do this for you: Lifetime Gross Total (17 movies): $2,051,312,349 - Average: $120,665,432. Hollywood watches stuff like this, it is called Q rating, they also messure profit margin: what a star is paid vs what their movies make, Will gets 20+ Million a film but has a 1 to 5 profit margin, for every dollor spent on him, he will get you 5 back.

Milla Jovovich - Lifetime Gross Total (16 movies): $338,482,761- Average: $21,155,173: her worth shows she should only be paid 1 million or less a film just to provide the return that Will Smith gives.

Tom Cruse - Lifetime Gross Total (28 movies): $2,712,240,654 - Average: $96,865,738: should be paid less than Will but is not. Profit margin 1 to 3 (4) and dropping

Angelina Jolie - Lifetime Gross Total (23 movies): $1,054,242,905 - Average: $45,836,648: only is paid 5 to 10 million a film. Profit margin 1 to 4.

Queen_Dopplepopolis · Dec 19, 2007

Hand of Evil said:
Will Smith - just by having him in the movie made it a hit. Yep, people go to a movie because of the actor and Will Smith will do this for you: Lifetime Gross Total (17 movies): $2,051,312,349 - Average: $120,665,432. Hollywood watches stuff like this, it is called Q rating, they also measure profit margin: what a star is paid vs what their movies make, Will gets 20+ Million a film but has a 1 to 5 profit margin, for every dollar spent on him, he will get you 5 back.

Combine that with the fact that it opened two weekends before Christmas and you have a veritable recipe for success. People are already at the mall shopping... why not catch a flick? I like that Will Smith, let's grab a Cinnabon and head to the theatre!

mmadsen · Dec 19, 2007

Will Smith signals that this is a film for the mass audience, not just for hardcore horror fans -- and it isn't a gore-fest for the hardcore fans; it's about more than decomposing bodies.

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