I Am Legend

She Said:

Every Christmas, HE and I go to the movies. It's our tradition. Another tradition, unfortunately, is that the movies don't always live up to my expectations. The Last Samurai, King Kong, Night At the Museum are all movies we seen in the past. EH, nothing spectacular. HE was VERY excited to see I AM LEGEND so I went along with it even though I wanted to see about 3-4 other movies before seeing that one. I AM LEGEND is 100 minutes of a suspenseful yet sometimes boring and attempt at a message film. I understand that it was based on a book, but its not lacking story potential. I feel like there was a LOT of film left on the cutting room floor that may have helped the film a great deal. A lot was crammed into the last half hour and brought the film to a whole new place. It was definitely NOT legendary! I hate horror movies, I hate being scared. Disturbing images and acts stay with me for DAYS. This movie had some scary imagery, but I still left the movie feeling very BLAH. Trust me, that is saying a lot.




HE Said:

First, I should say I am a fan of action/horror or anything post-apocolyptic. Though I really don't get the opportunity to see much of it because as SHE said, she doesn't like being scared. SHE is right in her assessment that our Christmas movies do not live up to expectations. This one did fall a bit short of my expectations but I was not disappointed at all. I do feel that it should have been at least another 30 minutes longer in the end, as I was not completely satisfied with the conclusion. That said, I loved the concept and the imagery was kick ass in this movie. There were some inconsistencies throughout the movie that bothered me a bit. One thing that confused me was when Dr. Robert Neville stated that the "dark seekers" lacked any human characteristics anymore. This was inconsistent because there was a 'Leader' that had pet attack dogs, organized an assault on Neville's shelter and sought revenge on him. If you ask me, those are definitely characteristics of a human mind. Anyhow, the movie did keep me in suspense and there were some jump-out of your seat scary scenes. I did enjoy the movie and would say it is worth seeing in the theater.

On a side but related note, this movie has been made a couple times before. Most notably, in 1971 with Charlton Heston playing Dr. Neville. That movie is called The Omega Man, it is actually next on my Blockbuster Que. Based on what I have heard so far, I am really looking forward to this one.