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[green_queen]

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Today I went to the movies with Jamie and saw I Am Legend

I can't believe how infuriatingly common it is for interesting science fiction films to completely ignore any interesting subplots and end with some kind of obnoxious, preachy religious or spiritual message. I know that spirituality and sci-fi often go hand in hand, since serious sci-fi is usually about The Big Questions (42), but I hate when spirituality is tacked on to the end of a movie, especially a well thought-out movie that is measured and tense and moody, and starts to raise interesting ideas. I wanted to know how the vampire zombies (or vombies, as they will henceforth be known) were learning, and whether there was a message in that about how their 'civilisation' was no worse than our own. I wanted to see Neville struggle with the intense, painful loneliness for longer than a few hours after that enormously affecting sad scene, because Will Smith was acting his heart out quite effectively. I wanted to see it end of a note of uncertainty about the future, but instead there's this awful ending (action AND religion in one neat package!) that comes out of nowhere and is just boring and ineffective. It could've been a great movie, and instead is just winds up being OK, but ordinary.

And why was the CG so bad?

Side note: I noticed that the huge banners in Time Square were the same in Enchanted and this, with such different things going on around them. It made me laugh.

2.5 stars out of 5



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[bachlava.livejournal.com]

how infuriatingly common it is for interesting science fiction films to completely ignore any interesting subplots and end with some kind of obnoxious, preachy religious or spiritual message. I know that spirituality and sci-fi often go hand in hand, since serious sci-fi is usually about The Big Questions (42), but I hate when spirituality is tacked on to the end of a movie, especially a well thought-out movie that is measured and tense and moody, and starts to raise interesting ideas... there's this awful ending (action AND religion in one neat package!) that comes out of nowhere and is just boring and ineffective.

ITA. There are about three movies in the universe that handle religion and spirituality both directly and well - the rest should leave it alone. (This coming from a person who's generally quite interested in religion and spirituality.)

I wanted to know how the vampire zombies (or vombies, as they will henceforth be known) were learning, and whether there was a message in that about how their 'civilisation' was no worse than our own.

My best guess is "I doubt the PTB knew either" to the first one and "no" to the second. ;)

I wanted to see Neville struggle with the intense, painful loneliness for longer than a few hours after that enormously affecting sad scene, because Will Smith was acting his heart out quite effectively.

I am still not over that scene. That just isn't allowed to happen in movies, mmmkay? (I don't think the studios hear me, sadly.)

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

I'm not over that scene either. I am now deeply protective of my dog.

[corellianjedi.livejournal.com]

I agree with you that the ending of "I Am Legend" left a LOT to be desired. I was afraid it was just me since I read the book before seeing the movie. (For the record, I think the ending of the book is a million times better than the movie, easily. I thought the book on the whole was completely fantastic.)

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

I find it interesting that I really, really noticed that difference between the rest of the movie and the ending, given the ending worked so much better in the book, apparently. Either I'm REALLY GOOD at reading movies now or they couldn't reconcile those ideas at all.

[foxsyd.livejournal.com]

In the book that I Am Legend is based on, there are infected people who are holding the vampirism at bay, and because Neville is indiscrimantly going around killing all vampires, they send in a woman as a spy, I think he finds out she is infected some how, and is violent towards her, and eventually a village of infected (but not taken over by the vampirism) execute him, that's why he's the legend, he's become the bogeyman, the monster... I guess hollywood was too chicken to have that sort of political angle so obvious.

[fitofpique.livejournal.com]

Right! He's the legend because he is the last (uninfected) man, right? In fact, the film version they made of the book in the seventies was called The Omega Man.

I thought the book was a bit lame and based on a rather slender premise, but at least it had a kind of interesting twist at the end. The movie was appalling because they took every interesting/different thing about the book, removed it, and made religion the panacea. I guess that's George Bush's America in a nutshell though, isn't it.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

...wow, that's more or less exactly what I was interested in. I should read the book.

[lunabloom.livejournal.com]

Frankie's tattoos!
Gah, I've been looking for a good picture collection like this for forever. Especially of the newer tattoos, which I managed to completely lose track of. Thank you thank you! :)