"I'm a Legend" is actually a good science fiction movie, it renders the atmosphere of loneliness very moving. The beginning of the film is very close to the version starring Charlton Heston in 1971, but the technology is too strong now, and it can portray that kind of deserted city extremely realistically. In the 1971 version, you can find many piercing shots. Will Smith does a good job in the film, and there are a few scenes that are very moving-such as the expression when he has to strangle his dog to accompany him. The storyline of the whole film is fine, and it feels very smooth-although it is quite different from the original, that is another problem. Film adaptations should not seek to be faithful to the original, but to show the director's own understanding on the basis of respect for the original. This film has its own perspective and theme, and the performance is very good, much better than the "Resident Evil" film.
Interestingly, by comparison, you will find that the 1971 version of the movie has a strong ideological flavor, including the fear of red threats, the Manson family and hippies and other worries that undermine mainstream values, and even religious symbolism: that At the end of the edition, Neville looked like a crucified Christ when he died. In the current film, they have all evolved into expressing confidence and hope in life.
The quality of the Blu-ray version of the film is excellent and exemplary: the picture is sharp but not excessive, and the colors are strong. The first section of the film is bright and clean in New York; there are many indoor scenes in the second half, and the contrast of the dark scenes is quite good, and the black level is calm. . The noise suppression in the whole movie is also very good. Although the Blu-ray version of TrueHD 5.1 audio track specifications are not particularly high, but the effect is quite beautiful, the performance of the surrounding delicate sound is very good when it is quiet, and the large dynamic effect in action scenes is not overwhelming. Therefore, highdefdigest, the most authoritative Blu-ray evaluation website at present, gave this Blu-ray disc the highest score of all five-star sound and picture quality. Of course, another part of this Blu-ray worth collecting is that it combines the two endings of the film. Through the seamless connection, you can switch at will-it is equivalent to having two complete movies at once.
Readers who have watched the movie already know that in the first ending, that is, in the theater version, Neville and the vampire (called darkseeker in this film, translated as "Night Demon" looks good) died together, Anna took the child and found it. The settlements of surviving humans gave the serum to them. There are two differences in the second ending: First, at about 1 hour and 13 minutes of the film, Neville and Anna went to see the place where he was in the middle. Neville said that it is impossible for the infected person to have such intelligence to imitate him to set a trap. They have no love, no feelings, Anna said, "Maybe they have evolved?" Then, in the Neville fishing pond, the child Ethan was swimming while saying "The water is so cold", which suddenly reminded Neville that he should use cooling The way to improve the effect of the serum, this paved the way for him to succeed in the end.
The other biggest difference is in the last three minutes: Neville saw the leader of the infected person draw a butterfly shape on the glass with his hand (butterfly is a symbol of the film, and it appears in many places), he suddenly woke up, so he The woman he used as a test subject returned to the leader and made her revert to an infected person. The leader led the crowd to retreat. Neville and Anna drove out of New York together, looking for other survivors. The ending of this version should be more in line with the original idea: the so-called "I am a legend" in the original book refers to Neville as the last man on earth (there are women and children who survived. This is also very important in the 1971 version of the movie). In line with the original), he hides at night and goes out to hunt vampires during the day; in general novels, vampires are mysterious and elusive to people, and in this story, the original is to show that Neville is only for vampires. It is mysterious, like a legend, legend. The ending of the theater version indicates that Neville's death made him a human legend. It is from this perspective that the ending of the theater version completely deviates from the novel-this is also the reason for some bad reviews.
In this second ending, the night demons had their own feelings, and they evolved into a new kind of life. When Neville sat down on the ground, looking at the pictures of the dead night monsters, he realized that he was a nightmare and an executioner for them. But I still like the ending of the theatrical version (the movie company used to show the two endings to some audiences in advance to listen to their opinions, most people chose the ending of the current theatrical version)-the movie is not made for book fans, the whole movie must be Human perspective is comfortable, otherwise the whole story will have to be redefined. Anyway, it is difficult for me to suddenly feel sympathy and compassion for those night monsters at the end. At this time, the benefits of video discs are revealed: we can see the two endings in the Blu-ray version. You can understand the director's ideas and know his choices more deeply. So which ending do you like?
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