And after watching "I Am A Legend", you may think that this is a good drama, because of Will Smith's outstanding acting skills, or perhaps because of the deep loneliness you have been shown by the film. Surrounded by feelings.
Generally speaking, how to meet the tastes of the public and highlight the values acceptable to most people is the goal pursued by a commercial film aimed at profit. From this point of view, "I am a legend" obviously runs counter to this goal. First, it chooses a microscopic individual as the entry point of the film—the film focuses on a person rather than the entire city; second, there is no magnificent battle scene, and the protagonist Neville is facing him most of the time. The dog or he speaks by himself. All the shots are narrating the cruel fact: you are the only one left in the world, and you are alone.
From the protagonist’s hunting in the city at the beginning of the movie to the end of the movie, the protagonist picked up a grenade and died together with the mutant to protect Anna’s mother and son. Neville has always believed that he can change the status quo. "I can still fix this", Neville said the same sentence repeatedly, maybe because of this sentence, he didn't have any hesitation when facing death. But I think the highlight of this film is not here, but the protagonist walking through the city alone, when he is free enough to play golf on a fighter jet, when he speaks to a group of inanimate wooden models in a record shop, When he was sitting in the bay, he said over and over on the radio that you are not alone...In that environment, Neville's inner fear and helplessness are intertwined, and it is somewhat desolate. To the audience, the phrase "I can still fix this" on the surface shows Neville's self-confidence and perseverance, but from the other side it is reflecting the protagonist's inner despair and powerlessness in facing the real world.
I like a movie like this, perhaps because I like some of the minutiae in life. I always feel that the spread of the plot of the movie should sometimes be like a tea leaf gradually spreading out in the water, so that you can see the subtleties clearly. Certain aspects. For example, in "I Am A Legend", there is a scene of Neville bathing his dog Sam. Neville said to it, "You have to eat more vegetables", and even bargained with it, as if he was his family, and when Sam strayed into the mutant's lair, he resolutely rushed in regardless of the danger of his life. Once inside, Sam is a friend, a relative, and the only person he can communicate with in this world. So when Sam died, he gave birth to the mutant, or the craziest revenge against the world. And only when a person is truly desperate will he think of death as a solution. If it weren’t for Anna’s appearance, or if we didn’t just take the process of watching "I Am Legend" as a pastime, then the plot might be OK here. It's over, without giving Neville a chance to say "I can still fix this" again.
In fact, I have been thinking about what it looks like when a city is completely dead, where there is overgrown weeds and has been lifeless for many years. At this time, there was a living person who had just lost his only partner, so he walked into the record store, greeted the expressionless model clerk, and spoke to one of the same inanimate wooden models: If you were me Friend of, then today, I will say hello to you, hello, hello... His original lifestyle has suddenly changed, but he is unwilling to admit it, just as he does not admit his failure and loneliness. At this time, his sense of responsibility to the world and his persistence to faith will become precarious under the huge shadow of loneliness.
In the second half of the movie, Anna’s appearance is a kind of salvation of faith for our protagonist. She taught Neville to "listen with heart", telling Neville that she was sent by God and asked him to believe that he is not alone. . He is not an independent individual, and the goal he has been striving for is still meaningful.
Indeed, if you listen carefully, you will find many different things in life. Just like the theme of "I Am A Legend", it is not only the feeling of loneliness when "the world is only you", but also tells us how to get rid of this loneliness. After all, as the main body of society, human beings live in this world. No one can close oneself. If you stretch out one of your hands, there will always be another hand that will stretch out to hold it.
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