"I Am Legend": The Story of a Man and a Dog

Abel 2022-04-22 07:01:02

To be honest, a large part of the reason I watched this movie came from my personal preference for Mr. Will Smith, the black actor, and the gimmicky title. Mr. Smith will not say more, his superb acting skills are in bad films such as "The Rivals of the People" and "Fighting Troopers", or in excellent ones such as "Knock on the Door when Happiness" and "The King of Fighters". They have left a deep impression on us. Before the film was released, I had enough reasons to believe that "I Am Legend" must be one of my favorite commercial films. If Will Smith is not enough to attract the audience, then that scene is comparable to the heroine's dog, those The zombie gentlemen who look as cumbersome as Zeng Zhiwei but as light as Chu Liuxiang are enough to attract everyone to pay for the theater.

But it turns out that the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment, Mr. Smith is still enough for the challenging role of "The Last Man in the World", but the ending of the movie is really bad and beyond my expectations, completely turning the first half of the film Part of the terrifying atmosphere created was fragmented, and the soft fear of suspense was completely lost, and it became a tough fight between humans and zombies. Moreover, the ending of the film was abrupt, and the black screen "Boom" appeared on the screen. On, I was stunned that I didn't come out of the plot, I was silent, and after five seconds, I scolded myself: What the f**k, this is the end?

Overall, the story of the film is cliché but not kitsch. It chooses an era that is very close to us, and just wants to create a sensational apocalyptic background. The weak Mr. Smith and his loyal dog still need more. In the first half of the fifty minutes, there is only Mr. Smith, who is alone in Manhattan, and his only partner and comrade-in-arms, Sam, the dog, if you think so. If it's not bleak enough, the writers also want to turn Manhattan into a wild place, with flocks of crows perching on the streets, deer walking leisurely and rushing at times, and zombie gentlemen visiting from time to time. This is completely different from the typical Hollywood commercial film model I imagined, so I feel that at some point in the next moment, our dog Sam will leave us, and instead, there will be not many scenes, but at least beautiful and moving Our Mr. Smith appeared as a beautiful woman who had a love affair. I guessed it right. Sam was infected to save Mr. Smith. On the night when the cute little Sam was about to join the zombie family, Mr. Smith strangled with tears. For Sam, someone like me who has seen the numbness in the movies can't help but be moved, poor Sam. The plot did not take a big turn as I originally thought. Mr. Smith, who was irritated, went to the zombie gentlemen to fight one-on-one. Unexpectedly, Mr. Smith, who was about to die from the mouth of the zombie, was rescued by a beautiful woman. Needless to say, the next plot is too vulgar, and the zombie gentlemen who have not brewed enough in the first half can't wait. They hurried out one by one to show the computer CG special effects. It has also become a naked hand-to-hand combat. On the contrary, Mr. Smith's heroic sacrifice made the glorious image of Comrade Dong Cunrui who sacrificed his life to bomb the bunker suddenly appeared in my mind (could the United States also engage in the theme?).

After reading it, I was stunned: Is this the "I Am Legend" that magazines on the Internet kept saying all day long that it cost 150 million US dollars? Come to think of it, where did all the money go? Renting the streets of Manhattan should cost a lot of money, and the clearance fee is estimated to be a lot. In addition, Mr. Smith's salary should not be low, because the film has few decent protagonists except for Mr. Smith and his dog. Even the beauty who suddenly jumped into everyone's line of sight in the second half is like a trickster.

Last gossip, I just read an article by a netizen saying that this film was originally designed for Governor Arnold, and the director is Mr. Michael Bay, who is known as the box office poison. Fortunately, the two of them never came, otherwise the film is currently box office. The "blockbuster" that is popular but not well-reviewed is really going to become a box office poisonous weed.

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Extended Reading

I Am Legend quotes

  • Woman Evacuee: [repeated] I'm not infected!

  • [last lines]

    Anna: In 2009, a deadly virus burned through our civilization, pushing humankind to the edge of extinction. Dr. Robert Neville dedicated his life to the discovery of a cure and the restoration of humanity. On September 9th, 2012, at approximately 8:49 P.M., he discovered that cure. And at 8:52, he gave his life to defend it. We are his legacy. This is his legend. Light up the darkness.