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JawnDiablo
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I am Legend
any of you see it?
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Jason the Magnificent
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yes. decent...(not as good as the book, what ever is) but wait for video unless you want to see the batman trailer or batman prologue.
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i'll go see this one over x-mas at some point.
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MMM Batman trailer...
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is it the same Batman trailer that was posted on the board?
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
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Jason the Magnificent
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In regular theatres its the Batman preview that was online, in IMAX its the first 6 minutes of the movie that they're calling "The Dark Knight
Prologue"
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XHonusWagnerX
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I heard on the radio this mornign that the whole movie was on YouTube cut up into 6 minute pieces.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
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I just love how in the book it is supposed to be a German/English dude or something and yet its Will Smith haha.
Regardless, I want to see this movie.
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I thought it was excelent. VERY sad at one part. Action packed right from the get go and VERY well done. It looks like they shut down NYC, made it
look like hell, and filmed there. The cityscape is flawless.
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Just got back. WOW. That movie was kick fucking ass. GO SEE THIS!
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Me and the fiance were thinking of going to see either this, no country for old men, juno, or walk hard. We figured out of all those movies, this one
would be the one that would benifit from the theatre experience. Deffinetly did! We went with my mom as a little christmas type outing and she kept
jumping out of her seat. was pretty funny.
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clevohardcore
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NO Country is a great movie as well but you are right. Legend was a awsome Theater type movie.
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Watching the I am Legend DVD screener with the wife tonight. Hope to get No Country for Old Men and Charlie Wilson's War soon 8)
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If I had never read the book I might possibly have thought this was halfway decent. Knowing what the story is actually supposed to be and how great
this could have been makes me give this a huge thumbs down. They butchered it top to bottom. Prime example of how brilliant stories get dumbed down
for mass market appeal in the process of making them into movies in hollywood.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tireironsaint
If I had never read the book I might possibly have thought this was halfway decent. Knowing what the story is actually supposed to be and how great
this could have been makes me give this a huge thumbs down. They butchered it top to bottom. Prime example of how brilliant stories get dumbed down
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I find this happens with 99% of book to movie adaptations. I'm really interested in this one, and for once I haven't read the book first, so I'm
going to see this before I read the book. I hate Will Smith but I've heard a lot of good things about the movie.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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If you hate Will Smith for the corny hero roles he always plays, you'll hate him here too. That's part of what bothers me about this movie so much.
The main character is supposed to be an "everyman" type who finds himself in this fucked up situation and they've made him over into a
superscientist/military hero guy which helps greatly to completely destroy the brilliant story that they've raped with this movie.
Can you tell that the longer I have to let it soak in, the angrier I'm getting about it? Honestly, it's pissing me off more and more as I think of
more ways that they changed it to market it. Everything that is so great about the story is ripped out and then pretty much everything else is changed
substantially. I don't wanna say more because I know that people reading this are still planning to go see this atrocity, but I really wanna discuss
it at some point.
Veritas odium parit
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I wanted to see this, aqnd probably still will for the Patton aspect alone. But I loved this story and I value Saints opinion mucho, so if he says
this is a watered down Hollywood version which betrays the real story, I have lost ALOT of interest in it. I also can't stand Will Smith and his
films, i don't think I have seen one I really enjoyed with the exception of pursuit of Happiness. This is obviously not a jab at anyone who enjoyed
this film, I have not even seen it yet, I was just hoping they would stick to the story fairly strictly and it seems they have not.
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It's a renter thats about it Id doubly agree with saint on all points, I'll restate...the best thing about this movie is the batman trailer.
Anyone have dibs on what Will Smith will save the human race from in his next movie?
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Love Will Smith. Loved this movie.
Never read the book.
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i finally saw this last night and have to disagree with those of you that are ripping it for getting changed to fit the big screen. to me, they
updated the story enough to be understandable in our times. the story is what, like 60 years old? they gave it a cool setting (nyc), they updated the
scientist's lab by putting it right in his home, and they made a movie out of a story that is for the most part, one man all alone. that takes some
creativity to make dialogue for him and to keep it from grinding to a hault when he's doing his daily chores. my biggest complaint was making the
infected super human, they shouldn't be able to climb buildings and stuff like that. i understand that they changed some other stuff about killing
the infected during the day, and the ending itself wasn't great, but all-in-all, i'd say they did a decent job making a hollywood version of this.
it's better than no movie at all. will smith has finally toned his acting down enough to where he is semi-believable on screen.
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Movie was ok for the first half then crap the last half. book was amazing from start to finish.
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I also saw it the other night.
I was pleasantly surprised.
I liked it a bunch.
Will smith was good.
the way NYC looked was awesome
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The DVD was OK. Not as good as I hoped it would be. Charlie Wilson's War and No Country for Old Men DVD's where pretty good.
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i watched this yesterday.
it alright, nothing too incredible.
just kinda reminded me of 28 Days Later but set in NY.
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I'm not sure the age of the story has much to do with anything. It wasn't a dated story. An epidemic where everyone turns into vampries hasn't really
happened yet...they didnt change the premise, they changed the plot.
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