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I saw I Am Legend yesterday. I like Will Smith enough that I could watch him recite the stock report and be entertained, but I was still slightly worried that this movie would be along the lines of the borefest that was Castaway (two hours of Tom Hanks talking to a volleyball? ZZZZZZzzzz). It wasn't. It was actually really, really good. Smith had to basically carry half of the movie by himself, and he did an excellent job. His character was a guy who hadn't had any human social contact in three years and develops a mild psychosis as a result - he talks to mannequins, gives them names, even hits on one of the pretty ones - but he never grandstands it in that grating I am playing the part of a crazy person!!!! fashion. To be able to pull that off in a believable, engrossing way, to have your character be central to a movie yet still be secondary to the story and where it's heading, is an exceptionally difficult thing to do, and Smith nailed it. I love that guy.
That, and it's really nice to get back to having choices at the box office that don't involve somebody else shoving their political conscience down my throat (then turning around when it bombs after being panned as crap and blaming me because I was too stupid/apathetic/socially unaware to go see it. Talk about not getting it - maybe the reason people are skipping movies about Iraq is because we've had to digest the horrible news of it day after day, and that, when the time comes to put our feet up, we just might not have to watch more goddamm war). Hail to the end of Really Important Movie™ season!
That, and it's really nice to get back to having choices at the box office that don't involve somebody else shoving their political conscience down my throat (then turning around when it bombs after being panned as crap and blaming me because I was too stupid/apathetic/socially unaware to go see it. Talk about not getting it - maybe the reason people are skipping movies about Iraq is because we've had to digest the horrible news of it day after day, and that, when the time comes to put our feet up, we just might not have to watch more goddamm war). Hail to the end of Really Important Movie™ season!
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-- sheila
My favorite moment was when he made fire - because I have often wondered to myself how I would fare in such a situation. Oh, and when the giant ship passes by as he lies on the raft, passed out and dehydrated. That was a cool shot.
But still, I couldn't get over the brand-name placement of those companies - at such a high level, integrated into the plot. Yuk.
-- sheila
-- sheila
I am going to be really interested in what you have to say about Smith's performance, being a hard-trained and experienced actress yourself. Whenever you see this movie, write about it (please, that's a beg, not an order). I have to hear what an actor of your caliber thinks.
-- sheila