Wednesday, May 21, 2008

I Am Legend

When I was younger, I loved "The Omega Man" and even Vincent Price in "The Last Man On Earth." I mean, come on, Vincent Price as the last human fighting against vampires...what's not to love? But they are all film versions of Richard Matheson's novel, "I Am Legend." The Will Smith movie is pretty good, basically an updated Omega Man, with few aspects of the novel or the first film.

Night of the Living Dead, 28 Weeks, et. al. all owe to this story. Will Smith is very good, and the special effects are good. Everything is CG, which is fairly obvious and makes it a bit less realistic. But still scary enough.

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