MZ's Movie Review Thread!

[shootemindehead]

Aye, he wasn't bad in 'I am Legend'. He was more restraint and less mouthy. But, that film is bloody terrible in general. Such a waste of time. How the hell anyone can get the source novel and screw it up is beyond me. I'm still waiting for someone to do Matheson's book justice.

[MinionZombie]

Aye, he wasn't bad in 'I am Legend'. He was more restraint and less mouthy. But, that film is bloody terrible in general. Such a waste of time. How the hell anyone can get the source novel and screw it up is beyond me. I'm still waiting for someone to do Matheson's book justice. Agreed on all counts. The movie is iffy to begin with, but as soon as those CGI abominations crop up the entire movie nosedives off a bloody cliff into a pile of shit. He needs to do more movies like "Ali" where he isn't the biggest thing about the movie. The book is fantastic - one part in particular (where he's driving home and has to fight to get back into his garage) - was absolutely terrifying as I read it. I kept reading faster and faster as the chapter progressed, and I was genuinely getting sweaty palms just from reading it. The Last Man On Earth (with Vincent Price) was decent, and The Omega Man was cool (but is rather dated and a bit hokey these days), and I Am Legend was just pish ... like you, I too am still waiting for a proper film adaptation of the book.

[bassman]

I wasn't necessarily referring to the adaptation of the book, just that his performance had a few great moments. For example, when he had to strangle his dog, when he begged the mannequin to say something, and when he found "Fred"(iirc) standing in the street.

[Neil]

That's because he's a rubbish actor. He can only play Will Smith. He certainly doesn't have the chops that Foxx has, that's for sure. Fresh Prince my arse. You've got a very binary opinion at times... While I agree Foxx was better for this role, Smith has got some reasonable acting skills IMHO.

[shootemindehead]

You've got a very binary opinion at times... 01101110 01101111 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110011 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00001101 00001010 I wasn't necessarily referring to the adaptation of the book, just that his performance had a few great moments. For example, when he had to strangle his dog, when he begged the mannequin to say something, and when he found "Fred"(iirc) standing in the street. Oh I didn't think you were. I was just spouting some ire over the film in general. It's certainly not Smith's fault that it was crap. He does what he can with his limited ability and yes when he kills Samantha, it's a sad moment, but it probably would have been anyway with someone else. But he's woefully interchangeable in many roles he's been in. I'm totally with Min on that one. That said I haven't seen the Ali biopic yet and I'm not rushing out to do so, to be honest. There's too many things before it in the queue. Agreed on all counts. The movie is iffy to begin with, but as soon as those CGI abominations crop up the entire movie nosedives off a bloody cliff into a pile of shit. He needs to do more movies like "Ali" where he isn't the biggest thing about the movie. The book is fantastic - one part in particular (where he's driving home and has to fight to get back into his garage) - was absolutely terrifying as I read it. I kept reading faster and faster as the chapter progressed, and I was genuinely getting sweaty palms just from reading it. The Last Man On Earth (with Vincent Price) was decent, and The Omega Man was cool (but is rather dated and a bit hokey these days), and I Am Legend was just pish ... like you, I too am still waiting for a proper film adaptation of the book. Yeh, there's loads of great moments in the book..."Come out Neville!" It's easily Matheson's best story. I just wish that somebody would have the balls and make it into a film. There are some good moments in 'The Last Man on Earth' alright, dated as it is. That part where he's burning bodies in an ever smoldering pit is kind of creepy. The full film is available on YouTube to watch, albeit in a colourised version. If anyone hasn't seen it before, it's worth a go and it's got Vinnie in it, so that's ok.