I watched I Am Legend last night

[Mikey]

I finally watched I Am Legend (Will Smith) last night.

This movie is a great example how lousy CGI can totally ruin a movie.

The "zombies" were less than video game quality

Why would they do that ?

Who would think the CGI looked good other than the guy that made Batman 4

[ctc]

>Why would they do that ?

Well.... I've been told by friends in animation that there's been a big push from the top for CGI over the last decade ot wo 'cos they look forward to the time you can create a movie without actors juts by telling the computer to dub story #34 in setting #12 with characters 2,5, 16, 99 and 83; since it's a comedy. You can alsready see a lot of this "film by numbers" creeping in:

5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look the Same | Cracked.com

The monsters in "I Am Legend" being CG bugged me because they didn't HAVE to be. Other than the stretchy mouth thing they didn't do anything a dude in a suit couldn't have done, and they were pretty much just dudes with funny teeth and head bumps. Although, what REALLY bothered me was how they changed the original story:

5 Awesome Movies Ruined By Last-Minute Changes | Cracked.com

*sigh* And folks wonder why I like foreign stuff so much. (Any rut that's not your own is new....)

Don C.

[Goblin19]

Yeah, the creatures really took me out of the movie, too. Plus the ending made no sense since they had to change it.

[kennermike]

This movie sucked arse! thank god it was a free movie ticket when I saw it in the theaters!

[Mikey]

If it wasn't for the EXTRA-BAD CGI I probably could tollerate it a lot more.

[JediJaida]

I have never seen the movie, and with all of the bad press from the members here, I will avoid it.

I haven't seen the Vincent Price version either, but I understand that it was excellent.

For me, the only really good movie, albeit with a different title was 'Omega Man', with Charlton Heston.

Now THAT was a good movie!

[toys2cool]

the movie was good, it's just that cgi that kills it for me

[Joe90]

I think that Will Smith's performance was outstanding. In my mind it compensates for the CGI Darkseekers and the redone ending. I have always liked the premise of Richard Matheson's original novella.