I Am Legend was worth it for the TDK prologue

[The Fake Shemp]

It was like Joker meets Heat and the IMAX footage was awesome!

[CajoleJuice]

The prologue is so much better than the trailer. I wish I could see it in HD (or just non-shitty bootleg form) without having to pay for I Am Legend. Especially since it was spoiled by Himuro.

[Eel O'Brian]

After having seen the trailer in HD, I have come to the conclusion that the "deliberate makeup" Joker looks fucking stupid.  He doesn't look scary or even creepy -  he looks like he got mugged on the way to his job at the Batman Live! theme park show.  The performance seems fine, but the makeup was a bad decision.  Now he's just some regular schmuck with a couple of scars.  "They think you're just a freak...like me!"  Well, Heath, the thing is, you're not a freak.  You're just an idiot with an Emmett Kelly fetish.

[bork]

So I watched the rip of this on joox last night.  Looked to be a screener rip; the quality was way too good to be a cam.

I thought I Am Legend was decent overall.  Smith wasn't playing the Fresh Prince this time around; none of that "welcome to URF" stuff was in there.  He did a good job.  The problem was that they didn't touch on enough of the elements regarding the "vampires," with their increasing intelligence and how Smith's character should have been perceived as the real enemy.  They did touch on it briefly, with

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One vampire clearly angry that Smith stole away his woman, even trying to come out into the light after him, and then the trap they set for Smith

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, but that's it.  Smith's character is supposed to be a doctor making commentary and keeping diaries on everything going on, but he doesn't notice the changes in the vampires' behavior?  He doesn't comment on their increased intelligence from

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the trap?

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Could have been a much better movie.  How are the other three adoptions of I Am Legend?  I really should hunt down the book and read it.

[Cormacaroni]

i have the book, lyte. Actually, Sho Nuff has my copy right now but i'm sure i can pass it on to you at some point. it's excellent.

[GilloD]

Richard Matheson wrote a lot of Twilight Zone episodes. Actually, I Am Legend is sort of an episode in and of itself.