I haven't read I Am Legend and I don't know to much about the story but from the trailers it reminds me a lot of a New Zealand film from 1985 called The Quiet Earth.
Both are based off of books and both deal with the theme of the last person on earth. I haven't seen The Quiet Earth for sometime now but from what I remember it was a really interesting movie presenting interesting aspects of what one might do in this type of situation, me I'd always thought of going to the local hunting shop and stocking up on survival gears, I don't know why, there's no dangerous animals down here at all, but I like knives, handy in all situations.
I Am Legend looks to me to have the same potential, exploring ideas that myself would find very interesting, ideas that no matter how many times they're presented to you it always sparks the imagination. One thing about Legend that I wasn't expecting was that it seems to be a Vampire movie of sorts.
I'm looking forward to this movie for the same reason I like Kevin Costner's Water World and the Mad Max movies, those films hold great ideas and I'm hoping Legend does as well.
You can watch the latest trailers here.
Oh great. Looks like another poor adaptation of Richard Matheson's classic 1954 novel. Can't Hollywood get it right? You would think they'd learn after previous pitiful adaptations, The Omega Man (1971) and The Last Man On Earth (1964).
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