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DVD : I Am Legend [Blu-ray] [2007]
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Rating: 
- A poignant yet crushingly depressing film
The success of this film really is all down to the acting talents of a certain Mr. Will Smith.
The plot follows Smith's character, an army scientist called Robert Neville- (are there such a thing as army scientists??), who seemingly is the last surviving human left. A virus has wiped out humanity and turned the people it didn't kill immediately into for want of a better description vampire zombies.
Most of the beginning of the film is purely Neville and his pet dog searching the city looking for food and items of use in all the abandoned apartments and stores. They hunt deer and stay in the light. The zombies live in the shadows and can smell blood. Neville attempts to find a cure for the virus in his fortified apartment as he seems to be the only human with immunity.
The brilliance of the film lies in Will Smith's portrayal of a man who is struggling against the truth of his situation - a situation so desperate that most people would probably have given up long ago. He carries on with the grim determination of someone who still has a little hope left despite his outward belief that everyone else is dead. The things he does to keep himself sane, like naming and attempting to converse with shop mannequins perhaps seem ridiculous but are actually heart breaking. YOu will really feel for Neville.
With the film being a remake of the Omega Man I imagine most people know what happens already. The film does have an alternate ending that whilst more upbeat tends to stretch the ideas of acceptance a little far I think!
It's a good film - not the best by a long stretch but is very watchable thanks in no small part to Mr. Smith. The worst part of the film is the sense of desperation - it's palpable. It makes the film hard to watch, not because it's bad but because if you get into it, it's pretty uncomfortable to watch. It's quite powerful.
The HD picture and sound are first rate on this disk. It's a new film and hence has been translated to Bluray flawlessly. Great stuff.
Solid entertainment.
Rating: - Blu-ray Quality
I thought I'd write this review for the HD fans out there. As I noticed some people have given the picture quality a 5/5. However I'm sure that there are other HD purists out there like me. I hate digital compression with a passion, to the extent it dictates what channels I watch on digital TV. I really have the eye for it. Unfortunately I was detecting digital compression on this Blu-ray disc. Mainly on Will Smith's face, it really started to annoy me. Parts of his face would stay still when he moved. This is a common problem of variable bit rate. Its actual bit rate does average lower than my other Blu-ray films. It may have been necessary to compress it a bit more because there are 2 films on the disc. I wouldn't let my review put you off of buying the Blu-ray version, it is amazing on scenes of New York. I just wanted to let the HD purists know that it will not be the absolute best quality Blu-ray can achieve.
"Earth" by the BBC is my current Blu-ray demo disc if I want to show the system off.
Rating: - Movie: 3~4.25/5 Picture Quality: 4~4.75/5 Sound Quality: 4.75/5 Extras: 3/5
Version: U.S.A / Region Free
Disc size: 40,341,045,500 bytes
Codec : VC-1
Audio : English Dolby True HD 16-bit / Dolby Digital 640 Kbps
Theatrical Version
Running time : 1:40:31
Movie Size : 16,347,887,616 bytes
Average Video Bit Rate : 16.14 Mbps
Alternate Version
Running time : 1:43:53
Codec : VC-1
Movie Size : 17,440,892,928 bytes
Video Bit Rate : 16.30 Mbps
No Seamless branching !!!
Rating:
- I Am Legend, Blu-Ray
This film is 'I Am Legend' in name only, it bears very little relation to the book of the same name. This aside, it is a fairly good movie with post apocalyptic themes and a storyline that will keep you interested for the 96 minutes duration. Will Smith plays the role of the relationship starved army medical researcher well. You really feel for him when he talks to mannequins and at his relationship with his dog. The action is pretty good, although the computer graphics left a lot to be desired, both the various animals and the 'dark seekers' seemed very dated compared to other computer graphics films. This is an OK film, that should keep you watching until the end. As long as you don't expect a faithful rendering of the book you should be fine. Watch it with an open mind and you'll get what it sets out to be, an action film that shows another side of Will's acting and how one copes on his own in a world where everyone else is dead! A solid three star film.
Rating:
- Just Brilliant
A lot of the negative reviews have pointed out that it's a terrible adaptation of the book by Richard Matheson, but I simply have to say that it's a standalone movie that takes the plot outline from the book and puts its own spin on things. On its own this film is a very emotional, intense, and at times quite a frightening movie that will have you thinking that this is possibly Will Smiths best performance to date.
A cure for cancer is created from a genetically modified disease, but this cure turns into an infection of its own and soon spreads across the world killing most of the worlds population and turning the rest into mutated vampires which have fed on those last few survivors. Robert Neville is a former Army Lieutenant Colonel/Scientist who is forced to have his family taken away from him whilst he stays in the quarantined New York City looking for a cure to the mutated virus. His daughter hands him her dog, Sam before they take off in a helicopter. 3 years down the line and the human population of New York and possibly the world have died out and Robert is possibly the only human survivor. As he still battles to find a cure we are given an insight into how Robert copes with possibly being the only surviving human on Earth. He sets up mannequins in stores, pretends like their real people and interacts with them as if they were actually living. The Dog Sam is his only companion in the movie and we come to appreciate and love the relationship that develops between Robert and his Dog. One scene in particular that shows the intense emotion that this film reaches from time to time, is when Robert is cradling Sam in his arms after Sam is attacked by mutated dogs. Due to open wounds Sam is infected with the virus and Robert is forced to kill Sam. This, to me is a very upsetting scene and personally had me on the verge of tears, this shows the pure acting skill of Will Smith and proved to the critics that he was perfect for the role. The mutants in the film for the times that we see them are very intimidating and the chase scenes are quite intense and place you on the edge of your seat.
Will Smith has always been one of those actors that a lot of people would doubt until they saw him in a movie or playing any particular role. I have to admit I had my doubts about him playing the last man on Earth and had my reservations about a film like this altogether as you would have to be prepared to sit through a movie with just the one human character on screen for the larger portion of the film and I had my reservations as to how this would play out altogether. Once putting the movie on, my doubts were simply put to rest as from the first scene Will Smith enraptures you in intrigue as you're shown how the man is hunting down his food in the form of a deer. The action sequences are intense and all scenes featuring the mutants are unbelievably frightening, even more than I thought they would be.
This is a genuinely great movie and on Blu-Ray it's made much better with the alternate version parallel to the original cinematic version. This is a gem of a movie that I think all Will Smith fans will adore and even if you're not a fan of his previous work, this will make you want to see more.
- A poignant yet crushingly depressing filmThe success of this film really is all down to the acting talents of a certain Mr. Will Smith.
The plot follows Smith's character, an army scientist called Robert Neville- (are there such a thing as army scientists??), who seemingly is the last surviving human left. A virus has wiped out humanity and turned the people it didn't kill immediately into for want of a better description vampire zombies.
Most of the beginning of the film is purely Neville and his pet dog searching the city looking for food and items of use in all the abandoned apartments and stores. They hunt deer and stay in the light. The zombies live in the shadows and can smell blood. Neville attempts to find a cure for the virus in his fortified apartment as he seems to be the only human with immunity.
The brilliance of the film lies in Will Smith's portrayal of a man who is struggling against the truth of his situation - a situation so desperate that most people would probably have given up long ago. He carries on with the grim determination of someone who still has a little hope left despite his outward belief that everyone else is dead. The things he does to keep himself sane, like naming and attempting to converse with shop mannequins perhaps seem ridiculous but are actually heart breaking. YOu will really feel for Neville.
With the film being a remake of the Omega Man I imagine most people know what happens already. The film does have an alternate ending that whilst more upbeat tends to stretch the ideas of acceptance a little far I think!
It's a good film - not the best by a long stretch but is very watchable thanks in no small part to Mr. Smith. The worst part of the film is the sense of desperation - it's palpable. It makes the film hard to watch, not because it's bad but because if you get into it, it's pretty uncomfortable to watch. It's quite powerful.
The HD picture and sound are first rate on this disk. It's a new film and hence has been translated to Bluray flawlessly. Great stuff.
Solid entertainment.
Rating:
- Blu-ray QualityI thought I'd write this review for the HD fans out there. As I noticed some people have given the picture quality a 5/5. However I'm sure that there are other HD purists out there like me. I hate digital compression with a passion, to the extent it dictates what channels I watch on digital TV. I really have the eye for it. Unfortunately I was detecting digital compression on this Blu-ray disc. Mainly on Will Smith's face, it really started to annoy me. Parts of his face would stay still when he moved. This is a common problem of variable bit rate. Its actual bit rate does average lower than my other Blu-ray films. It may have been necessary to compress it a bit more because there are 2 films on the disc. I wouldn't let my review put you off of buying the Blu-ray version, it is amazing on scenes of New York. I just wanted to let the HD purists know that it will not be the absolute best quality Blu-ray can achieve.
"Earth" by the BBC is my current Blu-ray demo disc if I want to show the system off.
Rating:
- Movie: 3~4.25/5 Picture Quality: 4~4.75/5 Sound Quality: 4.75/5 Extras: 3/5Version: U.S.A / Region Free
Disc size: 40,341,045,500 bytes
Codec : VC-1
Audio : English Dolby True HD 16-bit / Dolby Digital 640 Kbps
Theatrical Version
Running time : 1:40:31
Movie Size : 16,347,887,616 bytes
Average Video Bit Rate : 16.14 Mbps
Alternate Version
Running time : 1:43:53
Codec : VC-1
Movie Size : 17,440,892,928 bytes
Video Bit Rate : 16.30 Mbps
No Seamless branching !!!
Rating:
- I Am Legend, Blu-RayThis film is 'I Am Legend' in name only, it bears very little relation to the book of the same name. This aside, it is a fairly good movie with post apocalyptic themes and a storyline that will keep you interested for the 96 minutes duration. Will Smith plays the role of the relationship starved army medical researcher well. You really feel for him when he talks to mannequins and at his relationship with his dog. The action is pretty good, although the computer graphics left a lot to be desired, both the various animals and the 'dark seekers' seemed very dated compared to other computer graphics films. This is an OK film, that should keep you watching until the end. As long as you don't expect a faithful rendering of the book you should be fine. Watch it with an open mind and you'll get what it sets out to be, an action film that shows another side of Will's acting and how one copes on his own in a world where everyone else is dead! A solid three star film.
Rating:
- Just BrilliantA lot of the negative reviews have pointed out that it's a terrible adaptation of the book by Richard Matheson, but I simply have to say that it's a standalone movie that takes the plot outline from the book and puts its own spin on things. On its own this film is a very emotional, intense, and at times quite a frightening movie that will have you thinking that this is possibly Will Smiths best performance to date.
A cure for cancer is created from a genetically modified disease, but this cure turns into an infection of its own and soon spreads across the world killing most of the worlds population and turning the rest into mutated vampires which have fed on those last few survivors. Robert Neville is a former Army Lieutenant Colonel/Scientist who is forced to have his family taken away from him whilst he stays in the quarantined New York City looking for a cure to the mutated virus. His daughter hands him her dog, Sam before they take off in a helicopter. 3 years down the line and the human population of New York and possibly the world have died out and Robert is possibly the only human survivor. As he still battles to find a cure we are given an insight into how Robert copes with possibly being the only surviving human on Earth. He sets up mannequins in stores, pretends like their real people and interacts with them as if they were actually living. The Dog Sam is his only companion in the movie and we come to appreciate and love the relationship that develops between Robert and his Dog. One scene in particular that shows the intense emotion that this film reaches from time to time, is when Robert is cradling Sam in his arms after Sam is attacked by mutated dogs. Due to open wounds Sam is infected with the virus and Robert is forced to kill Sam. This, to me is a very upsetting scene and personally had me on the verge of tears, this shows the pure acting skill of Will Smith and proved to the critics that he was perfect for the role. The mutants in the film for the times that we see them are very intimidating and the chase scenes are quite intense and place you on the edge of your seat.
Will Smith has always been one of those actors that a lot of people would doubt until they saw him in a movie or playing any particular role. I have to admit I had my doubts about him playing the last man on Earth and had my reservations about a film like this altogether as you would have to be prepared to sit through a movie with just the one human character on screen for the larger portion of the film and I had my reservations as to how this would play out altogether. Once putting the movie on, my doubts were simply put to rest as from the first scene Will Smith enraptures you in intrigue as you're shown how the man is hunting down his food in the form of a deer. The action sequences are intense and all scenes featuring the mutants are unbelievably frightening, even more than I thought they would be.
This is a genuinely great movie and on Blu-Ray it's made much better with the alternate version parallel to the original cinematic version. This is a gem of a movie that I think all Will Smith fans will adore and even if you're not a fan of his previous work, this will make you want to see more.