I am Legend - Movie Review.

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Originally Posted by Shrude

I think thats the norm for books that become movies...

Several hours of detailed reading and meticulous character build up cant be done in a movie.

I didnt know there was abook.

I loved the movie, i thought it was great and deserves the big screen.

One part i couldn't get is , when the dummy was on the street.. just before Sam got attacked and he got strung up..

Why was he talking to the dummy...

Was it one he had placed else where, like the one in the bookshop as company, that was now in a wrong location?

If so , sureley he should have sensed a trap.

The dummy was laid as a trap. What the brevity of the movie fails to convey is his growing sense of madness and loneliness that he actually starts talking to dummies in a false reailty. He has clearly placed them in the Video store himself to comfort him and make it seem real/something to do... he then slowly goes crazy thinking they are real. In his confusion, he genuinely thinks the dummy got there on his own, he then lets off a clip of ammo and then put 2 + 2 together... it's smart, but very hard to portray on film, something that I think Will Smith managed to do quite well given the lack of dialogue. It also explains the scene with the female dummy at the back of the store.

Add that to his issues when the two arrive and one of the stronger messages of the film comes through, albeit a little overshadowed by screaming Mustangs, explosions and the bling. The storyline is there, it's just weak and struggles to break through the features that attracted people to the movie in the forst place.