brcu Wrote:I recommend reading the book as it's far better than the film.
As soon as Will Smith was cast it was never going to be a close adaptation, the book's Robert Neville is in distress and a mess as you would be thinking you were the last human among vampires ! (not as perfect and cool as Mr Smith is in the film).
I don't think that was his fault, from the situation he was given, he played his role appropriately, it would of been a whole different story if it was vampires, it does sound like the book was much, much better
i personally don't like the original ending that much. a few friends of mine have very strong opinions of the ending for a few reasons. one loves it because there's an explosion, one hates it because the Mac gets smashed and another thinks it's just weird because who keep a grenade in a drawer full of medical supplies?
PSPkiller Wrote:i personally don't like the original ending that much. a few friends of mine have very strong opinions of the ending for a few reasons. one loves it because there's an explosion, one hates it because the Mac gets smashed and another thinks it's just weird because who keep a grenade in a drawer full of medical supplies?
metalgear08 Wrote:Ehh, I like the first one better. That one showed how he had come full circle, and he had become "legend" by dying and leaving the cure. This one is just kinda.....meh. Happy, touchy-feely. Tragedy is better lol
the movie isn't really faithful to the original novel. (note: i haven't read the novel myself just some halfassed summaries...)
here a quick excerpt from wikipedia:
Quote:Neville encounters an apparently uninfected woman named Ruth; startled, she runs away. Neville chases her and after a struggle drags her back to his house. Suspicious that she is infected, Neville questions her. He reveals that as well as vampires, he kills the infected, believing that sooner or later they will die and come after him. Despite their mistrust, Neville and Ruth fall for each other.
However, when Neville performs a blood test on her, her infection is revealed. Ruth knocks him out and escapes, but leaves a note, explaining that she was a spy from a primitive new society; her people are infected but have discovered a means to hold the disease at bay. She warns him to leave before they come to destroy him. Neville decides to stay.
Months later, hunters from the new society capture Neville, and take him for public execution. Before he can be executed, Ruth provides him with pills so that he will feel no pain. Neville takes the pills; as he dies he reflects on how the new society regards him as a monster. Just as vampires were regarded as legendary monsters that preyed on the vulnerable humans in their beds, Neville has become a mythical figure that kills both vampires and the still-living while they are sleeping. He becomes a legend as the vampires once were, hence the title.
yes, apparently they turned intelligent vampires into dumb zombies in the movie...
I did get it and watched what I thoguht was the movie. I guess I watched the alternate ending with them driving away. Oh well. It leaves it open for a part 2 IMHO. I think I need to watch the other version then. Maybe after I build my new server tonight.
