New ‘I am Legend’ trailer… looks like utter shit, are they using leftover CGI from ‘The Mummy’??
For people who know and love the book I think the trailers for ‘I am Legend’ looked like a let down, with really nothing in common with the book except the overall concept. For genre fans or people who love Horror they also sat in the hater camp. As a fan of the book, and a massive horror fan… I think I was alone on the tundra in liking what I saw when the first trailer rolled around. This isn’t my form of an apology as I still think the first trailer looks cool, admittedly it has nothing to do with the book, but I was really digging the post-apocalyptic new york/ last man on earth vibe. Then came the second trailer…
I don’t even now how long the ‘international’ trailer has been kicking around, I saw it on a Russian site last week but it’s since vanished from there. The only place I seem to be able to find it now is on sendspace here.
Maybe this is unfinshed CGI, or maybe they used all the budget up on buying Will Smith things to do pull-ups on…. but what the fuck are those monsters/vampires/infected humans??? I’ve seen ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 3′, I saw ‘Transformers’, I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix… I know it’s possible to make cool looking special effects, so what the hell is going on here? are they farming out post-production effects to schools for the blind and nobody told me?? jesus christ.
Welcome to suckville.. population Will Smith.
Grab the trailer while you can from here, if it goes down let me know.
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October 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
please dont make me hate that movie. i am actually looking forward to see it.
October 29th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
There’s a newer international trailer that I thought looked a lot better. You can find it here under trailer 2…
http://iamlegend.warnerbros.com/myspace/hidef/index.html
October 29th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
I’ll admit that trailer does make it look better Jerry, but i’m really not a fan of the CGI. it kind of reminds me of super-campy dracula from Van Helsing….
October 29th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
No one has done the story justice. That’s for sure. We’ll have to see how this adaption goes, but I doubt it will rise/fall based on the creature effects. I’m more concerned about the story veering too far from the source material, especially when it comes to the ending…
November 13th, 2007 at 11:56 am
It looks more like The Descent.
November 13th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Oh! And that new trailer Jerry Gordon linked to uses the sountrack to The Fountain! After the overuse of the Requiem for a Dream theme for LOTR:TTT, Lost and many other films/shows, I was wondering how long it would take before trailers started borrowing Clint Mansells next Darron Aronofsky sountrack.
It’s an amazing score to be honest.
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 am
Whoever said that the trailer for I Am Legend is utter shit is a judgemental prick. The trailer barely scratches the surface and the film is amazing. Don’t let this article put you off, it’s just another spineless statement my a dimwit critic.
January 3rd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Flames, explain yourself please. It was alright, if anything. ‘Amazing’ isn’t enough to challenge any critic, and insulting critics with arbitrary insults doesn’t really get you anywhere either. And what exactly is a ‘judgement prick’? You’re the one being Captain ‘This film is amazing’, a firm judgement if ever I’ve seen one.
The film wasn’t that good, as the majority of cinema-goers have decided from watching the film. The CGI was shoddy and unconvincing, jarring awkwardly with the beautifully dressed deserted New York of the first half. The ending was sudden, clearly re-written from the original book to please audiences and avoid ‘dark’ territory, and it threw in some unnecessary Jesus references that are hard to swallow in a film about a man fighting vampires.
January 6th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I think that the critic should have waited until after he/she saw the movie to shut it down. There are a lot of people who read reviews before they actually see a movie.
I personally found the movie worth my money. Although I do agree with mrlerone on the whole jesus talk in an -end of the world- movie. There was a whole lot of eye rolling in the theatre when it started.
The movie was worth seeing. And for someone who hasn’t read the book I must say who the hell cares whether or not it was religious to the book. It was still entertaining and that should be enough.. don’t get all geeky on a good movie.
January 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
crap movie!
what a waste of money to see half a movie!