This movie's faults are manifold, almost without measure - it's hard to know just where to begin. The absolutely unbelievable plot? The execrable direction? The so-bad-it's-inspired music? The total lack of tension? Yeah, I don't know where to begin, but I'll tell you this: if you want to waste your money and time watching a movie that defiles cinema, really insults the hell out of it, please, check out Omega Man. It's not the worst movie ever made, but it's no Ed Wood movie, either.
And to think that this movie is "based" (yeah right) on I Am Legend, a novel that should've been brought straight over, vampires and all. I will never understand why in God's name Hollywood gets excited about a novel/story - theoretically, um, because the story is brilliant (a safe assumption, no?) - and decides the first thing that's gonna happen is a gutting of said story's magic, from the inside out. That's the relationship between I Am Legend and Omega Man, with the former a taut, smart, terrifying thrill-fest that's eminently cinematic and the latter...well, just another terrifyingly bad movie. Which the world needed, right? Even in 1971? Apparently.
Like I say, I cannot understand why the novel's main feature - vampirism - wasn't carried over to the film. Were vampires dead (as it were) in 1971? Totally uncool or something? I wish I could figure that out. Because the Family is not scary, not even a little bit, but the things in I Am Legend? Oh yeah, they're scary, to the point of being very F'd up.
Alas. I knew in my heart this movie was gonna suck, and it did suck. I hate when that happens. I crave being proved wrong. Didn't happen this time.
Don't waste your time on this. Read I Am Legend instead, believe me. Or, if you've already read it, go on a hike or something. But don't waste precious life-moments taking this dreck in. I did it for you.
And to think that this movie is "based" (yeah right) on I Am Legend, a novel that should've been brought straight over, vampires and all. I will never understand why in God's name Hollywood gets excited about a novel/story - theoretically, um, because the story is brilliant (a safe assumption, no?) - and decides the first thing that's gonna happen is a gutting of said story's magic, from the inside out. That's the relationship between I Am Legend and Omega Man, with the former a taut, smart, terrifying thrill-fest that's eminently cinematic and the latter...well, just another terrifyingly bad movie. Which the world needed, right? Even in 1971? Apparently.
Like I say, I cannot understand why the novel's main feature - vampirism - wasn't carried over to the film. Were vampires dead (as it were) in 1971? Totally uncool or something? I wish I could figure that out. Because the Family is not scary, not even a little bit, but the things in I Am Legend? Oh yeah, they're scary, to the point of being very F'd up.
Alas. I knew in my heart this movie was gonna suck, and it did suck. I hate when that happens. I crave being proved wrong. Didn't happen this time.
Don't waste your time on this. Read I Am Legend instead, believe me. Or, if you've already read it, go on a hike or something. But don't waste precious life-moments taking this dreck in. I did it for you.