I'm going to see it today On Dec 15, 2007 5:14 AM, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Movie Reviews: 'I Am Legend' > A lot of the reviews of I Am Legend are not about the story or the > performances but about the special effects. The film reportedly cost > more than $150 million to make, largely due to the intricate, > post-apocalyptic effects scenes. Writes Carina Chocano in the Los > Angeles Times: "The first third of the movie is a high-octane joy ride > through post-apocalyptic Manhattan, and you can't stop asking yourself > how they did it. How did they do it? Endless swaths of Fifth Avenue are > cleared out and rendered feral, with grass poking through the concrete > and herds of deer galloping through the canyons." Roger Ebert begins his > review in the Chicago Sun Times this way: "The opening scenes of I Am > Legend have special effects so good that they just about compensate for > some later special effects that are dicey." Especially dicey, it seems, > is the creation of the film's zombies. Claudia Puig in USA Today > comments: "The rampaging zombies don't look at all convincing. Instead, > they look like escapees from a second-rate video game." Desson Williams > in the Washington Post agrees. "They are, quite simply, too superhuman," > he writes. "They move too fast and perfectly. They belong in a video > game, but not a big movie." Will Smith gets numerous kudos for > essentially playing the only character in the movie. (He is after all, > the last man on Earth.) "There are not many performers who can make > themselves interesting in isolation, without human supporting players," > A.O. Scott observes in the New York Times. "But it is the charismatic > force of [Smith's] personality that makes his character's radical > solitude scary and fascinating, as well as strangely appealing." > http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-12-14/ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- -- Blogs: The Greasy Guide http://greasyguide.com Your Online Destination for Urban Information Coming Soon Street Sweet NYC http://www.streetsweetnyc.com Get your fix on cupcake bliss. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
