Movie Night So... Courtney wanted to watch a movie tonight. She said something "funny or action-like" would be good. So I went to the computer and hastily typed in "movies in 2007" and quickly made my way down the list. I saw one called I Am Legend, which had Will Smith. I wasn't sure what kind of movie it was, but it's well known that any movie with Will Smith will be to Courtney's liking.
So I started downloading it. The download was going to take like 2 hours, and we were ready to watch the movie well before it was done downloading. So I put on Super Bad, thinking that it would be a good fall-back movie. I forgot though that the first half hour of that is really just made for 13 year-old boys, so it wasn't really going over too well.
I Am Legend finished downloading just before the whole "McLovin fake id" scene in Super Bad, which was a shame. Anyway, I loaded the movie on my iPod and brought it down to the living room.
We started watching the movie around 9:00 or so. We rarely finish a movie. Usually about twenty minutes into it we'll both be on our laptops and totally unaware of what's going on. Courtney will leave and go up to bed, and I'll either fall asleep or head upstairs to work on Humzoo stuff.It was fun to start watching the movie tonight, 'cause I had no idea what the movie was about. All I knew about it was that Will Smith was like the last dude on Earth and was all alone in a vacant New York. How could that be bad?
Well, it was pretty entertaining until about half an hour into the movie when the zombies came out. No seriously - there were zombies. And freaky ones. And it was dark outside, which is the worst time to watch a zombie movie. As everyone knows, there are two known facts about zombies: 1) they only come out at night, and 2) they want to eat your flesh.
So it was a nice evening. We sat terrified on the couch, too scared to even get up and go find a snack. No computers, no books. The movie wasn't terribly bad, just really freaky. Now it's 11:00 and dark and we are still on the couch. Courtney went to the bathroom a little while ago, but she sprinted back through the dark hallway and jumped back onto the couch.
I think we'll be stuck here until dawn. Please send help.
I'm coming.....fast as I can....will be there before dawn. If I run into any zombies I might have to turn back though.
There's an alternate ending floating around on the netz. In my opinion, it's better than the ending they stuck on the film.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/03/05/must-watch-i-am-...
I think that was a lot better than the one we saw in the movie. It seemed to wrap up the whole story better and give at least a little bit of sympathy to the zombies. That will be helpful on the way upstairs to our dark bedroom, where we are headed shortly. Please no zombies. Thank you.
Oh, and I think I prefer the Will Smith that starred in Pursuit of Happyness, and the only "action" role I've enjoyed him doing was Men in Black.
Dave, Troy and I saw this moving as we hopped from Juno to this (what?! law..). Anyway, I thought it was a great movie for it's social message and commentary and the conversations that those messages may open up.
I think if you just look at it as a zombie movie, then it's totally forgettable, but as social message, it's great!
Zombie movies scare the bajesus out of me; especially 28 Days - I will never watch that one again (despite the social messages lining it).
BTW: Whenever you make a purchase on iTunes (or at a number of other websites, and websites of stores), you can cause a percentage of your contribution to go to an organization or charity of your choice - through GoodShop. Same when you search the web, using the GoodSearch search engine. (There are several others that do the same thing.)
Unlike the past three summers, I am not working regular hours right now (am instead supposed to be catching up on stuff, for a potential job starting next month)... So I have had a little time, to watch movies - both on DVD, and in the theater (I got back from Iron Man), just a few hours ago.
Speaking of Will Smith movies (in this entry of yours), have you seen Hancock? I just saw that it has been added to the list of films at the Route 66 Drive-In.
I am not that impressed with that place... But it is kind of a neat experience.