This is His Legend

If you haven’t seen I Am Legend, skip this post.  I won’t give away too much but I’ll be talking about some of the details from the film.  Consider yourself warned….

So I finally got to watch I Am Legend today.  I hear you now.  That flick’s from 2007.  What’s your fucking problem asshole?  Have you been under a rock the last couple years?  Take your penis out of the penny tray.  (My apologies to the good people at the liquor store, it was a metaphor for how I felt about the price of the champagne.)

As I started saying, I got to watch a Will Smith movie from two years ago.  I was highly impressed with it.  I knew I would be after hearing things about it.  and amazingly enough, I was able to stay away from a given away ending.  I knew some things about it.  but I iddn’t know exactly how it ended.

I don’t quite know how to feel about the film.  I had no clue what the genesis of the infection was.  I was amazed by the simple plot.  Woman.  Cures.  Cancer.  I mean how many people WOULDN’T be on board for that one?

Could you imagine keeping this secret from the general public?  I thought of the inherent flaws in a system where you administer an inoculation that works then pass it off to the general public.  I want to say the FDA has something of a waiting period from drug testing to mass distribution.

But could you possibly keep this away from cancer patients?  How many cancer patients are given a death sentence?  Hell if you have a death sentence already, why wouldn’t you take a swing for the fences?  It’s such a simple plot device.  I absolutely loved it.  Everyone and their mother’s third cousin from Tennessee would be wholly on board for beating cancer.

It was also great to see Will Smith doing his best Tom Hanks.  I gotta give more credit to Hanks however.  Hanks was working with a volleyball (VOIT!!!!!!) whereas Smith at least had a dog.  It might not be able to communicate with him fully, but it is alive.  The scene with Sam in the lab was amazing.  The pain in his eyes.  Then of course he sets up the infected at the Pier.

The woman and her son was a nice touch.  I think I would have reacted the same to dealing with people again.  I loved the line about saving the bacon.  As if that made his spazzing out acceptable.  It was also cool seeing NYC without anyone in it.  The overgrowth and everything there.  It was quite the unique world.  I’m interested to know how they did it.  I assume it was all green screen, because how could you possibly have that much empty space in the city?

I’ll do my best to not give away the ending.  But it definitely left an impression.  I was jumpy for the first hour or so after watching it.  I hope I can sleep tonight, NOT in the bathtub.  I was definitely affected by it.  I think that’s the most I can say about any piece of art.