I just finished watching I Am Legend on DVD.
On the one hand, they abosolutely NAILED New York City. Many of the scenes were so close to the real thing, you would swear it was shot on location.
I like the story; a Doctor creates a virus that destroys cancer, but it mutates into a lethal virus that tears through the population leaving it’s victims in a sunlight intollerant rabies like rage. Will Smith is naturally immune and the only survivor in Manhattan trying to find a cure . . .
Will Smith is probably the best he has ever been in this, spending much of the movie reminicesent of Tom Hanks in Castaway with only a Dog to act with.
I really was enjoying this movie, until I started thinking about it.
Why would they spend millions of dollars to get the set perfect and then use the same CGI model for EVERY SINGLE VICTIM.
Hey, the first time I saw the “zombie like” infected human, I was impressed and startled. It was excellent – but then I saw the next one – and IT WAS THE EXCAT SAME MODEL. And the next one – SAME MODEL. And a complete group of them – SAME MODEL. WTF.
Did they run out of money?
Why would all of the victims look exactly the same? They all even had the same wardrobe.
Just ruined the whole thing for me.
Whatever.
Worth time in your Netflix queue if only for Will Smith and the incredible work on the NYC sets.
March 25, 2008 at 9:38 pm
The active models vs. the static models probably have a huge cost difference in developing. Having to develop multiple active models would increase their expense many times over.
Just a guess.
March 26, 2008 at 3:33 pm
wasnt there an old old movie about this with charlton heston in it? I seem to remember the same thing, or same plot line almost to a T….pre-planet of the apes days for him…ill hve to lookup title, but remember it being great scifi