![]() This time he has a German Shepherd sidekick named Sam and his rapport and chemistry with the dog is wonderful. As with all these movies, the best part is just watching our hero fuck around scavenging for supplies and going about his daily routine. We spend nearly forty minutes with Robert before we even introduce our monsters. The movie starts strong, mirroring Charlton Heston’s joyriding scene from Omega Man as Will Smith’s Neville cruises around the streets of Manhattan in a Shelby Mustang, trying to shoot a deer. I Am Legend isn’t a great adaptation, it’s clearly based more on The Omega Man than I Am Legend, but that said it holds up a lot better than I thought. The Last Man on Earth is still the most faithful to the source material but its shoddy Italian-ness makes it a bit of a bore and Omega Man is hot garbage. I have only seen this movie once previously, back in 2007 when it was in theaters, but having now watched these three movies in order over the course of a month I gotta say tha I Am Legend is the best of the three. I don’t know why since, as I established last time, The Omega Man is the clear loser. Of the three adaptations of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, the 2007 movie is the most maligned. October is going to be all Will Smith movies here on Doomsday Reels so there will be an extra column next Monday so I can knock these out. ![]() We’re at the end of the road for adaptations of I Am Legend, but as one trilogy ends, another begins. ![]() ![]() If there’s anybody out there, anybody, please. I will be at the South Street Seaport everyday at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky. Will Smith (Robert Neville), Alice Braga (Anna), Charlie Tahan (Ethan), Dash Mihok (Alpha Male), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Zoe Neville), Willow Smith (Marley Neville)
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