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Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
No thread about this yet?
did I miss it?

If not, here are my thoughts;

DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED!

Overall I liked it. I am a Will Smith fan so I might be biased. Even though there was a lot of Will in the movie, it was greatly filmed to where you were not bored of him.

I will nitpick a bit....

The "infected" were a little similar to other evil characters in movies like Hellraiser. I also thought the movie was very similar to Night of the Comet. Does anyone remember that? from the early 80's?

Also, how come they also not only got infected but got flying and spiderman powers to climb up walls and leap yards at a time? LOL

I wish there would have been more to the ending as well. It left you wanting more.

I completely thought the ending was going somewhere else when the infected were rushing the glass. I thought they would back off once they saw the medicine working. But, nope, he had to die. Sigh.

It did not feel long. It felt just right as far as time went.

And the dog....sniff sniff...I am not even a dog person and I was so sad. I wish after all he went through he deserved to be dragged to Vermont though to be honest, I also thought she was full of it and it did not exist!


A lot of the scenes in the beginning were fascinating. I liked how he organized his life around what he had. The video store with the mannequins was genius too.

Anyone else?}

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
I haven't seen it yet. I am a Will Smith fan, too, and really wanted to see it. So I was quite disappointed to hear from my son that he thought it was terrible. Terrible.

I am not sure whether or not I will go see this now.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I enjoyed it, but it wasn't really good, just good.

Next bit is spoilers......

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The "zombies" bothered me too. I guess to the writer de-evolved means they became more like animals and got some more animal-like abilities. Seemed far-fetched. But taking that on board the movie was good. And yes, I liked how Will's character arranged his life to be as normal as possible. Being at the same place at the same time every day was genius too.

I thought the real psycho zombie was the partner of the female zombie Will Smith (blanking out on the character's name) caught, so I thought at the end he would see that Will was making her better and they'd... all live happily ever after.

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
Hey Kitt we thought the same..well almost. I thought it was her dad! lol

Thanks for the clarification of the flying skills..lol

Moondance
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07-30-2000

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 6:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
Ok here is a question... does the dog die??.... I know this sounds fumy but I need to know... thanks!!

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Danz, my dh thought that too, I wonder if they kind of wrote it into the script then decided not to go that way.

Spoiler for Moondance:
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Yes, it gets bitten by the baddies and infected.


Moondance
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07-30-2000

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 7:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
Thanks Kitt!!

Dolphinschild
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06-21-2006

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
I know Charlton Heston did the movie, "The Omega Man" which was loosely based on the, "I am Legand" book. They said that this was trying to stick to the book unlike the other two movies that were made before. The other two movies didn't follow the book as much. I never read the book myself. I remember the Omega Man. I don't know if anyone else remembers it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omega_Man I haven't seen this movie yet, but my daughters dad did and he said it was really good.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, December 17, 2007 - 10:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
DC I saw the one with Heston and it was pretty creepy, if you like that sort of thing. Not my cup of cinematic tea.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
See Will Smith's next film "I Am Ketchup" You'll eat him up gradually.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
ROFLMAO KL!

Darrellh
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07-21-2004

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Darrellh a private message Print Post    
I saw this movie on friday. I agree with most people here. The first half of the movie is terrific. Because it is so terrific, it actually hurts the movie, because the second half does not deliver at the same level.
I also questioned what happened to all the bodies of the dead. Especially if WS is breaking into some apartments looking for supplies, wouldn't there be bodies around?

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 11:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
interesting Darrell..I did not even think about that. There was only the one scene of the house with the twin baby room that has some kind of bedroom covered with that white protective sheet and toxic stickers on it but no other mention of it.

In ,Night of the Comet, they would turn into red dust.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, December 24, 2007 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
the other thing that really bugged me -- if the "island" was completely blocked off, the bridges blown up, etc. -- how'd the woman and boy get on and off?

And that red mustang? was that just merely product placement?

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Monday, December 24, 2007 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Seems we are all of the same page, loved the movie with one or two nitpicks. Mine is that they clearly showed an ultraviolet light in a holder beside the creatures head. They also made a point of showing that the light almost instantaneously burned the infected horribly. Why doesn't Smith just hold the light up which would repel the creatures from the glass?

On our way out of the theatre there was a couple in front of us and the woman was crying BIG. The man asked her why, she said she was scared. He asked if it was that last big scene and she said no, it was pretty much the whole movie. LOL I felt bad for her but who is scared to tears and then stays in their seat for two hours? And nice job hubby or boyfriend, your date is sobbing and you don't notice until the lights go up? LOL

Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, December 24, 2007 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I was totally disappointed.

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I wanted one of the happily riding off "alive" into the sunset movies..didn't get it :-( I guess the effects were decent, but I hated the story.


OH! I have seen Omega Man at least 10 times over the years. Gosh it's hard to talk about anything about this movie without spoiling.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I thought the movie was good, not great, but good. I thought Will was awesome! The dog too! Will is really talented.

I didn't really like the movie though. It seemed like a combo of The Stand and The Descent. I really wanted to like the movie. It sounded interesting and I love Will Smith. I do like most movies too, even movies that aren't really very good. But I just didn't like this one so well.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 2:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
I liked it but the three people I went with all hated it. we all agreed that Will Smith was great in it.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 1:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
It came out on DVD today. There is an alternate ending in which all three of the normal humans survive. Kitt staed that the female infected was the partner of the alpha male infected, and the alternate ending pretty much confirms that. Evidently, one bridge wasn't blown up, and that's how they got off the island.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 3:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
That's interesting, thanks for sharing.

Ahnicka
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08-08-2007

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ahnicka a private message Print Post    
I thought the ending was pretty anti-climactic.

Ly that helps to bring some things into perspective, thanks.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
I think the "alternate ending" was the original ending, but for reasons unknown they had to film another one for the theater.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Was the alternate ending on a second DVD? We rented it and I did not see any way to view an alternate ending. Not sure how much to post openly, so I'll use a spoiler box.

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The ending I saw had the mom and son making it to the survivor colony, while Will Smith blew himself up with the zombies to help their escape. Is this the same ending as in the theater?


Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Yes, that's the theatre ending. I think the alternative ending is on the Bonus disk.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
Yes, you need to get the bonus disk to view the alternate ending. There's also a few extra scenes in the middle of the movie, I understand, but I haven't viewed them, so cannot comment on them.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Mom and I were considering getting this through On Demand. But I came here first to ask about the dog before we did. Thankfully Moonie asked the question I was going to ask for me. And Moonie, that's not a funny question. It's one I need to know too before I watch a movie.

Based on Kitt's answer, and a few other comments about the disappointing ending, I think we'll be passing on this one.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 5:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Here is the alt ending on youtube. I would watch it right away if you want to see it because this kind of thing gets deleted fast from youtube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=sJHVDsLFTb8

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Thanks for finding that! I definitely prefer that ending.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Sunday, April 20, 2008 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I just watched the DVD a couple of days ago. I wish it had had this ending. I like 'happy' endings.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, June 21, 2008 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
We bought this movie last night and watched it and I really liked it. I'm a Will Smith fan, anyway, but let me just say O.M.G. the man is ripped!! He had to really workout hard to get in that good a shape! I wish I wasn't so late to this thread because I'd love to know what the alternate ending was. I hope it was him being saved also because that was the only thing I didn't like about the movie.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Another person's put it up on youtube, Twinkie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm7CxqJE2ZQ