Theatre Arts Majors Have Their Guilty Pleasures Too.

[ingenuemuse]

I don't think I've ever met a person alive who didn't like Will Smith, even if he he had no opinion on him other than that.

Seriously.

I think the main reason is his bone structure, and the shape of his eyes. He always looks like he's smiling, that Will.

So it may not shock you to know that I did not hate "I Am Legend". In fact, I rather

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[fearsclave]

The deer looked really fake, and the hunting scenes were so painfully, laughably bad that you can only conclude that nobody involved in making them had ever so much as played Duck Hunter...

...but I loved the city CGI. OMFG was that gorgeous.

[ingenuemuse]

yeah well, I saw "Clash Of The Titans" on HBO as a child, and I remember my stepdady being impressed with how far special effects have come, so...

Hunting is an art, perfected through practice

[montecristo]

I think, my dear fearsclave, that the intent of the movie makers was to show that Robert Neville was a modern, non-hunting, urban-dweller who had to take up hunting out of necessity -- in this case, for dog food at minimum, and for fresh blood to attract the hemocytes (technically, more properly called "hemophages" IMHO) in order to trap them for study. Mind you, as someone who has participated in the odd hunting expedition or two, I will admit that you're right about how technically accurate the scene was. You just have to remember that the movie-makers and most of the movie's anticipated audience are also modern, non-hunting, uban-dwellers, who wouldn't realize the scene's shortcomings anyway. Come now, we have stretched our suspension of disbelief much farther than that for other literature, as any reader of Rowling should understand.

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[ingenuemuse]

Thank you for saying what I was going to say before I fired off the Clash of The Titans snark.

I mean, I'd be a bad hunter too at first, "fake deer" or no. Especially if I was a city folk scientist type.

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[montecristo]

Actually, I don't think that it was Neville's hunting practices to which fearsclave was objecting but rather, to the way the movie portrayed the behavior of the deer and their reaction to Neville's presence and that of his dog. A consultation with a naturalist or two, or perhaps someone a little more knowledgeable about animal behavior would have improved the scene tremendously.

I was though, anticipating his objections to Neville's technical inexpertise though in saying that that was probably very intentional on the part of the film makers.

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[ingenuemuse]

I noticed that part too.. however, since the deer (and other animals) had taken over the city again (there are also lions strolling about) it didn't bother me. It was consistant.

Again, lots of people seeing such a flick aren't hunters so they aren't going to pause and say "well, those deer sure are acting unlike themselves"!

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[montecristo]

Yeah, but fearsclave and I have a more familiar association with The Great Outdoors, and unfortunately, the animals really phoned it in. Heh heh.

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[sorceror]

unfortunately, the animals really phoned it in.

Feh. They must have a union. :-)

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[montecristo]

All screen actors have a union.

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[ingenuemuse]

I was telling some guy I wanted to see this film w/ my husband in the theatres when it was out, and asked him if it was any good. He said "Yeah, except for the part where his dog...".

I fucking HATE loud mouths like that.

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[montecristo]

Yeah, I know. Shannon completely lost it in that movie and had to go wait in the lobby. Fortunately, she walked out before the poor dog bit it -- that really would have torn her up too. I should have known better than to talk her into going to go see it with us. Jackie liked it though.

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[ingenuemuse]

Is it not possible that since the virus had wiped out human kind for, say, at least SEVERAL months that the deer wouldn't know what to make of a human walking about in daylight?

Unless, of course, these are very old deer who remember humans crawling the place just a year ago...

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[montecristo]

Deer (not to mention the lion, either!) do not act in almost any way that they were portrayed in that movie. It's only a small drawback to the film itself. As I said, a consultation with someone knowledgeable about animal behavior would have improved that scene by orders of magnitude.

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[ingenuemuse]

I say our friend wanted NOT to like the film, because he doesn't like super fast zombies. I'd say it to his face, but he's already fled this thread.

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[montecristo]

fearsclave is an appreciative and diligent hunter who respects his outdoor-craft. His objections, I believe, were more motivated by the films technical inadequacies with respect to nature. If he disdains the "fast zombie" idea, then I would merely point out to him, as I did to you, minutes ago in this thread, that "Omega Man" predates "Dawn of the Dead" by at least seven years. Matheson's story is the essential first zombie story to be turned into a movie.

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[ingenuemuse]

Blah, blah, blah.

I know a hater when I read one.