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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
Did you see Omega Man?? Because the so called zombies or infected people, now that was bloody laughable. I didn;t mind the zombies in I am Legend at all. I thought they tried to make them look scary and no, it wasn't all that scary but I thought it was still effective enough. TO say a movie ultimately sucked because of the look of the zombies is a little harsh IMO. Will Smith was great in a very challenging role, the effects and how they made New York look empty was unreal and there was some great scenes of huge tension. The scene where he goes into the wharehouse after his dog and we didn't know what was inside was truly scary.
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lol, no haven't seen Omega Man but I bet it's ace. For me the goofy make-up zombies from all the old skool zombie flicks - silly as they ultimately look - are still more effective than the ones in I Am Legend because at least they look real. They have to because they're real people. The ones in I Am Legend, as pointed out, look like the mummy from the Mummy.
Why use CGI if you don't have to is my question. The deer, the lions, the zombies - all this time someone had to spend on a computer 'creating' these things when the filmmakers could just as easily have hired the help. No arguments that they did a great job making New York look overgrown. The chaos scenes where the major bridges are taken out were top notch. All of that would not be possible without CGI. But zombies, if you ask me, are just as easy to make with some make-up and some lurching (or running, as is en vogue).
I wanted I Am Legend to be awesome. It wasn't awesome. Because of the zombies. It wasn't the worst movie ever, but I was let down.
Please lord do not let the monster in Cloverfield be Godzilla.