All I have to say about this movie is that it sucked. The book was way better and wtf was up with the butterfly references? Was there some crossover from Ashton Kutcher’s craptacular movie I wasn’t aware of? Oh, it comes out on Blu-ray December 9 for $60 and includes two versions of the film, which means an alternate ending that’s supposedly “controversial” and some other crap extras.
BURBANK, Calif.–I Am Legend, the intense, action-packed thrill ride starring Will Smith, gets the Ultimate Collector’s Edition (UCE) treatment December 9 from Warner Home Video and Village Roadshow Pictures. Available on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and DVD and packaged in an elegant, all-inclusive box perfect for holiday gift giving, the UCE will sell for $59.99 SRP (Blu-ray™) and $49.92 SRP (DVD). Orders are due November 4.
The UCE contains two versions of the film (one with a controversial ending), a Digital Copy of the theatrical version, plus hours of all new additional content. This additional content consists of four awesome animated comics, 12 never before seen deleted scenes with filmmaker commentary, and more than two hours of all new extras revealing Will Smith’s off-camera humor and kindness and explanation of how he grew as an actor through this film. Lastly, the UCE also includes an exclusive 44-page concept sketch book, a lenticular lucite commemorative piece featuring imagery from the film, and six collectible art cards showing international cities devastated by the virus.
Meh…Mediocre movie at best.
If you pretend that the alternative ending is the official one, the movie sucks less.
I liked the movie. Granted, I liked it more once I watched the alternate ending, which made a lot more sense. Haven’t read the book yet, but just because they don’t match up doesn’t mean the movie can’t stand on its own.
I didn’t get the butterfly reference, but it seemed like a similar plot device to the truly AWFUL movie Signs — where the little girl inexplicably leaves full glasses of water all over the house, and people keep buying new cups instead of putting them away — and Johnny Cash swings the baseball bat, as instructed by a dead woman given clairvoyance after being pinned to a car. And Gibson knows to tell him to “swing away”, because water kills the aliens who mastered space flight and invaded earth and are all knowing but would clearly all die if IT FUC*ING RAINED.
I never saw the alternate ending, so maybe I’ll change my mind.