12-28-2007, 12:38 AM
Quote:Angel' date='Dec 27 2007, 09:52 AM' post='141990']
The movie deserves a plus for not being asinine, which every movie out there seems to be at the moment.
I'm not going to discuss the elements already mentioned, but what I *did* enjoy, was the small bits and pieces of psychology in Will Smith's character. Obviously, being a scientist and a top military guy, he's presented as an intelligent individual. The fact that he recognises and pre-empts the various stages of psychological isolation by infusing non-human life with human qualities (the dog, the mannequins), and thus makes his everyday life a bit easier to cope with, was laudible. Starving off impending insanity from being isolated and alone, by conversing with the dummies and the dog, and thus attributing them human characterstics, was a nice touch in my opinion.
Of course, it's open to debate whether he went a little mad *before* or *after* he started talking to the dummies...
My favorite part of the movie was just Will Smith wandering around the city and seeing his daily routine.
On a side note, bring on the dystopian future. After seeing Mad Max, I Am Legend, Waterworld, etc. I feel I am ready to pwn.:shuriken:
--Mith
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London