I’m going to introduce "I Am Legend". This movie was released in the USA in 2007. This film was set in New York. New York fell into ruin from a virus which came from a medicine for cancer. However‚ while this medicine saved a lot of lives‚ some people suffered from a symptom like a rabies. From this side affect‚ they found that medicine changed into a virus. This virus caused death. Infected people were called "Dark Seekers" in this story. Their weak point is sunlight but they have great physical
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Whether regarded by viewers as the worse or greatest movie to date‚ the “I Am Legend” movie in my opinion addresses numerous social issues that we as a society face and should be more aware of in today’s era. According to Imdb.com‚ “The ‘I Am Legend’ movie starring renowned actor Will Smith focusses on “a scientist named Robert Neville who is incapable of stopping the horrible virus once created to cure cancer. At first‚ the virus looked promising and was given to cancer patients to treat their disease
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I Am Legend Many great experiences start out as a “What If‚” concept. Things such as‚ what if I had a million dollars? Or what if I had one wish? Maybe even things such as what if I had New York to myself for an entire day? To Will Smith’s character‚ Dr. Robert Neville‚ someone’s so called fantasy turned into a full blown nightmare that he was forced to live every day for three years of his life. By himself. Robert goes through many major events that change his life forever and force him to see
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October 24th 2012 Lewis Peck Alienation in I am Legend One of the main themes of I am Legend is alienation‚ it is hard to imagine someone who is more alienated than Robert Neville. He is a normal American man‚ or at least he was until the world changed around him. Simply by being immune to the virus‚ he becomes first alone (when his family dies‚ “life shuddered to a halt.”)‚ then a criminal (when he decides not to bury her. “No he wouldn’t put her there.”)‚ then the target of frenzied attacks
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Exploring Isolation In “I Am Legend” by Richard Matheson Ashley Proulx As John Donne said “No man is an island‚ entire of itself; every man is a piece of a continent‚ a part of the main.” Donne believes man cannot live a happy‚ successful life on his own without any connection to other living things. Loneliness and seclusion are extremely prevalent issues in the 21st century society primarily because we find increasing reliability to non-verbal interaction‚ rising globalization and reliance on
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represents the beginning. What comes in between? Once an Apocalypse ends‚ a creation story begins; thus‚ there is a cycle. This cycle is portrayed by Richard Matheson in his novel I Am Legend. The protagonist‚ Robert Neville‚ survives an apocalyptic world war and a dust-storm-carried disease‚ but he survives alone. He is the end and the new beginning. Thus‚ Matheson suggests that within an apocalypse‚ there can still be elements of a creation myth. To truly begin again‚ Neville must resort to warrior-like
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ruins. How long can Robert Neville survive alone with his dog in a world of vampires and how long do you think you can live in this case? The film‚ I Am Legend is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith. It was released on December 14th‚ 2007. This film is actually the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel of the same name from 1954. Smith plays virologist Robert Neville‚ who lives in New York City in 2012‚ which is inhabited by animalistic
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an essay on a film. I have been asked to pick a five minute scene from my chosen movie‚ I will be explaining and talking about how camera shots‚ miss-en-scene‚ sound and lightening effects the audience‚ also what the director want the audience to feel and understand. The movie that I have picked to do my essay on is the 2007 science fiction film I AM LEGEND. This film is based on RICHARD MATHESON’S 1954 novel under the same name and directed by Francis Lawrence. I AM LEGEND was distributed by the
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story but the elegance of how well the film adapts and plays out. The audience are straight away emotionally connecting with Robert Neville (Smith) and i found myself striving for him to find the viral cure and some means means of civilization. The audience are teared through themes of honour‚ pride‚ passion‚ love‚ hate‚ determine‚ i felt as though i was close to shedding a tear many times throughout the film. Up until the very end of the film things got gradually worse for smith. For me the most
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