¶ … Legend' is a sci-fi thriller about a New York scientist who is abandoned in Manhattan in the year 2012. This one hour 40 minutes movie stars Will Smith and Alice Braga with Francis Lawrence as its director the movie is rated at PG-13 for violence. The movie offers a stunning view of how the city as the world knows it today, might look in 2012 if in the event it were abandoned in 2009.
Going back in trivia, this is the third adaption of the Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, originally in the film it was vampires instead of zombies. Such movies are always inspired by our fears and hence hold special interest, especially if it's a scientist abandoned in New York struggling to survive a virus that turns humans into flesh-eating mechanical looking zombies.
If we go through its adaptations, the first time the novel was turned into a movie was in 1964 starring Vincent Price in "The Last Man on Earth," the second time in 1971 starring Charlton Hesston in "The Omega Man" and the third and final version yet, was in 2007 starring Will Smith in "I Am Legend," it won't be far from truth to be saying that Will Smith has done honors to the movie, it is a much improved version, possibly hard for any other future versions to do as much justice as with this release, as the actors charismatic presence and responsibility to save the world as it depends solely on his shoulders, has made this the most promising version so far.
Summary:
I Am Legend revolve around Robert Neville a military scientist; who in the past was unable to stop the spread of the deadly virus that was man-made but incurable Robert. The last human survivor in New York City and possibly the world, Neville has been for three years trying to send messages via radio in desperation of finding any survivors who might be out there. He is not alone though mutant victims of the plague infected by the disease which was supposed to be a cure for cancer are now hiding watching Roberts every move. He is only driven by the sole mission to find a reverse that can affect the virus using his own blood, knowing that he is outnumbered and quickly running out of time.
Now in 2012 with only blood thirst zombies as his neighbors and Robert Neville with his trusty dog and Samantha, is trying to discover a cure for this disease and to find out any other people who might have also survived
Analytical Components:
Every movie has its own perception that comes with a certain set of theories and practicalities that it revolves around. So is the case in I Am Legend, below we will discuss the various analytical terms and components within the movie and will attempt to shed light on them individually.
Setting
Chronologically, I Am Legend has one stated setting and one actual setting. The stated setting begins in 2009 and proceeds forward from there. However, since there are no technological markers that would put things in a specific future extrapolation, literally, the time setting is just in 2009 -- when the movie starts -- displaced into the post disease attack phase. This can be seen through the movie setting, which is essentially that of 2009s America (down to the records used for music), and through the message communicated, which is that of extinct New York, America and the world. The movie spells out the expectation and fears of 2009
Physically, I Am Legend has a nested set of settings, each of which heightens the American Hollywood dream in some way -- and what the plague of zombies, which has done just that. The central setting is Robert Neville's house in Manhattan, which used look like a comfortable middle-class home, now seems like a fortress and survivalist cabin, wooden shut windows to keep the zombies out and generator for power, since the world outside is no more and no civilization to keep things going. The setting around the house looks like a middle-class and essentially suburban neighborhood setting. It remains peaceful until movement is hinted and the zombies come out to attack, and thus the neighborhood becomes a moral battlefield. There are some occasional talks of going into the city for supplies during...
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