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I Am Legend

I Am Legend

Date: Mar 12 2008

Themes: Pop Culture

Intro

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It’s a familiar concept to us now, but when Richard Matheson wrote his novel I Am Legend in 1954, the idea of a world completely destroyed by disease was relatively new.

The book, which describes a disease that turns people into monsters that resemble both vampires and zombies, was made into a film for the third time in 2007. Will Smith has the difficult task of playing the last man on Earth. Devan thinks he pulls it off, but Mason’s not so sure.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Devan

Devan

Mason

Mason

Devan:  Have you seen I am Legend yet?

Mason:  Uh, kind of, I practically fell asleep during it. It wasn’t really my kind of thing.

Devan:  Oh. How come?

Mason:  I don’t know. I’m not a huge Will Smith fan and the whole post-apocalyptic thing just…

Devan:  Yeah, I’m not really into that either, but I heard he did a really good job in it. Having to do all that dialog on his own must have been really challenging. I guess it wouldn’t be dialog…I guess that would be monologue...

Mason:  Technically. But you know, whatever. He talks to the dog so you can call it a dialog, if you want. The dog barks a few times. But seriously, to me he’s not the kind of actor that carries a movie that, like that I’d go see a movie just for Will Smith in it.

Devan:  Just to see Will Smith talking…

Mason:  But, listen, some of it had some compelling scenes. I know it was based on an old science fiction book and there are some other adaptations that I heard are better.

Devan:  I saw the Charlton Heston version…

Mason:  That was The Omega Man, right?

Devan:  That was terrible.

Mason:  Ha!

Devan:  But I heard that the original, original one, which is called something else.

Mason:  The Alpha Man?

Devan:  Something like that. I heard the original one is great.

 

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Discussion

Mason says he almost fell asleep while watching I Am Legend because Will Smith is on-screen alone so much of the time and he’s not a huge Will Smith fan.

Devan says that an earlier version of the film that stars Charlton Heston isn’t any good, but that the first adaptation of the book (which is actually called The Last Man on Earth, not The Alpha Man) is the best.

What actor do you think could pull off a movie full of monologues?

 

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Kojee

Kojee

Jordan

Lonely is something terrible >>> just imagine that u are alone on the earth   Cry 

and Will Smith was very good on the moive and deserve  to watch it

06:59 PM Mar 12 2008 |

albert0

albert0

Canada

i 've never seen it before can anybody tell me about it…?

05:42 PM Mar 12 2008 |

albert0

albert0

Canada

i 've never seen it before

05:42 PM Mar 12 2008 |

milky87

milky87

Viet Nam

oh. I am a fan of Will Smith but i don't know this film. :( 

05:38 PM Mar 12 2008 |

franco71

franco71

Brazil

I haven’t seen that movie. If Will Smith, dispite Mason said, pulled off such as in “The Pursuit of Happiness” I’ll love it anyway.

03:55 PM Mar 12 2008 |

Chrysalis

Chrysalis

China

This movie shocked me so much. I feel guilty about my major(biology,esp molecular biology) sometimes after seeing that. No doubt genetic engineering is like some kind of Pandora’s Box which is opened before fully understood.
Horrible!!

03:39 PM Mar 12 2008 |

Lover for Ever

Saudi Arabia

great but has boring start!

02:37 PM Mar 12 2008 |

The_Marty

The_Marty

Italy

It was sooooo scaaaryyyyyy….!!!!!!!!But good…!! =) I don’t agree with this lesson…Reading here persuade you not to go and see it,while I think that it’s a nice movie to watch =)

02:24 PM Mar 12 2008 |

zeaman

zeaman

China

i havent seen this movie!!but i think it’s wonderful work,because it suits my taste!!

02:06 PM Mar 12 2008 |

zeaman

zeaman

China

i havent seen this movie.But i think it will be wonderful,because it suits my taste!!

01:59 PM Mar 12 2008 |

zeaman

zeaman

China

i havent seen this movie.But i think it will be wonderful,because it suits my taste!!

01:56 PM Mar 12 2008 |

zeaman

zeaman

China

i havent seen this movie.But i think it will be wonderful,because it suits my taste!!

01:56 PM Mar 12 2008 |

zeaman

zeaman

China

i havent seen this movie.But i think it will be wonderful,because it suits my tasty!!

01:56 PM Mar 12 2008 |

landangjunzi

China

I don't like this kind of movies,

exactly,i prefer animationsTongue out

01:02 PM Mar 12 2008 |

maggiewangdandan

China

 I haven't see th movie,but i think it have value to see because of will smith,on the contrary,i don't want to see,because it is a monoloque.

12:59 PM Mar 12 2008 |

BabyG08

Spain

its alod of BOLLOKS

12:49 PM Mar 12 2008 |

fjoan

fjoan

China

I think it’s a good film.On the other hand,it remind us to protect our hometown-Earth~You can imagine if you were the last one on the earth,what will you do?What about your feeling?

12:38 PM Mar 12 2008 |

wanglong123

China

I love the movie which adaptation from science fiction when I was a child,but now I perfer some other styles.Maybe teleplay is a good selection instead of movie,like PrisonBreak and hero or something like that.

12:22 PM Mar 12 2008 |

arizona15

Togo

that as great i'm a legend i've never seen it before but contact me at for more information.

12:20 PM Mar 12 2008 |

ssabi

ssabi

Poland

I really enjoyed it :)

12:17 PM Mar 12 2008 |

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