The Reel Rejects - I AM LEGEND (2007) IS A CHILLING SCI-FI SPECTACLE!! MOVIE REVIEW!!!

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Starting point is 00:00:39 rewatch for me It really stuck with me Ever since I saw it as a kid I just wanted to ask What moment Hate you the hardest And why do you think It's stuck with you?

Starting point is 00:00:49 I think it was the scene Where he was Either it was between two scenes One when he Had to kill Samantha I was really sad Or the scene Where he was in

Starting point is 00:00:59 the shop and he wanted her to say hello and just like his desperation and to connect was really just really touching and really sad yeah i would i would definitely say the hello part um because it's like the the time when he saw frank which we all thought was real too they did something of that mannequin where he kind of moved but when he had to like shoot up frank you're like oh god he's like really losing it and he treats frank that mannequin as his friend Like, so I think there's a lot of things in this movie that sort of stick with you. Should you end up in a zombie apocalypse, you're losing your mind, do you treat mannequins like your friends? You're desperate just for someone to talk to you.

Starting point is 00:01:44 And yet once that does happen, he kind of has like a weird, a weird response to it at first, you know, which is very normal. Yeah, I know. because you spend so long believing something that are wanting something that when it does actually happen you have a hard time accepting it because you've been so disconnected for so long and yeah it made sense to me what he would be that way and it's sad and I'm happy that there is an ending where he got to you know potentially go on and experience some some life and reintegration into society at least teasing that possibility and you know know even the confirmation of the girl and her son being there shows that there is life beyond

Starting point is 00:02:29 what you've experienced in the past three years so yeah he did get that hello did that get that conversation and in both versions but yeah i think that best answers your question as far as what uh what made us feel our feels the most yeah yeah totally j dell if you were in neville's position had the entire empty city to yourself. What's the first thing you do to stay sane? Build a routine like he did, try to find other survivors, or just explore the city while you

Starting point is 00:03:01 still could. I would probably watch movies like he does. If I have electricity, by some miracle, I'd probably have video games. And be able to someone's a routine to not go crazy, but obviously, you know, only stay

Starting point is 00:03:17 during the day because the freaks come out at night. Yeah. I would definitely be going around the city Finding every weapon ammo that I could All the UV lights And all the food But then I guess after a while

Starting point is 00:03:34 If I did that Then I get yeah I would just hang out And watch TV And I guess hope that I would find some markers And some paper somewhere I'd explore Yeah Like a snooze it would be

Starting point is 00:03:48 Yeah but think about it He went into that other apartment to look for for items and whatnot. And there was so much in there. Oh, yeah. He could use, which is like, that's kind of cool. There's so many places you could probably like scavenge and they kind of go through. I think it would be really dope if I was in his position.

Starting point is 00:04:03 Totally. Yeah. What about you? What did you guys do? Let us know. Malik, if you were given Roberts Arsenal supplies and his safe house, do you think you would have made it as long as he did? And if given the opportunity, would you've left Manhattan altogether to try and find a human safe zone for a better chance?

Starting point is 00:04:18 In the city, if I had his bunker, yes. I would probably, you know, I would keep it looky. I'd be smart about it. But I would for sure leave the city if I had the opportunity. Yeah, 100%. Yeah, like, duh, for sure. I think, well, it's a weird question, Malik, because we don't know if we're immune.

Starting point is 00:04:39 So I'd be like, yeah, probably the same. But if I wasn't, no, dead after five minutes. Oh, yeah. Let's face it. So, but I do think if I was like immune, I would be able to live. in his like safe house for like a minute i i would very rarely leave unless i really really needed food yeah why would you ever yeah i wouldn't all right j dale gave us some trivia the production shut down seven blocks in new york city at a time to film the deserted scenes one of the biggest

Starting point is 00:05:09 tree closures in new york's history for a movie wow okay okay because i was wondering how they got some of the footage that they got because it looked really good and the times they were driving through, it looked practical versus obviously the zombies of CGI, you know, old school CGI. But overall, I thought this movie was great, greatly, like really good pacing, greatly paced. And I'm glad that it was just like

Starting point is 00:05:42 93, 95 minutes. Plus, we watched the alternate ending that's fine it would have only added on like an extra five minutes it's like pacing mixed with they're not you don't have to drag anything out i don't think like anything took too long i feel like it was very precise and to the point of like we need to watch what happened before and how does someone get through this and what happens to that that person as they move through life like this friend of the channel i got to tell you something before we ever started this youtube channel John and I actually first tried doing t-shirt designs. Let me tell you, it did not go well.

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Starting point is 00:07:41 I thought it was really realistic and smart Yeah, which ending did you like Okay, so the alternate ending I had an issue with That he would Be able to Just drag her out there

Starting point is 00:08:01 And be like Well, they're not going to eat him Or the girl and the kid Because you're bringing one of theirs out We didn't establish any of that really In the movie I did spit though when he was in that room to be like hold her up to the wall and and maybe they'll be like oh

Starting point is 00:08:17 she's one of us um i think that the ending that they went with was a lot better that was a good move that alternate ending is um it's it's hopeful and i like that i like that um they survived that she went on the radio it's a nice call back to that um but yeah what are you doing I'm just turning it down because I want to watch as you talk. Oh, okay. Because I think maybe some stuff we're missing possibly because on YouTube it's nine minutes. Yeah, but this is everything we watched. Yeah, this part is the same.

Starting point is 00:08:56 And if you fast forward, it's like all, even when you were fast forward, it was like all the. Anyway, alternate ending is like they, they, uh, he drags out to, right? goes plexiglass and then she gets it open he's in there they're coming out yeah anyway i liked the ending that they went with i think that's the one that makes the most sense i don't believe that we would take as much time in assuming that this female zombie that he's somewhat cured is going to be the answer for all of these dark seekers it's not going to be they're going to be like i'm still going to want to eat your face off the fact that somehow he would have known known that that was the lead guy's wife or something, we just didn't establish any of that.

Starting point is 00:09:48 I think it's a lot more Romeo and Juliet and realistic to have him have a grenade and go, you get out, this is what you're here for, take the vaccine. They're not going to stop. That is realistic. They're not going to stop is what he told her. And that's true. They need like, they need blood. so somebody had to come up with something

Starting point is 00:10:13 and him with the grenade and be like all right I'll take him out great the alternate ending to me I was just like I don't know about this I actually prefer the alternate ending okay yeah I think it's because it re contextualizes

Starting point is 00:10:31 the movie that we've watched because you realize that they're more sentient than we thought not only that but they've established like a sense of community within their version of life and we never see them outright attack or go after Neville until he's aggressed them because when he was trying to kill himself he went after and like mowed a bunch of them down so they were coming after him to get revenge and when he found himself in the side of the building it was to get Sam I imagine

Starting point is 00:11:06 they thought he was impeding on their territory right so when he finally gets face to face with one you're like yo you kidnap one of our own and then you see him on the wall like oh my god i've like killed so many of their people yeah right so i think that that is interesting makes you question like oh who's actually the monster you know they're even though they're not what we know is humanity they're found like a new semblance of life within this uh this new state and you know he's gonna go off and discover his own sense of life and new life in the revelation of discovery that they have their own version of life yeah so yeah i like i like that take on it and i'm curious us to know like why they they changed it or what was the i don't know

Starting point is 00:11:53 maybe it was like a test screening thing i don't know but if i was a producer i'd say grenade 100 that makes it like so much more sad and realistic and like harsh and like like would we really be able to bring her out there and they go all right we're not going to get like kill you now you're free to go but again that's under the assumption that they've they're savage and their zombies yes and i know that they're still putting that oh they're sentient they're just there for their their person or whatever their girl but i'm like well i mean this one this version is like okay they're they're just zombies are just like mindless kind of doing whatever the other one seems like okay maybe it's like a little bit more intentional which you know i feel like again

Starting point is 00:12:39 And this scene changes the context of the journey that you've been through. Yeah, I think both are valid. You know, one of them is a sacrifice play. And, you know, this is the ultimate ends to the means, you know, about saving humanity, which was his goal the entire time. The other one is we can save humanity and have a new sense of life for myself. Totally. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:13:00 But I had fun. I thought it was a great, a great film. Yeah, I had a great time too. All right, you guys, let us know if you like this movie, which version of the ending do you guys like and what are your reasonings for that. Tell us. And yeah, without not further ado, but

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The Reel Rejects - I AM LEGEND (2007) IS A CHILLING SCI-FI SPECTACLE!! MOVIE REVIEW!!!

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