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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Nathan Wright MEDC 5310 Media & Culture Term Paper – 7 March 2008 “I Am Legend” – Mirroring Symbolic Religious Culture in America The recent release of the movie “I Am Legend” has triggered chatter across the worldwide blogosphere and in thousands of movie theater lobbies; “This may be Will Smith’s finest hour‚” “How completely can one person ruin a script?” “The car was cool.” This writer has previously commented on “I Am Legend” as a cultural statement on ethnicity‚ citing the anti-racial tendencies
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The Legend I Am Dystopian genres characterize upon the concept of a dehumanized and frightening world. Quintessential ideals that associate with this genre demonstrate themes such as fear‚ totalitarianism‚ loss of history‚ and the individual (Explore-Science-Fiction-Movies). It is the general aspect of what molds and shapes someone‚ or something to continue throughout their course of action. These characteristics capitalize upon another genre‚ horror fiction‚ in which Richard Matheson employs both
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In the Novel I am Legend‚ the protagonist‚ Robert Neville‚ is seemingly the only survivor of a city that has converted the rest of humanity to vampires. Roberts mission is to destroy “the others” before they can infect him. The theme of this book is that one has to do what one has to do to stay alive. Using symobolism‚ and imagry‚ Richard Matheson reveals that to stay alive one will go the extra mile instead of giving up. “when I die ‚ I shall only be dead” . Quote shows symbolism because when
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Daniel Salgado HUM3321-18 December 12‚ 2011 I am Legend (Film Genre Essay) When thinking of horror films‚ simple features come to mind for what you need to produce a good movie. Monsters are always a big plus in order to get a good scare factor. A good horror film will have drama that usually leads to the death of a main character or other supporting characters. I believe I Am Legend is a good contender for a low-key horror film. Under the direction of Francis Lawrence was a film written by
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Robert Neville is the apparent sole survivor of a pandemic whose symptoms resemble vampirism. It is implied that the pandemic was caused by a war‚ and that it was spread by dust storms in the cities and an explosion in the mosquito population. The narrative details Neville’s daily life in Los Angeles as he attempts to comprehend‚ research‚ and possibly cure the disease‚ to which he is immune. Neville’s past is revealed through flashbacks: The disease claimed his wife and daughter‚ and he was forced
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2008 Robert Neville is the last normal living man in the world. The all of New York City is in 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
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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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“Day one thousand and one. We came in close contact with a hive today. Blood tests confirm that I remain immune to both the airborne and contact strains. Canines remain immune to airborne strain only. The vaccine trials continue. I’m still unable to transfer my immunity to infected hosts. The Krippen Virus is... elegant.” -Robert Neville A virus breaks out in “I Am Legend”‚ virtually wiping out the human race‚ leaving only a select few to return order to the world. Instead of being contractible
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The postapocalyptic science-fiction horror film “I am Legend” displays the story of virologist Robert Neville who appears to be the only survivor of a dissemination of a virus that either kills humans or turns them into mutants. The latter are unable to survive in daylight and haunt for human blood at night. The virus was originally created to cure cancer. Neville lost his family through the apocalypse and lives with his dog‚ Sam. One day both are attacked and Neville is forced to shoot Sam because
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