"Duh, man! It's cuz they hired dem ther same actors for dem parts."

That's what my cousin Sirmon told me to tell you.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Daddy
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We just watched I Am Legend last week. I was unaware of the history of its connection with the earlier movies, but I understand it is different in the relationship, if you will, between the infected humans and the Will Smith character.

The first 1/2 hour - Will Smith and his dog cruising through an overgrown and deserted NYC during the daytime - is worth the rental in itself. And the story told in flashbacks develops well, too.
As with Hollywood movies, any Christianity is implicit, not explicit.

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BJ Mora
Grace OPC, Modesto, CA
Reformed & Presbyterian Churches & Denominations in North America

I wish they would have spent some time showing what the infected went through, per se. WSmith mentions that they have lost all human likeness (or something like that). Well, what did they exhibit before?

I know, I can read between the lines, but it still would have been nice to see that for a few minutes.

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John Hill
Faith Community - Woodstock, Ga
Adopted. Husband for 12 years. Father of 5 children.
http://faithcommunitychurch.org- My home church
Rocky Top, you'll always be, home sweet home to me.

I agree with others that said the first half of "I Am Legend" was better than the second. The ending was what annoyed me since it personally felt like a cop out. The religious aspect of providence, etc, was cool but seemed a bit sudden or forced since it came suddenly towards the end. I liked the spiritual themes but I wished they would have been better developed towards the begining rather than with Anna's random remark at the end "God told me to..."

I thought the book had a cool plot and made sense with the title I Am Legend, where as this movie doesnt develop Neville as a "legend" per se.

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Matthew Morales
Santa Rosa, CA
Redeemer Presbyterian Church
"Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth" John 17:17 (ESV)

"Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face"
-William Cowper

Yeah, the title "I am Legend" does not fit the movie. The movie is so different from the book. That is not bad; I actually like the movie a lot. But the title does not fit.

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Scott Roberts
Ruling Elder, Lakeside Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Southlake, Texas

Tell Sermon that I said, "."

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Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCUS
TheBibleAlone.com / The Edinburgh Inn
"Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” - Zechariah 3:2

Who's Sermon?

Oops! I meant Sirmon. My most abject apologies!

But then again, maybe "Sermon" is his brother you know, the one who went to seminary.

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Benjamin P. Glaser
Pittsburgh, PA
Fairmount ARP Church

Student of Theology
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary
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Sirmon's not laughing.