The Haunting Meaning of I AM LEGEND

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  • Опубліковано 24 сер 2019
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  • @RyanHollinger
    @RyanHollinger  4 роки тому +600

    *Give me some future requests in the comments below!*

    • @Silhouetters
      @Silhouetters 4 роки тому +32

      Killer Klowns from Outer Space pls

    • @-Midtwn-
      @-Midtwn- 4 роки тому +23

      Gerald’s game would be neat

    • @imtiredaf1377
      @imtiredaf1377 4 роки тому +16

      A Serbian film

    • @kate.2769
      @kate.2769 4 роки тому +24

      As Above, So Below... Chatted about it with another patron in the discord this morning. The inspiration from Dante's Inferno is worth deeper conversation. 🖤 Whatever you come out with is gonna be good, so I'm not picky.

    • @ChAn-dv9to
      @ChAn-dv9to 4 роки тому +4

      Check out "The Loved Ones", directed by Sean Byrne, a real hidden gem!

  • @magnificmango336
    @magnificmango336 4 роки тому +3849

    Good thing the theatrical ending ruins the entire message of the film because test audiences didn’t like feeling bad about themselves! Yaaaaaay!

    • @lakamokolaka
      @lakamokolaka 4 роки тому +561

      Yah I am glad test audiences are becoming less of a thing because of that very reason.

    • @SniffHeinkel
      @SniffHeinkel 4 роки тому +412

      Yeah. When I saw this in the theater I walked out pissed off. Why did they throw all that "god this, god that" bullshit into the film at the last minute? And then Neville gets killed off? And then I find out years later that what I saw wasn't even the original ending? I hate when Hollywood does shit like that.

    • @TitoVespasianus
      @TitoVespasianus 4 роки тому +109

      Idk about you guys, but for me the original ending feels much deeper and realistic than the theatrical ending.

    • @toypianos469
      @toypianos469 4 роки тому +28

      Annnnd.... Will Smith kills a dog.

    • @chrisossu2070
      @chrisossu2070 4 роки тому +97

      The movie was also clearly made with the original ending in mind. Despite what the marketing would suggest, the movie is rather unconventional tone and pacing-wise for an action-horror movie, clearly aiming for something higher.

  • @Amalikada
    @Amalikada 4 роки тому +2408

    The director's cut ending makes me feel a lot better about that movie in hindsight.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 4 роки тому +94

      Sucks the studio interfered.

    • @number1connieconversefan
      @number1connieconversefan 4 роки тому +82

      the directors cut is the definative version in my opinion

    • @SniffHeinkel
      @SniffHeinkel 4 роки тому +58

      I never understood why they released the uncut version of the film as the "Alternate Cut". Its how the movie was suppose to end.

    • @notaethug3983
      @notaethug3983 4 роки тому +25

      @Vasilijan Nikolovski I have to agree, a movie NEEDS the proper ending, take SOUTHPAW for example, it's a simple story, pretty good boxing scene, but the ending made that movie something really deep

    • @dursly
      @dursly 4 роки тому +7

      are you talking about the wi smith version? didnt know there was another cut

  • @mandalorianhunter1
    @mandalorianhunter1 4 роки тому +1922

    When I first learned of this movie and it had Will Smith in it, I thought it was a sequel to I, Robot.
    I know better now.

    • @IsaacClodfelter
      @IsaacClodfelter 4 роки тому +58

      That would have been an interesting movie too.

    • @mandalorianhunter1
      @mandalorianhunter1 4 роки тому +41

      @@IsaacClodfelter Yeah, we really need a I, Robot sequel.

    • @jamesburke3413
      @jamesburke3413 4 роки тому +25

      I'm no fan of Will Smith, but I, Robot was a great movie. The adaptation of I Am Legend starring Will Smith is bullshit though. Last Man on Earth is the better adaptation, although I'd recommend Omega Man over the Will Smith bullshit version.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 4 роки тому +5

      @@IsaacClodfelter Yeah. Neville finds himself in a brand new world where there is a raise in robots.

    • @oliverphoenix1563
      @oliverphoenix1563 4 роки тому +4

      You p stupid if you watched I am legend and thought it was a sequel to I robot
      They dont have the same name, I am legend doesnt have robots, the movie w will smith explains what happened p well and not once does it mention robots.

  • @robin.8868
    @robin.8868 4 роки тому +1591

    70’s horror cinema is literally just “we live in a society, the movie”

    • @razkable
      @razkable 4 роки тому +10

      yeah people now a days make horror films because they grew up on the classics or just want easy money which is why its so easy to parody cause the tropes and clichés its based on aren't what the original horror films usually not inspired by other horror films were started from aka a basis a real reason to make such horror in the first place ..something like last house on the left is literally about the vietnam war and drugs and government and the way kids were protesting their own parents who just wanted what was best for them yet today a stupid person would watch it and think its a scary film about crazy people...missing the entire set up of the girls doing everything wrong girls back then expressing freedom used to do and thus end up dead...smdh....and again its not even about the plot its about war...notice how stupid the cops are...I wonder why they are written so over the top goofy in such a horror film..oh because the creator wes craven had a message he was sending...but now a days every cop Is dumb in horror films cause its just a thing to do I guess cause a competent cop would end the plot

    • @robin.8868
      @robin.8868 4 роки тому +43

      Asmosis Jones Y-you do know I was just making a meme right?

    • @pan-semitistcommunist4181
      @pan-semitistcommunist4181 4 роки тому +7

      Not 70s but there actually is a Brian Yuzna body horror/psychological thriller film simply called "Society"😂

    • @caroswolf286
      @caroswolf286 4 роки тому +2

      Isn't almost everything about society?

    • @iownornot1
      @iownornot1 4 роки тому +3

      @@razkable fuck you for your terrible sentence structure

  • @stagelinedpro
    @stagelinedpro 4 роки тому +1086

    The director's cut of the Will Smith version is way better then the theatrical

    • @charlieblood4581
      @charlieblood4581 4 роки тому +5

      yeah true but it's unrealistic sadly :/

    • @onyxiris2154
      @onyxiris2154 4 роки тому +8

      @@charlieblood4581 what does that mean?

    • @anewera4002
      @anewera4002 4 роки тому +8

      Charlie Blood Yeah Charlie, what does that mean?

    • @razkable
      @razkable 4 роки тому +51

      I love how you can see in the directors cut the main vampire sees how broken up will smith is about his mistakes and realization his whole purpose has been bs and a lie and how he should just leave the broken man alone..thats very relatable....that moment he just kinda looks at him and stops being mad is like looking in a mirror..its brutal...that kind of weight would cause me to commit suicide...to realize your the boogeyman when you thought you had a good reason and better purpose as a nice person is devastating...

    • @anewera4002
      @anewera4002 4 роки тому +9

      Asmosis Jones He actually was doing the right thing, he’s trying to bring back us.

  • @lolglolblol
    @lolglolblol 2 роки тому +73

    I feel like I should mention that Neville can hardly be blamed for his actions.
    It isn't just that he wasn't willing to consider the idea of the vampires being civilized themselves, up until the ending, he had never even seen any rational vampire. The only ones he had ever encountered were either asleep or part of the horde that pestered him from outside his house every night. These ones, while still intelligent enough to speak and attempt strategies like seduction, were so aggressive that they would never have formed a society.

    • @paleriderpublishing451
      @paleriderpublishing451 11 місяців тому +4

      Neville liked mostly
      Evil
      Vampires
      But he killed to many civilized ones to be forgiven he’s not to blame he ended up on the wrong side of history because of circumstance a tell
      To often

  • @starset4life175
    @starset4life175 4 роки тому +657

    This man could grab the most basic movie with no deeper meaning in it and add one or find it where we didn't look

    • @niallreid7664
      @niallreid7664 4 роки тому +29

      Maybe but this is the exact point of I am legend and always has been

    • @renno2679
      @renno2679 4 роки тому +16

      It's... not just him. It's the intented meaning anyway.

    • @kaanc9344
      @kaanc9344 4 роки тому +16

      The Will Smith movie completely turns the message of the book on its head. Every new movie became less accurate and meaningful than the last because Hollywood prefers that its audience does not think about profound issues such as the line between good and evil. Thats why Marvel movies are so successful now because they provide a black and white picture of good and evil. (Also probably why so many SW fans hated TLJ).

    • @Tacom4ster
      @Tacom4ster 4 роки тому +8

      Eh most art is political

    • @BloodringBanger
      @BloodringBanger 4 роки тому +10

      ​@@kaanc9344 totally agree, and what always terrified me is how Marvel's Avengers is such a huge success, while, for example, 2009's Watchmen is still very underrated movie, despite having much deeper meaning and message than entire Marvel's cinematic universe. God, what a shame!

  • @kate.2769
    @kate.2769 4 роки тому +404

    This channel has totally spoiled me when it comes to film analysis. 💕

    • @blammowammo5886
      @blammowammo5886 4 роки тому

      What the hell?

    • @razkable
      @razkable 4 роки тому +5

      one of the few youtube non educational channels that I learn stuff from and isn't basic rhetoric a 16 year old thinks of as a smartass in his head...he actually does research and work and cares and has a broad point hes making or talking about...wish youtube anime and cartoons and live action movie and show reviewers had this guys knowledge and less bias in what they are talking about..he actually knows things..he isn't just summarizing plot for the sake of it he analyses the point of it existing and how things are good usually cause they come from a innocent or good intentional place to begin with even if its not connected entirely to the media their making......imagine if a anime channel instead of making all these stupid episode plot summary reviews with opinions or whose stronger than who and this characters true power is this and who could win in a fight matchup videos that get so many views for no reason by 10 year olds I guess flooding the channels, instead they chose to you know analyze and discuss the themes morality purpose narratives perspectives depth and inspiration/messages for the series so people could learn to appreciate it on a new level instead of basics cause we are idiots apparently and don't think to far from that guy punch he cool he deserved it yes cool violence?..like wtf ….theres never a philosophy analysis on youtube its always character based and really surface level defending character actions with what the been through as justification 9/10 times..lame as fuck

    • @alecmanst629
      @alecmanst629 Рік тому

      Spoiled to pretentious shitty sudo deep horse shit?

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 4 роки тому +610

    I don’t even *need* to say that the old ending is better than the official one, and that the test audiences who ended up getting it ultimately changed were just.....wrong for the 2007 adaptation.

    • @dajosh42069
      @dajosh42069 4 роки тому +51

      The original ending DOES speak to the underlying tones, and message that the book/earlier adaptations of the movie(s) are intended to convey.
      At the point/In the scene where he exits the locked room with the female "dark-seeker", taking with him no discernible means of defense or escape available.. the viewer is made immediately to feel the very *real* sense of danger he's opted to put himself into in order to make, what he feels is, the correct moral choice.
      We *IMMEDIATELY* get the sense that he's mere moments from death. Especially after the female dark-seeker is returned to her -boyfriend- significant other+, the assumed implication is simply that they (dark-seekers) will no longer be held back, and will attack and kill him. We're even shown a glimpse of his "Failure to Cure" wall, and the countless photos taken of the failed test subjects.. Yet ANOTHER reason for the dark-seekers to want to tear him apart....
      But.. they don't. They essentially are happy to follow the lead of the alpha..
      Implying that it is in fact the creatures are perhaps more human then the actual human himself.

    • @handofgod9386
      @handofgod9386 4 роки тому +4

      dajosh42069 shut up nerd, you are impressing me.

    • @manofhonor1685
      @manofhonor1685 4 роки тому +17

      The test audiences arent wrong, the writers/directors who decided to use test audiences are wrong. The majority is very rarely right. The majority of people like Transformers and other popcorn flicks. The majority of people dont like to think when they watch films.

    • @purplehaze2358
      @purplehaze2358 4 роки тому +4

      @@manofhonor1685 Perhaps.

    • @manofhonor1685
      @manofhonor1685 4 роки тому +4

      @@purplehaze2358 some of my favorite films are niche films. Like Bladerunner 2049. I like slow paced films that are character driven. I dont like when characters have to tell me things, I want them to *show* me. I appreciate subtlety. A lot of people dont have the patience to sit and watch a 3 and a half hr movie, especially if it's slow paced. And they will say it's bad if there isnt action or sex for a whole hour. That's honestly the majority of people. Of course not in this comment section because people that watch film critic type reviews usually have a deeper appreciation for writing/film.
      But yeah TLDR what's good for everyone/majority usually isnt the best written cause most moviegoers are casual.

  • @possiblyfun881
    @possiblyfun881 4 роки тому +650

    I am still waiting Guillermo del Toro’s third movie about spanish civil war...It would be great if you can cover Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth

    • @Mr.Maguro
      @Mr.Maguro 4 роки тому +24

      When i was 7 Years Old my parents took me to see Pan's Labyrinth, even though i was too young and innocent to appreciate, let alone understand the conflict of the human characters and the fantasy stuff scared the hell out of me, especially the fucking Pale Man.. Having watched that movie recently on Netflix, i can now say i love this movie as a young adult, Guillermo Del Toro is probably my favourite director by this point.

    • @F66x
      @F66x 4 роки тому +12

      Guillermo del Toro does a great job with sympathetic monsters!

    • @MpHauzel_Kishibe23
      @MpHauzel_Kishibe23 4 роки тому +2

      been askin him to do this for a month or so,,,,and wont stop till he does

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 4 роки тому

      honowo and villains.

    • @possiblyfun881
      @possiblyfun881 4 роки тому +2

      UberNoodleX He said that he wanted to tell how wounds of Spanish Civil War effected Mexicans without Hollywood’s insistence on a happy ending. That’s why he tell those stories using children as protagonists to emphesize how the most innocent ones were effected by the war. I watch his interviews a lot but can’t quote each and everyone but I believe he said third one is not yet to be done for this triology.

  • @ChAn-dv9to
    @ChAn-dv9to 4 роки тому +334

    Check out "The Loved Ones", it's a twisted Australian horror film, a hidden gem in my opinion

    • @jwnj9716
      @jwnj9716 4 роки тому +11

      The Hand with Michael Caine is another forgotten horror movie directed by Oliver Stone, its not a masterpiece but its decent.

    • @maria.whiddon
      @maria.whiddon 4 роки тому +2

      Good movie and soundtrack

    • @maria.whiddon
      @maria.whiddon 4 роки тому +3

      @@jwnj9716 I'll look it up. Thanks

    • @mrflipperinvader7922
      @mrflipperinvader7922 4 роки тому

      @@jwnj9716 wow he did a horror film

    • @hollandscottthomas
      @hollandscottthomas 4 роки тому +6

      I'm an extra in the background of the dance in that :D

  • @arieldreemurr6284
    @arieldreemurr6284 4 роки тому +515

    I actually adore the 2007 movie - original ending, of course. It's a movie that made me feel lonely. The dog, man...

    • @hm7319
      @hm7319 4 роки тому +25

      Please read the book.

    • @LiesaPinkBunny
      @LiesaPinkBunny 4 роки тому +3

      Samantha😪😪😪

    • @CEOofSleep
      @CEOofSleep 4 роки тому +2

      Fck the dog

    • @anewera4002
      @anewera4002 4 роки тому +30

      The dog hits almost everyone in the soft spot, it’s one of the greatest scenes that I hate watching R.I.P 😭

    • @maadtee6281
      @maadtee6281 4 роки тому +2

      John wick understood how Robert felt

  • @matthewgumabon7498
    @matthewgumabon7498 Рік тому +10

    I rewatched this movie so much as a kid. I really never picked up on the whole “Man is the real Monster” thing.
    I just really loved the survival aspect of it all. It was kind of a budding survivalist fantasy. Scavenging a deserted and eerily quiet cityscape. Avoiding the dark and only moving during the day. Fortifying your home and rigging all sorts of traps and defense systems.
    So many zombie shows and movies focus on the human character drama and push that other people are the real enemy, not the zombies (I.e. The Walking Dead).
    But I actually really liked how the conflict in this movie was actually between one man and the mutant vampire zombies around him.
    The only other humans in the plot are actually friendly, and there is barely any dialogue. Mostly action and visual storytelling.
    It was a really cool movie in my eyes.

    • @jaydenlavaman
      @jaydenlavaman 3 місяці тому +1

      Your description reminds me of enjoying a survival video game

  • @tywer1297
    @tywer1297 4 роки тому +408

    Guys, I beg you to read the book. It is so much better than the movie. It's timeless and absolutely haunting.

    • @SantosAl
      @SantosAl 4 роки тому +37

      And it is such a short read too, it took me barely two hours to finish, while it stayed in my thoughts for much longer

    • @isabellatripodi4852
      @isabellatripodi4852 4 роки тому +10

      The short stories at the end were also wonderfully horrifying.

    • @SantosAl
      @SantosAl 4 роки тому +4

      @@TheWerewolfKnight Yeah, I picked it up at the airport to read on the flight. One of the nicer surprises I've had in buying books at the airport

    • @WillemDefoe
      @WillemDefoe 4 роки тому +35

      @MR FREEZE-98 you poor child

    • @stevenbrown1225
      @stevenbrown1225 4 роки тому +1

      Very true.

  • @en0mad777
    @en0mad777 4 роки тому +37

    The ending of I Am Legend (book) really messed me up and made me contemplate for the whole week.

  • @MC-zw5gf
    @MC-zw5gf 4 роки тому +76

    This is my favorite book ever, the ending gave me chills

  • @MpHauzel_Kishibe23
    @MpHauzel_Kishibe23 4 роки тому +465

    another day of asking Ryan to cover Devils Backbone 😶😶

    • @Dopeboifresh22
      @Dopeboifresh22 4 роки тому +2

      Mpa Hauzel Yes!

    • @KatzeSan
      @KatzeSan 4 роки тому +5

      Up^ One of my favorite Del toro films with Cronos and The Orphanage

    • @CharlieA24
      @CharlieA24 4 роки тому +2

      @@KatzeSan Del Toro only produced or endorsed The Orphanage.

    • @josephsantiago4365
      @josephsantiago4365 4 роки тому

      Yeessss still waiting for fight club too

  • @1977Suspiria
    @1977Suspiria 4 роки тому +104

    Danny Boyle actually said another sequel to 28 Days Later is likely it was reported a couple of months back. Him & Alex Garland have an idea for it they called "really good" so I would say it's only a matter of time until it happens.

    • @Ryan-cs3uc
      @Ryan-cs3uc 4 роки тому +19

      I’ve been wanting another one for a long time. I actually liked 28 weeks later as well and imo, it had the best opening in the zombie movie genre

    • @morlockmeat
      @morlockmeat 4 роки тому +8

      Maybe they'er waiting a couple of decades, to make a "28 Years Later"!

    • @FOREVERxFORNEVER
      @FOREVERxFORNEVER 4 роки тому +15

      @@morlockmeat Yeah after "28 Months Later" obvi

    • @johnd8726
      @johnd8726 4 роки тому +4

      One of the best openings in film, not only horror.
      28 Weeks obviously takes a bit of a dip after the amazing opening, but it still stands out as one of the few good sequels in the genre.

    • @CharlieA24
      @CharlieA24 4 роки тому +3

      I want to 28 Months Later to be in French since the final scene of 28 Weeks Later showed zombies ravaging all over Paris.

  • @Taveren
    @Taveren 4 роки тому +70

    "cynicism isnt wisdom, its a lazy way to say that you've been burned" Nana Grizol

  • @pikusek2550
    @pikusek2550 4 роки тому +53

    I only watched it as a youngling and was kinda creeped out by the "sentient" zombies in I Am Legend (Will Smith). Cool perspective on the movie, i never thought about it but it's true.

    • @-kdot-2332
      @-kdot-2332 4 роки тому

      He's talking about the book not the movie

    • @-kdot-2332
      @-kdot-2332 4 роки тому

      They're totally different

    • @ghouling1111
      @ghouling1111 2 роки тому

      They are vampires

  • @stefanaguinaldosoerensen2355
    @stefanaguinaldosoerensen2355 4 роки тому +30

    when everyone else has changed, you are the "other"

  • @cracktoon_powerscaling
    @cracktoon_powerscaling 4 роки тому +127

    You should watch the mini series Over The Garden Wall or Infinity Train

  • @bigejay100able
    @bigejay100able 4 роки тому +19

    I always hated scary movies as a kid, even though my cousins always loved them. Once I saw night of the living dead and house of a thousand corpses I started to see them for the alternative way to crazy cinematic experiences instead of a masochistic past time.

  • @williamquigley261
    @williamquigley261 4 роки тому +17

    Honestly I'd recommend Dead Set. It's on Netflix and is kinda like 28 days later just shorter and just more hopeless. Give it a watch cause it's only a couple hours long in total and it's pretty good

  • @SuperAsefasef
    @SuperAsefasef 4 роки тому +27

    well now that you've mentioned Cormac McCarthy you have to talk about his work. Probably one of the greatest writers of our generation.

    • @brettdeneen3244
      @brettdeneen3244 4 роки тому +3

      If you like Cormac McCarthy check out The Sunset Limited, there isn’t a single ounce of fat in that script. It’s a low budget HBO movie, but the performances by Samuel L Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones are unforgettable.

  • @PettyPerkins
    @PettyPerkins 3 роки тому +5

    I am so tired of seeing people think the creatures were zombies. I'm so glad you mentioned the book and the fact they were vampires. This book was so creepy and I still enjoyed the movie even with it's ending.

  • @lizziec90
    @lizziec90 4 роки тому +17

    High Tension. It's early 2000's French horror. It's so brutal!

    • @PvtParts-hr4zv
      @PvtParts-hr4zv 4 роки тому

      God i remember that movie. I watched the French version way back when i was in elementary school. Really stuck with me to this day.

    • @shamekanall4198
      @shamekanall4198 4 роки тому

      That’s a great one. But I still couldn’t figure out some of it to this day...I think it has some pot holes or something...but still a great one. Always recommended

  • @spykidtalksaboutanything4395
    @spykidtalksaboutanything4395 4 роки тому +7

    “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die”

  • @PraUU1
    @PraUU1 4 роки тому +23

    I was pretty young when I watched I am Legend. Never saw it that way. Good video Ryan! Keep it up! You never fail to surprise me!

    • @Jogjosmowwdkfs
      @Jogjosmowwdkfs 4 роки тому +2

      Dun Dust My dad rented it off Netflix when I was young, and it came in the mail. We watched it right before I went to bed. I had nightmares

    • @PraUU1
      @PraUU1 4 роки тому +1

      Charlie Dude Damn dude! Same!

    • @__vwvvwv__
      @__vwvvwv__ 4 роки тому

      My dad also rented the movie from a video rental shop.

  • @skyllalafey
    @skyllalafey 4 роки тому +4

    One of my favorite books of all time. Thank you for focusing on the book and not so much on the movies, so that the discussion could be about the actual meaning of the story.

  • @TechnicJunglist
    @TechnicJunglist 4 роки тому +14

    I grew up with The Omega Man so I'm partial to that version.

  • @ArkusVI
    @ArkusVI 4 роки тому +37

    The Terror would make for an interesting video.

    • @Winters91
      @Winters91 3 роки тому

      Terror season one is incredible. I love it.

  • @Gene_4160
    @Gene_4160 4 роки тому +3

    I would be 100% down for a video about "The Road", I love everything about it from the colour pallet to the story and the characters. The themes of preserving innocence and joy in an otherwise bleak and inhospitable world are beautiful.

  • @patrickshultz780
    @patrickshultz780 4 роки тому +7

    The book is amazing, super underrated. It was one of the inspirations for Stephen King’s career. That’s definitely saying something about it. Honestly if you have never picked up this book, do yourself a favour and give it a read.

  • @BWS2K
    @BWS2K 4 роки тому +6

    There were some really great cartoon shorts related to the 2007 release that I actually liked as much as I liked the movie (with the director's cut ending). Love your channel!

  • @jwnj9716
    @jwnj9716 4 роки тому +29

    I still like "I Am Legend", yeah the CGI is weak but don't let that stop you from enjoying the movie, there are so many things they did right. At least he managed to make a sequel to I, Robot.

    • @matthewstephenson5781
      @matthewstephenson5781 4 роки тому +13

      The problem was never the cg though, it was the story. It took the semi complex story of "could man be the monster" and answered it "nope, isn't Will Smith awesome"

    • @jwnj9716
      @jwnj9716 4 роки тому +3

      I'm fine with that, doesn't bother me.

  • @maria.whiddon
    @maria.whiddon 4 роки тому +61

    R.i.p doggy. Animal deaths tear me up. Good book and movie. I do enjoy the alternate ending better.

    • @pauldack5129
      @pauldack5129 4 роки тому +7

      Especially when a dog goes out defending his human or the dog's human has to put his dog down. Will Smith's had both . Brutal.

    • @Brocklebury
      @Brocklebury 3 роки тому

      Except the deaths of tasty animals. amirite?

  • @jacobnewcombe5367
    @jacobnewcombe5367 4 роки тому +2

    Now I absolutely cannot wait for your "The Road" video. One of my favorite post apocalyptic books, and the movie did it so much justice.

  • @simple_flowergilrmiller1751
    @simple_flowergilrmiller1751 4 роки тому

    Best vid analysis yet. Keep it up man!Sending you my love, form Texas!

  • @davidrazo106
    @davidrazo106 4 роки тому +10

    I always look forward to your videos! I never even knew that there were previous adaptations, let alone a book!
    I'd like to hear your opinion and analysis on Disturbia (the one with Shia Laboeuf) sometime!

  • @SlothinAintEasy
    @SlothinAintEasy 4 роки тому +20

    I know the whole 'the book was better' is said to death. But the book was so good. Highly recommend a good audio book reading of it

  • @totallyunprepared6325
    @totallyunprepared6325 4 роки тому

    I adore the amount of care you put into these videos. Bravo my friend

  • @pajamapantsjack5874
    @pajamapantsjack5874 4 роки тому +5

    Probably one of the most oppressively Lonely horror films. Honestly shows that will really can act his ass off when he can

  • @ryankelly8428
    @ryankelly8428 3 роки тому +11

    "In a day and age when the loudest people out there want to force their morals and self-proclaimed good nature on others to make themselves feel better" Not to mention how much worse this has gotten in the past few years

  • @bambufan3636
    @bambufan3636 4 роки тому +55

    How about giving some context to Gore Verbinski's beautiful mess "A Cure for Wellness"?

  • @bouillonjules2
    @bouillonjules2 6 місяців тому +2

    I am Legend was the most emotional film out of all three. I cried when Samantha the dog died.

  • @homegrowntwinkie
    @homegrowntwinkie 4 роки тому

    God I wish you had a videos every day. Your video analyses are always perfect and a great way to interpret the creators possible meanings and such.

  • @displeasedone
    @displeasedone 4 роки тому +12

    How dare you?! I am definitly not a bastard in the skies! I am a bastard down on the ground, thank you very much.

  • @mandalorianhunter1
    @mandalorianhunter1 4 роки тому +14

    I was just fixing over the Terminator the last few days, waiting for your Terminator video and the horror of the franchise.

    • @tach5884
      @tach5884 4 роки тому

      "and the horror of the franchise." That could mean more than one thing.

    • @dareeljeffbezos3108
      @dareeljeffbezos3108 4 роки тому

      Zero_OR 5 you mean duo right

    • @mandalorianhunter1
      @mandalorianhunter1 3 роки тому

      Glad we got it, now waiting for Terminator 2

  • @serioussaitama4071
    @serioussaitama4071 4 роки тому

    I love how active you are with your audience.

  • @Sunnylucy
    @Sunnylucy 4 роки тому

    Oh dear God ! Thank you SO much for making this! I understand the whole story way better now!

  • @damiengreen8688
    @damiengreen8688 4 роки тому +18

    I personally think that The Book Of Eli is a great post apocalyptic movie too. Great story, and a good look into how religion has affected people, and always will.

  • @atothetaco
    @atothetaco 2 роки тому +3

    When I first watched the 2007 film I had no idea there was 2 endings and the one I watched was the directors ending, and I don't think I would have liked the film as much if it was the studio ending

  • @catch451
    @catch451 4 роки тому

    Also, “Wake In Fright”. Always love your videos. Thanks for the great content.

  • @lydan5808
    @lydan5808 4 роки тому

    Loved the video. It once again makes me long for a true/truer adaptation of a story I love

  • @catch451
    @catch451 4 роки тому +10

    Gotta do “The Road”.

  • @supersnow17
    @supersnow17 4 роки тому +3

    I really enjoyed the loneliness aspect of the Will Smith movie. His dog is the only thing keeping him sane in a completely dead city, minus the infected that roam the streets at night. After the dog dies what little sanity he had left died with it. I really think a video game based on the Will Smith movie would be really interesting. I've always wanted to explore a dead city like that, going into what was once people's homes and seeing their lives based on their belongings.

  • @davidriley8316
    @davidriley8316 4 роки тому +2

    I'm a writer and I Am Legend is my favorite book. I read it every few years. The book is weird, but has a great sense of loniness. The movies are ok, but the book is great. No story has topped it. Great video.

  • @Albanez39
    @Albanez39 4 роки тому +2

    Unfortunately they never made a video game on I Am Legend. An open world game where Neville must keep on experimenting, finding food and resources, while he searches for survivors with Sam. It would have been great.

    • @bjlewis5431
      @bjlewis5431 10 днів тому

      They pretty much did..they called it 'dying light.' 🤔

  • @blueenigma7178
    @blueenigma7178 4 роки тому +4

    Ive read the original book 5 times over. Its so good

  • @tsosaijah7143
    @tsosaijah7143 4 роки тому +38

    About time someone talks about this movie, dang
    Edit: nvm, it’s about the book. That’s cool too though

    • @ZUUL117
      @ZUUL117 4 роки тому +4

      the movie was trash, change my mind!

    • @persephonehades7547
      @persephonehades7547 4 роки тому +7

      @@ZUUL117 I'm curious if you say this because you're a fan of the book or because you find the film itself to be disenchanting.

    • @ZUUL117
      @ZUUL117 4 роки тому

      @@persephonehades7547 I saw the movie first with a friend of mine who read the book. Afterwards, I did not like how the movie made the 'cure' the legend. He then introduced me to the book....needless to say I loved it and grew to detest the film even more. The film is still trash, haven't changed my mind

    • @persephonehades7547
      @persephonehades7547 4 роки тому +5

      @@ZUUL117 More so wanted to understand your mindset rather than change it.

    • @ZUUL117
      @ZUUL117 4 роки тому

      @Big Dank Beans No...no it wasn't, change my mind

  • @museysmoderndreadfuls
    @museysmoderndreadfuls 4 роки тому

    Really great one, Ryan!

  • @PinkiePie2
    @PinkiePie2 4 роки тому

    What a profound video. I really enjoyed I Am Legend when I was younger. And appreciated the directers cut ending far more.

  • @greedow
    @greedow 4 роки тому +3

    I am legend is an amazing book. I have a copy back home. again, it's amazing.
    Neville is a hard character to root against, we see him try very hard to just survive and how much willpower it takes from him.
    How his past haunts him, how he has to deal with several of them at his door teasing him every night...
    the dog chapter is specially heartbreaking, because of how much effort he puts into making the dog trust him, but in the end it was too late and the only company he had, after being alone for a long time, is gone in the turn of a page.
    this is one thing that was handled really well in the Will Smith movie imo. Him singing to his dog while she's turning and he can't do anything to stop really brings out the onion cutting ninjas you know?
    Never watched the other 2 adaptations, so I can't comment on them.

  • @dirgecry2047
    @dirgecry2047 4 роки тому +4

    I Am Legend is a great book. The copy I had also had some creepy short stories in it.

  • @bliuzke
    @bliuzke 4 роки тому

    You did it again, my man! I am legend is one of my favourite books

  • @UnkleRiceYo
    @UnkleRiceYo 4 роки тому

    nice set up and nice new personal look!

  • @anedgedancer5147
    @anedgedancer5147 4 роки тому +9

    If you haven't done it, I'd like to suggest The Invasion, the Nicole Kidman remake of Invasion of The Body Snatchers!

    • @benmiller9869
      @benmiller9869 4 роки тому

      he mentions it in the body snatchers video

  • @mrflipperinvader7922
    @mrflipperinvader7922 4 роки тому +6

    4:13 10:28 one of hollywoods dumbest moments to give I am legend a "happy ending"

  • @VolkmasterBlood
    @VolkmasterBlood 4 роки тому

    Great video! I love your stuff!

  • @midnightsoftware1904
    @midnightsoftware1904 4 роки тому +1

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Love your Uploads Ryan! hope all is well in life and loved the video as always hahahaha peace brohan!

  • @Ollskam
    @Ollskam 4 роки тому +15

    Would you ever do lost in translation its on of my favourites! But anyways love the content thank you for creating it and putting so much effort in each time!

  • @NishNotNisha
    @NishNotNisha 4 роки тому +4

    Suggestions:
    High Tension
    Bones
    Lord of the Flies

  • @DJCooL4
    @DJCooL4 4 роки тому

    Thank you for covering my favorite movie, problems and all

  • @apenguinnamedabraham
    @apenguinnamedabraham 4 роки тому

    aw man I was away last week (up north in fact!) and thought the Jacob's Ladder video had only gone up yesterday and I'd have to wait a week for the next one so this was a really nice surprise to come home to.

  • @Taylor_Bassett
    @Taylor_Bassett 4 роки тому +26

    Talk about TREMORS!!!

  • @brettdeneen3244
    @brettdeneen3244 4 роки тому +45

    While the movies projected large scale global social issues of their time, I think the book was more of an intimate statement about the pressure to conform to conservative 1950's standards, a time when something as simple as Elvis' gyrating hips was seen as provocative. I'd argue that in the book Neville is still the good guy, right through until the end. A relate-able character struggling with stress, depression, anxiety, and the pressure to simply give in to the horde that surrounds his house nightly. Rather than seeing him as the villain for seeking out vampire nests during the day, and testing out experimental cures on unwilling subjects, I'd argue that it's an example of stoicism - staying the course despite the consequences. I've always viewed the books ending as the ultimate rejection of conforming to social norms, an ending that would have been equally suited to A Clockwork Orange if Alex were given the opportunity.

    • @theMoporter
      @theMoporter 2 роки тому

      See, that's why I'd argue the opposite point: his viewpoint is inherently conservative. He wants to return things to how they used to be and impose it on everyone. He doesn't believe they should have that choice because their thoughts and feelings aren't worthy of consideration. He will murder and torture them if he thinks it will make them "normal" (like some kind of therapy, to convert them) . That's not how hippies ever acted. That's how extremist conservatives act. The premise under this reading is that the hippies won, and this is the self-aggrandising narrative the old guard tells himself to excuse his behaviours.
      Think about it - who imprisoned people they deemed a lower type of person, tortured them, experimented on them, murdered them for daring to care about their crimes? It wasn't radical progressives. It was the institutions.
      Neville is what happens when you refuse to reexamine your worldview, when it's clear to everyone else that your "superior" race that you claim is the sole civilised people is disproven.

  • @bradlymadams2052
    @bradlymadams2052 4 роки тому

    yo, im loving this channel

  • @TheTam0613
    @TheTam0613 4 роки тому

    I am watching this today, on April 1, 2020, and the ideas presented in this video are very more crystalized since covid-19. Isolation, what being totally alone feels like, this frightening "thing" (which is a virus that has scientific basic, but we don't know how it works exactly) outside, haunting us and our world changing. Thank you for all your effort and your brilliant body of work.

  • @CLG02Movies
    @CLG02Movies 3 роки тому +4

    I actually liked the theatrical ending of 'I Am Legend' better than the directors cut version. I thought him killing himself was more fitting for the depression slide he was going on, since he had found the cure but lost everything he loved, there was no point in living any more. I understand the second ending is deeper, but I find it very out of place when the film (in my eyes) was about Robert as a person going through the loss of being immune and alone, just trying his best because no one else could. Plus he felt he had to give back to the world for letting things get as bad as they did, so him sacrificing himself is a bitter sweet ending.

  • @teddy1711
    @teddy1711 4 роки тому +47

    I love 'I am legend' but I still think the creatures should of been practical

    • @manabluerose
      @manabluerose 4 роки тому +29

      I agree. the cgi did not age well and it even looked hooky then . Makeup and prosthetics would have been a better deal

    • @NicolasCharly
      @NicolasCharly 4 роки тому +4

      Should have*
      I don't understand why people make this non-sensical mistake.

    • @-kdot-2332
      @-kdot-2332 4 роки тому +1

      @MR FREEZE-98 no the fuck they don't, because it looks super fake

  • @theclaw8299
    @theclaw8299 4 роки тому +1

    Ive read the book and to see it in this haunting perspective really scares the crap outta me lol... good job bro 👍😆

  • @JoyfulOrb
    @JoyfulOrb 3 роки тому

    I love that you referenced Stake Land! I'd watch that video!

  • @YouWhatMate_Official
    @YouWhatMate_Official 4 роки тому +5

    Ironically, this is my favorite movie and I've watched it at least a dozen times.

  • @WASTEOIDx
    @WASTEOIDx 4 роки тому

    Never really looked into the i am legend story, love your vid man gotta check these out

  • @rafaelcubeddu
    @rafaelcubeddu Рік тому

    The original concept of the book is such a great story. The plot twist in the last paragraph is ridiculously good.
    So sad that nobody has been able to make a good film adaptation of this book.

  • @darklord7289
    @darklord7289 4 роки тому +3

    0:18, yes please , some one make a 3rd 28 Days later( or technically 28 Months Later) film?
    Maybe Danny Boyle could come back , i would love that.

  • @duvan.deschain
    @duvan.deschain 4 роки тому +7

    Tests audiences destroyed I Am Legend's ending. Thank thou for doing this video keeping in mind the original novel, it is quite a pioneer piece. Outstanding work as usual 🔥🔥🔥

  • @daniellloyd1801
    @daniellloyd1801 4 роки тому +1

    Another great video on one of my favourite books

  • @sahelanthropus4991
    @sahelanthropus4991 4 роки тому

    Damn... This is such a thought provoking approach.

  • @Alyboba
    @Alyboba 4 роки тому +7

    Ryan: Stay safe!
    Me: :D

  • @sailormoon262
    @sailormoon262 4 роки тому +4

    It's kinda sad that I Am Legend's short film, "Shelter," followed more of the dark cynicism of the original book than the theatrical release.

  • @lextavactchi
    @lextavactchi 3 роки тому

    I Am Legend is still a favorite of mine. I couldn't stop watching it and I was heartbroken when I lost it somewhere I haven't been since.

  • @gcat1113
    @gcat1113 4 роки тому

    Good video. Great explanation. I didn’t understand the movie before this

  • @bobduncan939
    @bobduncan939 4 роки тому +4

    This movie is awesome and if you haven’t seen it definitely watch it... but the book. FUCKING AMAZING. Also I’d love a video on Devils Backbone and or Pans Labyrinth

  • @ZarisWhiteFoot
    @ZarisWhiteFoot 4 роки тому +14

    Crimes of Humanity:
    #1 No 28 Days Later 3
    #2 No Half-Life 3
    #3 All those animes that will never get a new season

    • @thehorriblebright
      @thehorriblebright 4 роки тому

      Apparently the third installment has been confirmed.

    • @Morphoidism
      @Morphoidism 4 роки тому

      @@thehorriblebright of what?

    • @thehorriblebright
      @thehorriblebright 4 роки тому

      @@Morphoidism 28 days later. Unclear if it will be 28 months or even tears later.

    • @Morphoidism
      @Morphoidism 4 роки тому

      @@thehorriblebright ok, I've never seen either, but I'd watch both originals before watching the third one

  • @Aacre1975
    @Aacre1975 4 роки тому

    Your channel is awesome. Beautiful analyses. Just subscribed.

  • @sicksigil_6
    @sicksigil_6 4 роки тому

    dude i love your videos man keep it up :)

  • @chriswilson3126
    @chriswilson3126 4 роки тому +9

    If they'd went with the original ending of the Will Smith adaption, we'd be praising it as an underrated classic. Such a shame.