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我是傳奇
I Am Legend
基本资料
导演法蘭西斯·羅倫斯
监制
编剧
原著我是傳奇
李察·麥森作品
主演
配乐詹姆斯·紐頓·霍華
摄影安德鲁·莱斯尼
剪辑Wayne Wahrman（英语：Wayne Wahrman）
制片商
片长101分鐘
产地 美國[1][2]
语言English
上映及发行
上映日期
  • 2007年12月14日 (2007-12-14)（美國）
发行商华纳兄弟影业
预算1.5億美元[3]
票房5.853億美元[3]
各地片名
中国大陆我是传奇
香港魔間傳奇
臺灣我是傳奇

《我是傳奇》（英語：I Am Legend，香港译《魔間傳奇》）是一部於2007年上映的美國末日題材驚悚片，由法蘭西斯·羅倫斯執導，馬克·普魯托塞維奇（英语：Mark Protosevich）與阿奇瓦·高斯曼編劇，劇情根據李察·麥森撰寫的同名1954年小說改編。

It is set in New York City after a virus, which was originally created to cure cancer, has wiped out most of mankind, leaving Neville as the last human in New York, other than nocturnal mutants. Neville is immune to the virus and he works to develop a cure while defending himself against the hostile mutants.

It is the third feature-film adaptation of Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend, following 1964's The Last Man on Earth and 1971's The Omega Man.

Warner Bros. began developing I Am Legend in 1994, and various actors and directors were attached to the project, though production was delayed due to budgetary concerns related to the script. Production began in 2006 in New York City, filming mainly on location in the city, including a $5 million scene[4] at the Brooklyn Bridge.

I Am Legend was released on December 14, 2007, in the United States and Canada, and opened to the largest ever box office (not adjusted for inflation) for a non-Christmas film released in the U.S. in December, and was the seventh highest grossing film of 2007, earning $256 million domestically and $329 million internationally, for a total of $585 million. The film received mostly favorable reviews, with Smith's performance being singled out for praise; criticism focused on its divergences from the novel, particularly the ending.

劇情[编辑]

2009年，「K病毒」（K Virus，簡稱KV）原本是研發出來用以治療癌症的基因改良病毒，在進行人體臨床試驗一段時間之後，開始產生類似狂犬病的意外副作用，並失控造成大規模傳染。除了造成世界上90%人口的死亡外，也使得約9%的人口變成狂暴、嗜血但體能驚人的變種夜行怪物「黑暗獵人」（Darkseekers），與僅有1%的倖存者，會因體內產生自然抗體而不發病。前軍方病毒學家羅伯·奈佛（Robert Neville，威爾·史密斯飾）因為體內有自然抗體而未受到感染，而成為紐約市唯一的倖存者，甚至曾一度認為自己就是全世界唯一倖存的人類。他獨自一個人據守在荒煙蔓草中的紐約曼哈頓，身旁只有德国牧羊犬萨曼莎（昵称山姆）和M4卡賓槍為伴，除了一面自立求生存之外，並努力研發這種傳染病毒的解藥。

因為一次偶然的遭遇，奈佛發現了變種人在日間的藏匿據點。他為了獲得研發疫苗的過程中所需的人體實驗素材，設下陷阱捕捉到一名女性變種人，卻也因此注意到原本一度被認為是徹底失去人類智能與社會能力、只依照生物本能行動的變種人，似乎也有意識與思考能力。之後奈佛因為大意不慎誤陷變種人以一樣的手法所設置的陷阱而受傷昏迷，而錯失了在日落之前趕回藏匿處的時機。在與變種人和受感染的惡犬正面衝突的過程中，山姆因為捨身救主而被感染了KV，奈佛在不得已的情形下，狠下心在它完全喪失心智之前亲手杀了爱犬。

失去了心靈上的唯一依靠讓奈佛陷入絕望，並不顧危險在夜間出門與變種人激烈衝突作為發洩，就在他失手即將命喪變種人首領手中之際，突然被聞訊趕來的安娜（Anna，艾莉絲·寶嘉飾）與伊森（Ethan，查理·他罕飾）所拯救。來自巴西聖保羅、原本曾是紅十字會工作人員的安娜是無意間收到奈佛平日發出的調幅廣播，而特地自馬里蘭州北上紐約尋找奈佛，並希望繼續北上尋找隱藏在北方佛蒙特州森林中、由倖存的人類所建立的難民營。雖然在安娜等人的拯救下奈佛暫時逃過一劫，卻也因此洩漏了藏匿地的位置，引來大批變種人在入夜之後包圍襲擊。縱使預先埋放了包括汽車炸彈在內的各項防禦措施，但是奈佛等人仍然無法抵擋變種人的襲擊而被逼退到最後防線的地下實驗室內，就在絕望之際，奈佛發現先前施打在女性變種人身上的疫苗似乎在低溫下發揮了治療的作用，於是他將實驗對象的血液樣本託付給安娜，將兩人藏匿在安全之處，並犧牲自己的性命與突破最後防線的變種人首領同歸於盡。事後，生還下來的安娜與伊森母子兩人成功地找到了倖存者的營地，他們除了成功地確保奈佛的研究成果得以繼續之外，也將奈佛的故事流傳了下來，而使他成為日後人類所傳頌的傳奇。

另一個結局則是奈佛將女性變種人還給變種人首領，並且成功的存活下來並帶著疫苗前往佛蒙特州，此版本收錄在DVD版中[5][6][7][8][9]。

角色[编辑]

  • Will Smith as Dr. Robert Neville: A former U.S. Army virologist before the worldwide plague, he loses his wife and daughter in a helicopter crash shortly after Manhattan is quarantined and spends the next three years trying to find a cure while defending himself against the Darkseekers. He is immune to the virus and uses vials of his blood to try to create a cure.
  • Alice Braga as Anna Montez:[10] A survivor from Brazil, she spent days harbored on a Red Cross ship in Philadelphia. After the city was overrun, she stayed with Ethan and several other survivors on the ship, but eventually, only Ethan and she survived since they were immune and the others were either infected or killed. She followed Neville's broadcasts to track him.
  • Charlie Tahan as Ethan: A boy from Philadelphia, who spent time on the Red Cross ship with Anna and accompanied her when the ship was overrun.
  • 達什·米霍克飾演男性變種人首領[11], the dominant male of the vampire-like mutants, Darkseekers, who is determined to get his mate back from Neville, defying Neville's perception of them as mindless and emotionless creatures.
  • Emma Thompson as 艾莉絲·柯普恩博士Dr. Alice Krippin: The doctor who creates the cancer cure, she inadvertently brings mankind to the brink of extinction. Neville dubs the virus "柯式病毒the Krippin virus". Her performance is uncredited.
  • Salli Richardson as Zoe Neville, Robert's wife
  • Willow Smith as Marley Neville, Robert's daughter
  • Joanna Numata as Alpha Female, the Alpha Male's mate who gets taken by Neville and is used as the subject for his cure.
  • Darrell Foster as Mike
  • Pat Fraley as voice of the President of the United States
  • Mike Patton as voices of the Darkseekers

製作[编辑]

開端[编辑]

美國作家李察·麥森於1954年發表了恐怖小說《我是傳奇》，並分別在1964年和1971年被改編成電影《地球上最后一人（英语：The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)）》和《最后一个人》。美國製片商華納兄弟從1970年以來就一直持有《我是傳奇》的電影版權[12]，也是《最后一个人》的發行商。1990年代晚期，科幻驚悚一類的電影逐漸復甦[13]，華納兄弟於1995年開始著手籌備新版《我是傳奇》電影的製作[12]。華納兄弟相當欣賞馬克·普魯托塞維奇（英语：Mark Protosevich）撰寫的待售劇本《入侵腦細胞》，於是聘請他來擔任新電影版的編劇。普魯托塞維奇當時寫的初稿內容設定在2000年的美國舊金山，與完成版劇情有許多相似之處，不過初稿裡感染者「黑暗獵人」的文明程度比較接近《最后一个人》裡的描寫，且安娜的角色設定是個孤身一人的嗎啡成癮者，甚至還出現一個叫克里斯多福（Christopher）的黑暗獵人和奈佛聯手的情節。華納兄弟迫不及待想要投入製作，尼爾·H·摩里茲也加盟擔任製片人[13]。

男演員湯姆·克魯斯、邁克爾·道格拉斯[14]和梅尔·吉布森[13]都曾是男主角的考慮人選[14]，導演則敲定由雷利·史考特擔任。到了1997年6月，片商青睞的人選變成阿诺·施瓦辛格。7月，史考特和史瓦辛格談定了片約[15]，電影製作即將於同年9月開始[14]，並計劃在美國休斯敦拍攝劇本中發生在洛杉磯的劇情[16]。史考特將普魯托塞維奇給撤下，由他指定的編劇約翰·羅根（英语：John Logan (writer)）接手。兩人花了數月的時間緊鑼密鼓地完成了好幾份不同的新劇本草案。史考特和羅根寫的劇本是科幻片和心理驚悚片的混種，電影的頭一個小時沒有任何一句對白，結局相當陰鬱。[13]這個版本中的黑暗獵人和完成版劇情比較像，具有相當的獸性，本性野蠻。華納兄弟擔心這樣子會導致電影的票房吸引力和行銷潛力下降，進而開始猶疑他們給史考特的自由空間會不會太多了點。當時華納兄弟正處於票房接連出師不利的艱困時期，致使他們向劇組施壓，要求重新審視劇本中缺乏動作戲的問題。華納兄弟見識過另一位編劇尼爾·希門尼斯（英语：Neal Jimenez）「深澀難懂」的劇本後，決定把普魯托塞維奇找回來，普魯托塞維奇只好不情願地和當初趕走他的史考特共事。[13]

1997年12月，媒體和華納兄弟的股東對高預算企劃進行了審核，本片因為預算上升到1.08億美元的巨額而遭到質疑[17]。史考特重寫了劇本，試圖將預算縮減至2000萬美元[18]，但在1998年3月，華納兄弟還是因為預算上的問題遲遲無法解決而取消了本片的製作計劃[19]。也有分析認為原因是史考特當時執導的三部電影《哥倫布傳》（1992年）、《怒海驕陽（英语：White Squall (film)）》（1996年）和《魔鬼女大兵》（1997年）票房都很失敗，且史瓦辛格的《魔鬼毀滅者》（1996年）、《蝙蝠侠与罗宾》（1997年），甚至是華納兄弟當時自己推出的高預算科幻片《2013終極神差》（1997年）和《地動天驚》（1998年）也沒有好表現。[13]1998年8月，導演羅伯·鮑曼（英语：Rob Bowman (director)）投身製作企劃[20]，普魯托塞維奇又被找來寫了第三版的劇本草案，這次的內容更加著重於動作戲[13]。鮑曼希望尼古拉斯·凯奇可以來演男主角[21]。然而，鮑曼後來改去執導另一部電影《火焰末日》[21]，企劃再度告吹。

2002年3月，史瓦辛格當上《我是傳奇》的製片人，並開始與導演人選麥可·貝和主演人選威爾·史密斯交涉[22]。貝和史密斯都受到預算刪減版的劇本草案吸引[23]，但因為華納兄弟時任總裁艾倫·F·霍恩（英语：Alan F. Horn）不喜歡這份劇本，企劃製作遭到延宕[24]。2004年，阿奇瓦·高斯曼接受製作組長傑夫·羅賓諾夫（Jeff Robinov）的邀請，出任本片的製片人[25]。2005年9月，導演法蘭西斯·羅倫斯簽約執導本片，拍片作業預計於2006年開始。史密斯原本想要找的導演是吉勒摩·戴托羅，但戴托羅為了執導《地獄怪客2：金甲軍團》而拒絕[26]。羅倫斯和高斯曼合作過電影《魔間行者》（2005年），他對於空無一人的城市非常著迷，並表示：「有樣東西總是讓我感到興奮，在心理角度上怎麼說呢，就是經歷多不勝數的失去，以及長時間沒有和任何人或者以任何形式進行社交互動來著」。[25]

高斯曼出於對《最后一个人》的喜愛而加入了本片的製作[27]。為了與其他將受到原著小說影響的殭屍電影以及近期上映的《28日後》劃清界線，劇本又被重寫了一次。[22][27]。高斯曼受到英國恐怖片中描寫的荒廢倫敦所啟發，發想出《我是傳奇》中荒廢的紐約市市景[27]。2006年5月，劇組擬定出一份40頁的大綱。史密斯接演的另一部電影《全民超人》原定於2007年開拍，後來因故延後，有人於是提議先讓史密斯換一部電影拍。如果要先拍《我是傳奇》，劇組在16週內就得進入拍攝階段。高斯曼的劇本和大綱獲得綠燈批准，企劃終於得以通過[25]。高斯曼的劇本沿用了普魯托塞維奇版的一些元素，劇組也找上傳染病和單獨監禁方面的專家進行諮詢[27]。由於史密斯善於即興演出，且羅倫斯偏好讓場景沒有聲音，造成即便已經進入拍片階段劇本仍不斷在改寫[25]。羅倫斯曾經因為不想打擾剛出生的兒子，在極小的音量下觀賞珍·康萍的電影《鋼琴別戀》（1993年），因而發現寂靜可以是一種很有效的電影手法[28]。

演員敲定[编辑]

威爾·史密斯於2006年4月簽約飾演男主角羅伯·奈佛[29]。史密斯表示，他接演的原因在於他感覺《我是傳奇》能比美「《神鬼戰士》（2000年）或《阿甘正传》（1994年）那些有著能吸引觀眾的絕佳成分、卻又有著不容妥協的藝術價值的電影。這部片總是讓我覺得有可能。」[27]。史密斯也稱，飾演奈佛是繼在《威爾史密斯之叱吒風雲》（2001年）中飾演穆罕默德·阿里以來最艱難的演出經驗，表示：「沒別人的時候真的很難去找到衝突點。」考量到電影的風格相當黑暗，且奈佛是否已經因為孤單而發瘋也是電影探討的一部份，史密斯在拍片時必須壓抑自己，以免走回以往習慣的幽默戲路[30]。為了準備演出，史密斯參訪了美國喬治亞州的疾病控制与预防中心（CDC），並會見了一名曾被單獨監禁的囚犯以及一名前战俘[31]。史密斯將奈佛這個角色比做聖經故事裡的人物约伯，後者失去了他的孩子、生計以及健康。史密斯解釋兩者的共通點：「你把一個男人的一切都剝奪，他還能找到繼續下去的理由嗎？他還能燃起讓生活進步的希望或慾望嗎？抑或者說，他周遭所有事物的死亡會讓他死到臨頭？」[22]他也提到汤姆·汉克斯在《浩劫重生》（2000年）中的演出帶給了他影響[27]。

2006年9月，據報導，演員莎莉·里查森將在片中飾演奈佛的妻子柔伊（Zoe），而艾莉絲·寶嘉則將飾演倖存者安娜（Anna）[32]。2006年10月，宣布史密斯的6歲女兒葳蘿·史密斯將在本片獻出她的大銀幕首秀，飾演奈佛的女兒瑪莉（Marley）[33]。艾瑪·湯普森也進行了未掛名演出，飾演艾莉絲·柯普恩博士，在電視上解說她發明的癌症疫苗（後來變異成殭屍病毒）[34]。派特·法利（英语：Pat Fraley）幫片中沒有露臉的總統配音[35]。片中奈佛養的狗山姆由兩隻三歲的德國牧羊犬Abbey和Kona扮演[36]。

拍攝[编辑]

Washington Square on October 31, 2006: The area is being cleaned up before an evening shoot of the movie. In the background is the house where Will Smith's character lives.
The Brooklyn Bridge, where a $5-million scene was filmed
Marcy Avenue Armory

高斯曼將電影的取景地從洛杉磯改至紐約市，因為後者更能表現出空虛的感覺[12]。高斯曼解釋道：「洛杉磯在下午三點的時候看起來空蕩蕩的，（但是）紐約市從來不會……如果要呈現世界的蕭瑟、空寂，這麼做更有意思。」[30]華納兄弟起初因為在紐約市製作會出現後勤問題而否決了該提議[25]，但羅倫斯已經打定主意要在紐約市拍攝，相對於在攝影棚進行，實地取景更有種自然的感覺。羅倫斯帶著手持攝影機去了現場，在人潮洶湧的地點錄影，然後進行一次特效測試，成功將人群消除。這次的成果也打動了製片商的高層們。[28]Michael Tadross說服當局封閉大中央總站的高架橋、第五大道和華盛頓廣場公園等繁忙地點以利拍攝[25]。本片主要採用變形鏡頭（英语：Anamorphic format）進行攝製，而閃回（英语：Flashback (narrative)）片段則以超35（英语：Super 35）毫米膠片攝影機拍攝[37]。

拍攝作業於2006年9月23日開始進行[38]。奈佛住家的內景在紐約威廉斯堡的馬爾西大街兵工廠拍攝[30]，而外景則取景於格林尼治村[22]。其他拍攝地點包含曼哈顿下城的翠貝卡街區、無畏號航空母艦、布朗克斯的金斯布里奇兵工廠（英语：Kingsbridge Armory），以及聖派崔克大教堂（St. Patrick's Cathedral）[12]。劇組從佛罗里达州引入雜草，遍植在各個取景地點，使城市看起來雜草叢生[25]。封閉重要街道惹來紐約市民的不滿，史密斯表示：「我想之後不會有人在紐約這樣子做了。民眾不怎麼開心。我出道以來還沒被人比這麼多中指過。」[22]

2007年1月，劇組在布魯克林大橋拍攝紐約市民疏散的閃回片段，共連續拍攝了六個晚上。在全部1.5億美元的製作預算中，劇組投入了500萬美元的預算在大橋的橋段上，在當時可能是該市耗資最鉅的電影拍攝工程。該次拍攝必須遵守14個政府單位的要求，動員了250名劇組人員，以及1000名臨時人員（包含160名國民衛隊成員）。[39][40]劇組也調用了幾台悍馬、三台史崔克裝甲車、一艘110英尺（34米）長的快艇（英语：United States Coast Guard Cutter）、一艘41英尺（12米）長的工作艇、25英尺（7.6米）長的小船，還有計程車、警車、消防車和救護車[41]。電影的結尾在紐澤西州拍攝[42]。拍攝作業於2007年3月31日結束[38]。

重拍作業於2007年11月左右進行。羅倫斯指出：「我們直到1個月前才看到經過處理的完整鏡頭。整部電影彷彿有了新的生命。你總要等到晚些時候，才能從整體去評斷一部電影，然後說：『嘿，也許我們應該在這中間安插一小段東西，或者稍微調整一下這個。』碰巧，我們的重拍作業都是圍繞著結局的部分進行。」[43]。

設計與特效[编辑]

感染者[编辑]

在原著小說中，感染者們成了吸血鬼，但電影沒有直接沿用此設定[27]。雖然安娜稱他們為「黑暗獵人」，且他們也確實會吃活人，但在設定上他們的狀況其實是腎上腺不停作用，並不是傳統認知中的吸血鬼。[30]。進入拍攝一週後，羅倫斯認為讓演員透過假肢化妝來扮演病毒感染者的效果不佳，決定改用電腦生成圖像（CGI）來呈現，但這樣勢必會花更多錢，後期製作的時程也會被延長。羅倫斯表示：「他們（指感染者）的演出中必須有種放棄的感覺，這種感覺不是半夜打著赤腳的人能表現出來的。而且他們的代謝相當旺盛，造成他們不斷地过度换气，你總不可能讓演員長時間這樣子做，會昏倒的。」[25]雖然如此，演員們還是需要留在片場幫感染者進行動作捕捉[30]。劇組邀請歌手麥克·派頓（英语：Mike Patton）幫片中的變種人配上奇怪的聲音，花了4個小時完成錄音[44][45]。

片中出現的老虎和鹿是以CGI技術呈現。為了消除在紐約市拍攝的鏡頭中的路人，劇組也使用了CGI技術，而鏡頭裡面透過窗戶看得見的上班族、旁觀者和一段距離外的行駛車輛也通通都被移除。勞倫斯在描述他對空無一人的紐約市的構想時，表示自己受到知名導演约翰·福特影響，並稱：「我們不想拍一部一副末日光景的末日電影。很多電影都挑在一個風和日麗的日子。相較於」

In addition, CGI was used for the lions and deer in the film, and to erase pedestrians in shots of New York. Workers visible in windows, spectators, and moving cars in the distance were all removed. In his vision of an empty New York, Lawrence cited John Ford as his influence: "We didn't want to make an apocalyptic movie where the landscape felt apocalyptic. A lot of the movie takes place on a beautiful day. There's something magical about the empty city as opposed to dark and scary that was the ideal that the cast and crew wanted."[27]

Release[编辑]

I Am Legend was originally slated for a November 21, 2007, release in the United States and Canada,[46] but was delayed to December 14.[47] The film opened on December 26, 2007, in the United Kingdom,[48] and Ireland, having been originally scheduled for January 4, 2008.[30]

In December 2007, China temporarily suspended the release of all American films in the country,[49] which is believed to have delayed the release of I Am Legend. Will Smith spoke to the chairman of China Film Group about securing a release date, later explaining, "We struggled very, very hard to try to get it to work out, but there are only a certain amount of foreign films that are allowed in."[31]

Premieres were held in Tokyo, New York, and London. At the London premiere in Leicester Square, British comedian and actor Neg Dupree was arrested after pushing his way onto the red carpet and running around shouting "I am Negend!".[50] The stunt was part of his "Neg's Urban Sports" section of comedy game show Balls of Steel.

Marketing[编辑]

The film's teaser was attached to the screenings of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And a tie-in comic from DC Comics and Vertigo Comics was created, I Am Legend: Awakening.[51] The project drew upon collaboration from Bill Sienkiewicz, screenwriter Mark Protosevich, and author Orson Scott Card. The son of the original book's author, Richard Christian Matheson, also collaborated on the project. The project advanced from the comic to an online format in which animated featurettes (created by the team from Broken Saints) were shown on the official website.[52]

In October 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures, in conjunction with the Electric Sheep Company, launched the online multiplayer game I Am Legend: Survival in the virtual world Second Life. The game was the largest launched in the virtual world in support of a film release, permitting people to play against each other as the infected or the uninfected across a replicated 60英畝（240,000平方米） of New York City.[53] The studio also hired the ad agency Crew Creative to develop a website that was specifically viewable on the iPhone.[54]

Box office[编辑]

I Am Legend grossed $77,211,321 on its opening weekend in 3,606 theaters, averaging $21,412 per venue, and placing it at the top of the box office. This set a record for highest-grossing opening for a film for December.[55] The film grossed $256,393,010 in North America and a total of $585,349,010 worldwide.[56] The film was the sixth-highest grossing film of 2007 in North America, and as of April 2014, it remained among the top 100 all-time highest-grossing films both domestically and worldwide (unadjusted for ticket price inflation).[56]

Home media[编辑]

The film was released on DVD on March 18, 2008, in two editions: a one-disc release, including the movie with four animated comics ("Death As a Gift", "Isolation", "Sacrificing the Few for the Many", and "Shelter"), and other DVD-ROM features, and a two-disc special edition that includes all these extras, an alternative theatrical version of the movie with an ending that follows closer to that from the novel,[57] and a digital copy of the film.[58] On the high-definition end, the movie has been released on the Blu-ray Disc format and HD DVD format along with the DVD release, with the HD-DVD version being released later on April 8, 2008.[59] Both HD releases include all the features available in the two-disc DVD edition.[59] A three-disk Ultimate Collector's Edition was also released on December 9, 2008.[60]

The film has sold 7.04 million DVDs and earned $126.2 million in revenue, making it the sixth-best-selling DVD of 2008.[61] However, Warner Bros. was reportedly "a little disappointed" with the film's performance on the DVD market.[62]

Soundtrack[编辑]

I Am Legend
James Newton Howard的电影配乐
发行日期January 15, 2008
时长44:00
唱片公司Varèse Sarabande
制作人James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard专辑年表
The Water Horse I Am Legend

The soundtrack for I Am Legend was released on January 15, 2008, under the record label Varèse Sarabande. The music was composed by James Newton Howard. The film also features Bob Marley songs "Redemption Song" "Three Little Birds" and "I Shot the Sheriff".

Reception[编辑]

Critical response[编辑]

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film had an approval rating of 68% based on 213 reviews, with an average rating of 6.33/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "I Am Legend overcomes questionable special effects and succeeds largely on the strength of Will Smith's mesmerizing performance."[63] On Metacritic, which assigns a rating to reviews, the film has an average score of 65 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[64]

A. O. Scott wrote that Will Smith gave a "graceful and effortless performance" and also noted the "third-act collapse". He felt that the movie "does ponder some pretty deep questions about the collapse and persistence of human civilization".[65] Dana Stevens of Slate wrote that the movie lost its way around the hour mark, noting that "the Infected just aren't that scary."[34] NPR critic Bob Mondello noted the film's subtext concerning global terrorism and that this aspect made the film fit in perfectly with other, more direct cinematic explorations of the subject.[66] Richard Roeper gave the film a positive review on the television program At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, commending Will Smith as being in "prime form", also saying there are "some amazing sequences" and that there was "a pretty heavy screenplay for an action film."[67] The film has been criticized for diverging from Matheson's novel, especially in its portrayal of a specifically Christian theme.[68] Much of the negative criticism concerned the film's third act,[69][70][71] with some critics favoring the alternative ending in the DVD release.[57] Popular Mechanics published an article on December 14, 2007,[72] addressing some of the scientific issues raised by the film:

  1. the rate of deterioration of urban structures, infrastructure, and survival of fauna and flora
  2. the plausibility of a retrovirus spreading out of control as depicted in the film (The measles virus depicted in the film, however, is not a retrovirus, but is in fact a part of the Paramyxovirus family.)
  3. the mechanics of the Brooklyn Bridge's destruction

The magazine solicited reactions from Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us, virologist W. Ian Lipkin, MD, and Michel Bruneau, PhD, comparing their predictions with the film's depictions. The article raised the most questions regarding the virus' mutation and the medical results, and pointed out that a suspension bridge like the Brooklyn Bridge would likely completely collapse rather than losing only its middle span. Neville's method of producing power using gasoline-powered generators seemed the most credible: "This part of the tale is possible, if not entirely likely," Popular Mechanics editor Roy Berendsohn says.

Marxist philosopher Slavoj Žižek criticized the film politically for, in his view, "being the most regressive adaptation from the novel." He said that while the original novel had a "progressive multicultural message" where Neville became a "legend" to the new creatures and is subsequently killed by them (much like vampires were legends to humans), the 2007 film finds a cure for the Darkseekers and it is delivered by a survivor through "divine intervention." For Žižek, this misses the original message and "openly opt[s] for religious fundamentalism."[73]

Accolades[编辑]

I Am Legend earned four nominations for the Visual Effects Society awards,[74] and was also nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards,[75] Outstanding Film and Actor at the Image Awards,[76] and Best Sound at the Satellite Awards. In June 2008, Will Smith won a Saturn Award for Best Actor.[77] Will Smith also won the MTV Movie Awards for Best Male Performance.[78]

Possible prequel[编辑]

Director Francis Lawrence said in 2008 that there would be a prequel and that Will Smith would be reprising his role. The plot of the film would reveal what happened to Neville before the infected took over New York. D. B. Weiss was hired to write the script, while Lawrence was in negotiations to return as director, contingent on a sufficiently interesting story. Smith later discussed the premise, which would have his character and a team going from New York City to Washington, D.C., as they made their last stand against those infected with the virus.[79] The film would again explore the premise of being alone. Lawrence stated, "... the tough thing is, how do we do that again and in a different way?"[80] In May 2011, Francis Lawrence stated that the prequel was no longer in development saying, "I don't think that's ever going to happen."[81]

In 2012, Warner Bros. announced that negotiations had begun to produce another installment, with the intention of having Will Smith reprise his role.[82] In April 2014, the studio attained a script entitled A Garden at the End of the World, described as a post-apocalyptic variation of The Searchers. Studio executives found so many similarities to I Am Legend in the screenplay, they had the author Gary Graham rewrite it so it could serve as a reboot of the story, hoping to create a franchise with the new film. Will Smith, who is known for his reluctance to appear in sequels, has not commented on whether he would appear.[83]

Bibliography[编辑]

  • I Am Legend, Richard Matheson, Tor Books; Reissue edition (October 30, 2007), ISBN 0-7653-1874-1

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