Given that the HD DVD flavor of
I Am Legend is still a
few weeks off, we figured we'd point the eyes of
BD supporters to a couple of Blu-ray reviews for the time being. Both reviews noted that the 1080p encode was nothing short of beautiful, and visually, the film was an absolute treat. Colors, contrast and black levels were all found to be "excellent," and the Dolby TrueHD track was singled out as being particularly fantastic. As for extras, there was enough here to keep the casual fan satisfied, but as with we saw with
Michael Clayton, those really, truly interested in getting behind the scenes may be somewhat disappointed. Overall, it sounds like the BD version is certainly worth a glance if you enjoyed it in cinemas, but those hoping to find a world of extras may want to pass on the purchase and get their rental on.
Read - The Man Room's I Am Legend Blu-ray review
Read - HighDefDigest's I Am Legend Blu-ray review
Read - DVDTown's I Am Legend Blu-ray review
posted Mar 20th 2008 12:36PM
Still 18.99 on Amazon.
don't forget the 2-page thorough review on dvdtown (the only other blu-ray review site i go to other than highdefdigest)
http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/i-am-legend/5726
I don't get it. The TrueHD track was barely better than the DD and could barely be cared about. A line or two of dialog wasn't easy to hear. The video was good but probably could have been better. It looks like they squeezed a lot on that one disc.
I absolutely loved it, the movie was amazing and the blu ray was all I wanted it to be. Only thing that erked me was the special edition dvd came with digital copy, the blu ray did not. Thats a total bummer, Hitman on blu ray came with digital copy (its on my iphone) why couldnt I Am Legend?
BTW I personally didnt like the alt ending as well but its fun for some extra entertainment.
Can't wait until the HD DVD gets reviewed! :D
I thought it was fantastic, I found myself grinning quite a few times about how nice it looked.. My wife doesn't really appreciate the difference so it's hard to talk to her about it when she's always like "Yea it looks ok I guess" oy!
@ DeadPlasmaCell
LOL Same exact thing in my house, the fiance doesnt see a difference between blu ray and dvd...I tell her shes crazy.
it may look and sound good but it doesn't change the fact that this movie sucked. I'm suprised that richard matheson let this abomination come out.
But hey, it was better than "I Robot". I'm so glad Asimov didn't live to see that come out.
Will Smith, please, no more Sci-Fi!!!
Yup, I read reviewers talking about this as a great Blu-Ray demo disk and I have to ask myself, "Why would I make my guests watch this awful POS?"
yeah "i, robot" was bad...
I thought the book was great and it's disappointing that no filmmaker seems bothered with doing the source material justice. I'm sure some tweaks are required for the big screen, but certainly not the abominations that keep appearing. As for Will Smith, this is the second time he's taken a sci-fi classic and bastardized it beyond recognition.
Why blame Will Smith? He didn't write the screenplay adaptation? All he did was execute what was written. If one is to blame anyone for a poor adaptation, it should fall at the feet of the writers, not the actors!
Sure seems to me that HD optical may be following DVD practice. Release with no extras, re-release with some extras, re-re-release again with deleted scenes, re-re-re-release again with more deleted scenes and more stuff. THEN re-re-re-re-release with a remastered version, now with 7 channel instead of 6 channel audio.
I have to agree that this adaption of Matheson's novella was the worst yet , even without the obvious plot holes . And the CGI effects from the deer stampede , the phony lions , to the hokey looking vampire like creatures were among the worst I've ever seen in a film . I can only imagine the extra clarity of Blu Ray will make those shabby effects look even worse !
Wow... like anyone cares???? the movie sucked in the theaters...and let me take a wild guess...YUP probably gonna suck in HD too. I pulled it down on VOD and stopped watching halfway thru...glad I didnt pay full price in a theater to see this one.