Wow, y'all.

[agilebrit]

I just saw a trailer for "I Am Legend," Will Smith's new movie. I don't know anything more about this movie than what I just saw (and I can't find the version online that I saw)...and I need to see this movie.

Seriously, all I saw was Will Smith running on a treadmill with his dog, playing golf on a roof, and walking through a cornfield in the middle of an empty city. And sleeping in a bathtub with the aforementioned dog, which is a German Shepherd. And the narrator says "The last man on Earth...isn't alone."

I have no backstory. I don't know why he's alone in the city and what happened to the rest of humanity. (Well, I know now, because the internet is my friend.) But that trailer pulled me in and made me want to find out. THIS is the job of a movie trailer, people. Suck me in and make me have to see your show.

Don't make me look at your film and go "Ew, why would I want to go see that?" Why, yes, "40-Year-Old Virgin," I'm looking at you. Now thare's a movie that lived down to expectations, rather dramatically. And the promotions for "Bee Movie" have been completely and totally LAME, although Medved said it was a good movie. But the promos for that one have made me go "meh" rather than "squee!" and I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to have the opposite reaction.

Of course, I'm weird. That commercial on TV with the animated bee with the French (d'oh! I fail at accents! Apologies to Antonio Banderas) Spanish accent? I hate those, because boy bees don't leave the hive. Their job is to mate with the queen and die. Talking bees I have no problem with. Drones going out have me making warding signs against evil. And I'm getting the same thing for "Bee Movie," but at least I think they're going to explain to me why this drone decided to go out into the wide world.

Still, people. I'd like some scientific accuracy with my talking bugs, please. *crosses arms*

Comments

[mermaidrain.livejournal.com]

It's a thriller/horror movie with what appears to be vampires (or some really scary zombies as a virus takes out all of humanity but Smith who is immune). And he's sleeping in the tub with the dog because they batten down the hatches at night to protect themselves from all the creepy crawlies. I saw a longer trailer not too long ago and I think the dog is going to get hurt (which will tick me off). But yeah, totally have to see it. And I think it's based on a comic book if I remember correctly.

And "Bee Movie" was lame. REALLY disappointing and REALLY inaccurate.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

Nope, not a comic book. It's based on a novel by Richard Matheson by the same name, which was the basis for the movies "The Last Man on Earth" from 1964, as well as "The Omega Man" from 1971, starring Charlton Heston.

[zilly14.livejournal.com]

Actually, the allergy medicine commercial with the French bee is not French, but Spanish - he's voiced by Antonio Banderas :) When I first heard those ads, I thought the bee sounded like Banderas but thought he wouldn't do an allergy med. commercial. But I saw an interview one time where he confirmed that he was in fact the voice of the bee.

Bee Movie looks uninteresting. I thanked my lucky stars that I have a DVR because NBC kept doing these "Bee Movie TV Juniors" during commercials and it was all this hype over a silly looking movie.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Worst. Ad campaign. EVER. Good grief. Who came up with this crap, anyway, and how much did they get paid for it? Because I could have pulled something better out of my EAR, man.

[redeem147.livejournal.com]

The trailer actually made me want to see it. This is from someone who is devoted to Vincent Price in "Last Man on Earth".

I don't like Seinfeld, and I'm afraid of bees, so no way I'm seeing that B Movie.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

DUDE. I just love your icon...

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

Originally I wasn't interested in I am legend. Then I saw the trailer, i'm right there with you.

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why this happened, but oldest boy picked the book up of this movie and read it. He read it without any prompting whatsoever. He's so excited to see the movie now. He said the book was great.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I'm betting the movie will be nothing like the book (because they never are), but it looks fabulous and Will Smith is always good.

My local library system has 19 copies of it...and they're all checked out, and there are 20 more holds on it. Heh. *places own hold*