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Richard Matheson's: I Am Legend

Advantages: strong plot, good characters, good description
Disadvantages: short in length

...of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend'. I'm evaluating the success of the adaption in a detailed analysis of the film. I'll also be looking at the contrasts between the adapted novel and Henry James's Washington Square'. The high budgeted picture stars Will Smith' (Hitch, The Pursuit of Happiness) and his daughter Willow Smith' in her first film alongside Alice Braga' (Trampolim, Journey to the End of the Night). Robert Neville (Smith) is ...
...with Robert Neville (Smith) and I found myself striving for him to find the viral cure and some means of civilization. The audience are teared through themes of honour, pride, passion, love, hate, determine, I felt as though I was close to shedding a tear many times throughout the film. Up until the very end of the film things got gradually worse for smith. For me the most sad but beautiful shot in the entire film is when 'Robert's' god 'Samantha' ...

kpotts 20.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of I Am Legend - Richard Matheson

Brilliant

Advantages: an easy book to read
Disadvantages: too short

This is a really good book, although a little short I probably wouldn't have read it If i hadn't seen it advertised when the film came out. Its about a bloke called Tom who get hypnotised one night at a party, the hypnotism opens up some closed doors in his mind awakening something awful and dreadful. He now acts as a medium for a spirit who has come back to avenge those who have done her wrong..... Its not as horror like as its made out to be, ...

ejp79 08.06.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Stir of Echoes - Richard Matheson

I Am Legend - THE BOOKS BETTER !

Advantages: A Page Turner
Disadvantages: None

...Author - Richard Matheson I remember watching the original film 'The Omega Man', starring Charlton Heston. It was a bit poor and massively different from this book. The latest version starring will smith is slightly different from the book but closer to the mark. The story; ~~~~~~ Robert Neville is the last 'Normal' human alive in the city of Los Angeles and possibly the last in the world. Every night he has to barricade himself inside his home ...
...friends taunt him, "Come outside, we have something to show you". His mind is constantly prayed upon with doubts and agonies of why only he survived, if he should carry on alone and if there is a cure. Whilst out one day he encounters a wild dog but it soon becomes his companion if only for a short while. (This made the film) In the act of slaughtering as many vampires as possible he fears he himself is becoming a monster and instead turns his ...

Maximus-Qualitus 14.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of I Am Legend (Millennium SF Masterworks S) - Richard Matheson

Another title from the author of "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen"

Advantages: different
Disadvantages: not as thrilling as I would have thought

"The Girl on the Landing" is Paul Torday's third foray into novel writing, and having thoroughly enjoyed his first book ""Salmon Fishing in the Yemen", it was one that I was really looking forward to reading. The cover description looked intriguing, explaining as it does that it is the story of how Michael, who has been married to Elizabeth for ten years, sees a mysterious picture, and then "begins to change". I was expecting to read a dark thriller, ...
...that satirises our own, from the resume it sounded like it would be a chilling and interesting tale. To some extent this book was what I was expecting, but in other ways I, personally, felt this novel failed to deliver. The story following Michael and Elizabeth, who have been rather unsatisfactorily married for ten years, and are approaching middle age, childless and in a rut until the changes in Michael start had potential I felt. However from the ...

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Review of The Girl on the Landing - Paul Torday

The Dark Tower - A Pleasant Suprise!

Advantages: Plot, Imagery, Characters
Disadvantages: In my opinion too short.

...approached this book sitting in the shop I thought to myself "My God, this obviously isn't going to be some of his best work.". However, despite my reservations, I bought the book. When I got home and began reading this I was delighted to find my reservations were completely unfounded. Quite simply this book blew me away. King has managed to create a world with all the wonder and magic of Tolkien's Middle Earth mixed with his own personalised blend ...
...his worlds to life and The Gunslinger is no different. The world he has created here made me feel as if I were looking into our own post-apocalyptic world, yet I was always guessing as to the nature and origin of this world. The characters feel as real as the world they are in, and some of them are just as enigmatic. Finally the plot, although seemingly very simple, is filled with mystery and intrigue. It will keep you constantly guessing right up ...

paulywauly88 19.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Dark Tower - Stephen King