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- Posted: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:06:44 +0000
To answers your "what are the odds?" question, this movie was a remake of "Omega Man" which was another remake of "Last man on Earth." which in the original Last man on earth with Vincent Price, he played a bio chemist person too. And was immune to the disease due to a bat bite beforehand. It's a good movie too, I recommend it.
Apathetic Nonchalance
I thought it was a pretty good movie, though not the best ever; it had its highs and lows, although possibly I'm the only person who saw it whose enjoyment was impeded by the fact that I was wondering 'What the hell happened to mutate that retrovirus?!?' sweatdrop
For myself, though, the thing that really helped me enjoy the movie was thinking about what would happen were I in a similar situation. Deer-hunting and zombie/vampires aside, the sheer isolation would definitely get to me, one way or another; the part when he's talking to the mannequins was bizarrely poignant, which - along with the dog dying - was akin to Wilson drifting off in Cast Away.
One thing that bugged me, though: The end, where he gives the vial of blood to the woman et al, confused me. Didn't he manage to create it through being an awesome bio-something-chemist? What are the odds that another survivor - given the apparent pandemic nature of the disease - would have the skills necessary to replicate an antidote? Shouldn't Neville have thrown the grenade and gotten in the safe too?
(Spoilers just in case anyone still hasn't seen it.)
For myself, though, the thing that really helped me enjoy the movie was thinking about what would happen were I in a similar situation. Deer-hunting and zombie/vampires aside, the sheer isolation would definitely get to me, one way or another; the part when he's talking to the mannequins was bizarrely poignant, which - along with the dog dying - was akin to Wilson drifting off in Cast Away.
One thing that bugged me, though: The end, where he gives the vial of blood to the woman et al, confused me. Didn't he manage to create it through being an awesome bio-something-chemist? What are the odds that another survivor - given the apparent pandemic nature of the disease - would have the skills necessary to replicate an antidote? Shouldn't Neville have thrown the grenade and gotten in the safe too?
(Spoilers just in case anyone still hasn't seen it.)
