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Post by sean on Jan 16, 2008 8:44:20 GMT
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Post by franklinmarsh on Jan 16, 2008 12:25:19 GMT
Picked up a 99p public domain DVD of this. Very interesting version. Must admit I really enjoy the 70s cheesiness of The Omega Man as a result of seeing the cinema ad as a small child.
Anyone caught Will Smith's edition yet?
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Post by David A. Riley on Jan 16, 2008 13:50:14 GMT
I wrote this about the Will Smith version on the BFS Forum:
Having no great expectations of this film after all the negative reviews I had read of it, and not being overly fond of Will Smith's contributions to the SF genre so far, I must admit to having enjoyed this movie.
I don't see it, though, as an adaptation of the Matheson novel - that has still to be made - but more as an update of The Omega Man. In this respect it was a success. The scenes of post-Apocalyptic New York were impressive, even more so than those of London in Twenty Eight Weeks Later or Children of Men, which I thought brilliantly envisioned at the time. Will Smith proved for once he can act - and I was thoroughly convinced of the desperation of his situation and of his vulnerability, something which is not always present in these kinds of films. The mutated remnants of humanity were certainly frighteningly strong, fast, violent and evil - far more so than in The Omega Man. Perhaps the ending came rather fast after the long build up, but enough was said to convey what was going on - and there was a good, strong emotional impact. Nor did I feel at all bored any time during the film.
It would be good one day to see a more faithful adaptation of the Matheson novel, but I think that would have to be as a TV mini-series rather than as a film aimed for the cinema. Only then could the highly detailed scientific detective work of the protagonist be effectively conveyed - and the title, for once, become properly relevant.
David
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