Previously, I said:
SPOILER ALERT!
We finally saw I AM LEGEND.
It opens with Will Smith and his dog, Sam.
They both die.
The End.
Oh, and it was really scary.....
After we watched I Am Legend I was not happy. I had waited a loooong time for it to come out on DVD. The story drew me in and I was having a good ole time. The suspense was building and it kept me on the edge of my seat (Ok, so I was flopped on the floor but you know what I mean). And I love a good scary movie with suspense. I don't like slasher flicks, and gory stuff, but a good story? Oh yeah!
But by the end of the movie I was fussing!
"How could they...?"
"I can't believe....!"
And my 18-yr old said, "You didn't like it?"
"NO!"
I was mad.
"But it was so hope-filled."
"Yeah, whatever", I maturely responded.
"They killed off the two main characters."
So in the interest of fairness, I give you her views:
Okay, so my darling mummy basically requested I write an informal mini-review about the movie "I Am Legend," concentrating on the Christian parallels I'd already noticed and found rather fascinating... Which is fine with me! I really loved that movie; it's one of my new favorites!
Throughout the movie there is a deep-rooted sense of hope, and the main character (Will Smith as Robert Neville) continues to persevere even when that hope seems futile. Eventually he chooses to give up his life for the rest of humanity, even though they brought this "curse" on themselves and Neville himself was unable to be infected - he was immune. His blood is the key to the world's survival - its salvation. If Neville hadn't offered his life for many others, they would never be cured of this "virus" they created and unintentionally infected themselves with. (Hey, it had seemed like a good idea at the time - a "cure" for cancer! Although that path seemed right to humanity, in the end it lead to death. Funny how the word "cure" can change to "curse" with only one additional letter...) But by dying to protect the world's salvation, his cure for a "cure," Neville saves the lives of humanity's remnants - and eventually even those still alive but infected and, in essence, as good as dead: "The Dark Seekers."
Hmmm... I wonder Who that sounds like...
On a separate note, throughout the movie Neville struggles with his faith. At the beginning when he and his family are being separated they pray together. Because of what Neville goes through during the course of the movie's events, however, he loses his faith in God. Later, though, a faith-filled young woman with a beautiful spirit comes into his life, and God uses her as a sign that He does, indeed, exist. Perhaps she was a messenger - an angel? a prophetess? - or just chosen to share God's salvation. Either way, Neville eventually returns to his faith when he witnesses signs connecting certain events in his life. (For those of you who *gasp* haven't seen the movie, Neville's little daughter always made a butterfly with her hands. "Look, Daddy, butterfly!" she'd say. Later, just before Neville's death he sees a butterfly image on the woman's neck, and as the glass protecting them starts breaking because of the infected's attacks, its surface, too, contains the image of a butterfly. Those images inspire him to give up his life to protect the cure. AND... The butterfly has been used as a symbol of new life, freedom, faith, and hope for centuries.)
So there you have it, an absolutely amazing review. Yeah. "Amazing." Ha. Whatever. Anyway. Hope the connections between faith and the movie "I Am Legend" are as interesting to you as they were to me!
~k
But I'm still mad.
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The limited number of eggs for the older ones sounds like a good idea!!!