Jeremiah Hester » movies http://jeremiahhester.com Nouns, verbs... a general abuse of words Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:42:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Last Man on Earth http://jeremiahhester.com/2008/05/24/the-last-man-on-earth/ http://jeremiahhester.com/2008/05/24/the-last-man-on-earth/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 08:20:02 +0000 Jeremiah http://jeremiahhester.com/2008/05/24/the-last-man-on-earth-2/ While I thought the movie adaptation of I Am Legend with Will Smith was ok, I would have probably benefited more by not having read the book before seeing it. It strayed WAY away from the parts of the book I found most interesting and relied more upon special effects than the core story. While the alternate ending that was made available on the DVD release of the movie was more satisfying than the one in the theatrical release, it still lacking.

I found out that there were a few more movie versions of the book with the most interesting being that of The Last Man on Earth from 1964 staring Vincent Price. I, could not find it in the local video stores (big surprise) but the excellent Archive.org has it up and streaming and for download.

I just watched it and agree that this one was far superior to the new one based on the fact that it let the core story drive it instead of letting the special effects rule it

Enjoy and if you want to download it in a higher quality format, just go here.

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