The new Will Smith movie, I Am Legend, is a remake of The Omega Man. Well, remake might not be the right way to say it. They're both from the same source material, Richard Matheson's novel. I am the one weirdo in the whole world who doesn't much like Will Smith. But I have to admit that the trailer for I Am Legend looks really good. As amazing as a decimated London was in 28 Days Later, this vision of an abandoned NYC is really something:

Throw in the prereq bloodthirsty vampire zombie monster things and this could be a big ol' messy, fun film.

My one complaint is that, based on the trailer, the score seems to be a ripoff of my all-time favorite movie score, Requiem For A Dream. I know that sometimes studios will "borrow" music from other films for movie trailers, but that doesn't seem to be the case, here. This is not the actual music from RfaD, this is just a snippet of a blatant ripoff.

And just in case you're on the same wrong track that Wendy was, no, this movie is not about Grammy winning singer/songwriter/pianist John Legend.

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