The Last Man on Earth
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Movie Reviews of The Last Man on Earth
Movie Review: December 4th, 2007 Release
Summary: 5 Stars
This review is for the 2007 MGM release only.
I have now owned three different versions of The Last Man on Earth. Being a huge horror/sci-fi fan, this has always been one of my favorite films.
I first fished out a public domain copy in some department store bin for $1.00 a couple of years ago and was quite thrilled in getting to see this movie again (it had been 15 years or so since I'd last viewed it). The quality of this copy however was...... let's just say it was watchable and not much else.
The second copy of this film I owned was a St. Clair Vision video which was a bit cleaner, sounded better and contained a matted form of widescreen. Okay, we're getting better, but still not there!
Still not happy with the product owned, I thought what the heck and purchased this latest effort; MGM's 12-4-07, 2.35-1 ratio widescreen release. This movie has been re-released obviously to capitalize on the upcoming remake of "I Am Legend" starring Will Smith. (Side Note: This version may have appeared earlier on an MGM Midnight Movie doubleheader along with "Panic in the Year Zero" but that DVD is now hard to locate.)
My one word review boils down to: WOW!!!
The restoration and transfer for this version is awesome. It really is like watching this movie for the first time ever. The images are crisp and vivid and the sound is much cleaner than previous versions. There is also included a short interview with Richard Matheson about his writing of the novel, "I Am Legend" on which this film is based.
So in conclusion, if you want the definitive version of this film on DVD, this is the copy to get. I'm glad I did.
Movie Review: A faithful adaptation of a masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't understand why Richard Matheson was so unhappy with this first film version of his novella I AM LEGEND. I just read the book for the first time, then re-watched the movie, and I must say, this is as faithful a cinematic treatment of a novel as I have ever seen. Sure, some things are changed, but that's always necessary when adapting a literary work to the screen, and one would think Matheson would know that.
Placing the flashbacks to the protagonist's earlier life all together as a "second act"--rather than scattering them throughout the story as the book does--works very well. Okay, the Price character is not a scientist in the book, but so what? Everything else from the book is there, except for the hero's research into the medical cause of vampirism; that made the book quite interesting, but would have been deathly dull in a film. The movie does insert a new bit about the hero making a vaccine from his blood (something that was carried over into THE OMEGA MAN), but it only makes the ending all the more bleak, because with his death the vaccine can never be made. Yes, the movie does hype up the action in the final scene, probably because the film needed a bigger payoff than the quiet suicide scene in the book. But it works very well.
In short--Matheson wrote a downer of a book, and it was translated faithfully into a downer of a film. I think Price did a great job, and I rate this film very highly. The photography and atmosphere are superb. Don't miss it!
Movie Review: make sure it's this MGM version; look for the little lion and you can't go wrong
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this film and want to make a point here which some other reviewers have already discussed, but I feel it's worth reiterating: it is vitally important that viewers purchase this or another good quality version of this film so that it can be experienced fully. Avoid the colourised and/or cheap versions. I have two DVDs of this film, this one and a cheap one I bought which was put out by Silver Screams, and oh boy, please avoid the latter as it was such a terrible print with blank lines through the picture, contrast completely washed out, constant black squiggles and the sound was horrendous. How these cheap DVDs manage to get into circulation is beyond me and those that produce and sell them should be run out of town! The good news is that this MGM version is the next best thing to seeing this film in a cinema; the picture is bright and crystal clear which makes B&W a total joy, it's in full widescreen, and the sound is excellent. It is well worth a few extra dollars to ensure that your viewing experience is the very best, especially with films like this one.Movie Review: VINCENT PRICE IS FIRST RATE ON LAST MAN ON EARTH
Summary: 5 Stars
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH,1964 starring Vincent price,Franca bettoia,Giacomo rossi stuart.Directed by Sidney Salkow.A classic based on richard matheson's novel i am legend.Robert morgan is a scientist who has barracaded himself from the hungry vampires at night and becomes a vampire hunter during the day.Unlike the two movies after,Charlton heston's 1971 The Omega Man ,Will Smith's 2007 I Am Legend.The last man on earth takes us in more detail of morgan's tradgedies from his family and friends and ultimetly his isolation from the vampires.Vincent Price's gives one of his superb performances of a lonely man on the brink of insanity.Even though richard matheson disliked this version of his novel because of rewriting the screen play which matheson originally wrote.Has become a cult classic of the last man on earth type genre.This new release dvd on MGM has an excellent print and sound transfer,Absolutely excellent in black and white and widescreen!!This is a great addition to The Omega Man and I Am Legend.....Movie Review: Vincent Price at his best
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful movie. Vincent Price at his best. Taken from Richard Matheson's novel "I am legend"- Richard Matheson was the screenwriter for many Roger Corman movies starring Vincent Price too, like The Crow, The Haunted Castle and other ones inspired to Edgar Allan Poe's stories. In this movie, Vincent Price is the last survivor in a world of vampires; his relatives, now vampires too, call him at night and stand outside his house to drink his blood. He is lonely, gloomy, jaded, in his macabre daily routine- waking up, killing vampires in their sleep, burning their corpses. But still he doesnt lose hope and fights, and maybe he will find other survivors.
It's a shame they did such a crappy remake of this masterpiece, and it's a shame that everybody saw "I am legend" and nobody knows the original.