August 24th, 2007

I am Legend

Friday, August 24th, 2007

“Robert Neville is the last living man on earth … but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville’s blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive like this?”

This is the first fictional book I have bought since leaving primary school. After seeing the trailer for the upcoming Hollywood take on this 1954 novel, I thought I would try getting back in to reading. The reviews of the book have been pretty good, although I am yet to really sink my teeth in to it after the first 30 pages or so.

The story is about one man, Robert Neville, who appears to be the only man in New York who hasn’t turned in to a flesh eating zombie and his struggle to fight them off. Personally I think it would be a cake walk… I mean they only come out at night and don’t seem to be too forceful when it comes to attempted breaking and entering.

Will report more when I am finished, or just before the movie comes out, whichever comes first.

Finished!

Read On Read on..

Aliens

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Simply brilliant. I am torn between this and Black Hawk Down as my favourite film of all time, and whilst I struggle to qualify why I praise Black Hawk Down, I can sing the praises of Aliens for days. It’s simply the ultimate sci-fi, horror and action flick.

It’s in the fortunate position of be being a sequel and as such the story is set up and ready to go from the first minute. It’s long too with a runtime of well over 2 hours on the extended edition.

This movie is almost as old as I am and goes to show that modern film making techniques might provide a quick thrill but don’t have anywhere near the longivity.

The marines are badass, the aliens are even more badass. The only slight pitfall is having an annoying little blonde girl as one of the lead characters.