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Summary: Missy's Review of The Last Man On Earth
Review: The movie "The Last Man on Earth" is one of those movies that at this point in time people may laugh at or leave the theater. Usually when people hear that it's a black and white film they turn it away immediately. There is much more to this movie then viewers may think. Sure, it has its moments where a person can't help not to laugh at, but it also has great points that most people look past. The main reason most viewers look past the entire movie is because they are so used to the films that are out today. There are movies like "Lord of the Rings" that have so much action and awesome special effects that blow older movies away. The technology is so advanced that the directors are competing for the most complex scripts and scenes. What makes a great movie? Movies are supposed to leave some things to the viewer's imagination or they'll never use their brains. "The Last Man on Earth" leaves so much out, that it really makes a person think. The new releases that are out are quite similar to this film are movies like "Dawn of the Dead", "Resident Evil", and "28 Days Later". They all deal with some kind of virus getting out and killing almost every person on earth and only a few are still alive. Some people would say that these are run-offs of "The Last Man on Earth" and "Night of the Living Dead" which are both old movies. The only thing missing in "The Last Man on Earth" from movies today is blood, humor, and nudity. Do those characteristics really make a movie? It's ridiculous to add comedy to a scary movie or horror flick. That will just confuse the viewer to either laugh or to be scared. One of the main things that are seen in films today is nudity. It's like a movie is not good enough unless some kind of body part is exposed. Plus, a viewer will barely ever see a naked male, but almost always see a naked female. That doesn't really satisfy both genders. Most movies are sexist and view women as incredibly weak, unstable, sex objects. This movie has its downsides because of the lack of realistic situations. One thing to think about is that Morgan couldn't get the disease because a bat bit him, so there has to be more people or animals out there that has the same anti-venom. There are millions of people out there. If there were no more people alive except Morgan after three years, how is the electricity still working? It was ironic that a lady would appear out of nowhere and then run away. The movie viewed women as uneducated, unsuccessful, house wives. The wife of Morgan was the first person to transform into a vampire or zombie. The viewer gets to decide if the dead are actually zombies or vampires. Throughout the movie it gives hints that the creatures are vampires but it also gives hints that they could be zombies. They only come out at night, they hate to see themselves in the mirror, they're allergic to garlic, and they bite at the neck. On the other hand, they look like zombies, they seem retarded and dumb, and they come back to life after they are dead. So it's anyone's assumption on which creature they really are. There is so much imagery in this movie. It makes a person look at life in another perspective and to not take simple things like going outside at night to see the stars and going to the grocery store for granted. In this movie Morgan couldn't go out at night time and during the day he spent all of his time filling up his gas tank, getting just enough can food to last him, new mirrors and fresh garlic to protect himself. He would wood up his house and have crosses all around to keep them out. This showed how a person can protect themselves in their own home and to believe in god. A scene that was a little ironic was when Morgan ended up dieing in a church. That is symbolic since he was the last real man on earth. When Morgan cures the infected woman with his blood, it shows that people can actually cure each other, and we have our own medicine within us. Since the people who were infected but found a semi-cure killed Morgan, it states that we kill what could keep us alive. He was the last human alive and they killed him out of stupidity. For the most part this movie is well written and great for the horror lovers. "The Last Man on Earth" has meaning behind the scenes and actually makes people think deeper then what's handed to them. The viewer gets to create or add on to the film. A famous novelist, Wolfgang Iser believes "texts leave great portions unexplained to the reader, whether as gaps in the narrative or as structural limits of the text's representation of the world. This basic indeterminacy "implies" the reader and begs her participation in synthesizing, and indeed living, events of meaning throughout the process of reading." This means that if you replace text and reading for script and viewing it would make since that this is what the producer and writer of this movie wants to capture with his/her audience.
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Summary: VINCENT STEALS THE SHOW
Review: This film offers chilling sets and Price at his best. Price as someone who must fight on
no matter how hopeless the odes are.B&W horror at its most chilling.
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Summary: THE LAST MAN ON EARTH--DVD
Review: THIS MOVIE IS A++++. DEFINITELY SIMILIAR TO NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD AND THE OMEGA MAN.A REALLY GOOD MOVIE THAT DESERVES MORE ATTENTION. VERY WELL DONE WITH GOOD ACTING. WELL WORTH CHECKING THIS MOVIE OUT. ENJOY!!!
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Summary: Worth it for the Cheapness
Review: This movie is not particularly chilling or horrifying, as it was intended. Nor is it a masterwork of any genre. However, it is enjoyable just beccause of the cheap, B-movie-ness of it all, and the delightfully idiosyncratic acting of Vincent Price. Buy it.
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Summary: This is the way the world ends
Review: Vincent Price gives a fine performance in 1964's _Last Man On Earth_, the first notable film version of Richard Matheson's novel _I Am Legend_. Price plays a scientist immune from a disease that has wiped out the world's population, struggling to keep alive by day and fend off by night the infected denizens trying to gain access to his house. The film follows the book fairly closely, although Matheson supposedly had his name removed due to his dissatisfaction with the ending. As one of the best vampire novels ever written, the book straddles both science fiction and horror comfortably, and the film more than lives up to its father text. As a confluence of the two genres, it becomes a sci-fi version of a classic vampire tale, with a dose of allegory to boot. It is easy to see how the film and the book were so influential on George Romero: the black and white images are suitably atmospheric and haunting, perfectly framing a post-apocalyptic plague world. The film starts off with a Kubrickian dearth of dialogue that sets a fantastic tone for the gloom of Matheson's vision. Directors Ragona and Salkow also manage well in pictorially creating the vast sense of isolation of Price's character. The film manages to be (like the book) very moving in places. Thus, it is a success despite the few plot differences, and recommended as one of the classic works of a dystopia on film.
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Summary: "I am the last man"...
Review: Well, let me start by saying that I don't own this exact DVD edition of the film. I bought a set of movies called "Horror Classics," and the back of the box said that it contained the Last Man on Earth, which it said was an old cheesy silent film from 1924. When I put the disc in, much to my surprise, there was Vincent Price. Upon watching this film I was very very pleasantly surprised. The atmosphere was extremely creepy, and the dialogue (even though most of it was Price's character, Robert Morgan, talking to himself) was amazing. This film reminded me a lot of Night of the Living Dead, even though it was released 4 years earlier. I love horror films about apocalyptic visions of earth, and this was one. Props to Vincent Price for successfully carrying a large portion of this movie as the only character (for at least 20-ish minutes). Don't let the apparent budgetary problems deter you from this film. It was incredible and a very pleasant surprise.
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Summary: "I am the last man"...
Review: Well, let me start by saying that I don't own this exact DVD edition of the film. I bought a set of movies called "Horror Classics," and the back of the box said that it contained the Last Man on Earth, which it said was an old cheesy silent film from 1924. When I put the disc in, much to my surprise, there was Vincent Price. Upon watching this film I was very very pleasantly surprised. The atmosphere was extremely creepy, and the dialogue (even though most of it was Price's character, Robert Morgan, talking to himself) was amazing. This film reminded me a lot of Night of the Living Dead, even though it was released 4 years earlier. I love horror films about apocalyptic visions of earth, and this was one. Props to Vincent Price for successfully carrying a large portion of this movie as the only character (for at least 20-ish minutes). Don't let the apparent budgetary problems deter you from this film. It was incredible and a very pleasant surprise.
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