NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Red-Barracuda This was the second adaption of the novel 'I Am Legend' by Richard Matheson after the Vincent Price movie The Last Man on Earth (1964). It moves the material further away from its horror roots which the Price film also focused on and has a tone which could be described as curious. It's another slice of pessimistic 70's sci-fi, in this case the world during a post-apocalypse. A military scientist is the only recipient of a serum he himself developed which protected him against the results of germ warfare between the Soviet Union and China. The upshot is that he is the last uncontaminated human left on Earth. He now spends his time roaming the streets of Los Angeles by day, while by night has to deal with homicidal nocturnal albino mutants who want to kill him. One day he meets another survivor which leads him to try to develop a vaccine to save the human race.This was one of three key sci-fi movies Charlton Heston starred in at the time, the other two being The Planet of the Apes (1968) and Soylent Green (1973). It's probably fair to say that Omega Man is the least good of the three movies, yet it is still a film not without interest. The basic idea of the film is good, with the deserted streets of Los Angeles used to excellent effect. While the villains certainly make for memorable characters, kitted out in sunglasses and medieval robes. They are effectively religious extremists who look pretty creepy. One of the issues I think though is that, despite this, they never seem to pose enough of a threat and there is a curious lack of suspense in the film as a whole. I think this probably has to be levelled at the direction which doesn't always maximise the sinister elements of the material at his disposal. The weak soundtrack also doesn't help too much here either. Still, despite all this, I still do like this film. Heston is pretty good in the lead, as is Anthony Zerbe as the cult leader. The religion vs science theme was distinctive, while the natural way that the inter-racial relationship was presented was very commendable, especially when you remember this was still a very contentious issue in 1971. I think these survivalist sci-fi films work well in that we always put ourselves in the position of the protagonist and try to wonder how we would cope and if we'd even like it to some degree; this movie works in this way too. As I said earlier, it could have done with generating more threat and it was probably to the film's detriment to suppress the horror side of the story so much. But, despite some flaws, this remains another example of the kinds of interesting sci-fi that was made between the release of the cerebral 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and the action/adventure Star Wars (1977), whose monumental success moved the genre into less left-field areas.

Richie-67-485852 This is worth seeing for Chuck Heston alone as he just makes movies come alive with his presence. The story here is supposedly he is one of the last healthy men standing and he has nothing but time on his hands of which we see how he spends throughout the movie. I like a good story that invites one to use their imagination. This one does. The premise is a good one. What would you do if you were the supposed last man on earth more or less. Here, this guy has a whole city of which to visit with and do what he wants all day long. Then, at night, he retreats to a fortress he created stocked with all the comforts and goodies one can have for the taking. At some point, however, the premise turns on itself. Why? How much can you eat, drink and carouse? What do you do after the first several months? Fortunately this movie asks and answers this question so the viewer doesn't have too. Strange also to see what appears to be Zombie type creatures way ahead of their time appearing here. Who would know that they were destined to become a movie favorite in the years ahead? I usually like to eat while watching movies. This one is a tough call because there are some scenes that challenge the appetite. Perhaps a snack and a tasty drink will do nicely. The story has been done and redone and brought current in theme but respect this version again if for nothing else Charleton Heston

qmtv OK, this movie can be entertaining because of Heston. The writing is crap. The cinematography is crap. Just plain awful. The acting was fine. But not great. I saw this movie last year on recommendation that it was good. It's not. It can be entertaining like watching the old TV batman shows. But seriously. It's like a student film. I remember seeing The Last Man on Earth with Vicent Price years ago and that's why I saw this mess. Then I got a copy of The Last Man on Earth, amazing. The dread was there from the beginning to the ending church death scene. That is a great movie. Then I read the book "I am Legend", a great book. Last Man on Earth is close to the book. Then I saw I Am Will Smith, the worst pile of garbage, right along side Fart Wars 7, the Farce Awakens, and Avengers, Thor, and any # of new so called films. I'm not even going to see the Dark Tower, because apparently it has nothing to do with the books, it just takes the names and a few characteristics.So, now onto the Omega Man. Charlton Heston was a fine actor. But he should have had veto power. If you like 60's TV and can forgive the camera work and the garbage writing and just want to see some wild scenes then you may be able to enjoy this. There are some decent scenes here and that is why it's not getting a 1. If I rate it compared to Last Man or the book it would be a negative. I am Will Smith basically takes Hestons Omega Man and builds into some more modern day cartoon show. That is pure crap.Omega Man, rating D, or 3 stars, for some eerie scenes, but mostly boring amateur crap. Better to read the book, or watch Last Man on Earth (disregard the B/W and funky dubbing, the dread is there)

dworldeater I personally enjoy all these film adaptations of Richard Matheson's novel, but The Omega Man is by far my favorite of the three. This stars Hollywood icon Charlton Heston, who was on a roll during this period(late 60's/early70's) with one dystopian science fiction classic after another. The Omega Man is by far the most action packed of the lot. Charlton Heston is the last man on Earth, he rolls around town in style with a muscle car and submachine gun. In this post apocalyptic action classic the population of the world was wiped out by a plague caused by biological warfare. Those who have survived are albino mutants known as The Family who are nocturnal and shun technology and blame technology for destroying the world. Which puts our hero Neville(Heston), man of science on their hit list. Heston fortunately has a well balanced gun collection and usually handles his intruders with ease. He does find another group of uninfected survivors which includes foxy lady Rosalind Cash, who was a fine piece of dark chocolate and sexy mamma. Heston and Cash get down and broke taboos of interracial relationships for the time period.(Or at least their characters did in the film) As far as I am concerned The Omega Man has pretty much nothing not to like about it. It is well made, well acted , nicely shot and filled with social commentary, action and one liners. The Omega Man is action packed, thought provoking and at times funny. While Charlton Heston was one of the best actors to have ever lived and had success in many different genres, he is in my opinion best in science fiction and The Omega Man is essential and a classic.