![]() So it’s an escape insofar as much as they managed to flee to a refuge before the disaster passed over them. Yeah, the shed doesn’t hold up, but the pipe does. They’re looking for a place to hide, and they eventually find the shed. There were so many other great ones! I should have just written more myself.Īs for Eric concerning _Twister_, it’s a bit nontraditional, sure, but it’s actually similar to the _Day After Tomorrow_ escape - they’re running away from the tornado, yes, but mostly they’re running _toward_ shelter. FIGHT ME ABOUT IT!īut mostly I’m disappointed in the guys who didn’t weigh in. Not different enough from a disaster movie to be funny, not similar enough to the topic at hand to present an interesting choice. I’m going to hew to my tradition of disagreeing with Mark for the sake of creating an audience and say that it was a poor choice for the topic. I mean, the Noah thing is cool - I love it when you go outside the box.īut yeah, I Am Legend is not a disaster movie. I ain’t gonna lie - was pretty disappointed in the representation for this one from the Think Tankers. I can’t believe nobody nominated Jurassic Park. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m voting for the Roland Emmerich movie. Unless you mean specifically from the point of view of Will Smith., but what good is escaping if you fail to save the lives of all the other escapees?Īnd the flood myth… Can it really be considered “Escaping” if God/the gods/The Powers That Be have already decided that you’re worthy, and have provided you with all the information and tools you need to survive? I suppose that argument works for Twister, but certainly not for I Am Legend, in which tons of people die (or rather, become the undead… “un-die?”). I guess the fact that they survive (and thus the tornado has failed to wreak the full brunt of its destructive force upon them) overshadows the fact that Bill and Helen lost the race? It catches up to them and passes them over. ![]() Twister? Was that really an “escape?” I mean, the tornado hits them. This is I Am Legend at its best (and at the other extreme of the schlocky “Will saves the day” ending): a story of the arbitrary and cruel nature of life and survival. They’re going to make it! They’re getting into the helicopter!Īn “escape” from a “disaster” turns into an unpredictable, chaotic end for Dr. Neville feels when his wife fails, then passes, the infection screening. We feel the fear–and subsequent relief–that Dr. We feel the unfairness that a select, chosen few are allowed to evacuate while the unfortunate masses cluster hopelessly outside the evacuation point. They’re all doomed, yet they’re all trying to make their escape.īut despite the sense of defeatism, we still care about the escape and the people involved. Because of the flashback-based nature of the storytelling, we already know what happens to everyone desperately trying to get out of New York (they either die or turn into bad CGI vampire/zombies). The “disaster” of the movie essentially plays in reverse. My pick is the New York City evacuation/escape scene:
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