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Well, no, not really. But I Am Legend is a really good movie. Never mind what the idiot reviewers thought. There’s even a subtle faith element running very thinly through it. In a way that isn’t annoying at all. But yeah, it’s really good, and I don’t usually go in for sci-fi. Or zombie flicks. Or suspenseful scary stuff. Or sci-fi zombie suspenseful scary stuff. Plus, the dog was the best animal actor I or Peter have ever seen. Incredible little beastie. They should give him an Oscar. Or maybe his trainer.

But besides all that, they showed the Prince Caspian trailer! I admit it, I cried a little. No sign of Reepicheep, though. The kid playing Caspian looks really good, too.

But never mind all that. There’s a new Adam Sandler movie:

So, I don’t know what to make of Adam Sandler. I don’t like to make anything of anyone, since it’s a bit rude to, but just as an exercise, he made Reign Over Me, and donated his entire salary to New York firefighters, he’s donated money to Rudy’s campaign, and now we’ve got “Welcome to Hezbollah phone lines. For terrorist supplies, press 1.”

Update:

Deadline Hollywood - Will Smith Can Now Say ‘I Am Legend’: $30M Friday Debut & $80M Weekend!

SATURDAY AM: Some amazing numbers were posted Friday for this weekend’s No. 1 and No. 2 movie releases. Warner Bros’ I Am Legend opens closer to $80 million than the studio’s hoped-for $50 million from Friday through Sunday after making a whopping $29.6 million Friday in 3,606 theaters for first place. This more than demonstrates that Will Smith is now the biggest U.S. box office stud bar none and breaks his previous opening record (I Robot’s $62 mil in summer). This also will easily be the biggest December movie opening ever. Not only did I Am Legend soar past the numbers for King Kong’s and Narnia’s December debuts, but it looks likely to pass all three of the Lord Of the Rings trilogy’s Christmas-timed openings as well, including Return Of The King’s record-setting $72.6 mil.) The humongous hit is a badly needed life preserver for Warner Bros’ drowning movie division, which I’m told didn’t even have time to do a research screening on the film since it came in so late.

My emphasis in the middle there, since I think it’s so cool. See, the trailer was just amazing, and everyone’s been seeing it all since the summer, but it was still such a small movie. No hype, no bus ads, no weird publicity stunts, and certainly none of the weirdness surrounding something like Golden Compass ($35 million receipts after a week). In fact, Will Smith’s the only star. There’s a little kid that has about thirty seconds on screen, and practically gets top billing, that’s how few people are in it. And no Nicole Kidman in a slinky gold frock. Plus it’s “a bit of a zombie-fest”, which nearly even turned Peter off of it (he’s glad it didn’t). But it’s a good movie, Will Smith’s a good guy, and it’s doing really good. Good trailer, good actor, good movie: yay! Plus, let it be said that the big releases all fall have been such stinkers, it’s no wonder people are clawing their way into this one.