We, The Infected

I think we are both in agreement in that we acknowledge the differences of the two movies, and the separate identities and themes explored in them. I do not see LMI as a superficial Americanized remake of LTROI but a re-telling and re-interpretation of the novel. And that is the best way to think of...

A new user. Welcome Franklin! Thanks! I came here via Google, seeking fan discussion about both movies. I love both movies, BTW. I see them as two different takes on the same story, each with its own theme, and each with different characters that fulfill similar functions in their respective versio...

I wonder if The Father/Thomas was suppose to be the same age as Richard Jenkins, if so I would think the picture would have been taken during the 1930s, the Great Depression certainly would have been an excellent time period plot wise because of the hardships experienced back then. I've imagined th...

First, I'd say that we should consider Abby and Thomas not the same as Eli and Hakan. That is, the two pairs are similar, but Abby and Thomas may as well be thought of as entirely different characters that Matt Reeves "based" on Eli and Hakan. The bottom line is that the clues throughout LMI are far...

Aside: I can't bring myself to use the name "Thomas". It's just so... non-canonical. :) Matt never named him. Why should I? Reeves did name him Thomas. In the draft of the screenplay (dated May 2009, which you can find on the Web in PDF format), Abby says his name when she visits his hospital room....