Question about if I should watch "I am Legend", SPOILER ALERT

[Bob]

I have not seen the movie, but I know that the dog that Wil Smith pals around with has to be killed by him when he sees the dog turning vampire/zombie/mutant or whatever everyone else turns into.

I WILL NOT WATCH any movie where the big loveable buddy dog dies as that would be too sad for me to watch (yeah, a 44 year old man would cry, so shut up).   

Is this a movie I should watch, or is the dog's death not that traumatic?

Thank you all in advance.

[mrbasehart]

It's pretty damned traumatic, if you ask me. 

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

oh, it's terribly traumatic, they play to that in the movie, I'm 19 and I was crying

[Raven]

Will Smith actually acts in that scene and shows emotion and everything.  I'd take a pass.  

[Tripe]

I WILL NOT WATCH any movie where the big loveable buddy dog dies as that would be too sad for me to watch (yeah, a 44 year old man would cry, so shut up).   

Perfectly understandable I'm 32 (I think, yeah pretty sure I'm 32) and I feel the same way, actually any animal in distress in a film disturbs me.

[mrbasehart]

Meh.  It's a fictional movie, so animals in distress don't bother me as much as I know it's not real.  Films like Cannibal Holocaust though...   

[Bob]

Ah, thank you all for the input, that is what I was afraid of.    I guess there will be ONE rifftax I will not own.



Maybe the place the makes the "CleanFlix" movies can make a version that skips the dog dying.

[Tripe]

Meh.  It's a fictional movie, so animals in distress don't bother me as much as I know it's not real.  Films like Cannibal Holocaust though...   

Oh I know it's fiction but it's sort of like a phobia, even though I know nothing bad really happened I still get upset.

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

It's pretty good though, until the ending where I go "I don't know what's going on anymore"

[Junkyard]

I'm still not sure if Smith had to break the dog's neck or just strangle him. But yeah, slow and painful doggy death. You could always do what I do when I can't watch something on a Rifftrax: mute the movie part and close your eyes, then just listen to their riff for the part. You miss a bit, but not much.
It got me through the talky parts in Transformers.

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

I think he smothered her

[Bob]

I think he smothered her

DO NOT WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Raven]

If it makes any difference, it just shows his face and reaction to what he's doing instead of him actually doing it. 

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

plus it's a digi-dog-demon-thing

[bratpop]

Will Smith actually acts in that scene and shows emotion and everything.  I'd take a pass.  

Eugh. That sounds traumatizing. Will Smith acting??