I Am Legend

You know your movie is bad when the best actor is a fuckin dog

*spoilers* If they'd had the guts to go with the alternate ending of Will Smith's character realizing *he* was really the monster, my score would be higher - not much, but some.

This film is the typical example of a good premise blunted by farfetched sterility of interpretation. The novel stands right at the line golden age of science fiction is over and silver age starts by the crossover ideas parallel to postmodernism. Feeding upon the romantic hopelessness of vampiric fiction it is far darker than the movie. It seems Lawrence was afraid of the crowd reaction and cuts the possible schizoprenic interpretation short. I'm pretty sure the glass was more than half empty.

This movie was good. This is Smith's best performance. The CGI was terrible. The script was also a little flawed. The dog was awesome! Could have been a lot better. This movie is worth it to see for the performance by Will Smith and the destroyed and abandoned New York.

Quite good first half dealing with isolation and the mental strain (and a particularly good scene in a darkened area) leads to a braindead actioner with horrible CGI-ed creatures that had the yahoos in my theatre clapping their hands. After the first 40 minutes or so, it becomes a very "safe" film that doesn't take risks and is as bland as oatmeal (just like Americans love). Really not worth your ten dollars, but recommend at least giving it a look on video or on TV.