It just so happened today that I took some time to go see I Am Legend, first let me say I like Will Smith (sometimes) but he really has to get some brains about story-line as is clearly evident during the films unraveling. The movie begins with Will Smith hunting down deer, and of course he's in the most amazingly clean car you'd ever imagine or want, how it remained so refined is beyond the scope of this picture (it might've been more entertaining). What we do know is he's seeking food because after only 3 years the world has become dead, no people are alive and he happens to be the main scientist who tried curing them. What happened you ask? Simple.. cure for cancer goes horribly wrong and people turn into zombies in-a-nutshell. In the book I'm told they were vampires, actually the book I've heard is better than this movie ever could be even if they made everyone in it a well known actor. So let me continue... He goes around hunting deer, then what? It's time to head over to his apartment house and see him workout! Yeepie!!! I really felt satisfied watching Will Smith workout and hold a gun while inside a secure house, made perfect sense to me. Actually let's examine something first, he's crazy already it seems and it's just been 3 years??????????? ???????? 12 ?????????? 24 ?????? 36 Nuts! I almost completely laughed myself silly during the showing when this was made known, that after only 3 pathetic years Will Smith was beginning to loose his grasp on reality. Infact he was going so insane he propped mannequins up in order to carry on conversations with them, however we don't need to see endless footage of this throughout the actual movie itself! I felt like I paid to see him talking with fake people and only have 10 mins of real acting time. Make no mistake he acts but only for 10 mins while the rest of this monstrosity is meaningless. Some have been annoyed by the references to god, I myself didn't notice it that much because I don't believe in god, thus it made no sense to care. The problem is the movie is childish and guess what our main character (only character besides the dog) loves to watch? Shrek! He's memorized the entire film somehow and can talk through it when he needs to!!! !!! Oh my god help me, please. So this has to be the worst film I've ever seen and I'm not joking, they spent a ton on the budget and it's so bad it will make you feel awkward just watching it. You see at first I was interested, then bored, then I laughed myself silly but later I thought "this is just to weird, it feels wrong staying." I was sooo going to leave but I thought perhaps they could fix the endless blunders they made, how wrong I was. Now I'd like to tell everyone that if you ever, ever, ever become an actor don't just mindlessly do what the director tells you, make sure you have input on the story-line and offer some ideas, clearly that was lacking here because Smith just muddles off whatever trash they spew at him. To continue this movie is insanity mixed with bizarreness, clearly the work of a madman and not of a real producer, etc. What's missing is easy A STORY. There is no story and if you think I'm kidding you'd be wrong, it's this sequence of events here: 1. Will hunts sees lions and goes home 2. Will works out 3. Will sleeps 4. Will broadcasts message to ask anyone near to meet him 5. Will sleeps 6. Will hunts 7. Will falls into the most ridiculous trap ever devised and is seemingly gone mad, the demeanor changes considerably after this and he seems quite honestly to be crazy but it's only been 3 freaking god damn years! 8. Dog dies 9. Woman appears 10. Women is used as tool to introduce religiosity into film but exactly why we don't know, I'd almost rather have gone to church 11. Will sacrifices himself and the women lives, as if any real man would do that! The fact he lets himself die is just bizarre, not because he has too but because he's stupid Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!~!#(*&$@ He places the 2 people that found him into an area much like a sewer, then he closed the door and throws a live grenade at the monsters killing them. Oddly though he could've accomplished this without killing himself, as with all dumb endings this lacks any logic at all. The thing that is even worse is the women lets him! So yea, there's so much I could tell you about how bad this movie is but that's enough, go see it and prepare, it'll likely be the sickest you ever feel in your life. PS The most ridiculous part of the movie is when you realize if everyone died in the world why would he need to hunt, especially after only 3 years. There should've been ample food everywhere for him to consume, even more bizarre is why the deer weren't infected with the virus as well and of course if they were immune wouldn't feeding his dog them have caused the dog to become infected? After-all he wasn't immune except to the airborne strain. So what we're left with is somehow, someway, they missed this fact and we're expected to believe he wasn't wasting his time hunting deer for nothing, which of course he was or maybe he watched this film and went crazy from the very beginning?!
he didn't write it or direct it, so I don't think he had much say-so in the story line. :shrug: and really, if it made sense, would zombies be in it?
Another over hyped piss of crap movie that will make millions of dollars just because of him. No wonder there's no one else in the film they all ran away from the script! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
He shoots a manniquen and begins ranting, then he goes to see what happened after he shot it to hell and there's somehow a very cleverly devised rope trick that catches him. Of course the dumb ass is basically asking for it.
You shouldn't waste your time, it's not even a movie it's a pretend movie. There is no variety in the scenes, the actors are poorly chosen, there is no storyline, and just so much more to say but I'm tired of it all.
yeah but I am from NY...the interest here is to see how NY city changed in the movie. I am more of a scenery admirer than the action...for me the scenery plays an important role in choosing the piece of art that suits me most.
I enjoy a good plot and acting more than the special effects. Special effects only add to the script and give a good movie a big boost. If a movie only has special effects to make it look good than , to me, it sucks.
Hey Darkee...How about starting your post with "Spoilers Included" for those of us who might want to see the flick. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I went to see the movie yesterday. I knew that it was another rehash but I haven't seen the other movies nor have I read the book. I thought the movie was entertaining. Pretty good... 9/10. For a movie where his acting is the main focus, he performs quite well. DarksidZz, your criticisms seem to miss the point of the story. He is the last man on Earth. He works out to stay fit and healthy while trying to survive and succeed in his experiments to bring back humanity. As for the rest, I'm sure people will be glad to read plot line spoilers without any warning from you.
as long as the review is, some of you didn't figure out it would have spoilers??? Its why i didn't read it.
