I Am Legend (2007)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This is a movie with great acting and cinematography. What really highlights this is that most of the movie is told visually, creating an engaging story with minimal dialogue. If you're a fan of action, dogs, and zombies, I'd recommend this movie.

The world is once again in its post apocalyptic form on the big screen, and this time we are graced by the performance of Will Smith. A gripping narrative and a plot to match, this movie propels itself already to a higher place than many other movies that fall short on this aspect of cinematography. The formula for a great cinematic adventure is concocted by the choir of isolation and the quest for human contact begins. However, the world is now very dangerous, filled with newer threats than human greed for power and conquest. We have a chance to explore this forlorn, zombie infested world through the eyes of a brave man and his faithful dog friend. This movie, through on surface wears the guise of your typical z movie, is much more than that. The story is not sublime or hackneyed, and runs on the fuel of human innate desire for interaction. There are scenes that evince the onset of isolation and it's adverse effects, as Will traverses the ruins of the city that was once bustling with life. We are engaged deeply into the story because of how well the lead characters, particularly the protagonist, stay true to color and never give an non idiosyncratic performance. There is plenty of action to satisfy your cravings for some good ol' shoot-em-up, but that's just the icing on the cake. It's much more than that. It's a thrilling visual experience that doesn't skip a beat when it comes to special CGI effects to enhance the flavor of the film, leaving us some very interesting gut bursting, zombie annihilation. The movie juggles different themes of scarcity and abundance, isolation and accompaniment, destruction and creation. Yes, it's true that the world is wiped clean of human life and the busy, booming industrial gears of human society have come to a grinding halt, but nature finds a way. In the ruins of the botched cities, we see nature beginning to weave life as vines corral around the remnants of concrete structures, trees propping up in unlikely places, and cars are turned into a haven for critters. It makes people question how pragmatic our notions of necessity and desire have become, and how wrongfully we associate the two together in a world of materialism. The movie skillfully and hierarchically distinguishes the needs of a human being from the superficial desires that one could live without. The survivor must survive at all cost, not only the ravages of the virus that turns people into zombies, but the mind-numbing pain of loneliness.

After watching both The Last Man On Earth and The Omega Man I needed to throw on I Am Legend to complete the trifecta of films based on the book. Despite all the times I've viewed these three films I've never sat down and watched them in close proximity before. I wanted to see if my opinions on any of them changed by doing so, or if they would stay about the same.This film seems to get a lot of hate from people. I think a lot of that's unwarranted. While it isn't anywhere near as brilliant as The Last Man On Earth, or as fun as The Omega Man, it does have some good moments. I thought Will Smith did a solid job as Robert Neville. The portrayal of despair and mental taxation from his time of isolation is well done. Some of that mirrors Vincent Price's performance in The Last Man on Earth. While I don't think it's as dominant as Price's performance it's solid. I also liked the addition of his canine companion Sam. As the story unfolds you see why Sam is so important to him, more so than just companionship.The thing that really brings this down is the shoddy CGI. While at times it looks okay, more often than not it isn't good. It looks very cartoonish and cheap. It's bad enough to be painfully distracting at points. Truthfully, if that had been better, it would have pushed this film up a few notches. As I've said time and time again, I will take okay practical effects over cheap-cartoonish looking CGI effects any day of the week. When it's all said and done. This film is enjoyable. There are a few genuinely emotional moments and it's an engaging enough story. I've watched it about seven or eight times now and each time I've enjoyed it. Watching it close to the other films did make me appreciate things more from those adaptions, as well as the other way around. In The end, I Am Legend manages to be a blend of both earlier movies, not really taking on the full persona of either, which at times makes it feel a little unbalanced. This time around I watched the original theatrical ending because I hadn't seen it in awhile. I'll be honest, I prefer the alternate ending. I think it's a change of pace from the other films and changes the overall tone for the better.I think each of the three films has their own good and bad points. While I have never read the book, I've heard people say none of them have really nailed it. Too often that's the case with adaptions anyway. They never quite capture the same spirit of the printed word. Two separate mediums that are often hard to translate into the other. Casting that aside, I enjoy all three films for various reasons. My rating for this one has stayed just about where it always has. So for me, viewing them close together really didn't change my opinion on it either way. My Rating: 6.5/10

My intense dislike for this movie stems from its complete disregard for the book on which it is based. The story in the novel has been hacked into a nonsensical, self-serving mash-up of sci-fi / horror crap. The CGI baddies are ridiculous. They aren't even the same type of creatures in the book. Why change them? If you changed the name of the character and change the title of the movie, it would be unrecognizable as the classic novel.The reveal at the end of the novel as to the relevance of the title, "I Am Legend," is poignant and it reinforces the underlying tone of the story. The change in the ending of the movie is pure Hollywood garbageThe tone of the story in the book was hauntingly gloomy and DARK. It was chilling and bleak. Will Smith makes the movie into fluff. I hate Will Smith more for this movie than I do for subjecting the world to his offspring.