Hopefully they have the original ending on the DVD.

I Am Legend was decent, though nothing special and definitely overrated. It starts off pretty good, but around the half hour mark starts to go down hill and doesn't really redeem itself until there is about thirty minutes left of the film. Still, it was decent and I'd recommend it to the majority of movie goers. Will Smith was good, though not great and definitely doesn't deserve any kind of Oscar recognition.

6/10 (B-)

Question answered! Saw the movie again. When they first pick up Neville there is a rosary hanging from the read window. When they are driving to the colony there is no rosary on that rear window! Different cars! Keeps the boat theory IN TACT!

I think it's funny how in the trailer, when Smith yells "NO! NOOO!!!!" it appears to be a very serious moment, whereas in the movie it's him yelling at the large doll, a moment that [I think] was made for humorous purposes.

What a worthless piece of shit (that we've all seen 100 times before) this was. And god, they couldnt even figure out cool looking zombies/good CGI. Without Will Smith, this wouldn't have made 30 million. This really frustrates me...I was hoping to find at least one good blockbuster in 2007....but no. I guess it's back to indies and art (aka non sucky) cinema for me.

D+

Snack, be careful your nose is at a dangerously high angle!

D

I can't really stand Will Smith as an actor, especially when the first 75 minutes is just him and the dog.

Loved the dog, loved New York. However, this was a mediocre affair.

Meh

I thought the film was great. Couple of plot holes here and there but really, half the shit people are complaining about (bad CGI and shit) ... really ..... go join a film elitist club.

The ending really .. i mean, if you give something happy, everyones like aww shit. you give a dark one and everyone complains that everyones doing it. really, i doubt any ending could make anyone happy.

I was hoping though that they would have spent a little time on this thing i noticed in the film. when the girl monster was kidnapped, the leader of that covenant came out. Neville interprets it as total dehumanization. I personally thought that that scene, along with the next set up for Neville with Fred and the consequential attack could have all been played up as 'basic understanding, reasoning and deductive thinking still inherent in the creatures'. sadly, the film ignored it. would have made the film excellent.

A-

and no .. i have neither read the book or know anything about it.

Like i said. its one of those films where any ending wouldn't have really been "oh gosh! Thats how i want it to end".

There is nothing wrong with the ending, nothing wrong with a sad one either but Meh, I can just go re-watch Dead Mans Letters if i choose dispair. Its nice to have choice in my apocalypse watching.

the dog sacrificed itself to save neville but then the next day, neville made new friends. optimus rocks

And then Neville sacrificed himself to save his new friends..........but it was ok because they quickly met new friends as well.

i'm telling you man. i was cracking up in the theater.

And I wouldn't have been. That's his point I believe.

Any ending would have been split in judgment.

read what squee says. i would have loved that ending too. half the population out there would have been like 'wtf'.

there were no winners here.

i really wanted that main creature's intention to be hunting and finding the chick creature. honestly, i really thought that was going on.

There was a way to get a better ending, and I don't mean changing the main part of the ending (smith sacrificing himself) but it could have been constructed better. It was a tad messy, felt a bit rushed.

Now that you mention it, I remember briefly thinking that was going to happen when they went into the basement when I first saw it. That could have been a nice factor into a really good ending :-/

Being a sucker for sci-fi/horror fLicks with shots of Manhattan kicking the crap out of it, I was expecting a WotW part two in terms of amazement. However, it turned out to be another good but not great event-fiLm as how I wished it wouLd be. Not that I wasn't creeped-out by the vampire scenes or impressed by the Times Square shots with SuperBatman biLLboards in it; its just that it couLd have shown much more other than WiLL Smith and his dog and taLking to dummies for 1 1/2 hours. I didn't Like how they sLiced off the 2009 scenes into parts; it shouLd have been a Longer, one uninterrupted scene; and of course the feLt-rushed, empty ending. What's impressive is WiLL Smith's acting and how they kept the NYC shots so beautifuL and seem very reaListic.

B

I LOVED the film in the first half but once the other survivors appear the movie lost me a bit. There were some really strong scenes in the movie like when he has to kill his dog. That was heartbreaking. And I was shocked how short it was, the ending felt too rushed. I wanted it a bit more epic. A-

edit: The more I think about the movie the more I like it. I just wish it would have been a bit longer.

I agree with this and what Baba said. I quite enjoyed the film and have no problem with the ending. It did seem to come to a quick conclusion but the first 3/4 more than makes up for it.

Grade: A

B+


It was a good post-apocalyptic film, mostly carried by a great performance by Will Smith. Really, his turn is not getting enough accoldes. I thought he was better in this than in, say, The Pursuit of Happyness. He practically carries the movie for around two thirds of it completely by himself well aided by Sam the Dog). In that aspect, the film resembles rather something like Cast Away (only with monsters!), than Smith's usual sci-fi actions like Men in Black or I, Robot. Did I like it more than those? Not quite, but it was a very solid flick on its own that lost some of its excitement once Anna and her son appeared. I felt like they took some of the film's steam away as well as that feeling of loneliness and isolation.

On the whole, the visual effects of this movie are quite good. The thing is that the effects showcases the deserted and destroyed New York City are as terrific as it gets and reminded me of A.I.'s shots of the flooded New York in terms of grandeur. However, the effects of the monsters (dark seekers), were mostly sub-par, not helped by the fact that they all looked the same. Some variety would have helped. Now when they attacked and moved quickly it was fine, but in the close-up's, the CGI was more than visible. Other than that, the movie was very good on a technical level.

However, as said before, the movie's heart soul and core is Will Smith and his performance. If you think of it, the movie really doesn't have much action or explosions and oney shotsd (except for the aforementioned destroyed NYC), yet it keeps the viewer very engaged and entertained throughout. I think most of this is thanks to Smith. In Sam the Dog, he found a sidekick as great and "memorable" as Wilson in Cast Away. I really felt for him when he had to kill Sam.

Now the film's showdown - I wasn't big on that. It all somehow happened too quickly. The final attack and Smith's sacrifice...it all went down too quickly after the appearance of Anna and wasn't as spectacular as I wished for it to be. Smith's death didn't have much of an emotional impact on me (which is weird considering how I felt for him for most of the film before that) and, as I said, it all felt rushed. I think the movie would have benefited from a 10-15 minutes longer running time and a more spectacular showdown. As far as the action and suspense go, the highlight of the film was by far not the showdown, but Smith entering the hideout of the Dark Seeker to retrieve Sam (when he ran into it to get the deer). That was a very tense scene. I wished for more scenes like this in the flick.

How about this interpretation:
Will Smith died in the car on the bridge. The rest of the movie he was in a dream-like purgatory of sorts to test his faith until his selfless sacrifice results in his personal paradise of hope for humanity's survival.

Hmm....nah

This was a pretty good blockbuster, however it was really not as big-scale as one would think judging by the huge gross it has. I guess audiences dig movies that are carried completely by one big star without any supporting cast for 75% of the film (see Cast Away).

I liked the first hour of it very much with the suspense and the drama, but in the final 40 minutes it also could have benefited from some more (or better) action.

Agreed. That was one of the best and most tense scenes in a long long time.