I Am Legend?

jeremy — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:23:12 +0000

Truly the worst movie I’ve seen in a long time. Now understand, that I actually like the Fresh Prince quite a bit. Will Smith has turned himself into a pretty solid actor and great lead for an action movie. Truthfully he does a pretty good job in this film too. Problem is there is nothing for him to work with. Literally. The only other characters are badly drawn CGI… umm… zompires (that’s a zombie slash vampire for those who haven’t seen the film yet).
[Some Spoilers after the break]

They could have been scary. They should have been scary. And considering that they don’t really do anything that an actor in some good make-up couldn’t have done there is no reason for the zompires not to be scary. Instead we get really bad CGI which I can only assume was used to expect to ensure that Will Smith was the only talent on the set. Maybe they spent too much on the bridge explosion to pay any more actors. Most of the lonely scenes of Will running around an empty NYC are actually pretty fun to watch but as soon as any semblance of a plot shows up the movie turns for the worse. Thankfully the “plot” only takes up about 20 minutes of the film. And here’s the problem, for a character to die a martyr (or a Legend if you will) there has to be a meaningful reason for them to die. Sorry if I spoiled the ending for anyone who hasn’t seen the film, but there is absolutely no reason for anyone to sacrifice anything in the end. Everything that gets accomplished could have been accomplished with everyone intact… instead we get an illconceived “sacrificial” death to atone for the earlier sins. Logic should be an integral part of movie that cost of $100 million to make. Bad movie.

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I Am Legend?