Another preposterous zombie movie with fantastic CGI....

Rating: 5/10 (5 December 2007)

I just came back from the world premiere of "I Am Legend" held in Tokyo. Will Smith, producer-cum-screenwriter Akiva Goldsman and director Francis Lawrence came to pitch the movie.
I'm not going to give any spoilers, but I have a quibble with "The last man on earth" tag line. I'm afraid that the plot is preposterous with so many gaps and incongruities that "MIB" looks far more believable than this "who-cares-about-internal-coherence-so-long-as-there's fabulous-CGI-scene" movie. It's marginally better than "Resident Evil: Extinction" in that characters have a tad more depth. I'm not, however, saying that this is a bad movie. In fact, it's rather enjoyable if you know how to stop being overly critically analytical. Will Smith, in his serious actor mode, was actually quite good, and the German shepherd named Sam was quite cute.