Pretty Bad, not sure what Will Smith was thinking

Rating: 5/10 (9 December 2007)

Saw a free sneak preview of I AM LEGEND - so the price was right. (Spoilers) Despite some touching parts with Will Smith and his German Shepard early on, this movie suffers from a lack of focus and generally poor pacing. There's a lot of silence and dead-weight scenes to "convince" us of his solitude, too many. But to top it off, the CGI of animals and creatures is BADLY done. Often you could perceive the zombies/animals as, well, rendered! Detractively unconvincing really. In fact without Smith, the project would go straight to video - not really sure what he saw in it. He does a pretty good job as sort of a psychologically worn out military scientist. The last quarter of the movie seems thrown together though. The movie might've done better just focusing on the moments leading up to the spread of the virus. At any event, I'd avoid paying money to see it in the theater - maybe worth a rental for Will Smith fans. Mixed - close to a dud with some redeeming scenes.