A good try

Rating: 6/10 (6 April 2008)

It took me a few days and a few viewings to decide that I didn't like this movie. The first act is very intriguing and certainly had my attention very quickly, though it was hard to accept Will Smith as being a scientist who's trying to be man's savior at first, it grew on me and he really does a good job at convincing us that he's a versatile enough actor. It's when the zombie/vampire things start showing up that questions began to arise about the intention of the filmmakers. Why were they CGI? I think this is a very good example of a studio that might recognize it's errors in script, and therefore try and make up for it with lots of unnecessary CGI, like the new star wars movies. The only things that have a reason for being CGI were the rats and the dogs, ie; actors in the film which need to act differently than normal but can't just be told to do so. And why were the zombies' lower jaws like those of snakes? They would detach and extend far beyond what the human bone structure can do, and they did it all the time! Along with that, they could somehow climb up walls and things. With what? Their suction-pad finger tips? And how did they organize and make language and such in the 2 years since they took over? There were far too many things that just didn't make sense for this movie to earn a good rating.