Does Will Smith have it in for all our classic authors?

Rating: 1/10 (23 May 2008)

I mean really, first we get that chunk of garbage: I,Robot, which basically stole an Asimov title, and screwed up the rest with a totally non-Asimov story, and now he's hacked up Matheson. His second go around as Will Smith vs Great Authors brings us a story that has been completely changed from the book (as usual with Hollywood, I know, but still.) Even the title, the very words "I Am Legend," take on a new and ridiculously typical Hollywood meaning, and the entire thought provoking depth of the original meaning has been totally lost. If you were unlucky enough to have been given this movie as a Christmas present, birthday present, or dug it out of a dumpster somewhere, do yourself a huge favor, plop it down on your coffee table, grab a tall frosty beverage, and use the disc as a coaster as you prop your feet up and read the book. This just makes me wonder what amazing author he's going to attack next. Will Smith vs Robert Heinlein, or Will Smith vs Ray Bradbury. I really should stop naming names, just in case one of his producers can actually read and says "Hey Will, ya know what would be great...", although, judging from this movie they can't, so we're probably safe...until next summer.