I've seen worse

Rating: 7/10 (16 January 2008)

I don't think there are too many actors out there that can spend the first two thirds of a movie talking only to a dog and still be believable. Will Smith is an excellent actor and he does a pretty good job here as well. I doubt his performance is Oscar worthy though. (I will admit I was nearly in tears when the dog died). Too many people want to compare this movie to the book written in the 50's and the movie "The Omega Man" made in '71. I don't believe a proper comparison can be made to three works of art produced over three generations. While I haven't seen "The Omega Man" and won't draw any conclusions on that, I have read the book. Which is a rather grand adjective for 160 pages. Personally, I'm conflicted on whether I like the book. The premise for the story is original, (a disease causing vampirism wipes out man), but the rest was pretty predictable. A regular guy forced into an extraordinary situation learns to survive in a hostile environment. And sadly, that premise wasn't expanded on in "I Am Legend". I would have liked to see the vampirism angle in this movie and I think that would have made the movie better. Overall, a fairly good movie that could have been great but just fell short.