Will Smith is legend!

Rating: 8/10 (19 February 2008)

I saw the movie in the movies last night, it was a joyful sensational experience, and I loved it. The movie is brilliant, the story is gripping and the locations are overwhelmingly captivating, Will Smith's performance is incredible, mature and spontaneous, through his performance I felt Robert Neville's lonesomeness and solitude, his extraordinary devotion to fight and make things better, all in a simple realistic approach, no over-acting or exaggeration, the real way a true legend should be like. The directing is good, though it could've been better; in some parts it is focused and skillful, while in other parts it is loose and depthless, I guess a movie of such halo should have been given to a veteran director, while director Francis Lawrence is still developing and has never worked on a movie with such scale, even Constantine back in 2005. One thing I loved about the movie is the moral of the entire film; though it's been mentioned before in other movies, but for this case with Will's outstanding performance it had a different taste, it's something about Will's familiar face, it makes me sympathize with him as if I had known him for real. I also think the scene when Will talks about Bob Marley was emotionally provoking. All in all, the movie was a success, and Will Smith, what an actor! You'll enjoy this movie by only being human, you don't need to be a critic, a die-hard cinema fan or anything, you'll only need to be human.