Smith Can Act!

Rating: 5/10 (28 December 2007)

I have just seen this at the cinema and I have to admit that I was disappointed! I can take or leave Will Smith, sometimes he can turn on the magic, sometimes not (Ali anybody?) I Am Legend is definitely a film of two half's, the first half seems to have direction, the second half felt as though the meter was running and it had to be wrapped up!
The first half of the film finds Robert Neville in a bleak apocalyptic vision of a world destroyed by a virus, flashbacks are put into place to ferry the story along where necessary. The scale and enormity of the aftermath is stunningly displayed with excellent cinematography depicting a desolate New York. Will Smith has a depth of character that seems to get better and better as the years go by. I just don't like the chin wobbling parts, I find it hard to watch although no were near as bad as 'Pursuit Of Happiness'
The Zombies look terrible, surely there had to be a better way to show their faces, it just looked like amateur night at the flicks.
'Off Topic' I have often wondered about apocalyptic cities, what happens to nuclear facilities, what happens to gas terminals aren't these places extremely dangerous once unmanned?
Anyway I digress, the second half is just awful, it felt rushed and the storyline just ended it felt like an unnatural conclusion to a great opener, what happened, well the head zombie smashed his face into the glass partition and Robert Neville lets off a hand grenade the end. Come on people! Why is the film called 'I Am Legend' the brief mention of it at the end of the film hardly seemed to suggest this was the case?
The Movie has obviously had megabucks thrown at it, why oh why didn't this film get pre screening feedback that that could have made this film more satisfactory.
On a side note, is Will Smith going for the more serious type role? I for one hope that he doesn't forget his routes in comedy!