I am bland

Rating: 3/10 (6 January 2008)

*spoilers* OK so I am seldom moved to post comments - normally I tend to agree with most - with in 2 or 3 stars anyway. But this movie was terrible on so many levels I couldn't help but put pen to paper! Nothing wrong with the premise - great concept but that is where it ends.
So what was the main problem - well first thing  Will Smith  he isn't a great actor but normally you can rely on him to bring an element of warmth and humor to a role  somehow the director managed to make him incredibly bland  in fact I would be hard pressed to think of a role where he has been less engaging.
Second  he was a military man  it was bad enough that he didn't actually go out and try and purge the area during the daylight hours of infected/vampire/zombie 'whatevers' but he couldn't even manage to successfully hunt down a deer (or were they antelope  the CGI was so bad it was hard to tell!) We are supposed to believe this genius is going to save the human race!?
Thirdly  again coming back to the questionable IQ of the character  all of Manhattan and he couldn't find a place that could keep the infected out at night!? Which brings us to the fourth complaint  apparently these "infected" where devoid of "any human tendencies" - strange really as they where not only smart enough to set a trap that caught the genius but also managed to show structure and leadership in their assaults  in particular taking out UV lights.
What was good about the film  the dog was great. Unfortunately however the antidote which worked on rats  and ultimately humans simply didn't work on dogs!?
Finally  the most unrealistic moment in the movie  after 3 years on his own he walks into the kitchen and finds an attractive South American cooking his breakfast  he ends up spitting the dummy because she has used his bacon!? That's just wrong!