I Am Legend is Wil Smith's Castaway

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2009)

Welcome to the Wil Smith movie. We catch up with Col. Robert Neville and his family trying to get off Manhattan after some deadly type of virus as seemed to be released. They have a heck of a time but the real story is Robert Neville living on a desolate Manhattan and how he gets along. Smith's performance as Col. Dr. Robert Neville is wonderful. Seeing so much of him living in the ruble and the home he creates for himself is reminiscent of Tom Hanks in Cast Away. There is no volleyball unless you want to count the German Shepard dog. The problem in the movie is by way of the script which at times has more holes than my ganma's undies. There are scenes which are almost unbearable and then there are instances that just defy logic.
Does the movie look good? Well, yeah. The film is full of rich, sweeping cinematography and more CG than I shake a stick at. I Am Legend is a spectacular film that you can see again and a again which is a lot to say of a 2007 film. On a side note here: the movie you see at the theater or on HBO is not the movie the Wil and the director wanted you to see. The original adaptation of the movie can be downloaded and I think seen on the limited edition DVD. And, as usual, the movie is not the book the material is based on. The script adaptation gets a bad c- but the film is just too cool to pass by just for that. **/****.