This movie made me hate Will Smith and Everyone else involved with this movie

Rating: 1/10 (24 December 2007)

Let me start by saying that this is one of my favorite stories ever. When a book gets made into a movie I usually expect a fair amount of changes to be made. Understanding this I went to see I Am Legend. My verdict... Will Smith and the writers are Satan and I want the hour and a half I spent watching this movie back. This movie has absolutely nothing to do with Richard Matheson's short story I Am Legend and I am quite sure that Matheson is rolling in his grave over this film. They removed the humanity from the story. Instead of being a flawed everyman, Neville is portrayed as being of a higher intellect and therefore is not as easy to relate to. Neville is supposed to go through deep psychological drama, he is supposed to struggle with alcoholism and suicidal tendencies. The film was advertised Neville as being the last man on earth... but he isn't. Again a major deviation from the original story. The ending of the film made me want to cry and walk out of the theater and go and find Will Smith and demand my money back. I couldn't fathom any way that the writers could have deviated from the original ending. The original ending was so powerful and unexpected and this ending felt cheap and made me feel dirty. Why did I feel dirty? Because Hollywood took a truly deep and creepy ending and flipped it around so that the masses could blindly enjoy it. Is this elitist of me? I guess so in the terms that most people will see this film and think that this was the story Matheson wrote. Unfortunately it isn't, it is the farthest thing from it.
I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone. Don't go see this even if you are paid.