It should have been called "I am Will Smith"

Rating: 5/10 (5 October 2008)

It took the horror out of survival horror and should have created its own category: Survival.
Will Smith proves he can act and keep this movie going, and that's fine. But it came without any sense of carnage from it's comic book origin. This movie seemed lost without it.
Were the producers so afraid about the turn out for the movie that they decided to make it suitable for all ages? If its story was in its original form, it would have been an R rated film. But more importantly, it would have been a much better film. "I Am Legend" was a movie that needed to go all out. I felt that this movie held back too much.
Acting aside, there needed to be more story than Robert Neville being able to cope with post apocalypse New York City. The details of what could have made it better was maybe, it should have concentrated on the world falling apart a little more, just to give the plot a better atmosphere. Maybe some more focus on Robert Neville after losing his loved ones and coping with the gradual devastation of society in progress would have been the answer.
It felt too quiet to be labelled as an action movie. Will Smith could have done a Shakespearean monologue on a dark stage with a light over his head and it would have given me the same affect as this movie did.
It has some good elements between the relationship with him and his dog. I probably would have been more moved had Will Smith had more interaction with the Vampire Zombies. Because monologues get boring after a little while. The additional characters come into play a little too late only to give Will Smith a little more juice in his acting ability.
The poster said "The Last Man On Earth Isn't Alone". Well that's because he is not the last man on Earth! So why would Hollywood want to deceive the audience?
On top of that, the zombies were just as bloodless as the rest of the story. 5 for 10.