I am impressed

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2008)

There are many parts of the film which stand out of me. The incredible way they turned New York into a "ghost town" and the detail they put into it. The long shots and wide angles they used to show us that there is nobody left, that New York is dead, was really impressive. But the performance of Will Smith is what captured me throughout the film. It takes a lot for a single actor to hold the audience all by himself and in my mind, he pulled it off. From the solider like persona to the scientist to the man talking to his dog and joking with the mannequins, he grasped them all. I kept thinking to myself that guy who played in The Fresh Prince and Men In Black has grown up into an incredible actor, with a performance I cannot find a match for this year. Well Done Will Smith.
I do however feel the movie would have been more effective had the zombie like creatures been played by actual people rather than magically CGI effects. I think it would have brought a more terrifying understanding of what had happened if we could see raw emotion in the monsters rather than another Alien type creature we are all so use to in scary movies which cause ourselves to say "it's just a computer animation". I do understand that the idea was that Will Smith was suppose to be "The last man on earth", so I can see why they did what they did.
That being said, it is a movie I am glad I watched and felt that it was more of a sad story than a scary one. It broke my heart twice and when you see it, you will know when.