Very DISAPPOINTING, and very DIFFERENT from the others

Rating: 4/10 (3 January 2008)

I finally saw it, and I am so disappointed. :( I expected much better.
First of all, it is too short a movie. Secondly, it is indeed very much different from the book and all the other movies based on the book which I liked a lot, such as "The Omega Man". Thirdly, I despised the needless addition of the dog, and I knew exactly where THAT was going in the plot.
The mutants were just silent digital FX creatures instead of characters we knew and either hated or felt sorry for. They all were people the doctor, Neville, (main character) had known and they morphed into something bad, that in the earlier films. In all those other versions Neville spent his time hunting the mutants and killing them, and at night the mutants tried to kill him; they knew exactly where he lived but could not break in. But in this film, when they found out where he lived these mutants, who now have super human strength, can climb walls like spiders, attack in huge swarms like insects, and were able to take apart his house in short order. They are also good at mindlessly smashing their heads against windows and glass walls to break in, but they never say a word.
The entire story was truncated; there should have been at least 20-25 minutes more of plot, as there was in the other versions.
At one point late in the movie Will Smith, who at least did a fine job acting, started doing Shrek shtick while a video was playing. *rolls eyes* I almost walked out. I am just amazed I disliked it so.
Smith's acting was very good, but I could not wait for this to end even though it was the shortest of all the versions.