Made me want to read the book

Rating: 4/10 (15 December 2008)

I share the disappointment of many of the people posting here about the weak quality of a movie which otherwise had potential. . .Absolutely the culprit in my mind is lazy scriptwriting and directing.
There are so many plot holes in this film I could fill five pages, but I suppose I'll just list one: how on earth do the mutated humans survive for three years? You would think that given their state of regression they would be unable to survive the first NY winter that happened. For that matter, how is it that Will Smith's character is the ONLY surviving human in NY? What makes him so good? You would think that the small percent of immune people would have long ago band together, particularly as they have the advantage of unlimited daytime travel. For that matter, how does one get into Manhattan when all the bridges have been destroyed in an effort to quarantine the island?
Other, more intelligent films like '28days' have dealt with this neatly, or invoked the supernatural. To do neither is, I submit, laziness and an attitude of 'build bigger CGI's, no one will care about the rest. Well, I care.
I watched the movie on HBO, so at least I didn't waste the price of admission or DVD rental. But he real thing is, now I am inspired to go and actually read the book. You know, reading, an activity that is actually good for one.