Pretty disappointing, but with its good points.

Rating: 5/10 (17 September 2008)

Throughout watching this, I was thinking, "ok, this is a little boring, but I'll give it more time". I resolved to give it a little time, and decided that it was just about decent, and that I'd carry on watching. That is, until I looked a the clock. I'd been watching it for an hour, and pretty much nothing had happened! I honestly thought that what had happened could have been cut down to last about 10 minutes.
I was pretty disappointed, although I had many positive comments from others. I got comments such as "it's amazing, you really have to watch it!" from my friends. I looked at the parent guide on IMDb, and read that the movie was very intense, and would have audience jumping out of their seats. I think I may have jumped - once or twice.
However, I have to say that the film is very well put together. The plague victims are very well done, however the animals in New York do NOT look very realistic. The acting is great, Will Smith was brilliant at portraying his character.
But I expected more. All those tens of minutes really could have been spent making the plot so much clearer, and better explained. After about an hour, a lot started to happen, but little was really explained. In that hour of pretty much nothing going on, there could have been potential for really amazing stuff.
Overall, I would say that it is worth watching once or twice. Definitely worth renting, possibly not worth buying.