Depressingly bad

Rating: 1/10 (30 December 2007)

It's depressing to read the enthusiasm expressed for this film. I have to confess that after 30 minutes I'd firstly fallen asleep for a few moments and then been awakened by the noise. After that I followed for 25 minutes in which nothing of any note happened. Now before anyone thinks this review is from an elderly has been with snobby taste, let it be said I thoroughly enjoyed the Resident Evil series. All 3 of them. Of course the concepts are basically silly but the "joi-de-vivre" of the performances and the semblance of a story makes up for the lack of intellectual content. Moreover, there are sensible attempts to attack everyday problems to add even a tiny degree of realism to the movie. In 'I am Legend' where does the electricity come from, the gas. How are there 2 lions and countless wild dear roaming New York? How come the cars in the streets after 3 years are spotless while there are plants growing through the asphalt. How come the child's bedroom is so clean and dust free. Why continue? After watching a CGI figure kill itself by hitting its head against the ground I had to leave the theater from irritation and frustration before I started to do the same. Something I have never done before in 50 years of cinema going. This is a truly dreadful movie.