A terrible, stupid, film

Rating: 1/10 (11 June 2008)

I originally was going to take up all 1,000 words of this review saying repeatedley not to see this movie, but that would not have been productive so I decided to write a real review.
I must say, I am a huge fan of the 70s version of the book "I am Legend", "Omega Man", and with the movie "I am Legend", I was hoping for a better made, more modern version of the same thing, but I defidentley did not get that, and here is why.
-Will Smith's character is just not very deep, he is far too much of a "Goody Two Shoes", I also think that the fact that he seems completely sane just flat out DOES NOT FIT.
-The zombies just flat out did not work. In "Omega Man" the zombies are actually thinking beings that convey a powerful message about society. Also, even with all sorts of modern effects, the zombies just look stupid instead of scary.
-The story behind the virus does not at all fit reality. First of all a specialized strain of measles would not be able to be turned into a cure for cancer because it does not directly attack cells, also, a pill or injection could not mutate in the short amount of time between the time the cure is first used and the time it mutates for it to develop an air born strain. The zombies are said to exhibit rabie like symptoms which does not fit the mutated measles concept.
-Lastly, the cheesy story line does not fit the big budget effects and actors.