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User Reviews for: I Am Legend

FinFan
4/10  5 years ago
I don't know the book so everything I comment on is sorely based on the (alternate) movie version.

And simply seen as a movie it was one heck of a dissapointment. First off, the whole scenery is wrong. Shiny cars and clean shops and only a slight bit of wild vegetation are not what I have in mind when I think about a time 3 years after an apocalypse. Then there is the story that seems to have no purpose. Althought it started out well and seemed interesting but that's it. It just seemed. Things are happening, the movie ends and I wonder what was the reason. I was actually wondering if I fell asleep and missed a part. Felt more like a pilot for a TV show. What's the point ? Sience can backfire ? That in trying to reverse the effects of the virus that made monsters of the few survivors Neville himself became a monster ? That's not only thin but a rather hollow morale. And the monster angle puts this in the realm of unbelievable. And my biggest issue: how on earth did Anna and Ethan get there in a car ? Manhattan is an Island, is it not ? All the bridges where destroyed and the tunnel flodded. And how do they leave ? Why is he legend ?

Ultimately this movie, for me, was a waste of time.
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GenerationofSwine
/10  one year ago
Oh this one just hurts. I mean, shout out to Will Smith. In 2022 he might be a beta fool, but he was still charming as all get out in this movie.

It just wasn't what it was supposed to be.

The source material was pretty amazing. Richard Matheson was on a pretty high horse when he wrote it and it came out as a pretty philosophical masterpiece in the way that only science fiction can.

It examined something and then it took that examination and turned it into a story... like science fiction should.

But "I Am Legend" just sort of examines Will Smith and the philosophical musings that made the source material great took a back seat to special effects and monsters and Smith.

It could have been something that people are still talking about instead of something people forgot.
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mooney240
/10  one year ago
**I Am Legend is not a typical sci-fi action thriller but an excellent deeper story that focuses on a lonely man and the price he pays to try to save humanity.**

I Am Legend follows the story of an isolated survivor still trying to find a cure to a pandemic that turned the world into crazed mutants. The movie's scale and cinematography are impressive, with large wide shots of nature slowly reclaiming the city of New York. Will Smith's performance carries the film (and kind of has to since he is alone for most of it). His emotion and conviction brilliantly convey the cost of his isolation and the toll years of suffering have taken on him. Long before John Wick had his dog, Robert Neville (Will Smith) had his dog in I Am Legend, and their relationship tugs on the heartstrings throughout the film. I Am Legend gives moments of suspense and horror, great action scenes, and psychological drama. I also enjoyed the religious references in the movie. There are really only two flaws I see in this film:

> 1. The CGI is dated and disappointing by today's standards, but it wasn't all that bad when the movie was first released.
> 2. The theatrical ending was decent, but if you can watch the alternate ending, do it! It is significantly better and helps fill some plot holes from earlier in the film (I believe the alternate ending was probably the original ending).

I Am Legend is an excellent story of survival and the breaking of a survivor's hope and mind. Will Smith's incredible performance makes this movie one of the better survival post-apocalyptic films.
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Andre Gonzales
/10  4 months ago
Awesome movie! See kind of what life would be if you were the last one on it. The problem is battling the evil that took over.
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