I went to see “I Am Legend” with a few friends of mine. Â Some of them saw the film before a few times, but decided that it was worth another view anyway. Â That pushed my expectations up a bit. Â But. Â The film was indeed worth it.
Here are the things that I liked, in no particular order:
- Will Smith. Â He is a good actor. Â It just that most of the times he has to do those rather simplistic roles. Â But in this one, you can see the talent. Â He does really good.
- Visuals. Â There are some really cool images in the film. Â In fact, it’s the visuals that create the bigger part of this movie. Â There is some excellent photography, which could have been easily transformed into still images and paintings.
- Drama. Â There seems to be no shortage of movies about viruses, zombies, and the end of the world. Â However, so many of them fail to create the drama around the events. Â Broken families, numerous victims, and blood rivers seem to be present everywhere. Â But rarely they are used to create the horrific sense of sadness and pity.
Of course, there were a few things that sucked in this movie. Â I’m not going to go through the details on these, since they aren’t worth it. Â However I’d like to mention the zombies. Â I think that the choice of rather cartoon-ish characters was wrong. Â More “realism” in this area could have made the movie almost perfect.
I’d give it a strong 7.5 out of 10, and a recommendation to watch it, even if you are not a fan of the sci-fi end of the world horror. Â It’s pretty good.