A little slow and pointless off the bat, it feels very typical for the first 20 minutes or so. Once it has been established that, yes, he is the only guy around, it gets to the good parts. I shouldn’t paint it so negatively, because I Am Legend does a wonderful job of building tension. I mean, you know shits gonna go down, and you know it’s going to be hardcore. The movie refuses to throw the viewer into it right off the bat though, and I have to respect that.

Suffering from flashbacks, Robert has a personal mission that seems to be the only thing really keeping him from going utterly insane. Packed with near silent and toned down shots where nothing is said (there’s no one to talk to!) that i felt were used very well in some instances, and felt awkward in others. On that note, a lot of the shots were exceptionally well done, and really helped set the mood. There were so many times that I thought something was going to burst out, B-movie style, and the film refused to go there. Way to go on that.

Will Smith does a very good job playing his role, and I can honestly say that he was a very good pick for the film. I can also say that he was super ripped, and scared the hell out of me with his rugged, survivalist, man-body. Girls will like this movie simply for him doing chin-ups. Guys will love the everything else.

Though I am sure it was unintentional the Alpha Male in the movie reminded me very much of Grendel in the CG’ed version of Beowulf. I’m not sure how that worked out, but sadly it really hurt my perception of the character and made it hard to take that part of the movie seriously. I’m sorry, but the hilarity I found in Beowulf really hurt the team on this one, and I can’t really hold it against the film itself and so I tried to avoid that when making my marking decision.

I will say (without giving anything away) that the ending really irked me. I can’t explain why without giving away the movie, but I got to be honest, I hate when that exact situation occurs. If or when you see the movie, you’ll at least know what I’m talking about. All in all though, I cannot rag on the movie that much. It is what it is, and that’s about it. It won’t win any awards, but it’s a good movie in the end.

7/10