Movie Reviews for I Am Legend [Blu-ray]

I Am Legend [Blu-ray]

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Movie Reviews of I Am Legend [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: I am Legend
Summary: 5 Stars

Great movie although it is nothing like the book. So if you are expecting this to be like the book then you are in for a unpleasant surprise. Still the movie stands on its own and is great. Just dont expect it to be like the book.

Movie Review: "I Am Legend" Is Entertaining But "The Omega Man" Is Superior
Summary: 4 Stars

Will Smith stars yet again in another film where he battles animated creatures. First it was runaway robots in "I Robot." Now, it's super strong mutants, products of a cancer treatment gone horribly wrong. The bald mutants look very similar to the robots.

"I Am Legend" is a remake of a remake. The original is "The Last Man on Earth." Made in the sixties, this film most closely resembles the novel on which it was based: Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend." An airborne virus kills most of the human population which return as zombie-like vampires. Vincent Price is Dr. Neville who's lost his family to the virus and searches for a cure while killing vampires in London.

In the early seventies, Charlton Heston reprises the role as Dr. Neville in "The Omega Man." Living in Las Angeles, he also searches for a cure while killing the mutants. Those who do not die from the germ warfare are turned into psychotic albinos who are afraid of the light.

Of the three movie, "The Omega Man" is superior because it has the most realistic plot and the better characterization. The mutants are three-dimensional humans; they are not cartoon characters. Neville has more interaction with the unaffected survivors, especially one female played by feisty Rosalind Cash. There are also more twists and turns. It has a delicious, downbeat ending that leaves us with a faint ray of hope for mankind.

In "I Am Legend," Will Smith is basically a one man show; it is him versus the cartoon characters. The interaction between him and the dog is touching and very emotional. However, I felt more sympathy with Vincent Price's Neville who watched his family slowly die of the plague. He even encountered his wife's return as a vampire.

Overall, "I Am Legend" is entertaining and suspenseful. However, it is a disappointment for fans of the far more superior "Omega Man." I strongly suggest that, if you liked "I Am Legend," you obtain a copy of "The Omega Man." You may enjoy it more. If you are a fan of classic horror and/or Vincent Price, search out a copy of "The Last Man on Earth."

Movie Review: A boat load of strange
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie is quite possibly the strangest one I've ever seen. I had no idea what it was about before I rented it and just got it because Will Smith was in the movie.
About the movie: Scientific testing supposedly cured 10,009 people of cancer. However, something in that medicine had a negative affect on these people afterwards. People started acting more like animals, killing and abusing each other for prey. Only a select few were immune to bites from this savage group and from getting the disease that swept the world. In comes Dr. Robert Neville (Will Smith) who is immune to the disease but still fears for his life and that of his gorgeous German Shepherd, who is his best friend and only confidant that is alive. Both he and his dog prowl the area for surviving human beings.

Pros: I love dogs like most humans love babies so I spent quite a bit of the time grinning and going "Aw" when the German Shepherd did cute things like not eating its vegetables or licking Smith's face. As a puppy, you could've put that dog on a postcard and framed it to your wall. The movie is definitely unique and took some great risks and a very unromantic twist about "the last man on Earth." With such a serious film, there were definitely some uncomfortable comedic scenes, like Dr. Neville being so lonely for comfort that he has now decided to holla at female mannequins. The special effects could make the average horror film phobic jump at every scene, and I enjoyed them.

Cons: I never figured out what the purpose of the lion and deer was supposed to be, especially considering you never saw another lion in the movie again so it wasn't like the city completely turned into a jungle.

Movie Review: One man, one dog and carnivorous zombies
Summary: 3 Stars

I have mixed feelings about "I Am Legend"; Will Smith does very well as a one-man show throughout most of this film and captured the insanity that comes with the solitude very well. I especially liked the scene where he is alone in the DVD store saying to one of the plastic models: "Hello" and `say hello to me'. It really made me feel compassionate towards the character as I can't imagine what it's like to be so lonely you've resorted to speaking to inanimate objects as if they are real.

The most surprising part of the film is seeing a city, absent of life, at the beginning. It was kind of creepy with the one man, one dog and deserted land.

I think the zombies could have been made better; they could have been made to look more `real' as they appeared rather computerized. Otherwise, they added a layer of chilling horror to the film.

In the film, a sickness wipes out the world, Robert Neville (Will Smith) appears to be the only survivor, immune to the disease that has taken everyone else. While trying to avoid going `nuts', he perseveres in search for a cure for the disease that has killed off humanity and left the others as carnivorous zombies. This film contains some dark and rather cringe-worthy humour, but it seems appropriate in the setting of the film.

Altogether, I think the film is worth seeing but maybe not owning.