Review of I Am Legend (2007) by Aaron M — 23 Jul 2014

I am Legend is a great movie. It won't be too everyones taste and is inarguably slow, but for good reason. Its a beautiful movie in a strange sort of way and although short of cast it makes up in the sense of relationship between a broken and lonely man with the one thing he has left.

You feel the sense of disaster quickly and its bold however all the way through I got a feeling that something was missing. Not a lot happens but there are some emotional and heartfelt moments to make up for this.

There is also some thought provoking moments to create the idea of what Nevilles situation would really be like. Although the plot is simple and short its effective, this is mainly down to the way it was shot.

The major plus of this movie is Will Smith, he is superb. He acts incredibly and takes his role to another dimension. The major flaw happens to be its lack of loyalty to its source, Richard Matheson's novel.

It strays a little to far in my opinion.