I Am Legend (2007)

Summary: Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone. Mutant victims of the plague -- The Infected -- lurk in the shadows... watching Neville's every move... waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But he knows he is outnumbered... and quickly running out of time.           Overall: It’s interesting reading everyone else’s reviews on the movie. Most dislike the film as it compares to the original story of the 1970’s film. They find the film just doesn’t do enough to be true and original and hence, also dislikes the ideas here too. More than a few rail against the ending as being so opposite of what Matheson’s point was in his book. And a few hated the fact you substituted zombies for the original concept of vampires.           I find all those complaints to be accurate and true. And now I get to tack on my issues. Many found the first hour to be good pretty good with the 2nd hour ruining it for those reasons mentioned above. Frankly, I didn’t think the first hour was “all that” anyway. It’s slow…boring and outside of some nice CGI scenes, there’s basically no dialogue and it’s boring. And yes, it’s only one guy so how much dialogue could there be? I know that…but taking to the dog didn’t make it any better. How about more narration? How about Neville rehashing past experiences? Give me something…outside of him driving thru streets in his Ford chasing animals. Blah, blah, blah. Waste of time. Film did basically nothing for me and if anything, I’d suggest the Vincent Price version of the film instead of this one.           Comparison: Last Man on Earth meets 28 Days Later

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