My first movie review. Ever. Man, am I proud or what?
But wait. Before you read it, let me warn you that this will contain spoilers. And I don't mean one or two spots. I'm talking about a whole chunk of them.
Continue on if you'd want to be exposed to the spoilers. If you don't plan to watch it and read the spoilers anyway, be my guess.
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I am Legend
This movie disappoints me. A lot. A whole lot that I wish I could take back my money and watch a good movie.
One thing I really didn't like about the movie was that the whole story was sooo slow. The first hour of the movie was terrific but if you put it this way, France Lawrence's direction is... patient, solid and suspenseful... that I almost slept in my seat.
I mean, c'mon this is Will Smith I'm telling you. When there's Will Smith there's bound to be explosions and things blowing up. And that only came out later.
The part where his dog, Samantha, got bitten by the infected canines and Neville in the end kills her just when he sang a lullaby to her is so heartbreaking that I loved it. Honestly I didn't want Samantha to die.
When I decide to watch I am Legend I just thought Robert Neville IS the last man on Earth. Well I wanted that to be true but Anna's existence just... kills everything I hoped. But that's just me. Haha loved it when Anna told her mute son Ethan to drop the knife when Neville reacted violently, rejecting the idea of a safe zone down at Bethrel or some city starting with a B.
The ending was stupid. The protagonist dies. His dog dies. The movie didn't make any sense. The "Darkseekers" as in the "infected" roams and rules the night and... has a group leader. Who actually thought up a trap against Neville to render him helpless till the littlest speck of sunlight is gone.
Btw, the CGI monsters here sucks. I mean, it sucks. 'Cause it cost less. And it would be more terrifying if the "Darkseekers" are actually humans with thick make-up and all that, just like in "28 days later" or "28 weeks later". But this - it really disappoints me.
The scary parts were not scary parts. There were "shocking" parts. I held on to my breath for the supposedly scary bits but I got bored and almost died holding my breath and not letting it go. Damn.
Sure, Mr Will Smith nails the potrayal. It's not the kind of work that will earn him an Oscar nomination but audiences don't usually see better than this in genre films. But he dies in the movie. Damn.
But out of all I'd give it 6.1 out of 10. And a one thumbs up.
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