I Am Legend

IF YOU READ THIS YOU WON'T FIND OUT THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE "I AM LEGEND," BUT YOU WILL FIND OUT SIGINIFICANT PARTS OF THE STORY. Just making sure you know. So I just got back from viewing the movie. Very interesting, there's a bit of everything in it and I think it's extremely well done. The movie really keeps your interest, it doesn't move slow, and it's captivating. Will Smith plays the character extremely well; I'm continuously amazed by his ability to act in these last few years. It also seems like lately his movies have at one point or another showed off how ripped he is. Holy Cow. I don't know if VanDamme had that much muscle tone in his heyday.

The story line is interesting, with some interesting topics and issues that get touched on. Here is a man who has known some of the most brutal heartache I think anyone can imagine. And he spends his days and nights alone except for his dog, who then gets infected, leaving him totally and utterly alone in the world, as far as he knows. He's got stamina though, as he continues his work to try and find a cure, and even his experiments, you can tell, have brought day after day of struggle and pain as he tries to heal the world of such vicious aggression that has totally consumed every infected person. Infected people represent 99% of the world's population in the movie.

After he loses his dog, he pretty much goes mental and stays out driving around in the dark when the rabid mutants come out, and he loses it and starts running them over but they overwhelm his truck and are just about to kill him when some huge lights are all of the sudden flashed on, driving all the mutants away (called dark-seekers because they come out at night). It is then he finds out there are other uninfected survivors. I'll leave it there, with recommendations to go ahead and see it. Its a bit of a roller coaster emotionally, and you will find some moments of being frightened. I would not recommend it to anyone under 15 unless you feel they're not affected by fright and scenes of human aggression, similar to a rabid human on steroids. Also I felt the ending could have been a little different, but that's just personal preference. If you've seen it, let me know your thoughts!