This film was horrible. It was a complete nightmare to watch, and totally tedious. Instead of writing concise sentences on why this movie was so horrendous to me, I will simply list the negative points about the film:
1. The dialogue - When I heard Heston scream out "It's turning into night," that's when I knew I was in for a long night.
2. Neville - I had an easier time connecting with one of the many manikins in the film than Neville. He was interestingly uninteresting. The dog in "I Am Legend" was an added necessity for Will Smith's character recognition. It helped.
3. The Family - Even though they can articulate like intelligent human beings, they proved to be more mindless than the mindless monsters running around in "I Am Legend."
4. The romance - This should have been number one on this list. I didn't buy the romance for one split second. It was laughably absurd. It only took a second for it to happen. And I didn't believe Heston was even attracted to her.
5. Richie or Richard (whatever) - What was he thinking?
6. The performances - For-the-birds.
7. Camera work - I started calling out the next shot before it happened, like the zoom in on Heston when he found Richie's note. It looked shamefully amateurish and predictable for what was a string of corny shots since the beginning of the film.
8. Music - It was all done in one night on a Casio synthesizer keyboard.
9. Make up/Effects - Okay. What was with the red Kool-aid and, in some cases, the Campbell's tomato soup as blood? And granted, the CGI monsters in "I Am Legend" weren't easy on the eyes or sensibility (I hated them), but I can appreciate them more than the intellectual, pale faces walking around in their Jedi cloaks.
10.The ending - Need I say more?
Overall, it was an awful film. If I could give it "zero" stars, I would.
1. The dialogue - When I heard Heston scream out "It's turning into night," that's when I knew I was in for a long night.
2. Neville - I had an easier time connecting with one of the many manikins in the film than Neville. He was interestingly uninteresting. The dog in "I Am Legend" was an added necessity for Will Smith's character recognition. It helped.
3. The Family - Even though they can articulate like intelligent human beings, they proved to be more mindless than the mindless monsters running around in "I Am Legend."
4. The romance - This should have been number one on this list. I didn't buy the romance for one split second. It was laughably absurd. It only took a second for it to happen. And I didn't believe Heston was even attracted to her.
5. Richie or Richard (whatever) - What was he thinking?
6. The performances - For-the-birds.
7. Camera work - I started calling out the next shot before it happened, like the zoom in on Heston when he found Richie's note. It looked shamefully amateurish and predictable for what was a string of corny shots since the beginning of the film.
8. Music - It was all done in one night on a Casio synthesizer keyboard.
9. Make up/Effects - Okay. What was with the red Kool-aid and, in some cases, the Campbell's tomato soup as blood? And granted, the CGI monsters in "I Am Legend" weren't easy on the eyes or sensibility (I hated them), but I can appreciate them more than the intellectual, pale faces walking around in their Jedi cloaks.
10.The ending - Need I say more?
Overall, it was an awful film. If I could give it "zero" stars, I would.