Others say...

"the best movie"
I love how easier it is to get from amazon. the price was to die for!

"opinan of "I am legend""
I think it's a good movie for sifi buffs, but I didn't like the fact the events in the movie are not in order and time frames are missing

"Will Smith, his dog, and his AR-15 try to survive after a devastating plague"
Will Smith plays a US Army doctor who is one of the few survivors of a deadly plague that has wiped out most of humanity. Most of the people on the Earth simply died, a small fraction have reverted to a more primitive state and become nocturnal pack hunters, and a smaller fraction survived the plague more or less unscathed. This is a well worn theme that has been beaten to death, but this film is extremely well done in my opinion and a few weakness aside will take its place as one of the best of the genre. Will Smith is terrific as the doctor looking for a cure and some companionship in decaying NYC. He brings just the right amount of humor and grim determination to the role to be both believable and entertaining. The opening scene of the film, an interview with a doctor (played by Emma Thompson) who has found a cure for cancer that is the ultimate cause of the plague, is extremely well done. Her smug arrogance is rewarded as her cancer cure rapidly turns into a deadly plague. The first half of the movie is best. Will Smith wanders around a decaying NYC roughly three years after the outbreak of the plague. The CGI city is chilling: abandoned cars, collapsed buildings, weeds growing in the streets. NYC is returning to a more natural setting. Through this Smith, along with his trusty dog and tricked out AR-15, wander through the city looking for other normal survivors and trying to find a cure for the disease (he conveniently has a full stocked medical research lab in his basement). There are occasional flashbacks as we learn about the plague, how it progressed, and what happened to Smith's family. The best part of these types of films is how the main character tries to retain a sense of normalcy. In this film, Smith regularly goes to a video store to rent videos. He has put various mannequins around the store as other customers and employees that he talks with. As the film progresses and Smith finds a female companion, the story turns from one of exploration and survival into a mission to save humanity. This film is undone a bit at the end as it degenerates into an ordinary lone survivor battling hordes of zombies type of movie. Even with an unimaginative ending, this is an entertaining and damn scary film, definitely recommended.

"Great premise, good acting, too many dumb scenes"
I Am Legend is another action flick release by Will Smith. This time Mr. Smith stars as Robert Neville, a US military scientist who helped create a virus-based vaccine against cancer that ends up becoming contagious, spreading to the entire human population, killing of 90% of humans, and turning most of the survivors into cannibalistic, light-hating creatures; i.e. vampire - zombies called Darkseekers. Most of the movie takes place in New York City, specifically in Neville's town home, and in the streets and buildings of Manhattan.

The drawbacks of the movie are primarily in the plot; specifically there are some very dumb scenes. Probably the biggest is the lack of firepower wielded by Dr. Neville. We learn in the movie that Dr. Neville happens to be an Army officer. We also see that Dr. Neville has been living alone in NYC for several years, often fighting of Darkseekers. Dr. Neville also has a lot of time every single day to drive thru the city, stop of at music and DVD stores to "rent" movies and CD's, arrange various store mannequins to provide him "company", play golf, and chase animals that have escaped from the local zoos. Yet in the entire movie, Dr. Neville has only three guns on him, an automatic rifle, and two handguns. For someone living in a city full of zombies that want to eat him, who has military training, and who has a lot of time to acquire firearms in a city that must be full of gun shops, I would think Dr. Neville would be loaded with guns. In the final scene when the Darkseekers storm his house, he uses a grand total of 1 gun with 1 clip, and 1 grenade. This is preposterous. I would have hundreds of firearms in that house, several per room, with lots of ammunition clips around.

A second stupid scene in the movie is when Dr. Nevill falls into the Darkseekers' trap and gets strung up by his leg. For a sober Army officer to fall into such a simple trap is ludicrous and mind-boggling.

Probably the dumbest part of the movie is why doesn't Dr. Neville start demolishing the hiding places of the Darkseekers. He clearly knows how to construct and use explosives, as shown in the movie's climax. And he clearly has the time to do this, so why does he not start blowing up various dark spots throughout the city as a way of clearing out the Darkseekers?

So all in all, this is a movie with a great premise and good acting, but some big plot holes that lead to very stupid scenes.

"Worse Will Smith movie ever!"
Thank God he gets killed at the end so there'll be no sequel!
Watch the Omega Man with Charlton Heston instead.