I Am Legend (2007)

Depravity. Streets riddled with mangled cars, foliage entangled with colourful Broadway posters and complete barrenness is upon once vibrant streets. Disease has purged the Earth of human beings, except for one. Dr. Robert Neville (Portrayed by Will Smith) roams the streets, hunting wild deer whilst musing over the guilt he feels from his former life. But once the sun goes to bed, he puts his delusions and feelings aside to battle creatures void of moral understanding. But when a mother and child find him, he begins to wonder about whether he still claims the title of the only man on Earth, or not. Despite the fact that this movie is often classed as a ‘zombie flick’, there’s something about this motion picture that I find inspiring. Maybe I can relate to Dr. Neville, in the way that he feels, and is, totally solitary. Or maybe it’s due to the way that he puts himself aside in order to preserve the lives of a vulnerable[?] woman and her child. But I think it’s due to the concept. Sure, the movie totally disregards the book’s ending (This movie is loosely based on a novel) but in a way I like that. I think that the zombie genre is so focused on the gore aspect that it completely forgets to look at the psychological element, something that this movie does. Not just the fear of being in the presence of such creatures but how a human would react and come to grips with being in the mist of such a reality. Maybe not a movie for the little ones but definitely one to watch. And due to the effect that the movie has had on me, I am planning on reading the book imminently