I Am Legend

Posted: December 17th, 2007 | Author: Bea | Filed under: Media | 4 Comments »

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I’ve always been a chicken shit when it comes to movies with monsters, vampires and other scary creatures. It’s been like that forever, and I think I got it from my parents because they don’t like them either. Anyway, when John and Mark wanted to see I Am Legend on Saturday, I decided I was going to be brave and watch it with them. It was good… really good.

I am Legend, based on a book by Richard Matheson, tells the story of Dr. Robert Neville, a military virologist who is supposedly the sole survivor in NYC after a deadly virus kills 90% of the human population. Only 1% of humans are immune, and the rest are mutants that suffer some kind of “devolution,” becoming violent and blood thirsty. Dr. Neville works trying to find a cure, while sending radio messages for 3 years in hopes there are other survivors. The rest is action, chases, jumpy scenes and Will Smith‘s incredible performance. He does everything alone in this movie, for the only supporting cast are the mutants who appear from time to time, and his dog.

I found the movie interesting, but rather sad. Not so much about the mutants, but about the hopelessness. I cannot even begin to imagine what it feels to be convinced you’re completely alone in the world due to something that was man-made. But in the end, there is always a message of hope, a message of humanity’s struggle and the desire for survival.

Of course I am now afraid of going alone to the basement, but that’s just the post-movie trauma.

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4 Comments on “I Am Legend”

  1. 1 emawkc said at 10:54 am on December 17th, 2007:

    Have you read Cormac McCarthy’s yet? Somewhat similar premise, although without the message of hope. I highly recommend it.

  2. 2 logtar said at 11:07 am on December 17th, 2007:

    The more and more I think about the movie the more I like it. I start to think of the people that even in our current society feel just as alone as that character felt.

  3. 3 Melissa Nave said at 2:29 pm on December 17th, 2007:

    I felt the same way after seeing Jaws. I was afraid to enter swimming pools at the YMCA because that movie really scared me. I’d like to think I”ve grown since then. I would like to watch I AM LEGEND as well and see if it meets my standards of a scary movie.

  4. 4 Crystal W. said at 11:16 pm on December 18th, 2007:

    Yknow the trailer caught my attention but I hadn’t intended on seeing it, but now I’m reconsidering. Thanks for calling my attention to it!

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