I don't want to spoil the movie for anybody, but if you've read the original "I Am Legend" and are considering the movie, you should know a few things.
First, they've changed the ending. I won't tell you what the old one, or the new one, actually was. But it's different now, and the movie is quite a bit more Hollywood. The worst part is that it makes the name of the movie nonsensical. Why is he legend? They try and craft a new reason, separate from the book's reason, but it's pretty weak.
But, second, it isn't actually as terrible as you might think. Despite some significant changes, the story of the main character is pretty well done. And Will Smith is quite good as well.
The problem lies in the fact that, with that part of the movie crafted so well, you really regret the changes they make to the ending, and to the "bad guys". The bad guys are just CGI special effects with no real purpose other than to scare us.
Anyway, the movie itself is probably a 6 or 7 out of 10; but when you take it in concert with the book, and realize what it could have been (with no changes to actors or the first hour/hour and a half), it gets a 4/10.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure that crazy-insane with disease or not, you can't bash your skull against a plexiglass wall repeatedly without turning your brains into goo. That part was just plain silly.
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