The Last Man On Earth (Vincent Price, 1964) made me cry. I suspect I Am Legend would be just as bad or worse. Still I really like Will Smith. The man is undeniably talented, and, like Tom Hanks, he has a sympathetic persona. We can't help becoming involved when he's in the cast. So I do want to see the movie, but I'll wait for DVD. That way, I can leave the room or look away at strategic moments. In other words, I'd control the intensity of my movie -watching experience. That's the way I like it!

Even though it was almost always obviously CGI, that doesn't mean it isn't good.

This is exactly what I've been telling people for years about Harryhausen special effects. (For those of you who don't know, he was the premiere special effects guy for those old Sinbad movies from the 70s.) The effects did NOT look real, but they looked so cool that nobody cared. This was in the late 50s and early 60s when giant monsters had their heyday.

The sound effects of the MZV's were good, but high-pitched enough that at theater volume it could produce a severe migraine if they used it too much - and fortunately, they didn't.

I'm glad you included this fact, J. I actually walked out of a theater once when I was continually assailed with blasts of high-pitched "music". Got my money back, too. Lest you believe this is an "old lady" thing, I was nineteen at the time.

My biggest complaint was the camera work. For the most, excellent angles, but some of the times when the camera was moving it was rather jerky for my tastes

Thanks for this heads up too, J. I honestly think this is an attempt to keep older people OUT of the theaters! I can't watch a jerky film unless I take Dramamine first!

Good review, J. I think I'll watch this one on DVD.

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