I Am Legend

I am legend was awesome. So if you have not seen it, you should go. And if you have seen it, you are allowed to read on... in other words, spoiler alert!!!!!!


Do not read this unless you want to know what happens!









Okay, so you have decided you can read on...

First, a brief plot summary:

Will Smith (Dr. someone) is basically the last human alive after a cancer cure goes awry. 3 years prior to, a woman mutates a virus so that it is programmed to kill cancer (and apparently they are working on this stuff in real life). Unfortunately, the virus turns people into these hyper-aggressive zombie vampires - the "darkseekers" who get burned in the light, have little human-ness about them, and eat anything that lives and breathes. [Cool, right!?]

So Will Smith is a virologist / officer dude and he is researching a "cure" to this disease which makes humans into these mosters. He is immune for some reason.

Ready for the plot spoilers?


Okay, well, along the way, NYC is quarentined and he sends his wife and daughter off in a helicopter which is unceremoniously exploded by another wayward helicopter. Oops.

Everyone dies or turns into vampire zombies or is eaten by said vampire zombies... but he at least can go out during the day, hunt elk (well, those that are not taken by the random lions), play with his dog, and broadcast a radio signal on his mac book.

He also watches lots of movies and talked to various manniqens (sp?!) that he has posed around the places he frequents.

He also captures vampire zombie monsters and tests them to try to cure them. Awesome!

So then one day, one of the zombie vampires "learns" from him and actually almost ends up capturing him by moving the manniquen...

And here is where I break down.



Okay, little high school rugrats, the scene is heartbreaking... Will Smith has been alone for practically three years. (During which, by the way, he has gotten freakin ripped, something you could learn from!) And now here he is - his manniquen has moved, and he has no idea how. And he is having a nervous breakdown. It brought tears to my eyes - I do not know what I would do with myself if that happened to me. So he is getting really upset... and the stupid kids are LAUGHING at his breakdown. I mean sure, it was probably just that nervous uncomfortable laughter... but come on!

AND THEN HIS DOG DIES!

His only companion gives up his life to save Will Smith... and Smith actually has to kill him. The poor puppy! It made me so sad!


Anyway, the movie was awesome... I really enjoyed it, despite the sad parts and despite the scary parts.


When I got home, I talked it over a bit with my brother, and it sounds like the book is considerably different from the movie. The book has a sad ending, the movie has a yay happy ending. The puppy did not figure in nearly as much in the book as he did in the movie. The girl in the movie also did not betray the Doc like she did in the book.


I am looking forward to reading book, that is for sure...


And if I have not spoiled everything for you, you ought to go see the movie.