DVD : I Am Legend [Blu-ray] [2007]

Rating: - Good, but a bit pridictable!
This film is not at all, the acting is realistic and Will smith portrays the best character he has, for some time now, but the ending of the movie isnt at all great, and like others before me, yes the alternative ending is much better then the original.

Well anyway, i believe the purpose of all blu-ray reviews is not to yap on about the movie but about the delicious transfer to HD.

Picture: the picture is very good and sharp at most moments, the colors are spectacular and the contrast is also very fine. 9/10

Audio: The sound is very nice, clear, and very good quality probably the best audio quality blu - ray i have 10/10

Overall (including the transfer and the film and acting, etc): 8/10

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Rating: - Boring...boring...boring!!!
Boring...boring...boring!!!The plot is all a bit obvious and you know what is coming all the way through. Also, the (animal) special effects did not gel very well.why do Hollywood scriptwriters think they can improve on good books when all the do is dumb them down into unbelievable trash. Alternate ending isn't much better where he does go off with them, it's a cheap imitation of resident evil which has been there, done that, & did it much better.
One to rent if you have no paintwork to oversee the drying of.

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Rating: - A poignant yet crushingly depressing film
The success of this film really is all down to the acting talents of a certain Mr. Will Smith.

The plot follows Smith's character, an army scientist called Robert Neville- (are there such a thing as army scientists??), who seemingly is the last surviving human left. A virus has wiped out humanity and turned the people it didn't kill immediately into for want of a better description vampire zombies.

Most of the beginning of the film is purely Neville and his pet dog searching the city looking for food and items of use in all the abandoned apartments and stores. They hunt deer and stay in the light. The zombies live in the shadows and can smell blood. Neville attempts to find a cure for the virus in his fortified apartment as he seems to be the only human with immunity.

The brilliance of the film lies in Will Smith's portrayal of a man who is struggling against the truth of his situation - a situation so desperate that most people would probably have given up long ago. He carries on with the grim determination of someone who still has a little hope left despite his outward belief that everyone else is dead. The things he does to keep himself sane, like naming and attempting to converse with shop mannequins perhaps seem ridiculous but are actually heart breaking. YOu will really feel for Neville.

With the film being a remake of the Omega Man I imagine most people know what happens already. The film does have an alternate ending that whilst more upbeat tends to stretch the ideas of acceptance a little far I think!

It's a good film - not the best by a long stretch but is very watchable thanks in no small part to Mr. Smith. The worst part of the film is the sense of desperation - it's palpable. It makes the film hard to watch, not because it's bad but because if you get into it, it's pretty uncomfortable to watch. It's quite powerful.

The HD picture and sound are first rate on this disk. It's a new film and hence has been translated to Bluray flawlessly. Great stuff.

Solid entertainment.

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Rating: - Blu-ray Quality
I thought I'd write this review for the HD fans out there. As I noticed some people have given the picture quality a 5/5. However I'm sure that there are other HD purists out there like me. I hate digital compression with a passion, to the extent it dictates what channels I watch on digital TV. I really have the eye for it. Unfortunately I was detecting digital compression on this Blu-ray disc. Mainly on Will Smith's face, it really started to annoy me. Parts of his face would stay still when he moved. This is a common problem of variable bit rate. Its actual bit rate does average lower than my other Blu-ray films. It may have been necessary to compress it a bit more because there are 2 films on the disc. I wouldn't let my review put you off of buying the Blu-ray version, it is amazing on scenes of New York. I just wanted to let the HD purists know that it will not be the absolute best quality Blu-ray can achieve.
"Earth" by the BBC is my current Blu-ray demo disc if I want to show the system off.

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Rating: - Movie: 3~4.25/5 Picture Quality: 4~4.75/5 Sound Quality: 4.75/5 Extras: 3/5
Version: U.S.A / Region Free
Disc size: 40,341,045,500 bytes
Codec : VC-1
Audio : English Dolby True HD 16-bit / Dolby Digital 640 Kbps

Theatrical Version
Running time : 1:40:31
Movie Size : 16,347,887,616 bytes
Average Video Bit Rate : 16.14 Mbps

Alternate Version
Running time : 1:43:53
Codec : VC-1
Movie Size : 17,440,892,928 bytes
Video Bit Rate : 16.30 Mbps

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