I haven’t read the book so I couldn’t be disappointed by them veering off the book plot. However I really liked the movie. Will Smith is simply outstanding as Dr. Robert Neville and I would go as far as to say this was his best performance to date. Although the movie follows the formula of a blockbuster pure and simple, I absolutely loved the first 2/3 of the movie. It is dark, yet hopeful. Watching the impressive rendering of a post-apocalyptic New York City is a gift by itself. Nevertheless the last third of the movie is just the typical Hollywood ending and the plot just jumps too fast to the end for my own liking, just like jumping off a cliff. I wouldn’t have minded the movie being 30 minutes longer and the plot delving more into the loneliness of being the last man on Earth and also see some flashbacks on how Robert Neville survived from the outbreak to the present, how he built his fortress, how he learned to survive etc… In my opinion, a much darker end, one that follows the lonely and post-apocalyptic atmosphere of the first two-third of the movie would have made it the best movie of the year. Another missed opportunity…

Anyways I loved it. Definitely recommend it to everyone

B+