Apparently, Will Smith aspires to be the biggest male lead in Hollywood, and I am Legend is essentially a Will Smith star vehicle. It’s a very effective star vehicle, too - he curbs his natural cockiness and portrays ‘the last man on earth’ and his steady mental disintegration with consummate skill. Unusually for Hollywood, it has a notably dark ending, and Smith’s several anti-religion rants (coupled with a dose of scientific hubris - he’s clearly used to finding solutions, and quickly) makes the film almost nihilistic. Like Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, I am Legend makes a point of going nowhere, fast.
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Would the last one to leave please turn out the lights?
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