I talk out loud like you're still around

I am Legend is a good movie because it doesn't forfeit story for sentimentality. There, I've said it in the most succinct way I possibly could. Alas, that is never enough. I have to blather on and on about the meaning behind the virus, and the magnitude of seeing the streets of new york empty of people, with it being very clear that it was not all CGI, which certainly heightens the tension and realty. I might have to also add that Will Smith can act and that I hadn't even wanted to see it, but there was nothing else playing for an hour, and Gus screamed at me in the cold lobby of the theater, that I had promised him we would see Cloverfield, and I had actually wanted to see There Will be Blood, but couldn't bring my scallywag sons because it's rated R. So, all the pieces were in place to make it a pleasant surprise, well, not pleasant but certainly compelling. There are monsters, and they're the same ones from The Descent because apparently heroin chic is in for zombies too these days. But beyond them and the other obligatory aspects, the movie followed through on not being as uplifting as it could have, and for that, I'm grateful.