The look of the movie gives an eerie while also beautiful quality to it, enhancing viewers look on the movie as a whole. It is definitely one of the movie's strongest points. Francis Lawrence’s vision of a completely still, barren and rundown New York is an amazing piece of work. A large part of the scenes' impact in the movie lies in the backdrop. Then Neville sees a tattoo of a butterfly on Anna’s neck and everything made sense to him. She said that it was all in his plan but he didn’t believe her. Towards the end of the movie, Anna is explaining to Neville that she believes she can talk to God and that God told her to find him. He wasn’t paying much attention to her because he was too busy focusing on getting them to safety. During one of Neville’s flashback, his daughter kept trying to get his attention because she wanted him to look at the butterfly that she was making with her hands. Being the only uninfected human pays a toll on his mentality because he has no interaction with others.

Hurting from the loss of his family as well as the outspread of the disease.

Without the flashbacks shown in the movie, the plot would not have made sense and many viewers would be left very confused.įor example, through the use of flashbacks, it is communicated that Neville is still Flashbacks played a big role in clarifying the plot and also giving background information on Neville and his family. The main literary element used in the movie to help plot progression as well as assist in character development was flashbacks. The main critical reception for this movie was while most critics agree that the performance by Will Smith was exceptional, they believe that the movie itself was the complete opposite (IMDb). Awards won by this movie include World Soundtrack Award, Teen Choice Award, MTV Movie Award, Golden Trailer Award, and Saturn Award. The movieing Locations were in New York, New Jersey, California and the featured actors were Will Smith, Alice Braga, and Charlie Tahan. The production budget for this movie was estimated at about $150,000,000 and the box office for the movie was $256,386,216. Richard Matheson writes about a man of exceptional ability and resources in I Am Legend (“I Am Legend Summary”).įrancis Lawrence’s movie adaptation of I Am Legend falls under the genres of science fiction as well as thriller. His life is a constant battle to survive against extremely harsh odds. During the day, he seeks out and kills the vampires.

Everyone that he knew was either killed by the vampires or became one. Has managed to fortify his home against his predators and spends his nights locked away.

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