See, you take a good script and budget and then put this goofball in it and this is what you get. I am Legend is supposed to be dark and gritty not "generic" and "gracious".

lol at Tom Cruise in the fam

Uh, no, I don't think completely dark and gritty is what they were going for. Goofball? Why? Because he was a successful sitcom star like 10 years ago? He works hard and is always improving in the talent department. Unlike 95% of actors out there, he isn't under the false impression that he is extra talented.

Which is incredibly refreshing

I am Legend is a remake. There was a graphic novel a few years ago that fans hoped this movie would have taken it's lead from, but alas we are stuck with the goofball. Will Smith sucks. I've never cared for his acting, rapping or anything else. So yea, I say goofball b/c when I look at him I see Wild West West (remember that music video) and the song from Independence Day. Just goofy. I could care less about him working hard and improving. I've worked with a lot of actors that work hard and improve. What does that mean?

I don't think 95% of actors feel they are extra talented. Some are, some aren't. And some are goofy mofos…like this idiot.

If it makes you feel any better I like his wife.

Wild Wild West. See, he pisses me off so much that I fucking lose my damn head!!! LMAO.

Will Smith is a good actor and he has grown in leaps and bounds as an actor and I love his movies. Granted I never saw Wild Wild West, so I can't comment on that, but he's had a lot of very entertaining movies that I felt were worth the money for the ticket. As far as not following the book…I'm fine with that as long as the departures from the book are done well. A movie can never compete with a book anyway.

Wild Wild West looked bad so I didn't see it. Even my favorite actors (Meryl Streep) who are incredibly talented make awful movies that I'd never pay to see. If Meryl makes awful choices and has truly shittastic roles, surely mere mortals can as well.

Not a huge Jada fan. I don't dislike her or anything. I think she has gorgeous skin. Not a huge Will fan, but I admire his recent candor about the lack of talent. Most of these idiot actors walk around with a chip on their shoulders (Katherine Heigl is on the very top of that list) and the humility is a breath of fresh air.

Well…according to the reviews posted above the second half of the flick sucked so as far it being well done that's already out the window. I'll check it out this weekend b/c my better half wants to. I will never be deterred from thinking that this movie would have been 110% better with someone else in the lead. I mean, I'd rather just netflix Omega Man. Now that's cinema!!! Hahahaha!

Oh honey. Just go to the theater together and watch separate movies. It's one thing to watch a movie at home when you can read a magazine while he's watching, but what else are you going to be able to do in a dark theater?

"but what else are you going to be able to do in a dark theater?"

That's a set-up and I'm not taking the bait, dear one.

Nah, I'll go b/c then when I want to see something that he doesn't he has to go with me.

I am Legend opened at #1 with a larger take than LOTR: Return of the King–$76.5M! Love him or hate him, he brings people to the theater. Daria, I so agree with you about Katherine Heigl b/c she annoys the living hell outta me. She's so damn self-righteous and takes herself way too seriously. My sweetie and I will be checking it out tomorrow since we got distracted, ahem, and missed out on going yesterday. LOL I have faith it'll be better than Wild Wild West (Salma was in that too but went on to do Frida so…)and MIB two. I hope I'm right.

$70+ million, haters.

Yeah Coco. I have a very active loathing for Ms. Heigl right now. I could probably write a long a– article on all the ways in which she's irritating. I just hope Judd Apatow black balls her unappreciative a–. She has the nerve to call a movie that portrays women as responsible (vs. men as funny pot smoking deadbeats) sexist while posing like a pin-up and hocking some movie about how she can't get a man after being a bridesmaid 27 times? I don't say it often because I'm a sorta feminist, but the b—- needs to shut her fat mouth and continue showing cleavage as that is perhaps her only redeeming quality.

BMD,

The Omega Man was great! Charleton Heston is great!

JB - As an actor he's awesome. Especially when he's getting his jungle love on like he did in Omega Man. LMAO. See, I'm a B sci-fi and horror flick fanatic so I HAVE to love The Hes (his politics not so much).