1st T's corr. of Film Review by S.Kostic

A Film Review
''The last man on earth is not alone'' says the tagline of the Will Smith's newest film entitled I Am Legend, directed by Francis Lawrence, who before this project spent more time directing music videos for famous pop stars such as Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez.. This masterpiece is the real contrariety to a newer film called Doomsday 2012, signed by quite unknown director Nick Everhart who only recently started off in film industry by assisting on some low-budget projects.

I Am Legend tells the story of a middle-aged former military scientist, living alone in New York after a vaccine supposed to cure cancer turned into lethal virus which mutated and annihilated majority of mankind. He struggles, not only to find a cure but also to defend himself from Dark Seekers – deadly creatures made by the mutation. On the other hand, plot for Doomsday is taken from a well known ''prophecy'' fortold by the ancient Mayas more than 1000 years ago, announcing that the apocalypse will come on 21. december 2012. The main part is dedicated to several people felt that they should go to Mayan temple on Yuccatan penninsula to stop the armagedon, which is really uninventive and infantile in my oppinion. Excluding the great story, I Am Legend was implemented by new-generation special effects, and the way of filming is stunning which proves that director is a real talent. I was particuraly impressed with the intro scene which shows the ''Big Apple'' completely empty and owerflown with plants and fierce animals. On contrary, effects in Doomsday are rather poor and substandard, just like the acting which is uninspired, and word horrible isn't strong enough io describe it.

Finally, taking into account both budget and cast, if you had to choose between these two, I am confident you would have no doubt, as this could be freely described as the ''battle between David and Goliath'' with a slight difference – Goliath is the absolute winner here.