rbruckner

Well, watched this movie recently at a sneak preview and didn't know anything about the movie. My first thought was "Oh no, no another crappy animation film...". 15 Minutes later I was really surprised how funny this "crappy" movie actually was, and many people around me laughed their guts out.

Well, it's got the same "true friendship" moments you might find in every movie of that kind. And also some of those over the top "this could never happen by chance" moments. But thanks to the great characters featured, especially Rhino the hamster and the reoccurring pigeons this movie stands out of all those other animation movies featuring some animals on a difficult task. And the ending isn't even that heart-warming as it used to be in that kind of movie. Afterall, great fun for either children or adults, as long as you make it through the first 15 minutes.

8/10 Stars.

I watched the movie because the trailer had a lot of pretty interesting shots and an interesting flair... felt somehow sixties.

And well, at the beginning i was really impressed of the shots and how well the music fits to the scenes (The movie's really got a great score). But at the moment the killer approaches, everything drops back to standard, or even below. Nearly every scene reminds you of bad teeny slasher movies back in the eighties. And every shot looks either ridiculous or overambitious. So in the mid part of the movie I got really bored and couldn't await the ending.

In the end it separates again from those standard slasher movies adding some new elements, and i somehow woke up again, but approximately five minutes later it dropped back to standard (or even below...).

A few minutes later a nice plot twist wakes you up again, but this time the scriptwriter's taken it too far, so it ends up ridiculous...

Well... the end scene's great again (great camera, great score), but it's way to late to save the movie.

After all, i gave it 4/10, because the mid part really bored me, and some good shoots and a great score couldn't compensate that.

I really enjoyed this movie, but somehow it ended way too early The movie is told by switching between flashbacks, that explain why everyones beside Will Smiths character is dead, and Will Smith in an empty world, three years later. There is nothing to complain about the acting, everyone involved does a good job, and everything else was technically perfect and i was entertained the whole time. So the only thing i have to complain about is the length.

As i mentioned before, the movie starts three years after the events that lead to the extinction of mankind. And all these three years the life of Wills character must have been really boring, frustrating, desolate and repetitive. And the first maybe twenty to thirty minutes give a short peak at what he did all the time. But right after, several events seem to rush on him, and the viewer doesn't even get time to breath. And that's the point that really annoyed me after the movie ended. You didn't get a chance to put yourself in the situation of being the last man on earth, cause the story is pushed forward with an immense speed.

This could have been a really haunting movie, but it seems the studio didn't want to risk to bore the audience, and made a fast paced Hollywood movie instead.

That's why I (beside of being good entertained through the whole movie) give this flick only 7/10 stars