I did not go into my viewing of this movie expecting to be inspired. I was pleasantly surprised to find a great message. The basic plot of the movie is that a disease has taken over the world and left all but one man, Robert Neville (Will Smith), as mad zombie-like freaks trying to destroy their last shred of humanity. Neville sees it as his duty, as the only one immune to the virus, to try and cure it. At one point he discovers that he is not the only human left and he takes the opportunity to explain the music behind his attempts to cure the disease.
He (Bob Marley) had this idea. It was kind of a virologist idea. He believed that you could cure racism and hate... literally cure it, by injecting music and love into people's lives. When he was scheduled to perform at a peace rally, a gunman came to his house and shot him down. Two days later he walked out on that stage and sang. When they asked him why - He said, "The people, who were trying to make this world worse... are not taking a day off. How can I? Light up the darkness."
Amen, brother!
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