Thank you for posting this alternate ending. I agree that the novel's concept of Neville being a legend to the vampires is far superior to the film's concept of his death being a legend amongst survivors. I read the book in the weeks preceding the film's release and I was disappointed by the script's deviation of the ending and overall concept.
What do you think of this new ending and would you have preferred it in the theaters? I wrote this specifically so I could hear everyone's feedback. Special thanks to SlashFilm for first pointing this out - I'm truly grateful to have come across this.
Unfortunately now WB is already thinking that the ending they chose was right because it made them money - so I hope you can prove them wrong and show your support of this new alternate ending. Although I Am Legend performed amazingly well at the box office anyway, I think this is a much more profound and emotional ending. This is the kind of situation where I want to break the rules because I want to show Warner Brothers that the actual audiences in America would have accepted this ending and preferred it over the one that made it into the final theatrical cut. It's rare that I'm this moved by something like an alternate ending, but this was truly breathtaking!
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He never got that close to any of them in movie and seeing that gave me a chill. I love the dynamic between Neville and the lead vampire, especially when he finally brushes up against next to him and comes in contact with him. While an ending that direct wouldn't have worked at all in this interpretation of I Am Legend, the way this original ending plays out actually caters much more to that concept than the one we saw in theaters. With the original theatrical ending, they never actually touched on that idea at all - but when you think about, that's a pretty damn cool concept. In the book, Robert Neville is "legendary" because he is that myth and goes out day after day hunting them. As in, vampires are "legendary" to us because they're a myth from fantasy. And he has switched places from our reality of what we perceive as legend, to actually being the legend. Without spoiling too much (incase you want to read it), the entire purpose of the title I Am Legend is that in the book, Robert Neville actually is the last man on the planet. The I Am Legend DVD with this alternate ending included is now available to buy on : Two-Disc DVD or Blu-Ray!įor those unaware, let me explain the concept of Richard Matheson's book to help clarify why this original ending was so amazing to finally see. This ending below is what we should have seen. The scene at the end where the vampire creatures break into Robert Neville's lab is intense and amazing, and I enjoyed it, but it wasn't how it should have played out. Up until the point where Alice Braga's character appeared, I was enjoying it so much that I was considering making a spot for it on my best of 2007 list. I think I saw it around three times in theaters and loved it more each time. I actually really loved I Am Legend quite a damn bit. You've been warned - everything from this point forward contains spoilers. And to say it simply - you NEED to watch this. Thankfully we've grabbed the new version for you viewing pleasure below. The DVD is arriving in a few weeks and Francis Lawrence's original ending that was made is included on it. Last December when I Am Legend hit theaters, one of the biggest complains I heard was that the ending was completely changed from the book and in turn the entire "legend" concept that Richard Matheson originally wrote was never actually seen. And all in the same, I'm putting a theatrical spin on it, so let's just get to it. We normally never ever talk about anything related to DVD, but this time this is too amazing to pass up.
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