Another big part of the i am legend book thats never been adapted faithfully is its ending, which sees neville commit suicide rather than be executed for his apparent crimes. Would have been a much better movie if it would have ended with him him under water praying to the fairy. This alternate ending to i am legend is imho far superior to the abrupt version in the theatrical release, and fits in better with something that happens in the film about midway through. Stephen king said, books like i am legend were an inspiration to me. In the alternate ending he sees that there is humanity in the zombies. Dec 20, 2007 the ending in the book is completly diffrent the movie because they are diffrent stories. Robert neville will smith is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and manmade. The infected people attack nevilles lab and he hands over the infected female hes been working on to the leader a. What did the healing zombie in the basement have to do with it.
Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. He then takes a grenade and kills the darkseekers and himself, saving the cure. She then states in a voice over that neville sacrificed himself for humanity and that because of his cure humanity was able to rebuild, establishing his legend. The first time was in 1964 with the last man on earth featuring vincent price, and then in 1971 with the omega man with charlton heston. Fortunately, this never happened but producer and writer akiva goldsman was happy to. Jul 04, 20 i assume you are referring to the 2007 film starring will smith and the controversial original ending special feature on the dvd release. I havent seen i am legend, but generaly alternat endings are. Film is a column comparing books to the film adaptations they spawn, often discussing them on a. The ending was lame and the monsters were so unnecessary. I am legend is about a zombielike horde wiping out much of humanity, but its confusing ending becomes clear if you understand the personal journey of its. Another big part of the i am legend book thats never been adapted faithfully is its ending, which sees neville commit suicide rather than be.
According to the theatrical cut, the darkseekers are displayed as monsters who deserve their annihilation. This man, our protagonist in both the book and film, is robert neville. All the completely insane ideas hollywood dreamed up for i. At the same time, it showed all of junes character development throughout the series. All the completely insane ideas hollywood dreamed up for i am. The opening act is too magnificent for the terrible ending to wreck it. Need help with chapter 21 in richard mathesons i am legend. The plot and ending of the original movie i am legend that was released in theaters is as follows.
The theme of science in i am legend from litcharts the. Thankfully, this ending was included in the i am legend dvd. The ending of the film was also altered to portray neville as sacrificing his life to save. In the process, he empowers himself and gives himself a new purpose in life. Even though the subject matter is bleak, the story is still about two young teenagers who embark upon adventures, discover a lot of dirty secrets, and slowly develop a romantic relationship. I am legend summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Nov 18, 2007 apparently the new postapocalyptic will smith film i am legend had to get snapped back into production to redo the ending.
In fact, the movie went through massive reshoots before finally being. I assume you are referring to the 2007 film starring will smith and the controversial original ending special feature on the dvd release. Another important theme of i am legend is the powerboth benevolent and maliciousof science. I am legend and dragonball evolution are most fucked up adaptations. The alternate ending to i am legend where they respect him and growl at him in an acknowledging way is odd and feels out of place. Its a full, polished ending, with complete special effects intact, so i m assuming it was ripped from the special features on the imminent dvd. This was actually the third time it had been made into a movie. The year is 1975, a virus starts to spread after the latest war is finally over.
It leaves a happy ending, a sense of everything being resolved on a side note, i m really happy with everything that happened to eden. Why did they make i am legend movies alternate ending. I am legends biggest change from the book broke the movie. I am legend isnt particularly long either, hardly even novel length. The version of i am legend which i watched ended with will smith alive, but my friend claims that he had watched the same movie, in which he was killed by the zombies. I am legend is about a zombielike horde wiping out much of humanity, but its confusing ending becomes clear if you. With that in mind, what some feel is a confusing ending becomes far more clear when you understand nevilles personal journey. I think this is an instance where the deisions should of effected the ending ie a good bad and netural ending based on if you fight, lose to, or save the youth and perhaps your choice to kill or not kill setsuna to have its own effect. Apparently there was an alternate ending to the 2007 film that is more true to the book, but i. Mar 05, 2008 there have been rumors that the ending to i am legend wasnt the only way theyd planned for the movie to turn out. I am legend is a 1954 postapocalyptic horror novel by american writer richard matheson that. Mar 25, 2008 the alternative ending shows, supported by 2 preparative scenes, the survival of all mankind, but with a bitter aftertaste.
Apparently the new postapocalyptic will smith film i am legend had to get snapped back into production to redo the ending. Hollywood really wanted to make i am legend 2, starring will smith. In 1954 richard matheson published a groundbreaking story i am legend. I though the book was effectively i am legend and other short stories by richard matheeson. Years ago, you see, my husband had wanted to talk about the book, probably when the most recent adaptation to movie form had come out, and i am well known for not reading horror, so it wasnt an unreasonable assumption that i would never read this. Differences between i am legend book vs movie page 1. I am legend was released on december 14, 2007, in the united states and canada, and opened to the largest ever box office not adjusted for inflation for a nonchristmas film released in the u.
Both present the spectator with a differentalternative ending, far from what happen in the actual book. The real ending the one in the book written by richard matheson is very different. The story is about the last man on earth, robert neville. Like priceneville in last man on earth, hestonneville winds up at the wrong end of a spear, but. I am legend changed the vampires of the novel to the mindless darkseekers, a big change. Dec 14, 2017 i am legend is about a zombielike horde wiping out much of humanity, but its confusing ending becomes clear if you understand the personal journey of its hero. Hes a legend, but for the wrong reasonsin line with richard mathesons book, he is an entity the. They actually shot an ending similar to this for will smiths version but the hollywood big wigs decided after a test screening that audiences wouldnt like this. Right, i just saw i am legend, and dont get the end. Final warning, both endings to i am legend are going to be spoiled. It would not have been just another exterminate the evil monsters movie but something with substance. Ending of i am legend 2007 ask question asked 4 years, 9 months ago. We see manhattan three years after a deadly virus has killed every healthy human on the island, except one.
It turns out those changed into vampirelike creatures by the plague have formed their own society and are still mostly intelligent, and view neville as a monster, a kind of boogeyman they fear and loathe due to his killing of their species. Film column i did on the source material and the four films loosely inspired by it. It leaves a happy ending, a sense of everything being resolved on a side note, im really happy with everything that happened to eden. The opening scenes of i am legend have special effects so good that they just about compensate for some later special effects that are dicey. I watched i am legend and was somewhat disappointed with the whole thing, however having watched this ending gives the movie a much greater impact and i know i would have enjoyed it a whole lot more if i had watched it this way. After their deaths, the worlds human beings rise from the grave and become vampires. Is there any movie based on the i am legend novel by richard matheson that shares the same ending to the book. This alternate ending to i am legend is imho far superior to the abrupt version in the theatrical release, and fits in better with something that happens in the film about midway through at one point in the movie when will smiths character took the lead zombies mate away from them, the zombie reacted with extreme rage, indicating that there was some vestige of humanity left in them. I have gone through a similar question to mine, but in that question they are talking about the ending of the book while my friend is sure that he had watched the movie where. Whats the difference between i am legend the book and i am legend the movie. Is there an i am legend movie that actually preserves the. I am legend is a 1954 postapocalyptic horror novel by american writer richard matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease.
The streets are overgrown with weeds, cars are abandoned, the infrastructure is beginning to collapse. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Why was there an alternate ending to the movie i am legend. Yesterday, some intrepid soul posted an alternate i am legend ending to youtube. I think this is an instance where the deisions should of effected the ending ie a good bad and netural ending based on if you fight, lose to, or save the youth and perhaps your. I am legend summary from litcharts the creators of. Throughout the book, robert neville studies the science of vampirism. First i saw will smith blow up the joint with the zombies then i saw one where the male zombie picked his gf, kissed will smith and went away.
I am legend originally had an ending closer to the books, but that was changed after. Through his perspective, i am legend is a story of hope wrapped in a layer of postapocalyptic turmoil with religious overtones. It looks like the powersthatbe over at warner bros. Legend falls squarely into the young adult genre because its two protagonists are both fifteenyearolds. How much does that alternate ending change i am legend. For more thoughts on i am legend, the book and the films based on it, head over. I am legend is about a zombielike horde wiping out much of humanity, but its confusing ending and butterfly symbolism become a lot more. Neville draws a vial of her blood and gives it to anna, before shutting ethan and her inside a coal chute in the back of the lab. Apr 09, 2014 issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. I am legends alternate ending wrapped things up way better. There have been rumors that the ending to i am legend wasnt the only way theyd planned for the movie to turn out. The alternative ending shows, supported by 2 preparative scenes, the survival of all mankind, but with a bitter aftertaste. I am legend is a novel by richard matheson in which robert neville struggles to survive as the sole remaining human in a world overrun by vampires robert neville is the only. The elder scrolls online all cinematic trailers 2020 includes the dark heart of skyrim duration.
Its closer to the book that way, as he sees that while they are monsters in. You may have a collection of stories that happens to include i am legend. In legend, the first of a trilogy, both of the main characters are definitely famousthough for very different reasons. Everyones abuzz over the alternate ending to i am legend that showed up online last week.
I am legend is a dystopian story very loosely based upon a book of the same name. The ending in the book is completly diffrent the movie because they are diffrent stories. The controversial original ending where neville finds out that the infected are, in fact, organised, b. Ending spoiler for i am legend 2007, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. In the book nevellie is given pills so he doesnt feel pain when executed by the infected who are fighting the infection to understand more go to read the plot and it will explain the whole book. Blogger adam katz sent me the link because of the book vs.
At the end of the novel, neville finally sees things from his enemies point of view. I think its just a collection of short stories with the headliner being the most famous. December 2009, military virologist lieutenant colonel robert neville will smith, lost his wife zoe salli richardson and daughter marley willow smith in a helicopter accident during the chaotic quarantine of manhattan. Alternate i am legend ending is far superior screen rant. Anyway, its enough to distract you from the december all around. So i just finished i am legend by richard matheson. I am legend 2007 alternate ending as discussed by first showing and film, the alternate ending for i am legend is a better representation of the source material.
Is there an i am legend movie that actually preserves. Neville sacrificed himself for humanity and that because of his cure humanity was able to rebuild, establishing his legend. I am legend 2007 the basics hopefully all of you know the basic story behind i am legend. The year is 1976one year after a deadly plague sweeps the world, killing virtually all human beings. The novel was a success and was adapted into the films the last man on earth 1964, the omega man 1971, and i am legend 2007.
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