2007 i am legend book ending

Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in new york city struggles valiantly to find a cure. Usually the book is really good and people will warn each other about the movie not being as good, but this is the total opposite. I am legend is about a zombielike horde wiping out much of. 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 though the book was effectively i am legend and other short stories by richard matheeson. They had a powerful film on their hands if they had stayed within the bounds laid out by the book. By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the. He relieves her of the cure and returns her to the hemocytes. Movie talk i am legend coming summer 2007 will smith while i dont mind a main character sacrificing themselves to save others, its never really fun to watch for the most part. Apparently the new postapocalyptic will smith film i am legend had to get snapped back into production to redo the ending. Differences between i am legend book vs movie page 1. I am legend is a 2007 american postapocalyptic action thriller film based on the 1954 novel of. As i understand it, the alternate ending was the way the movie originally ended, but it didnt test well with audiences so they dropped it and gave neville the more heroic end we see in the version which made it into theaters. Like the previous versions, i am legend delivers a dour, downbeat ending that will bum you out beyond belief. Neville spends his days with his dog, gathering food, hunting, watching dvds. Robert neville, possibly the last man alive on earth after a viral outbreak has either killed most of the human population or turned them into a zombie like creature that keeps to the shadows and darkness.

Oct 24, 2007 the i am legend trailer treats us to a day in the life of dr. I am legend film analysis essay 1227 words bartleby. While those infected with kv who survive it develop primal behaviour upon succumbing to the virus and becoming a darkseeker, they do retain enough of their higher intelligence to build and copy complex traps they have. Therefor the alternative version stays closer to the book than the theatrical cut. Darkseekers are vampires in the 2007 film adaption, i am legend.

Half way through the book just when it was getting somewhat interesting, i realized it was actually the ending of i am legend and the rest are all short horror stories, which are unfortunately quite awful. Also, as in 2007s i am legend, the end of the novel is changed drastically. As i understand it, the alternate ending was the way the movie originally ended, but it didnt test well with audiences so they dropped it and gave neville the more heroic. The alternative ending shows, supported by 2 preparative scenes, the survival of all mankind, but with a bitter aftertaste. I am legend was released in 2007 on friday, december 14, 2007. Will smith stars in a scifi thriller from the director of constantine i am legend. Final warning, both endings to i am legend are going to be spoiled. The 2007 loose film adaptation and only one to bear the name of richard mathesons novel i am legend will smith plays virologist robert neville, who is immune to a manmade virus originally created to cure cancer. The controversial original ending where neville finds out that the infected are, in fact, organised, b. The film, i am legend is a postapocalyptic science fiction film directed by francis lawrence and starring will smith. Instead of blowing himself and the hemocytes up with a grenade, neville. Will smith plays virologist robert neville, who is immune to a manmade virus originally created to cure cancer. Putting all of that in a movie might not be possible or might not make a good movie, but the alternate ending for this one goes just about as far as it could in one scene. Giants lose for second time to patriots, shaq to retire in 2010, etc.

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. May 23, 2008 not only does the book end in a similar way, but it in fact was the entire freaking point of the book. The alternate ending of the 2007 i am legend probably comes closest, but still isnt quite right. On a mildly frustrating note, the bookmedia tiein edition to the 2007 feature film starring will smithis deceptively marketed as a fulllength novel when in actuality it is a collection of short stories by matheson, of which i am legend is merely the first and the longest yarn in the bunch. This film is actually the third adaptation of richard mathesons novel of the same name from 1954. So i just finished i am legend by richard matheson. For three years, neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. 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.

Dec 30, 2014 adapted from acclaimed author richard mathesons influential novelette of the same name, constantine director francis lawrences i am legend follows the last man on earth as he struggles to. Hes a legend, but for the wrong reasonsin line with richard mathesons book, he is an. Dec, 2007 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. So i liked the alternate ending mainly because i liked the nevelle character and wanted to see him get the chance to be happy again. The 2007 film was partially based on the 1971 film as well as the original source. The character has the same name in both the book and the movie. An unrelated film tiein was released in 2007 as a oneshot i am legend. 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.

Will smiths 2007 box office hit i am legend had an ending that divided audiences, but an alternate ending exists that does more justice to the book. I am legend 2007 the basics hopefully all of you know the basic story behind i am legend. I am legend star will smith liked his canine costar abbey so much that he tried to adopt her after filming was over. I really like this movie but i alway had the feeling that the ending wasnt very good and it was also not faithful to the book, so i decided to made an edit using the theatrical and alternative. Thus, in the final line of the book which also serves as the book s title, neville accepts that he is a monster.

How i am legends ending is different in the book screen rant. I am legend isnt particularly long either, hardly even novel length. I am legend is a 1954 postapocalyptic horror novel by american writer richard matheson. Robert neville will smith, a brilliant scientist, seeks a cure for a pandemic. He works to create a remedy while defending himself against the virus victims, who turn into hostile mutants.

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. Thats where the title i am legend came from, nevilles realization at the end that the vampires were the good guys and that he was the monster of their legends, since he had been mindlessly driving stakes through their heart at every. Even with will smith asking, the dogs trainer still wouldnt give her up. According to the theatrical cut, the darkseekers are displayed as monsters who deserve their annihilation. We see manhattan three years after a deadly virus has killed every healthy human on the island, except one.

Ending spoiler for i am legend 2007, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Directed by francis lawrence, the film stars will smith as us army virologist robert neville set in new york city after a virus, which was originally created to cure cancer, has wiped out most of mankind, leaving neville as the last human in new york, other than. The 2007 loose film adaptation and only one to bear the name of richard mathesons novel i am legend. The story stops annoyingly suddenly, as if the rest of it has been missed off. As such, its no surprise that the book has been adapted for the big screen, in this case three different times. With that in mind, what some feel is a confusing ending becomes far. I am legend book audiobook part 3 by mark thompson. I am legend is very short, not novel length, only 159 pages long, out of the 312 pages in the book. 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. While doing press for i am legend, will smith accidentally revealed the ending of the movie to a crowd of entertainment reporters in japan. This version of i am legend is the third movie adaptation of mathesons novel. The novel i am legend 1954, written by american author richard matheson, was adapted for the movie by screenwriters akiva goldsman and mark protosevich. The ending to the alternate theatrical version varies from the original ending.

Its a straight remake of the omega man that specifically credits the screenplay of the remake. I assume you are referring to the 2007 film starring will smith and the controversial original ending special feature on the dvd release. After a biological war, robert neville is the last healthy human living on earth, but he is not alone. The point of the novel is that neville is the last of his kind and with. Awakening published in a san diego comiccon special by vertigo. I am legend coming summer 2007 will smith page 17 dvd. Movie talk i am legend coming summer 2007 will smith did anyone notice the headlines at the bottom of the screen when the tv is shown with that chick from stranger than fiction. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing i am legend near you. Theres lessons to be learned about mob behavior and respect for minorities. I am legend 1010 movie clip alternate ending 2007 hd. The infected people attack nevilles lab and he hands over the infected female hes been working on to the leader a. Immune, neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of new york city and perhaps the world. Everything you need to know about i am legend movie 2007.

While using the title of richard mathesons novel suggested that it would be a more faithful adaptation than previous versions 1964s the last man on earth and 1971s the omega man changing the creatures completely altered the. Whats the difference between i am legend the book and i am legend the movie. I am legend 2007 may have at long last shared the title with mathesons book but has even less in common with it than the omega man. The other humans have become vampirelike mutants, and all are hungry for nevilles blood. Everyone drives a ford in the i am legend shtf apocalypse. As such, its no surprise that the book has been adapted for the big screen, in this case three. Adapted from acclaimed author richard mathesons influential novelette of the same name, constantine director francis lawrences i am legend follows the last man on earth as he struggles to.

Published in 1954, acclaimed author richard mathesons novel i am legend is one of the most highly regarded works of apocalyptic fiction to date. I am legend originally had an ending closer to the books, but that. 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. The streets are overgrown with weeds, cars are abandoned, the infrastructure is beginning to collapse. I am legend ending scene will smith vs collectivist zombies. I am legend is a 2007 american postapocalyptic thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the same name by richard matheson. 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. This man, our protagonist in both the book and film, is robert neville. The books characters realization of their perspective is the whole point of the book. Nov 18, 2007 i am legend changes ending november 18, 2007 november 18, 2007 john campea 25 comments apparently the new postapocalyptic will smith film i am legend had to get snapped back into production to redo the ending. I am legends alternate ending wrapped things up way better. Robert neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and manmade. Instead of blowing himself and the hemocytes up with a grenade, neville discovers that the hemocytes actually came for the female he captured earlier in the movie. The novel was a success and was adapted into the films the last man on earth 1964, the omega man 1971, and i am.

I am legend is a 1954 postapocalyptic horror novel by american writer richard matheson that. Differences between i am legend book vs movie page 2. 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. I am legends biggest change from the book broke the movie. Francis lawrences 2007 film i am legend had not one but two endings, and while both are different from what happens in the original novel by. The movie took all the intelligence out and just made it about the action. But i went into reading i am legend knowing the ending, knowing the twist. Thus, in the final line of the book which also serves as the books title, neville accepts that he is a monster.

Although the creatures depicted in the outbreak are technically vampires, mathesons original work is considered by many science fiction and horror fans to be the impetus for the modern zombie horror genre entire, introducing many of its core themes well before night of the living dead. I am legend 2007 fullhd movie, i am legend 2007 fullhd movie. Dec 14, 2017 i am legend ending explained by ricky derisz dec. I am legend is brilliant commentary and society and human relationships and, really, the very definition of humanity. Apr 12, 2020 i am legend 2007 may have at long last shared the title with mathesons book but has even less in common with it than the omega man. Richard mathesons i am legend is a masterpiece of horror that has. Warner brothers then asked all the reporters and other people. The book s characters realization of their perspective is the whole point of the book. I am legend is a 2007 american postapocalyptic thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the. Furthermore, the final line suggests that human societyof which neville was the last representativeis now fading into the past. I think its just a collection of short stories with the headliner being the most famous.

On a mildly frustrating note, the book media tiein edition to the 2007 feature film starring will smithis deceptively marketed as a fulllength novel when in actuality it is a collection of short stories by matheson, of which i am legend is merely the first and the longest yarn in the bunch. Richard mathesons source material had done with its own overall plot. But when it comes down to it, is the book really better than the movie. Hollywood didnt really work that way in 1971 and so it took 36 years and at least one failed attempt before a third version made it to the big screen. Not only does the book end in a similar way, but it in fact was the entire freaking point of the book. 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. Will smith stars in a scifi thriller from the director of constantinei am legend. The alternative cut however gives them a more human touch and shows humanity as a disturbing factor for them. Will smiths 2007 box office hit i am legend had an ending that. This article is about the 2007 movie i am legend based on the book by the same name, written by richard matheson.

The rest of the book is a collection of short horror stories and not very good ones either. It was influential in the development of the zombievampire genre and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. The two earlier films are the last man on earth 1964 and the omega man 1971. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including the perfect holiday, youth without youth and alvin and the chipmunks.