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Originally Posted by esc
great ending Pirate! I could have had it go that way too. I saw it on Blu last night and I was all pumped for the HD release so I could buy it, but now I am having second thoughts. If there had been just one more scene to get across his growing insanity, that would have been what would have sold the movie to me.
Spoiler (Highlight or Triple Click to Read):| I expected the scene with Fred or whoever the mannequin was by the taxi cab to be followed up with some explanation of how he got there and how the trap was set up. Either Neville set it all up in some delirious state, or someone else is in the city and screwing with him. If there could have been a scene in his lab where it is obvious that he put a syringe down beside him, then the camera pans up to show him looking into a microscope, then he reaches to grab the syringe that he just put down and its not there... He does a quick check around him and its on the lab table behind him... obviously not where he just placed it. He could have many different reactions to this, from checking the whole room to make sure there is no one in there with him, to blaming the dog, but it could show that he is losing it. Just one more little scene like that would have made the movie for me. |
I hated the new happy ending. The theatrical ending works for me as it explains the title "I AM LEGEND". If things had gone the way of Pirate's ending it would have been great too. He blames himself for the infection throughout the film, he keeps saying "I'm going to fix this", "Let me fix this", it could have gone REALLY dark and twilight zone-y when he totally loses it and becomes obsessed with "fixing things" |
Spoiler (Highlight or Triple Click to Read):| The monsters set the trap for him, vengeance for taking the female. I thought it was obvious as the second the sun is almost down, the head monster is just inside the hole waiting with his dogs. |
I haven't yet watched the new version(tonight), but I'm kinda looking forward to a happier ending. When I saw this(on bootleg, but hey I bought it), I wasn't expecting something so heavy.
Spoiler (Highlight or Triple Click to Read):| And between the death of the pooch(which I consider the biggest tradgedy in the movie, as I much prefer K-9 company to human) and then him, I was left... completley depressed lol. I have nothing against a downer ending, but I guess need to be expecting it, and just wasn't in a Will Smith movie. |
On the overall note, I really enjoyed this movie. Yes the dark seekers FX is kinda lame, but most of the movie is about Neville's losing touch with reality, and that aspect worked really well.