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Originally Posted by Pirate
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind happy endings; I just didn't want one for this film. 
Also, how did Anna and the kid get on the island? Didn't they say that the bridges and tunnels were blocked or destroyed? |
In the new ending
Spoiler (Highlight or Triple Click to Read):| THey're going over the George Washington, maybe they came from that way |
I just watched this today w/ Mrs. Monro and we watched with the new ending. I have to say that, to me, it just doesn't sit right with the rest of the film. After Sam is killed Neville really has nobody left and he even recklessly attempts suicide on the pier that night so his character has pretty much given up at that point.
I don't mind downer endings, they are to me, more realistic then some of these happy endings alot of films have these days. Save for a few moments of humor in the film, its not a happy film to watch at all so why force a happy ending on an otherwise depressing film?
My perfect ending to it would have been
Spoiler (Highlight or Triple Click to Read):| When Anna and Ethan arrive, they are out with Neville but are killed by the alpha male inside a darkened building. Neville fights and kills the alpha male which drags on till dusk and during the escape he is followed home by more darkseekers. The film ends with Neville held up inside his house listening to the sounds of Darkseekers trying to get in. |