I picked up the two-disc version of “I Am Legend” and sat back and sincerely enjoyed the original ending. I feel the original ending gives better closure to the events of the movie and best shows Neville as the true anti-hero that he really is.
In fact, the movie now better conveys the latter day translation of the book that the filmmakers were going for, keeping the story bleak, and closing the gaps we all had in our brains in the theatre (”the butterflies didn’t do shit for Neville!” and “how are there survivors?!”). This was a movie that didn’t need the kind of happy ending closure the theatrical version gave us. The original ending is superior in every way.
I think even the CGI naysayers will finally have to wipe the proverbial egg from their faces when they see it. I hope that if they were to make a sequel (and they probably will) that they don’t use the theatrical ending as a jumping off point.
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