Ending of I Am Legend (2007)
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 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 Will Smith dies. Is it true?
Best Answer
You saw the alternate ending, then. As for your friend, he is slightly mistaken. Will Smith actually blew himself up in the theatrical release.
On the Wiki page, you can check out the Alternate Ending and Home Media sections to see where it's available. Also, this IMDB page details the differences. With specific reference to your question:
The ending to the Alternate Theatrical Version varies from the original ending. 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. He relieves her of the cure and returns her to the hemocytes. Afterwards, the hemocytes leave and let Neville, Anna, and Ethan be. The three then are seen leaving New York heading to Vermont's safe zone with Anna broadcasting a message telling all other survivors that she is with Neville and is heading to the safe zone.
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What happens in the ending of I Am Legend?
The book ends with a dying Neville realizing that, to the vampires, he is the bogeyman, the stuff of nightmares, as vampires themselves were once to humans. He will become a legend, not because he's a great man, but because in his extinction he will be a cautionary tale and a mythical figure to a newly formed society.Why did the ending change in I Am Legend?
Unfortunately, as revealed by I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence, the reason the ending was changed to the happier one seen in theaters is due to intensely negative reactions to the ending where Neville has his villainous realization from test audiences.Was there two endings to I Am Legend?
Two endings of I Am LegendThe movie had an alternate ending as well as the one which was theatrically released. In the theatrical release, Will Smith's character, Robert Neville dies along with the Darkseekers while trying to protect the cure for the widespread virus.How many endings to I Am Legend are there?
The difference in the two versions of the film's ending proves that, as all it took was a couple of scenes, and a rewrite reframing the finale, to totally change just how the film would be seen in the long run.I Am Legend (2007) Ending vs Alternate Ending
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