Like the book of job, i am legend studies the questions, can he find a reason to continue. Sep 06, 2012 last night i finished reading i am legend. I am legend author richard matheson was himself a real legend. Right about now i bet will smith and the group of studio suits responsible for the ending of i am legend are wishing theyd gone with the alternative version squirreled away in the films dvd. Release date film i am legend 2 promo there have been rumours that the sequel to a movie that has become iconic, i am legend, will be out some time soon. I am legends alternate ending wrapped things up way better. 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. I am meant to be writing a blog about how i am legend, by the late, immensely great, richard matheson, is the king of vampire novels.
It looks like the powersthatbe over at warner bros. It just so happened that our reshoots revolved around the end of the movie. The opening act is too magnificent for the terrible ending to wreck it. Instead, goldman snapped up grahams script, a garden at the end of. Legend a legend novel, book 1 kindle edition by lu, marie. Nov 18, 2007 apparently the new postapocalyptic will smith film i am legend had to get snapped back into production to redo the ending. I though the book was effectively i am legend and other short stories by richard matheeson.
Not to spoil anything it is a 60yearold novel after all, but at the books. Differences between i am legend book vs movie page 2. Both present the spectator with a differentalternative ending, far from what happen in the actual book. Dec 20, 2007 the ending in the book is completly diffrent the movie because they are diffrent stories. If you ask the director of i am legend, a movie about the last man on earth is a pretty hard act to follow. Learn i am legend book with free interactive flashcards. 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 is about a zombielike horde wiping out much of humanity, but its confusing ending becomes clear if you understand the personal journey of its hero. 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. I am legend summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. After their deaths, the worlds human beings rise from the grave and become vampires.
The streets are overgrown with weeds, cars are abandoned, the infrastructure is beginning to collapse. 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. With that in mind, what some feel is a confusing ending becomes far more clear when you understand nevilles personal journey. I am legend 1010 movie clip alternate ending 2007 hd. Is there any movie based on the i am legend novel by richard matheson that shares the same ending to the book. Alternate i am legend ending is far superior screen rant. 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. I picked it up mostly because i read about the alternate ending of the will smith movie, which some criticized for not following the spirit of the book. I watched i am legend and was somewhat disappointed with the whole thing, however having watched this ending gives the movie a much greater impact and i know i would have enjoyed it a whole lot more if i had watched it this way. 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. The theatrical ending of i am legend has neville telling anna and.
As discussed by first showing and film, the alternate ending for i am legend is a better representation of the source material. Every night, he barricades himself inside his house and keeps the vampire horde at bay. I am certainly honoured and delighted that you have chosen i am legend as the vampire novel of the century, which is a rather dubious but interesting distinction, said the. Published in 1954, acclaimed author richard mathesons novel i am legend is one of the most highly regarded works of apocalyptic fiction to date. Final warning, both endings to i am legend are going to be spoiled. Nick is fused with set and fights ahmanet the mummy 2017 duration. Right, i just saw i am legend, and dont get the end. But after finding my old copy on the shelf downstairs, i ve. However, as warner bros executives started comparing grahams script to the i am legend property, they realized that they could adjust use his story as a reboot platform for the property. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading legend a legend novel, book 1. Through his perspective, i am legend is a story of hope wrapped in a layer of postapocalyptic turmoil with religious overtones. I am legend reboot in the works without will smith film.
Jun 25, 20 i am meant to be writing a blog about how i am legend, by the late, immensely great, richard matheson, is the king of vampire novels. An attempt had been made to develop a prequel to smiths i am legend a few years back, but now the plan is to rework a spec script called a garden at the end of the world from writer gary graham. This man, our protagonist in both the book and film, is robert neville. The new version of i am legend started with warner bros. For more thoughts on i am legend, the book and the films based on it, head over. I am legend isnt particularly long either, hardly even novel length. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The 2007 film was favorably received by critics and audiences but is generally known to have fallen apart in its conclusion, an ending that was. Its a full, polished ending, with complete special effects intact, so i m assuming it was ripped from the special features on the imminent dvd. Yes, ever since the success of 2007s i am legend, warner brothers. As such, its no surprise that the book has been adapted for the big screen, in this case three. Robert neville finds himself alone after a hideous mutation turns humans into vampires.
This alternate ending to i am legend is imho far superior to the abrupt version in the theatrical release, and fits in better with something that happens in the film about midway through. Whats the difference between i am legend the book and i am legend the movie. The scottlogan version of i am legend was a mix of scifi and psychological thriller, without dialogue in the first hour and with a sombre ending. Now, more than six years after the original film hit theaters, a new i am legend is in development. I am legend author richard matheson was himself a real. As popcorn movies go, this one has enough of the good in it to make it watchable, and enough of the bad to make it disposable.
The ending of no country for old men finally explained lara crofts entire. Gary graham screenplay, richard matheson inspired by the book. So i just finished i am legend by richard matheson. 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. Nov 24, 2008 right about now i bet will smith and the group of studio suits responsible for the ending of i am legend are wishing theyd gone with the alternative version squirreled away in the films dvd.
Get an answer for what is the setting for the book i am legend. Anyway, its enough to distract you from the december all around. You have just announced plans to create a cinematic reboot of i am legend. Blogger adam katz sent me the link because of the book vs. I think its just a collection of short stories with the headliner being the most famous. What did the healing zombie in the basement have to do with it. We see manhattan three years after a deadly virus has killed every healthy human on the island, except one.
Grahams script was described as a scifi version of john waynes classic film the searchers. Weve done the last man on earth, he died at the end of the movie, we cant do it again. There was talk of a possible i am legend reboot back in 2014, but the. In legend, the first of a trilogy, both of the main characters are definitely famousthough for very different reasons. In an attempt to contain the virus, a military team destroys a medical mission site in south america. I am legend director bats down talk of rebooting franchise. The infected people attack nevilles lab and he hands over the infected female hes been working on to the leader a. I am legend is named vampire novel of the century books.
In the book nevellie is given pills so he doesnt feel pain when executed by the infected who are fighting the infection to understand more go to read the plot and it will explain the whole book. It would not have been just another exterminate the evil monsters movie but something with substance. The creatures in logans version were similar to the darkseekers of the finished film in their animalistic, barbaric nature. I am legend 2007 the basics hopefully all of you know the basic story behind i am legend.
Is there an i am legend movie that actually preserves the. On a morning in january 1976, a man named robert neville walks around his house, carefully checking to see if its wellfortified. The year is 1976one year after a deadly plague sweeps the world, killing virtually all human beings. Dec 14, 2017 i am legend is about a zombielike horde wiping out much of humanity, but its confusing ending becomes clear if you understand the personal journey of its hero. He checks the planks and boards that hes hammered in front of all the windows, and checks his private watertank for damage. Yesterday, some intrepid soul posted an alternate i am legend ending to youtube. 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. Somehow immune to an unstoppable, incurable virus, military virologist robert neville smith. Choose from 276 different sets of i am legend book flashcards on quizlet. I am legend is een verfilming van het gelijknamige boek uit 1954, geschreven door richard matheson.
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