DISQUS

Omega224 · 2 weeks ago

Exactly, I agree. When I Am Legend came out, everybody loved it, and I thought it sucked, like you said, just because of the ending. It was a good movie, fun to watch, but the ending just killed it. I thought I was the only one. Ha. Good to hear you feel the same.

Kyle · 2 weeks ago

Why didn't you mention the alternate ending, which was originally intended as the theatrical ending. The producers made the director reshoot it and give us an ending that made absolutely no sense. The "alternate ending" also differs from the book but it fits much more in line with the story that came before it. Plus, it set it up for sequels instead of killing the main protaganist off.

RobertFure · 2 weeks ago

The alternate ending was okay, but I didn't feel compelled to bring it up for a few reasons: Number one, it's an alternate ending. The ending was changed, period. Second, it was only marginally better. We get to see that the creatures have some sort of society, or at least feel emotional attachment, but it doesn't come close to the book and still doesn't make the title of "I am Legend" make sense.

whippeteer · 2 weeks ago

"You're all freaks. I'm a man. The last man"
"Robert!"
"They were afraid of me. They were afraid of me. They were afraid of me."
"They didn't know"

Vincent Price's final lines from "The Last Man on Earth" 1964, the first film version of the story. Here there was no help help out for "mankind." The whole movie can be viewed online at http://www.archive.org/details/the-last-man-on-...

"The Omega Man" was the 1971 remake starring Charlton Heston. At least getting killed by a spear has much more symbolism but with the same, hope for mankind of the latest version.

RobertFure · 2 weeks ago

Good pointing out those two films. I didn't bring them up and they're not exactly like the book, but they're closer than the Will Smith version.

silent_jay · 2 weeks ago

the movies arent like the book, but so what? like the book for the book, hate the film for the film.

let "bookschoolrejects" worry about that

I am legend, with the "alternate/actual" ending is a good film, like it a great deal, and in my opinion, the entire movie is ZERO without this ending, its fantastic

as for the theatrical/WTF ending....complete horseshit

Winnie T · 2 weeks ago

For me, another movie whose ending really killed is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The ending was such a non-event that it completely killed the drama, humour and special effects that made the movie shine in the first three quarters.

RobertFure · 2 weeks ago

Yeah. Overall that was a good movie, but the ending was definitely like "Well its over, see you next time."

keek · 2 weeks ago

Although I haven't seen it yet, the ending to Suspicion was supposed to have Cary Grant killing his wife, which is what happens in the story it's based on, but it was changed because no one liked the idea of Cary Grant being a villain.

chille · 2 weeks ago

My least favorite ending for a pretty good film: American History X
Least favorite for an already bad film: The Uninvited

JMoney · 2 weeks ago

What was wrong with the ending of American History X?

chille · 2 weeks ago

Just kind of seemed tacked on. It didn't seem to tie in to themes of the movie at all. SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER His brother didn't get killed for his racism, he got killed because he stood up to a bully. What's the moral there? Its been a while since I've seen it and I've misinterpreted movies several times so if there's something I'm missing please fill me in.

Jim_Rohner · 2 weeks ago

I second that question.

Nate · 2 weeks ago

Law Abiding Citizen. I know that there's no indication that the ending was actually changed, but when I watched the movie, the third act just didn't fit in. Some movies just have that feeling like they got rewritten by someone who doesn't understand plot or storyline. (Spoilers coming)

Let me start by saying that as a 2nd year law student going to a good, not great, law school at night who works for a state government's enforcement division, Jamie Foxx's line "It's not what you know, it's what you can prove in court" rang eerily true. I've said it more than once long before I ever heard it in film. There are a large number of VERY valid critiques of our legal system in this film.

That said, I could go along with the ridiculous tunnel idea. He had 10 years, money, and no real need to support anything but his need for revenge. Why not? But this super genius suddenly gets outsmarted by a DA and two mediocre cops? One of the mediocre detectives happens to be "bomb squad" and is able to safely get a highly complex bomb disarmed, moved, and rearmed without the bomber noticing? The other mediocre detective is somehow able to lock the guy into his cell despite the fact that any competent designer is going to have a manual override?

johndz · 2 weeks ago

I have to disagree with you regarding the ending of "Man On Fire." If you remember, during Washington's badass phase, he has been repeatedly shot and is bleeding to death. Actually, he has been bleeding out since he was shot in the initial kidnapping. In other words, it took everything he had left to fight this last battle. Now that the girl is safe, he can let go (plus, he wanted to die anyway at one point.) I loved the ending.