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I never saw the movie, but have read the book. Its only like 100 pages, so you really should give it a go. Its pretty good, and pretty depressing. From my understanding the movie is a total raping of the original story.
"For those unaware, let me explain the concept of Richard Matheson's book to help clarify why this original ending was so amazing to finally see. Without spoiling too much (incase you want to read it), the entire purpose of the title I Am Legend is that in the book, Robert Neville actually is the last man on the planet. And he has switched places from our reality of what we perceive as legend, to actually being the legend. As in, vampires are "legendary" to us because they're a myth from fantasy. In the book, Robert Neville is "legendary" because he is that myth and goes out day after day hunting them. With the original theatrical ending, they never actually touched on that idea at all - but when you think about, that's a pretty damn cool concept."
Like the dude says, he is the ONLY human alive, he never find another. He spends all of his time hunting them during the day. He contemplates suicide all the time, and really doesn't understand why he bothers living. In the end it turns out the vampires are trying to live as close to a "normal" life as they had before, but there is a "legendary" creature now that hunts them while they sleep. Basically he becomes the monster to them. Its pretty cool.
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