I dunno, I think I preferred the original ending (and I haven't read the story, so I can't speak to the faithfulness of this one vs that one). This ending feels more like a traditional, Hollywood-style happy ending, whereas the theatrical one was slightly more dark.

On a somewhat unrelated note, this video reminded me of one of my biggest complaints about the movie, which is the use of the all-cgi zombies. They look completely artificial, which takes you out of the film pretty much every time they're on screen (which is essentially the entire second half of the movie).

I liked the one in the movie a little better. However, the movie is really hard to compare to the book since they are so different. The book is way better. If you want a movie that's a lot closer to the book check out Omega Man with Charlton Heston. The movie was made in '71 but the book was made in '54. Good stories hang around forever.

I can't imagine how you can like the original ending.

It's awfully clichéd, the protagonist becoming the martyr and hero spontaneously is so overdone in Hollywood. Not to mention here it made zero sense. Why did he sacrifice himself? Why did the zombies not try to get the girl and the kid as well if they're mindlessly overcome by aggressive rage?

It almost feels like this was the ending they were going to use, but went with the safe one.

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Well, it's not that I'm crazy about the original ending (I disliked it for most of the reasons you mentioned), but this one is slightly worse. The reasons for the character's self-sacrifice in the original ending were a bit shaky, but it still feels like a more appropriate ending for the character than riding off into the sunset with the girl.

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I too prefer the theatrical over this one. Not saying I "liked" it, just preferred it. Here's why: Throughout the entire movie, the sub-humans, "infected", whatever you want to call them, showed no human traits. Then, all of a sudden at the end, they're going to show thought and compassion? I don't buy it. Having not read the book (and books are obviously ALWAYS infinitely better) I don't know which ending is more close to the written ending. But regardless, the theatrical stays more true to the rest of the movie.

I, too, also couldn't stand the CGI humans. When are 3D animators going to get the clue and realize that CGI needs to be there too enhance what is already shot? You don't build entire scenes around it. Now, had they done some true motion capture, stayed rigid to the rules, etc. with just a slight amount of computer graphic enhancement, the movie would have been a lot better.

Also, on a different but related side note. Will Smith's performance was especially fantastic; I would say almost TOO good. Here's my point: When he loses Sam, his acting was so good, it took me out of the movie, as I thought to myself, "Damn, he's a good actor." Which is the cardinal sin for a movie to do. I can say, however, that this was the first performance that ever did that to me. So again, kudos to Smith, even if it did pull me out.

Put me down as "didn't much care for either ending, but preferred the theatrical version." This version is just dumb.

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I watched the movie. The theater's ending was better, but still dumb.

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