Ok, so when I am Legend came out. I heard a lot of people say, "End ruins it, what a giant turd of an ending."

So a month ago I went to UPS (7 mile walk) to pick up a package they had failed to deliver. Turns out they are only open 8-9pm for pickups (I went... lul wat?) so I go to borders, buy I am Legend, buy a cup of coffee, and spend an hour or so reading it. Nice book for how short it is. Very different from anything else I have read. Solid progression and character development. I do wonder how they go from an entire first chapter describing a german guy in pretty elaborate detail to Will Smith, but hey, at least he can act. It's not like they cast Adam Sandler or something. So I read it, like it and think... well I've got to see the movie now.
I come to folks for holidays. Folks have all the premium channels. I notice I Am Legend playing. 'OK', says I. I sit down and watch it.

Hmm... He's a scientist... Hmm... family never got sick... Hmm... nothing about his wife other than her dying... no depth to that at all.
Hmm... dog (about 1/3 of the book detailing how he met the dog and their brief time together) is a puppy he took from his kid who's with him the entire movie now. Hmm... vamps don't speak... dont gather at his house... dont have any history with him... dont have two different levels of disease... arent hunted by him (except the occasional research subject... which happened like... twice... in the book). Basically the only similarities are that it's a disease and it makes them want blood. Other than that, there is nothing at all that relates the book to the movie. Then the spy from the vamps turns into a human survivor trying to convince him to run away to a survivor colony with her... and she has a kid.

The ending was just the Dairy Queen swirl atop the soft serve cone of crap that was the butchery of this book. The ONLY good thing was that Smith could act. Every other element of this movie made me hate the screenplay writer with every fiber of my being.

I looked online and found the original ending... saying it's better than the real ending is like saying crabs are better than genital warts.

That is all. Sorry if you liked this movie, but wow... what a way to ruin a decent book.