I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence, revealed that the reason the ending of the movie was changed to the happier one seen in theaters is due to intensely negative reactions to the ending where Neville has his villainous realization from test audiences.
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The film has a theme of Loss of Humanity. I am Legend is about a woman who spread a virus saying it was the cure to cancer.
The cure that was said to be the cure to cancer, killed everyone in the city and Dr. Robert Neville is trying to find a cure to the virus that affected the the entire city.
Throughout the movie, the theme that represented “I am Legend” used literary devices and universal storytelling element.
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The theme is built through the use of symbols, narrative transport, heroic scenarios, and an interesting way in which the movie is told.
The butterfly is one symbol from the movie that relates to the theme Loss of Humanity. The butterfly was constantly used throughout the entire movie as a way for change in the life of humanity.
Near the end of the movie Robert Neville remembered what his daughter told him, “Look Daddy, it’s a butterfly,” (Lawrence).
I Am Legend contains a surprising amount of psychological insight about grief, loneliness, and depression.
The novel’s main character, Robert Neville, is the last human being left on Earth—everyone else has been turned into a vampire.
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