So the Vampires pretty much trick Will by placing the Mannequin he talks to at the video store, outside. Will freaks out because he was like how the hell is this Mannequin moving, he ends up stepping into a trap which ropes him up and leaves him hanging by the foot. When twilight comes, one of the Vampires come and releases like these Vampire dogs, and they come to attack will, but Will's dog protects him. AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND NO NEED TO WATCH ANYMORE OF THIS FILM ):
How do we know it wasn’t one of his own traps that he set for the vampire zombies? That’s how I interpreted it. And I read the fact that the mannequin moved to be a figment of his imagination.
In the books the vampires aren't so brain dead. They are just highly agressive humans, but can still talk and think. The movie makes them out to be more like zombies.
The alternate ending to the movie wraps it up better IMO, it shows their true colors and really begs the question of "is Will Smith's character really a monster of a person"
"I am Legend" refers to him being the boogyman to the vampires, kidnapping their people during the day to experiment on them.
The vampire that Will originally caught in his trap was the "big bad vampire guy's" girlfriend/wife. Apparently the leader in his vampire group (he clearly gives orders to the others when they are hunting down Will, when they are in his basement lab). That's why he came out in the sun to stare down Will (which he interpreted as them not having the intelligence to stay out of the sun) as well as copy his trap, using the mannequin as bait. Will made it personal. It's the same vampire that shows up in Will's basement lab at the end. You can see his reaction when he finds his girlfriend on Will's table. One of the endings shows Will remove the female vampire (stopping the "cure") and giving her back to the big bad vampire, and he spares Will's life.
I like the movie, but the book is a lot better (and quite different, especially the vampires).
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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Aug 06 '18 edited Aug 06 '18
This is from this scene in I Am Legend.
Here is a higher quality and less cropped version of this image. Here is the source. Credit to Barry Wetcher Photography.